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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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How do ‘Trump accounts’ work – and who will benefit?
Donation of $6.25bn for children’s investment accounts prompts wave of questions – but details remain scarceA tech billionaire and his wife said on Tu...
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Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community
US president’s xenophobic rant comes amid reports of stepped-up effort to deport Somalis in Minneapolis-St PaulUS politics live – latest updatesDonald...
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Trump threatens strikes on any country he claims makes drugs for US
Trump signals imminent land strikes in Venezuela, blaming a navy admiral for a deadly September attackDonald Trump warned on Tuesday that any country ...
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Family of victim in Trump drug boat killings files first formal complaint
Exclusive: petition says Colombia citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in US airstrike on 15 SeptemberA family in Colombia filed a p...
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Trump administration puts Fema workers back on administrative leave
Fourteen workers who signed a petition that warned cuts put the US at risk were initially suspended in AugustThe Trump administration is reversing the...
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Trump says he and Hegseth didn't know about second strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat – video
President Donald Trump has said he didn't know anything about a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat on 2 September. He also stood by his ...
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Pentagon says every national guard troop deployed in Washington DC ‘is now armed’
Move to arm all 2,375 estimated troops marks significant shift in rules of engagement for domestic military deploymentsUS politics live – latest updat...
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Sabrina Carpenter slams ‘evil and disgusting’ ICE video that uses her song
Pop star calls out White House’s ‘inhumane agenda’ after post that soundtracks immigration raids to her song JunoSabrina Carpenter has spoken out agai...
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Costco sues Trump administration over sweeping use of emergency tariff powers
The wholesale giant claims the White House misused emergency authority and warns importers could lose refunds even if duties are ruled unlawfulCostco ...
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What Trump’s asylum ‘pause’ means – and what it doesn’t
The US president has halted decisions on many asylum claims, but the scope, legality and real-world impact of the pause remain unclearDonald Trump has...
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Trump administration is ‘selling out’ admiral to shield Hegseth over boat strikes, officials say
White House names Adm Frank M Bradley as officer who ‘directed the engagement’, distancing Hegseth from accountabilityUS politics live – latest update...
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Trump’s night of 160 posts on Truth Social fuels debate about US president’s stamina
The 79-year-old president’s social media blitz included conspiracies, attacks on political foes and self-praiseFrom apparently nodding off in the Oval...
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Kristi Noem urges sweeping new US travel ban after fatal DC shooting
Homeland security secretary backs broad restrictions after guard member’s killing, echoing Trump’s hardline stanceKristi Noem, the US homeland securit...
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Asylum seekers across US in limbo over Trump’s policy reversals: ‘devastating’
US paused asylum decisions, halted Afghan visas, and will review green card requests after national guard shootingNews that the Trump administration h...
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John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse
Under the chief justice, the US supreme court has bolstered authoritarian agendas while undercutting the voice of votersThroughout his two decades as ...
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AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now | Bernie Sanders
Despite the speed at which it is progressing, AI is getting far too little discussion in Congress, the media and within the general population. That h...
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How Trump’s on-again, off-again Nasa appointee emerged from a political black hole
Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanityIt used to be that once your star had fallen in...
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White House distances Hegseth from second strike on alleged drug boat – US politics live
Defence secretary gave order for strikes but did not say to ‘kill everybody’, according to White House spokespersonAnswering questions on Air Force On...
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Radar revelation stokes fears Caribbean could be drawn into US-Venezuela crisis
Trinidad PM rejects claims installation is in support of US campaign but opposition says ‘they have sold soul of nation’How the US pressure campaign a...
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Trump news at a glance: tensions with Venezuela rise following president’s reported ultimatum to Maduro
Trump reportedly had a ‘blunt message’ for Venezuelan president: leave power and your country immediately – key US politics stories from 1 December at...
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Several protesters arrested after ICE raid thwarted in New York City
Demonstrators blocked the exit of ICE vehicles from a parking lot using garbage bags and metal barriersA raid by federal immigration authorities on Sa...
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How progressives are taking over swing states – and driving fear into Democratic elites
Left-leaning challengers in the Rust belt are throwing chaos into a divided party struggling to rebuild after Trump’s winIn the run-up to last month’s...
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FBI under Kash Patel has become ‘internally paralyzed by fear’, new report reveals
Leaked assessment based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources describes organization as a ‘rudderless ship’US politics live – latest updatesThe...
