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Trump heads to China this week to meet Xi as Iran war and trade disputes loom over summit – US politics live
It will be the first time a US president has visited China in nearly a decade, with the last visit being Trump in 2017Sign up for the Breaking News US...
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Advocates decry Trump’s plan to open 24m acres of federal lands to cattle grazing
Opponents say administration’s plan prioritizes big agriculture at expense of wildlife and protected speciesNew legal action aims to head off a Trump ...
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The son of Somali immigrants shaking up Utah’s Democratic primary
Liban Mohamed is the progressive underdog in the race for a House seat but victory at the state party convention offers grounds for optimismLiban Moha...
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Republicans would rather self-destruct than save themselves from Trump | Sidney Blumenthal
As the president’s popularity withers, the party has no will to stage an intervention against himDonald Trump wins, Republicans lose. The Indiana prim...
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Democrats are playing with fire in trying to reclaim tax cuts from Republicans
Senator Chris Van Hollen and other Democratic lawmakers are embracing a policy that hardly benefits the middle classSoul-searching within the Democrat...
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US Senate expected to confirm Kevin Warsh as next Federal Reserve chair
Warsh would succeed outgoing Fed chair Jerome Powell as Trump continues his push to influence the US central bankSign up for the Breaking News US news...
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Trump news at a glance: Trump wants to ‘go in’ to Iran to secure nuclear material, Netanyahu claims
Iran says it has responded to US peace proposal as ceasefire comes under strain and Israeli prime minister says war is ‘not over’Benjamin Netanyahu ha...
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After Standing Rock, could a canceled mine project offer a roadmap for opponents of a new oil pipeline in South Dakota?
Nine groups in the Sioux Nation say an exploratory graphite drilling project endangers a recognized ceremonial site Almost exactly a decade since the ...
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The next Voting Rights Act must outlaw gerrymandering | Jamil Smith
The supreme court has gutted one of the strongest federal tools we had against the most effective weapon in US politicsMaps can guide us home. They sh...
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How the Trump White House works against itself in its efforts to prevent overdoses
Contradictory policies that gut harm reduction programs while supporting naloxone access are confusing expertsWithin just a few weeks, the Trump admin...
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How TMZ is finding its footing on the political scene, even after some misfires
The salacious gossip website is hounding politicians and tracking vacationing members of CongressTMZ has only been in Washington DC for a matter of we...
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How do we get more men to join the anti-Trump resistance? | Saul Austerlitz
My activist group is about 80% women. Where did all the men go – and how can we get them back?In Donald Trump’s first term, my Brooklyn-based activist...
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Pardoned January 6 rioter sentenced to seven years for Virginia burglary
Zachary Alam spent four years in jail for his role in the Capitol attack before Trump pardoned him in 2025A convicted participant in the 6 January 202...
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‘I see every child like I see my children’: why US mothers are on the frontlines of resistance movements
Mothers’ experiences often intersect with federal policy battles over gun violence, immigration and childcareSarah spent the first months of the year ...
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Trump news at a glance: Marco Rubio hopes for ‘serious offer’ from Iran on ceasefire proposal
Tehran accuses Washington of ‘reckless military adventure’; Trump prepares for rare China visit amid turbulent backdrop – key US politics stories from...
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Sean Duffy faces backlash for new family reality show: ‘unfocused and out of touch’
US transportation secretary announces The Great American Road Trip amid transportation crises and rising fuel pricesSean Duffy, the US transportation ...
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‘Empty and vapid’ CDC finally responds to hantavirus outbreak. But experts say it’s too little, too late
World Health Organization – which the US left under Trump – has been leading the response to the cruise ship outbreakThe Centers for Disease Control a...
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With Trump’s low approval rating and Republicans’ ‘self-destruction’, can Democrats take the Senate?
Even with the Iran war weighing Trump’s party down, Democrats face a challenge turning the upper chamber blueThe county of Louisa in eastern Iowa is s...
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Federal judge dismisses former Trump supporter’s defamation suit against Fox News
Raymond Epps, a former Oath Keeper member, said he was the target of conspiracies over his role in US Capitol attackA federal judge on Friday dismisse...
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No-bid contract to turn DC’s reflecting pool blue goes to firm with ties to Trump
A company Trump has used for work at his Virginia golf course was awarded $6.9m to paint the iconic attractionDonald Trump’s latest beautification pla...
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Trump Media and Technology Group lost $406m in first three months of 2026
Parent company of president’s Truth Social platform generated only $870,000 even as net sales were up 6%The parent company of Donald Trump’s Truth Soc...
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‘My ambition is to change the country,’ AOC says when asked about seeking higher office in 2028
New York’s Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brushed off question about run for presidencyThe New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasi...
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Tucson took action against ICE. Now the city is bracing for state Republicans to fight back
‘You cannot compromise with crazy,’ the mayor says after taking steps to block the agency from targeting its residents They could hear the shot that k...
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‘Largely slop’: Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy is scant on substance but heavy on enemies
Critics say document outlining strategy is both ‘completely Trumpian’ and an ‘alarming’ escalation in rhetoricWhen Donald Trump’s counter-terrorism “c...
