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US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows
Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed in follow-up action, sources say Expert...
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Trump’s billionaire backers dress influence as generosity
Michael Dell’s $6.25bn gift spotlights how the super-rich use ‘charity’ to win access, favour and influencePity the billionaire class. The 0.001% are ...
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Tesla cuts Model 3 price in Europe as sales slide amid Musk backlash
CEO Elon Musk says lower-cost electric car will reignite demand by appealing to broader range of buyersTesla has launched the lower-priced version of ...
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What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat
In this week’s newsletter: Coroners can’t agree on how to count heat fatalities – and the dismantling of climate investments is leaving fragile commun...
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“This is war”: Is Trump about to invade Venezuela? – podcast
Donald Trump has in recent months turned his attention to ousting Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. But the US president and his secretary of war, P...
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Trump news at a glance: US supreme court gives Texas win in national redistricting battle
State is key in president’s effort to secure Republicans’ fragile House majority for second half of his term – key US politics stories from 4 December...
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Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific
Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglersThe Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military...
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Grand jury declines to re-indict Letitia James after judge dismissed first case
Decision comes less than two weeks after judge ruled similar case against New York attorney general unlawfulA grand jury declined to indict Letitia Ja...
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Court hears Maurene Comey was fired as retaliation against ex-FBI chief father
Daughter of James Comey was dismissed by Trump justice department from job as prosecutor in New YorkMaurene Comey, the federal prosecutor who helmed c...
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US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps
Major win for Trump as justices overturn November ruling that found maps had been racially gerrymanderedTexas can use a redrawn congressional map that...
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Appeals court allows Trump’s national guard deployment in DC to continue
Order allows troops to remain for now, amid ramp-up after 26 November shooting of two guard members A US appeals court on Thursday handed a victory to...
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Hegseth broke rules in sharing Yemen strike details on Signal, report finds
An investigation found defense secretary put US forces at risk, triggering fresh demands for his resignationThe Department of Defense’s inspector gene...
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US lawmakers call for inquiry into second US military strike on alleged Caribbean drug boat
Democratic representative Jim Himes, who saw footage of attack, called it ‘one of the most troubling scenes’ he’s observed in public serviceAnalysis: ...
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Jimmy Kimmel on Pete Hegseth, ‘our secretary of war crimes’
Late-night hosts discussed outrage over Hegseth’s authorization of extrajudicial killings near Venezuela and Trump’s cabinet meeting napsLate-night ho...
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Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’
Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisisWith a president who has called climat...
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New York Times sues Pentagon over Trump team’s limits on press reporting
The paper says new rules limiting questions, movement and sourcing violate press freedoms and chill independent reportingThe New York Times said on Th...
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‘It’s absolute anarchy’: Oxygen therapy chambers have led to horrific deaths. Why are Maha elite raving about them?
Touted as a cure for everything from wrinkles to autism, the treatment has been hyped by Robert F Kennedy Jr and various celebrities. Experts say it n...
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Trump’s sweeping changes to US immigration policy – here’s what to know
President orders pause on asylum claims and extra scrutiny of migrants from 19 countries after Washington shootingDonald Trump is seizing on the shoot...
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Trump has granted clemency to more than 1,800 people – and some have been arrested again
President did not follow the usual review process, experts say, making it more likely they would commit other crimesAmong the beneficiaries of Donald ...
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Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shaky
Pentagon’s Law of War manual clearly prohibits attack, but justification for whole campaign also faces tough questionsGraphic depictions of two surviv...
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Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoingTwo fossil-fuel billionaires with cl...
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New York Times sues Pentagon over new reporting restrictions – US politics live
NYT accuses Pentagon of infringing on the constitutional rights of its journalistsThe New York Times filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon on Thursday,...
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‘Never seen anything like this’: alarm at memo from top US vaccine official
Vinay Prasad memo said at least 10 children had died from Covid vaccination – but offered scant evidence for claimAmerica’s top vaccines official prom...
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RFK Jr’s vaccine advisory panel to weigh delaying hepatitis B shots to newborns
Experts say any change to the hepatitis B schedule could have significant and far-reaching consequencesRobert F Kennedy Jr’s vaccine advisory committe...
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Europe is holding the line against Trump’s and Putin’s plans for Ukraine. But it won’t be able to for ever | Martin Kettle
In the 21st-century imbalance of power, Europe and Nato have neither the arms nor the wealth to impel Russia or the US to take its peace settlement se...
