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Trump signs order reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous
Change will loosen limits on research and certain regulations but stop short of making marijuana legalDonald Trump on Thursday signed an executive ord...
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New York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos
Brooks, who dismissed Epstein scandal as ‘stupid story’, wrote column expressing lack of interest in developmentsThe New York Times columnist David Br...
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The Guardian view on the EU and Ukraine: a moment of truth for Brussels and Kyiv | Editorial
The plan to mobilise Russia’s frozen assets is morally compelling and ingenious. The problem is that its enemies will never see it that wayMorally, th...
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Democrats release new Epstein photos ahead of DoJ transparency deadline
Images, undated and uncaptioned, include Vladimir Nabokov lines written on women and show Bill Gates and Noam ChomskyUS politics – live updatesWhat we...
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‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in th...
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Trump administration unveils actions aimed at eliminating gender-affirming care for minors
Proposal would prohibit Medicaid funds from being used to cover puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical proceduresUS politics live – latest u...
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Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s speech: ‘Surprise primetime episode of The Worst Wing’
Late-night hosts recapped Trump’s national address and further insights from chief of staff Susie Wiles’s interviewLate-night hosts discussed – or ign...
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White House says US would be ‘lucky’ if Trump stayed for third term
Comments follow reports the US president discussed the idea with Alan Dershowitz, a constitutional scholar who defended himUS politics live – latest u...
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Brendan Carr admits his FCC is Trump’s journalism police | Seth Stern and Clayton Weimers
It is clear that the FCC is not an independent agency, but an instrument of the president’s political agendaThe Federal Communications Commission chai...
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Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism
DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say it is an effort to crack down on leftwing group...
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Whistles, Signal and school patrols: how ordinary Americans are fighting back against ICE
As Trump carries out his mass deportation operation, residents are banding together to block raids and distribute groceriesA year into his second term...
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Deadline nears for release of Epstein files – what we know so far
Justice department must release most documents by Friday, and failure to do so would provoke a firestormIn less than 48 hours, Donald Trump’s justice ...
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‘We wanted to take action’: US toy company fights back over Trump tariffs
Learning Resources is suing the administration, claiming the president’s tariffs are illegal – and millions of dollars are on the line The conveyors w...
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Russia says it hopes Trump did not make ‘fatal mistake’ after latest US strike on vessel in eastern Pacific kills four – US politics live
Pete Hegseth says attack took place on Wednesday as Russian foreign ministry warns of ‘unpredictable consequences for the entire western hemisphere’Go...
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What’s going on with Donald Trump’s health? | Moira Donegan
The president’s appearance and schedule have sparked speculation – perhaps fueled in part by his political fortunesIs Donald Trump OK?Recently, he’s l...
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Trump’s ‘Bah! Humbug!’ address suggests he is feeling the chill of opinion polls
Primetime speech – delivered with shouty spirit but no cheer – betrayed a figure dogged by a cost of living crisis and the looming release of the Epst...
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US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67
Official response to lawsuit filed by victims’ relatives admits FAA and army failures played role in Washington DC crashThe US government admitted Wed...
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US military carried out lethal strike on vessel in Pacific, killing four, says Pete Hegseth
Announcement comes day after Trump said a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal st...
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Trump news at a glance: Dan Bongino ‘wants to go back to his show’ says president, as deputy FBI director resigns
Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned podcaster, will step down in January. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 17 December at a glanceThe ...
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US judge says Trump officials can’t ban surprise lawmaker visits to ICE facilities
District judge says policies deeming ICE field offices ‘off-limits for congressional oversight’ violates federal lawA federal judge on Wednesday said ...
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US Senate confirms billionaire Musk ally Jared Isaacman as Nasa chief
Vote on Isaacman, private astronaut and Mars missions advocate, passes 67-30 for him to be agency’s 15th leaderThe US Senate on Wednesday confirmed bi...
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American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAPThe US department of health an...
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Trump appears to confirm Dan Bongino will step down from FBI role
President told reporters that deputy director ‘did a great job’ and ‘wants to go back to his show’Donald Trump appears to have confirmed reports that ...
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Fani Willis defends Trump prosecution at contentious Georgia hearing
Fulton county DA hits back at Republican opponents who investigated her over relationship with special prosecutorFulton county district attorney Fani ...
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Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith defends investigation in House testimony
Ex-special counsel tells House panel US president’s actions alone underpinned now-dropped prosecutionsJack Smith, the former US justice department spe...
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FCC chair suggests agency is not independent amid fears of Trump power grab
Brendan Carr’s declaration raises concerns amid Trump efforts to exert greater control over independent agenciesThe Federal Communications Commission ...
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Congress passes $901bn defense bill that includes support for Ukraine and Europe
Senate advances 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which White House says Trump will sign into lawThe US Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesda...
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Susie Wiles interview might be a useful distraction from how poorly things are going for Americans
The incendiary quotes don’t disguise how dissatisfied people are about jobs, inflation or the cost of livingThis was originally published in This Week...