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‘The FDA is a complete mess’: Trump makes fate of agency chief unclear as public trust plummits
Food and Drug Administration commissioner’s decisions have hurt staff morale and put his job in crosshairsDonald Trump has signed off on a plan to fir...
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US awaiting response from Iran over proposals for ceasefire deal, says Rubio
Diplomatic efforts continue despite fighting in and around contested strait of Hormuz in recent daysMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US secretary ...
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Trump news at a glance: Republicans dominating redistricting fight across several states before midterms
President and his party celebrate as Democrats vow to fight Virginia court ruling barring state from enacting new voter-approved congressional maps – ...
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Trump administration relaxing hunting restrictions in US parks and refuges
After January order from US department of the interior, managers across 55 sites have lifted prohibitionsDonald Trump’s administration is quietly push...
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Doge slashing of humanities grants in 2025 ruled biased and unconstitutional
US judge says halt of $100m in funds allotted by Congress for scholars, writers and research illegal and discriminatoryA federal judge ruled on Thursd...
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Alabama lawmakers pass plan for new US House primary if courts allow different districts
Southern Republicans moving quickly to capitalize on supreme court ruling in Louisiana case that weakened voting protections for minorities nationwide...
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ABC lawyers accuse Trump’s FCC of punishing network for political reasons
Network lawyers in a legal motion strongly pushed back against the FCC’s investigation into The View talkshowLawyers representing an ABC station have ...
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Hantavirus misinformation runs rampant as the US is unequipped to respond to infectious disease health scare
The US’s withdrawal from the WHO – and cuts to the country’s health system – stymie officials’ response• What is hantavirus?• Where did the cruise shi...
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Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs
Release follows Trump directive for agencies to declassify government files related to unidentified flying objectsThe Pentagon on Friday released an i...
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Virginia supreme court strikes down new congressional maps in win for Republicans
Maps, recently approved by voters, would have helped Democrats gain up to four new seats in US HouseSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailV...
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White House calls Mark Hamill ‘sick’ after his post with AI image of Trump in a grave
Star Wars actor later deleted post and apologized, saying president should live ‘long enough to be held accountable’US politics live – latest updatesT...
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The fight against AI data centers isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy | Astra Taylor and Saul Levin
Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisionsSince the surreal scene at ...
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Pronatalism with Etsy sensibilities: how high-profile White House pregnancies became agitprop
As the Trump administration stokes anxiety about US birthrates, Karoline Leavitt and Katie Miller have touted motherhood as the ultimate ‘blessing’On ...
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Steve Hilton: British strategist becomes unlikely frontrunner for California governor
Former David Cameron adviser says a vote for him will make California ‘Califordable’ – not everyone is convinced He “knows how to wind people up like ...
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The powerful Democrat trying to win over California’s rural voters
Mike McGuire courts red territory with town halls and a populist pitch on jobs, healthcare and wildfire costsQuincy, population 1,600, is not exactly ...
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Anger mounts after Tennessee Republicans redraw maps – US politics live
Legislature has eliminated the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional districtSign up for the Breaking News US email Meanwhile, Alabama ...
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‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and other southern states stun residents with all-out charge to redraw congressional maps to favor white voters after ...
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We sued the Trump administration for these immigration records
The Guardian wanted to know who, exactly, would be pulled into the mass-deportation dragnet of Trump’s second termDonald Trump entered his second term...
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Revealed: The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months
The Guardian analyzed ICE records from January-August 2025, as advocates say the family-separation crisis will lead to generational trauma After three...
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Trump’s looming defeat in Iran is a personal and political crisis | Robert Reich
Trump’s ego cannot accept a humiliating loss, and we are already seeing the effects of his failure playing outWe are witnessing what happens to a pers...
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Does Trump basically own the US supreme court now? – podcast
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the law professor and author Leah Litman about the conservative-leaning court’s decisions this legislative session, cases...
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Trump news at a glance: US and Iran exchange fire, which president calls ‘love tap’
Skirmishes threw into question the viability of shaky ceasefire that had largely held for previous month– key US politics stories from 7 May at a glan...
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US trade court rules against Trump’s 10% global tariffs
Trump also issues new deadline for EU to implement trade deal terms before raising tariffs to ‘much higher levels’The US trade court on Thursday ruled...
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Southern Poverty Law Center pleads not guilty in federal fraud case
Prosecutors allege SPLC funneled over $3m to sources in extremist groups but legal experts say case is weakSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter...
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Tennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority district
Move comes days after supreme court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymanderingUS politics live – latest updatesTennes...
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US appeals court appears skeptical of Pentagon bid to punish Mark Kelly
Case involves White House effort to censure the US senator over video urging service members to ‘refuse illegal orders’A US federal appeals court at a...
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FBI defends Kash Patel after report alleging he gifts custom whiskey bottles
Agency says FBI director ‘followed all applicable ethical guidelines’ in giving out personalized bourbon bottlesThe FBI said that agency director Kash...
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The Guardian view on ceasefires that aren’t: Israel never stopped killing in Gaza – allies must reject any escalation | Editorial
The US is unlikely to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu to comply with truce terms. Europe must take actionThe meaning of the term “ceasefire” should be sel...
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