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US DoJ launches investigation into Southern Poverty Law Center
Justice department’s focus seems to be on SPLC’s prior use of paid informants to monitor hate groups, group’s CEO saysSign up for the Breaking News US...
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US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth makes announcement and calls military’s flu vaccine mandate ‘broad’ and ‘not rational’Members of the armed services wil...
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Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing | Steven Greenhouse
The president’s proposed $445bn increase in military spending would batter popular domestic programs as millions struggleWith Americans focused on Don...
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Tucker Carlson says he regrets backing Donald Trump and is ‘tormented’
The podcaster admits he ‘misled’ supporters as his rift with the US president deepens over the Iran warUS politics live – latest updatesTucker Carlson...
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George Ariyoshi, first US governor of Asian American descent, dies aged 100
Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party’s rise to power in the stateGeorge R Ariyoshi – Hawaii’s former governor and the nati...
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Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth
As US elections approach, the Hungarian prime minister’s loss is a reminder that history does not march relentlessly toward autocracyViktor Orbán’s el...
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Kevin Warsh: Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates
Former Wall Street banker faces questions at confirmation hearing – but his biggest backer is also his biggest liabilityOn the face of it, Kevin Warsh...
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Trump’s Federal Reserve chair pick to face lawmakers at key confirmation hearing – US politics live
The hearing marks a key hurdle Kevin Warsh must overcome in order to succeed Jerome Powell when his term ends on 15 MayHello and welcome to the US pol...
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Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction | Moira Donegan
The president’s fixation on culture-war grievances is a colossal misreading of voters who just want prices to come down. He has forgotten why he was r...
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Decoding America: Is Trump having regrets as ceasefire deadline looms? – podcast
Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy talk about Donald Trump’s erratic social media posts, as commentators try to understand the US president’s strateg...
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Trump news at a glance: another Trump cabinet member out – but not Kash Patel
Labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer exits, while Patel sues over story citing sources that allege ‘conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences’ b...
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Trump signs memos to boost US fossil-fuel production for ‘defense readiness’
President claims ‘inadequate’ supply presents security threat and orders expansion of oil, coal and gas productionDonald Trump on Monday released a se...
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Trump labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid misconduct investigation
Chavez-DeRemer, entangled in string of controversies, leaving for private sector, president’s spokesperson saysDonald Trump’s labor secretary Lori Cha...
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Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’
Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointmentA US army sergeant with 27 years of military s...
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Kash Patel sues the Atlantic over bombshell story detailing allegations of misconduct
Magazine has stood behind the story, which was written by veteran national security reporter Sarah FitzpatrickKash Patel has followed through on a thr...
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RFK Jr’s podcast has glimmers of his old show – will he address health issues differently?
Secretary Kennedy Podcast so far seems designed to promote Trump administration talking points over any specific public health messageRobert F Kennedy...
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Democrats urged to link clean energy to affordability as Iran war hikes up prices
Climate leaders say Democrats need to extol clean energy as a way to cut costs for Americans as war roils oil marketsDemocrats should get louder in ch...
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Trump administration launches tariff refund system as first step in paying back billions – US politics live
Trump administration launches online portal on Monday after supreme court struck down tariff policy earlier this yearSign up for the Breaking News US ...
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Trump DoJ’s mixed messages bode ill for Epstein victims, experts fear
Non-appearance of Pam Bondi and remarks from Todd Blanche suggest full accounting may never be revealedIn the days since Pam Bondi’s exit from Donald ...
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Elaine Luria, January 6 panel member seeking political comeback, says ‘the wind is on our back’ as Democrats try to flip House
Luria, who lost her seat to a Republican after standing up to Trump, has secured key endorsements in Virginia raceElaine Luria – once a member of the ...
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Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik
Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrongOver the past few weeks...
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Trump news at a glance: Oil price surges again as Iran accuses US of breaking ceasefire
Tehran vowa to respond after USS Spruance fires on Iranian-flagged cargo ship allegedly running strait of Hormuz blockade. Key US politics stories fro...
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‘We’re Catholic first’: Sunday mass attendees weigh in on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo
Catholics around Atlanta share mixed feelings on faith and politics as Trump engages in rhetorical war with popeAlex Sullivan tended to his five child...
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Republican senator criticizes Trump’s ‘holy war’ with Pope Leo
Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a long supporter of Trump, says president’s feud with the pope is a ‘distraction’A Republican lawmaker has condemne...
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Trump energy secretary says gas prices might not drop back under $3 a gallon until 2027
Chris Wright says ‘I don’t know’ when asked about lower cost of gas as average price soars to $4 a gallon in USChris Wright, the Trump administration’...
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Obama and Mamdani sing The Wheels on the Bus with New York preschoolers – video
Barack Obama met Zohran Mamdani for the first time on Saturday at a childcare centre where the former Democratic US president and the mayor of New Yor...