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UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims
The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have en...
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Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Governor Jared Polis warned that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR would put ‘public safety at risk’The Trump administration is breaking up a research center...
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Four Republicans join Democrats to force vote on bill that would extend Obamacare subsidies
Stunning move comes after House Republicans pushed ahead with bill that doesn’t address soaring premiums if Affordable Care Act tax credits expireUS p...
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Sheinbaum urges UN to ‘prevent bloodshed’ after Trump orders Venezuela blockade
Mexican leader warns of conflict as US president targets sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaWhat action is Trump taking against Vene...
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Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’
Two bills mark the first time Congress has voted over national care bans and an escalation of anti-trans rhetoricUS politics live – latest updatesNich...
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LaMonica McIver expected a quiet first term in Congress. Instead, she was charged
The New Jersey Democrat was charged with interfering with an immigration arrest while conducting her oversight dutiesThis year marked the start of LaM...
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These immigrants grow the US’s Christmas trees. Trump’s wage cuts may keep them away
Legal temporary farm workers also worry about the H-2A visa program and Trump’s anti-immigration regimeThis article is a collaboration between the Gua...
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Venezuela condemns ‘warmongering threats’ as Trump orders oil blockade – US politics live
Trump has ordered a ‘total and complete’ blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from the countryWe will get a sense later in the day on whether the...
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Maga loyalist expands investigation into intelligence officials who angered Trump
Experts decry Jason Reding Quiñones’s ‘fishing expedition’ as subpoenas reportedly issued to John Brennan and othersA Maga loyalist US attorney in Mia...
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Trump’s $10bn attack on the BBC doesn’t have to make sense. In his absurd world, he has already won | Jane Martinson
The legal action has made news and it will do damage. A potential disaster for the corporation and the UK, but a good day’s work for this presidentLov...
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From ‘odd’ Musk to ‘painful’ tariffs: key takeaways from interviews with Trump’s chief of staff
Susie Wiles has spoken to Vanity Fair magazine in a series of 11 interviews that she has since dismissed as a ‘hit piece’The president’s chief of staf...
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Ilhan Omar on Trump’s attacks on Somali-Americans – podcast
The congresswoman told David Smith about how it feels to be targeted by the world’s most powerful man. But why has Donald Trump gone after her and the...
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Trump news at a glance: president ratchets up pressure on Maduro with oil tanker blockade
Trump said US armada ‘will only get bigger’ until Venezuela returns ‘all of the oil, land, and other assets that they previously stole from us’ – key ...
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Trump orders blockade of oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela
Move against all sanctioned vessels comes amid escalating campaign against authoritarian leader Nicolás MaduroDonald Trump has ordered “a total and co...
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UK insists tech deal with US isn’t dead as Trump threatens penalties against European tech firms
Keir Starmer’s office claims UK still in ‘active conversations’ about deal for tech industries in both countries to cooperateDowning Street insists th...
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Democrats to block Senate nominations over Bondi’s ‘failure’ on Epstein files
Senate duo condemn Trump administration and say ‘there can be no business as usual until justice is delivered’Two Democratic senators have announced t...
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Trump signs order to further restrict entry of foreign nationals to US
US imposes restrictions on Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria, in addition to initial list of 12 countriesDonald Trump has signed a proc...
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Trump’s chief of staff says he believes ‘there’s nothing he can’t do’ as president
Susie Wiles gives strikingly unguarded comments in 11 interviews, starting before election, with Vanity FairDonald Trump believes “there’s nothing he ...
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Pentagon won’t release full video of Caribbean strike that killed two people, Hegseth says
Legal experts have raised concerns US forces may have committed a war crime by killing survivors of initial strikeUS politics live – latest updatesThe...
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US designates Colombia’s biggest drug cartel Gulf Clan as terrorist organization
Marco Rubio calls drug-trafficking militia, present in at least 20 of Colombia’s departments, ‘violent and powerful’The US has designated the Gulf Cla...
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US Muslim civil rights group sues Ron DeSantis over ‘foreign terrorist’ label
Cair claims in lawsuit that Florida governor’s order blocking group from state resources was unconstitutionalA leading Muslim civil rights group in th...
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Donald Trump and the Goldwater rule | Letter
There’s a difference between armchair diagnosis and legitimate observation, and we must allow medical expertise to inform public discourse, writes Rob...
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Rob Reiner’s lesson on power for Trump | Brief letters
The American President | A new low | Labour elegy | Accidental felling | Life stagesInstead of trying to sully the reputation of Rob Reiner with a typ...
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Trump’s cannabis reform would revolutionise US policy. Just don’t expect the ‘war on drugs’ to end | Kojo Koram
Rescheduling marijuana might seem an unlikely move for a Republican president – but it perfectly coheres with his ‘America First’ worldviewFor decades...
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