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‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websitesAn opaque White House office staffe...
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Ronald Reagan to JD Vance: minimizing Watergate is a Republican tradition | Rick Perlstein
On the American right, there is an unbroken lineage of Watergate propaganda going back to the 70s from todayWhen JD Vance spoke at the Richard M Nixon...
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Anti-ICE organizers shift focus to defend democracy from Trump assault
Citizens in Minnesota using lessons learned from migrant crackdown to protect elections from president’s threatsWhen thousands of immigration agents f...
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Venezuelan earthquakes test Trump’s new western hemisphere policy after gutting of USAID
Marco Rubio is scrambling to provide effective disaster response to country whose president US deposed in JanuaryThis week’s dual earthquakes in Venez...
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Democratic socialists are winning in US cities with message of getting stuff done
Mayors such as New York’s Zohran Mamdani show leftwing ideology can go hand-in-hand with effective governanceA trio of Democratic socialist victories ...
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Trump news at a glance: America wins ‘either way’, Vance claims amid shaky ceasefire with Iran
Vice-president JD Vance says US holds all the cards in conflict with Iran – key US politics stories from Saturday 27 JuneHours before fresh military s...
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Trump says he will nominate Lance Schroyer as next ICE director
Schroyer, whom Trump calls ‘a patriot’, led deportation campaign in Oklahoma under ICE-partnered programDonald Trump said on Saturday that he wil...
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White House unveils new images of US ‘patriot passports’ for America’s 250th
Democrats called plans for commemorative passports and gold coin with Trump portrait ‘more befitting a monarchy’Donald Trump’s efforts to brand the US...
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JD Vance claims US holds all the cards in Iran and will win ‘either way’
Vice-president appeared on Bill Maher’s show hours before more military strikes were exchanged in strait of HormuzJD Vance said on Friday that the US ...
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Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show
Draft resolution seeks to shield board members and security forces from potential prosecution for work in GazaThe UN-sanctioned Board of Peace announc...
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Forget crumbling democracy: America’s biggest crisis is a stagnant, murky pool | Dave Schilling
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is a painful metaphor for the state of our unionWhen you hear the word “pool” in these sun-baked days of summer, ...
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Trump news at a glance: president tests out a new ‘red scare’ ahead of midterms
Republican strategists believe rise of Mamdani could present opportunity to tag Democrats with most extreme views of the left – key US politics storie...
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Trump attacks Democrats as ‘godless communists’ in test of midterms message
President seizes on wins by Mamdani-backed candidates to warn darkly of threat to ‘traditional American way of life’Donald Trump has previewed a Repub...
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Pete Buttigieg recalls ‘darkest hours’ after separation from children over hoax CPS report
Police say anonymous tip was unsubstantiated after what Buttigieg calls ‘deeply distressing’ day apart from childrenPete Buttigieg, the former US tran...
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‘You’ll find out’: Trump hints at US response to Iranian strikes on cargo ship – video
President Donald Trump hinted at a US response to an Iranian attack on a cargo ship, saying ‘you’ll find out’ when asked if there would be consequence...
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Call for inquiry into Alligator Alcatraz’s ‘abuse of Everglades’ despite closure
Environmentalists and immigrant-rights advocates seek accounting of damage done by notorious detention centerWhile they welcome the recent closure of ...
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White House mandates move away from overdose prevention in US health programs
Experts say move signals greater political interference into public health and will exacerbate opioid overdose crisisHealth programs receiving federal...
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Trump blames Iran for drone strike on cargo ship in strait of Hormuz
US president calls it ‘foolish violation’ of ceasefire agreement after drone damaged ship’s upper deckUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump on...
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Gavin Newsom urges a national 'billionaires' tax' while fighting one in California
California governor calls for national tax on super-wealthy and suggests the US should own a stake in AI companiesUS politics live – latest updatesCal...
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Senior Trump official’s claims about UK free speech arrests rejected by No 10
Sarah B Rogers speech at conference in London included far-right memes and conspiracy theories about ‘Da Yookay’ Claims by a senior official in the Tr...
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Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling classified information
Ex-national security adviser turned Trump critic could face prison for sharing classified information with relativesUS politics live – latest updatesJ...
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Trump administration moves to restart LGBTQ+ suicide hotline it initially ended
The Trevor Project non-profit that helped pioneer LGBTQ+ ‘press 3’ option for 988 hotline is being shut out as it restartsThe Trump administration is ...
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Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton expected to plead guilty in classified information case – US politics live
Bolton to plead guilty charges that he unlawfully retained sensitive national security information in agreement that includes $2.25m fineSign up for t...
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New study suggests health damage from exposure to Ohio toxic train spill
Research finds immune systems still ‘responding to toxic chemical exposures’ related to East Palestine derailmentIn the weeks after the East Palestine...
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Trump administration targets Cop City protesters in latest push to prosecute ‘antifa’
Critics say the government is ‘creating a boogeyman’ in its drive to use the ‘antifa’ label to frame protesters as terroristsThe federal US government...
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Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually longThe decades-long prison sentences for a ...