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Has a Texas law created ‘abortion bounty hunters’? – podcast
A law has come into effect in Texas that will allow individuals in the state to sue abortion pill providers in other states. Proponents say it is a wa...
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Trump pardons entertainment exec indicted by his own justice department
Tim Leiweke was accused of ‘orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university’Donald Trump quietly pardoned on...
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Trump news at a glance: Hegseth remains in hot seat over Signal chat leak, boat strikes
Pentagon report concludes defense secretary endangered troops as some Republican lawmakers scrutinize Caribbean operations – key US politics stories f...
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Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk
Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal filesBari Weiss, the editor...
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Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks
Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehiclesDonald Trump announced on Wednesday th...
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Trump treats cabinet to stream of vitriol and untruths – but only when he’s awake
A three-hour cabinet meeting was filled with xenophobia, false claims and an apparent napThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign...
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Pentagon report concludes Hegseth put troops in danger with Signal chat
Report says defense secretary violated policies in sharing secret information in March on planned airstrike in YemenA widely awaited Department of Def...
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Republican lawmakers scrutinize Trump administration over ‘drug boat’ strikes
US House and Senate lawmakers to meet with top admiral on Thursday about double strike on boats from VenezuelaAs the Trump administration continues mi...
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US Democrats release footage of Epstein's private island – video
House Democrats released a handful of photos and videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island, offering a rare glimpse into a secretive plac...
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House Democrats release new images of Epstein’s private Caribbean island
Images and videos taken in 2020, a year after he died in jail, show the late sex offender’s homeUS politics – live updatesHouse Democrats released a h...
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Trump pardons Democratic representative charged with bribery and conspiracy
President claims Henry Cuellar was targeted by Joe Biden for being critical of his immigration policiesDonald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic represen...
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FDA drug chief signals possible exit as agency turmoil deepens
Richard Pazdur’s potential retirement weeks into the role adds to upheaval at the FDA amid political pressureThe top drug regulator in the US signaled...
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Judge blocks widespread immigration arrests in DC made without warrants or probable cause
Injunction was sought by civil liberties groups in lawsuit against Department of Homeland SecurityA federal judge late on Tuesday blocked the Trump ad...
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Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition | Moira Donegan
The Republican party is far from moving beyond Trump – but signals of his waning influence are everywhereThe sharks can smell blood in the water. Afte...
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The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?
Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentivesThis article was produced in pa...
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Trump ally admits goal of eliminating same-day registration in federal voting rights trial
Cleta Mitchell was compelled to testify in North Carolina over a recent law that hiked up requirementsDuring a federal trial in North Carolina over wh...
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Donald Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as ICE operations reportedly planned in Minnesota - US politics live
President yesterday also halted immigration for people from 19 nations including Somalia, Afghanistan and Yemen In a cabinet meeting on Tuesdya, Trump...
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Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions | Mohamad Bazzi
The administration is heightening its anti-immigrant crackdown – and punishing people from a country the US helped destroyAfter two national guard mem...
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Trump officials say second strike aimed to destroy drug boat instead of crew
Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on board Trump administration officials h...
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Leaked memo reveals US veterans affairs officials vetting non-citizen workers
Exclusive: Compilation of data to be shared with ‘appropriate agencies’ prompts fears of immigration crackdownThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ...
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The 27-year-old white supremacist radicalising MAGA – podcast
Where is Nick Fuentes trying to lead the Republican party? J Oliver Conroy reports Over the last month a civil war has erupted within the Republican p...
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Republican Matt Van Epps wins US House special election in Tennessee
Van Epps defeats Aftyn Behn in congressional election closely watched for signs of Republican weaknessRepublican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn...
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Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries
Pause, including Afghanistan and Somalia, indicates plan to tie US security to increased focus on legal immigrationThe Trump administration on Tuesday...
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Trump news at a glance: Hegseth scrutinized over boat strikes as first formal complaint filed by victim’s family
Trump says any country he believes is making drugs destined illegally for the US is vulnerable to military attack – key US politics stories from Tuesd...
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Trump terminates all documents, including pardons, signed by Joe Biden
US president claims predecessor’s use of autopen, used by presidents of both major parties, invalidates his actions Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is...
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Australia’s eSafety commissioner rejects US Republican’s assertion she is a ‘zealot for global takedowns’
Julie Inman Grant says Australia’s Online Safety Act ‘does not impinge upon Americans’ freedom of speech’Follow our Australia news live blog for lates...
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Trump officials threaten to withhold Snap funds from Democratic-led states
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins threatens to pull funds unless states turn over recipient data to US governmentThe Trump administration has threa...
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