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I’m part of the triple-decker sandwich generation. You probably are as well
You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. Alissa Quart ha...
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Trump says he’ll release MRI results but has ‘no idea’ which body part was scanned
US president, who is 79, spoke about scan amid concerns over his cognitive abilities and mental fitnessUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump s...
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Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba serving unlawfully as US attorney, says appeals court
Habba disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, appeals court saysDonald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom his ...
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Indiana Republican vows to vote no on redistricting after Trump posts ableist slur
Michael Bohacek, state senator whose child has Down syndrome, says US president’s ‘choices of words have consequences’US politics live – latest update...
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California dreaming: who is running to succeed Gavin Newsom as governor?
More than 95 candidates have submitted paperwork but here are the early frontrunners for next year’s electionThe race is on to succeed Gavin Newsom, t...
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Coming days may be ‘pivotal’ for talks to end Ukraine war, EU’s top diplomat says
Negotiation efforts ramp up as Zelenskyy meets Macron in Paris and Trump envoy prepares for Putin talksEurope live – latest updatesThe diplomatic effo...
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Democrats hope for off-year House upset in Tennessee Maga stronghold
Even a close second could be a bellwether of Republican loss of control of House of Representatives in midtermsFresh off a wave of successes in Novemb...
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Aipac over affordability: Democratic candidates come under fire for support of Israel
Democrats like congressman Ritchie Torres face backlash for pro-Israel stances as Americans’ views of Israel sourAt a campaign event in the Bronx last...
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Trump backs Hegseth amid report of repeated strike on boat – US politics live
Calls from Congress for an immediate investigation into reports that war secretary ordered a second strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat Speaking to ...
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‘Conversion therapy’ is homophobic and dangerous. Yet it threatens to make a comeback | David Kirp
Bans on the dangerous practice, condemned by national mental health organizations, could soon be struck downHomosexuality is an illness that therapist...
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Trump news at a glance: president says freeze on asylum decisions will last ’a long time’
Response to national guard shooting has ‘no time limit’; gutting of DHS watchdog could pave way for abuse – key US politics stories from 30 November a...
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Trump confirms he recently spoke with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro
Trump remained tight-lipped on details of call with Venezuelan president as tensions rise between countriesDonald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he ha...
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Trump invites families of national guard members who were shot to White House
President plans to honor Sarah Beckstrom, who was fatally shot, as well as Andrew Wolfe, who is in critical conditionDonald Trump said on Sunday that ...
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Ukrainian and US officials meet in Florida to discuss proposals to end Russia’s war
Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Kyiv delegation amid more deadly Russian attacks in UkraineUkrainian negotiators have met US officia...
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Kristi Noem claims suspect in national guard shooting was ‘radicalized’ in US
Homeland security secretary also blamed ‘activist’ judges for defying court order to halt deportation flightsKristi Noem, the homeland security secret...
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Trump grants clemency to executive convicted in fraud scheme – report
David Gentile had just begun to serve a seven-year sentence for role in $1.6bn scheme that defrauded thousands Donald Trump granted clemency to privat...
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Virginia Democrat wins seat in state legislature by taking on datacenters
John McAuliff won against a Republican by focusing on something affecting all his constituents: the cost of energyJohn McAuliff, a 33-year-old small b...
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‘We have become so divided’: Georgia district prepares for life after Marjorie Taylor Greene
Republicans and Democrats alike look to fill congressional firebrand’s House seat when she departs in 2026Marjorie Taylor Greene for president. Randy ...
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Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harmsThe federal watchdog system at the De...
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Trump news at a glance: Venezuela suspends all deportation flights after Trump airspace closure warning
Venezuela responds defiantly to Trump comments about closing airspace above country, saying it doesn’t accept foreign orders or threats The Venezuelan...
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What Rosa Parks can teach us about resistance today | Jan-Werner Mueller
Rosa Park’s story is about courage. But, lest one forget, it is also a story about breaking the lawIt was 70 years ago when four African Americans wer...
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Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’
Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 childrenThe leading vaccine regulator at the Food...
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Northwestern University agrees to pay US government $75m to restore research funding
Agreement will also end series of investigations of university over school’s alleged failure to fight antisemitismNorthwestern University has agreed t...
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As Epstein files release looms, question abound on what happens next: ‘Possibilities are endless’
People implicated in the late sex offender’s crimes might face criminal charges or, at the very least, social ostracismAs the clock ticks toward the c...
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