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Mpox smuggling case prompts congressional scrutiny of National Institutes of Health
House committee seeks records after two agency scientists were charged over undeclared samplesThe US House committee on energy and commerce is “examin...
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Trump forced to drain the reflecting pool swamp | Politics Weekly America
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC will have to be drained again. Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for the failure to keep the wat...
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Billionaire Leon Black to appear before House panel over ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Scrutiny of Black’s association with Epstein has intensified after DoJ released millions of files last year and this yearThe billionaire financier Leo...
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Trump finds partner in supreme court in his war against immigration
Recent rulings have bolstered president’s pitiless campaign against people of colour fleeing violence and disasterIn the US supreme court, it seems Do...
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Why did Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene leave the Republican party? | Geoffrey Kabaservice
Disillusioned America firsters, like Carson and Greene, are angry at Trump’s foreign interventions, may sit out the midterm electionsFormer Fox News h...
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From cheap transport to football geekery: how Zohran Mamdani won the World Cup
The New York City mayor has made his mark on the tournament to cap an extraordinary run of sporting success over the last few monthsA stunning evening...
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I will show you fear in a rainbow baseball cap: the right’s culture wars come to MLB
The right’s verdict is in: white, heterosexual, Christian men face the most discrimination in the US. The Giants don’t want to push backOn 19 June, th...
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Trump forced to drain the reflecting pool swamp – podcast
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC will have to be drained again. Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for the failure to keep the wat...
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Trump news at a glance: US asylum policy slated to change after supreme court ruling
Supreme court ruling will allow Trump administration to block asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border – key US politics stories from Thursday 25 JuneTh...
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JD Vance says Nixon’s Watergate scandal would be ‘12-hour news story’ today
Vice-president declares admiration for 37th president and claims Nixon and Trump targeted by ‘deep state’ forcesJD Vance does not think the era-defini...
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Supreme court conservatives accused of advancing ‘white-supremacist agenda’
Lawmakers and advocates condemn ‘disastrous’ decisions that allow Trump officials to strip away migrant protectionsSign up for the Breaking News US ne...
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Gun control advocates criticize ‘deeply dangerous’ US supreme court decision on Hawaii law
Ruling strikes down law that bans people from carrying guns in most public spaces and private property without owner’s permissionUS politics live – la...
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Reflecting pool was cut with ‘sharp knife or razor’, National Park Service says
Senior official alleges in court filing that damage included about ‘70 fence post tops thrown’ into the poolA senior National Park Service (NPS) offic...
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Senator Ron Wyden accuses US health agency of plan to deport more than 500 migrant children
Wyden says in a letter addressed to Robert F Kennedy Jr that HHS is preparing an ‘unprecedented legal framework’Ron Wyden, a US senator of Oregon, acc...
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White House seeks extra funds for Iran war as part of $87.6bn request
Top Democrat signals party will not back paying for unpopular conflict never authorized by CongressThe White House has requested Congress approve $87....
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New evidence casts doubt on RFK Jr testimony before Senate
Kennedy repeatedly said 2019 Samoa trip had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’. An email from his then colleague says they were on a vaccine-related ‘missi...
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US judge blocks Trump administration’s bid to restrict mail-in voting
Ruling comes amid drive by Republican administration to reshape rules around voting ahead of midtermsThe Trump administration’s plan to deny mail-in b...
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US supreme court allows Trump administration to strip Haitians and Syrians of protected status
Decision effects hundreds of thousands of people who have permission to live and work in the US because their home countries are unsafeSign up for the...
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Supreme court lets Trump turn back asylum seekers at US-Mexico border
Decision allows Trump administration to block migrants from entering US soil and the right to claim asylumUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for...
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Senate Republicans reject Iran war powers measure after Trump pressure
Late-night vote came hours after US president berated GOP senators over opposition to the conflictSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailSen...
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Trump to meet House speaker in attempt to break legislative gridlock – US politics live
Trump suddenly scrapped the signing of a pivotal bipartisan housing bill yesterday, demanding the Senate pass his voter ID bill Per our last post, Hou...
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Starmer says he wants to ensure disruption during transition to Burnham government ‘absolutely minimised’ – UK politics live
PM says: ‘I love this country, I want this country to thrive, and I shall do everything I can to make sure it’s a success and thrives’In her Q&A t...
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Would-be physician assistants deterred by strict caps on US student loans
Advocates condemn change that caps loans at $20,500 per year – less than half median annual cost of PA programStrict new caps on federal student loans...
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The Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children | Moira Donegan
A document on an embryo adoption program may be marginal – but it marks an escalation in the pursuit of fetal personhoodThe Trump administration quiet...
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US renters call for action to combat surge of ‘take it or leave it’ apartment fees
Tenants push for tougher rules against unfair add-on charges. Industry players argue against policies that they say could limit the ‘effective use of ...
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JD Vance is the face of the beleaguered Iran deal – is he its fall guy?
The vice-president, leading a foundering peace deal to end the kind war he’s opposed in the past, is left holding the bagJD Vance has taken the greate...
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