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This week saw humanity at its worst. Artemis II told the opposite story | Flynn Coleman
We send the voice of the dead across space as an act of continuity and care, while on Earth we tally the bodies. Which do we choose to become?Four peo...
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Oil price tops $100 a barrel after US-Iran talks fail and Trump orders strait of Hormuz blockade
US Navy to impose blockade today in bid to choke off flow of Iranian oil Explainer: strait of Hormuz blockadeBusiness live – latest updatesOil prices ...
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Can the 25th amendment save us all from global disaster? | First Dog on the Moon
We all know Trump has been doing loads of terrible things but apparently threatening to destroy Iranian civilisation is finally a bridge too farSign u...
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Strait of Hormuz blockade explained: why is Trump threatening it now and will it increase the price of oil?
The threat from the US president has left markets in another period of uncertainty, with questions over how the blockade will be enforcedDonald Trump ...
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Trump news at a glance: president renews threat to Iranian power plants and bridges after talks fail
Donald Trump has said the US will begin blockading the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to take control of the strategic waterway. Key US politics stori...
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Eric Swalwell quits California governor race after sexual assault allegations
Democratic congressman, running to replace Gavin Newsom, has faced multiple accusationsRepresentative Eric Swalwell, the Democratic frontrunner in the...
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DHS investigating claim about Swalwell nanny filed by conspiracy theorist
Joel Gilbert, who mailed anti-Barack Obama film to voters in 2012, accuses congressman of violating immigration lawSign up for the Breaking News US em...
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Move to expel Democrat Eric Swalwell from Congress gains steam
Pressure mounts on Californian, who denies rape claims, and on Texan Tony Gonzales, who had affair with staffer who died by suicideSign up for the Bre...
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US lawmakers split on party lines over negotiations’ failure to end Iran war
Republicans call on Trump to ‘finish the job’ while top Democrats warn against resuming hostilitiesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsl...
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Ex-CIA director calls for ousting Trump: ‘25th amendment was written with him in mind’
John Brennan says president who made volatile remarks about destroying Iranian civilization ‘is clearly unhinged’The former Central Intelligence Agenc...
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Donald Trump and Marco Rubio watch UFC fights in Miami as peace talks with Iran fail
President has long been a fan of mixed martial artsIvanka and Donald Trump Jr also at eventDonald Trump and US secretary of state Marco Rubio attended...
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Blue city, red state battle: Kansas City feuds over ‘colonial’ police system
Democratic city does not control its police force – and reform attempts have been thwarted by RepublicansQuinton Lucas said he thinks his city’s polic...
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‘Never been closer’: UFO watchers buoyed by Trump and Vance’s alien ‘obsession’
From Vance’s interest to Trump’s commitment to disclosure, administration’s fascination with UFOs has experts feeling close to evidence of aliensLike ...
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Trump’s new budget ignores dying Americans and gives away record sums to the US military
President’s proposed budget slashes health department by 12% while throwing $1.5tn – a 42% increase – to the militaryAmericans are dying in droves. De...
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The anti-ICE resistance is working | Judith Levine
A mass movement defending immigrants has slowed the Trump administration’s abusesResistance, in physics, is the force that hinders the flow of charged...
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Protocol be damned: here’s what King Charles should say on his visit to the US | Simon Tisdall
The king has the chance to offer some tough love. Perhaps he could start with a speech to Congress about the Trump administration’s reckless trajector...
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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment The United States is bein...
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Trump news at a glance: president signals more mass pardons in pipeline; Vance leaves Pakistan after Iran peace talks break down
Trump reported saying he will issue mass pardons at end of term; vice-president says Iran and US at an impasse over nuclear weapons question – key US ...
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Manhattan DA’s office to investigate Eric Swalwell over sexual assault allegations
Democratic representative has denied accusations from former staffer as he faces calls to drop bid for governor The Manhattan district attorney’s offi...
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Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil
Leo’s comments did not directly mention war in Iran but read as his strongest condemnation of the conflict yetPope Leo XIV stepped into the internatio...
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US state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regime
Three arrested by federal agents had family ties to Iranian military general, regime spokesperson or security chiefUnited States federal agents arrest...
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Louisiana Republicans move to eliminate court office won by exonerated man
After Calvin Duncan served 28 years for a murder he didn’t commit, he won an election to serve as criminal court clerk. But now the office might be sh...
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‘We feel this incredible tension at all times’: what happened to small-town USA when extremists moved in
In his new book, Michael Edison Hayden captures the bitter saga between the founders of far-right publication VDare and the residents of a West Virgin...
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Trump reportedly says he’ll issue mass pardons at end of his presidential term
President already has issued sweeping pardons throughout second term, including for 1,500 US Capital riot defendantsDonald Trump has reportedly said h...
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Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’
Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space programThe astronauts on board Ar...
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For Trump and Hegseth, the Iran war is a game | Judith Levine
Amid death, threats, obliterated buildings and wasted money, the administration’s remarks have been head-spinning to witnessTrump threatened to commit...