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Obama and Mamdani read and sing with New York preschoolers in first meeting
Former US president and New York mayor read to a group of children and led a sing-along at a Bronx childcare centerBarack Obama met with Zohran Mamdan...
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‘It was constant chaos’: ex-Infowars producer on life under Alex Jones
Book from Josh Owens tells of punishing work for far-right conspiracy theorist who, far from silenced, broadcasts onDonald Trump gave rightwing media ...
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A major US court case could help fix the ills of Citizens United | David Sirota
A Maine lawsuit has suddenly become the most significant anti-corruption battle inside America’s legal systemSlush funds of anonymous unregulated mone...
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Trump tests his luck with the religious right amid feud with pope and AI Jesus posts
Trump appears to have crossed a line with his Christian supporters. Will it come back to bite him in the midterms?Donald Trump’s depiction of himself ...
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Harmeet Dhillon: DoJ lawyer a top contender for Trump’s retribution mission
Pugilistic presence has laid waste to civil rights decision – her take-no-prisoners approach has alarmed legal experts but earned president’s plaudits...
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Trump news at a glance: president struggles to reopen strait as Iran rejects US blockade
Donald Trump’s earlier tone of triumph with the reopening of key waterway falls flat – key US politics stories from 18 April at a glanceDonald Trump h...
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Jon Ossoff calls out ‘Mar-a-Lago mafia’ amid presidential bid rumors
Georgia senator says Americans will pay for Trump’s Iran war, and family’s corruption, with child and health care cutsAt a campaign rally in Augusta, ...
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Pope Leo says he was not ‘trying to debate’ Trump over US attack on Iran
Pontiff says that despite ‘certain narrative that has not been accurate’, he will continue to preach message of peaceSign up for the Breaking News US ...
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FBI’s Kash Patel denies excess drinking amid officials’ US security concerns
Agency director threatens to sue Atlantic for report citing allegations from two dozen current and former colleaguesThe FBI director, Kash Patel, is d...
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Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
President signed executive order directing FDA to expedite review of psychedelic drugs including ibogaineDonald Trump on Saturday announced reforms in...
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ICE deported 174 Daca recipients through most of last year, agency head says in letter
So-called Dreamers – undocumented immigrants who arrived as children – were allowed to stay in US under Obama-era programFrom January through Septembe...
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Trump administration cleared to continue construction of White House ballroom, court rules
Construction was stopped after suit challenged president’s authority to raze East Wing without congressional approvalThe Trump administration can cont...
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Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church
Manhattan church led by Norman Vincent Peale was known for opposing presidency of JFK – and Catholics in generalDonald Trump’s attacks this week on Po...
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‘Ignorance and cruelty’: former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts
Nicholas Enrich was an eyewitness to the dismantling of the US foreign aid organization by the Trump administrationSign up for the Breaking News US em...
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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakersSixteen bets made $100,000 accurately p...
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War isn’t a ‘moral’ issue – at least not for the Trump administration | Dave Schilling
The US president’s grudge match with the pope underlines how religion really functions in American politicsI’m not a particularly religious person, ev...
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An iron worker takes on one of Trump’s most loyal followers in Congress
Brian Poindexter, a five-term local councilman and apprentice instructor at Ironworkers Local 17, is seeking the Democratic nomination for an Ohio Hou...
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‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope
Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV polarizing the diverse community as faith and politics come to a headMaryellen Lewicki meets once a week for Bible stu...
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Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?
The president has opened fissures in his base by starting a war he couldn’t finish with Iran, stoking inflation and offending Christians. Barred from ...
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Trump news at a glance: president celebrates strait of Hormuz reopening, though Iran officials warn they could close it again
Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned it would will shut the strait again if the US blockade continues, which Trump said would remain in place until the...
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Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students
Jordan Acker, who pushed legal action against protesters, is running for re-election in race reflecting tensions on IsraelThe University of Michigan r...
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Lead prosecutor on investigation into former CIA director no longer on case
Maria Medetis Long had expressed doubts over case of John Brennan, whose agency said Russia boosted Trump in 2016Sign up for the Breaking News US emai...
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Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD
Rümeysa Öztürk, who faced deportation over pro-Palestinian op-ed, travels back to Turkey to begin careerSign up for the Breaking News US email to get ...
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What is Fisa, and why does it allow no-warrant surveillance?
Law allows government to spy on emails, texts and phone calls outside the US, including those of some AmericansUS politics live – latest updatesSign u...
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US Congress passes 10-day extension of surveillance law amid Republican infighting
Trump repeatedly demanded that Republicans unify to pass a longer extension of the Fisa warrantless spying lawBoth chambers of Congress voted in quick...
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‘Packaging evil into something funny’: is making fun of Trump now just ‘clownwashing’?
As the president’s second term has wrought new horrors, comedians reflect on whether humor can still ‘deflate the strongman’s image’During Donald Trum...
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