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Black women in Georgia turn to midwives for safer births – so why does the state criminalize many of them?
A new lawsuit seeks to decriminalize the work of midwives banned from providing care amid a worsening maternal health crisisWhen Tamara Taitt moved to...
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Federal workers struggle to find roles a year after Trump cuts: ‘I’ve applied to over 250 jobs’
Current and former government employees say they’re facing a tough job market over a year on from sweeping cutsMaggie was faced with a tough choice in...
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Trump news at a glance: Epstein survivors have words for Melania Trump after surprise statement
More than a dozen survivors accuse first lady of ‘shifting the burden’ on to them after she called on Congress to hold public hearings – key US politi...
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California: Eric Swalwell staffers quit after new sexual assault allegations
Allies of Democratic governor contender withdraw support after accusations in San Francisco Chronicle and on CNNCalifornia gubernatorial candidate Eri...
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Former New York City mayor Eric Adams obtains Albanian citizenship
Adams was granted citizenship and a passport from Balkan country by a special decree from the republic’s presidentFormer New York City mayor Eric Adam...
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Remaining in Nato is in best interests of US, says Keir Starmer
PM pushes back after Trump’s threats to leave alliance and says European members must do more in light of Iran warKeir Starmer has said it is in the b...
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Kamala Harris says she’s ‘thinking about’ running for president again in 2028
Former vice-president spoke before a crowd at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network gathering in New YorkUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for ...
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The Guardian view on Trump’s civilisational threats: the words that fuel war must be condemned | Editorial
Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal“Metaphors can kill,” the linguist George ...
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Four men deported by US to Eswatini have right to see lawyer, court rules
The men, sent to the southern African country in July, have been denied in-person counsel for nine months Four men deported by the US to Eswatini and ...
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Bullying might work when you’re 12. Does it work when you’re president? | Dave Schilling
Trump’s missile-rattling isn’t helping anyone. At least that makes it easier to explain the world to my kidWere you bullied as a child? If so, congrat...
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Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran
The bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?Nine months and six da...
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Alarm as acting CDC director delays report showing Covid vaccine benefits
Study that reportedly found reduction in ER visits and hospitalizations being reviewed by Jay BhattacharyaA Trump administration appointee has delayed...
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Middle East crisis has given Iran new way to resist nuclear limits, say former US-Iran envoys
2015 nuclear deal negotiators say cutting off strait of Hormuz has shown Iran how it can ‘balance asymmetry of power’ with USMiddle East crisis – live...
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Epstein survivors criticise Melania Trump after surprise statement – US politics live
First lady had called for a public hearing for survivors but a group of those affected say they have ‘done their part’ and reiterate calls for Pam Bon...
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‘Illegal’ forest service overhaul risks causing ‘chaos’ across US public lands, union claims
The restructuring will close all regional offices, which manages 193m acres of land, roughly the size of TexasSign up for the Breaking News US email t...
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Trump to break bread with journalists at annual dinner amid threats to jail them
Trump to attend correspondents’ dinner for first time as president, while some newsrooms ‘wrestle’ with whether to goThe White House Correspondents’ A...
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Pete Hegseth is a disaster of a defense secretary. It’s no surprise | Margaret Sullivan
The former Fox host has misled the public, prayed for violence and clashed with the press. This is not a serious military leaderWith his jawline firm ...
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’He’s mentally unstable’: Iranian American in Congress condemns Trump’s war and pushes for his removal
Democratic representative Yassamin Ansari says the war has only more deeply entrenched the Iranian regimeSign up for the Breaking News US email to get...
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Could Trump be forced out of office? – podcast
This week, despite securing a temporary ceasefire with Iran, there were calls from both the left and the right to invoke the 25th amendment of the US ...
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Melania Trump’s surprise Epstein statement prompts bafflement
Reporters search for answers to why first lady chose to make speech – and whether president knew it was comingMelania Trump’s surprise statement denyi...
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Trump news at a glance: Melania Trump’s weird disavowal of Epstein is getting weirder
It was unclear which specific accusations spurred the first lady to respond publicly – key US politics stories from Thursday 9 April at a glanceMelani...
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‘We can’t lose’: all eyes on potential 2028 Democratic contenders at big party gathering for this year’s midterms
Leading party figures gather at the National Action Network convention in New York to strategize for midterm electionsSign up for the Breaking News US...
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US judge rules Pentagon has violated his order in press access case
Paul Friedman grants New York Times’s motion to force implementation of earlier ruling that gutted restrictive new policyA federal judge on Thursday r...
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Melania says her piece about Epstein – doth the lady protest too much?
The first lady unleashed a barrage of denials – and put one of her husband’s biggest political liabilities back on the agendaUS politics – live update...
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DNC rejects resolution condemning influence of pro-Israel Aipac lobby
Panel’s decision a blow to progressives who are unhappy with group’s involvement in Democratic contestsUS politics – live updatesSign up for the Break...
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Melania Trump says she did not have relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
First lady calls on Congress to hold hearing with survivors of late financier’s abuse in statement delivered at White HouseUS politics – live updatesS...
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