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Trump news at a glance: Seizure of oil tanker marks new level of tensions between US and Venezuela
Trump says Colombia’s president ‘next’ as he announces major escalation in US pressure on Nicolás Maduro – key US politics stories from Wednesday, 10 ...
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US House passes bill authorizing $900bn for military programs
Legislation includes pay increase for troops and a demand for more information about boat strikes in the CaribbeanThe US House voted 312-112 to pass a...
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US House passes bill to bolster Europe’s defence, in apparent rebuke to Trump’s foreign policy strategy
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) carries $8bn more than the funding Trump requested in MayThe US House has approved a sweeping defen...
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Sean Duffy wants to bring ‘civility’ to air travel … so why is he doing pull-ups at the airport? | Arwa Mahdawi
Transport infrastructure in the US is a hot mess – and the guy in charge thinks ‘wellness spaces’ are gonna solve the problemSean “Dog” Duffy is a leg...
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US signs nearly $140m deal to purchase six Boeing 737s for use in deportations
Funds for contract signed with Daedalus Aviation will come from $170bn allocated for Trump’s border policyThe Department of Homeland Security has sign...
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Fed cuts interest rates by a quarter point amid apparent split over US economy
Divisive vote to lower rates highlights uncertainty in the Fed as economy absorbs major shakeups, including tariffsThe US Federal Reserve announced on...
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‘Coalition of the willing’ nations to hold call on ending war in Ukraine
Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and others to discuss peace plan as US tries to push through peace dealLeaders of the “coalition of the willing” group o...
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Brad Lander to challenge Dan Goldman for New York congressional seat
Outgoing NYC comptroller and progressive ally of mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani launches primary bid for CongressBrad Lander, the outgoing comptroller of ...
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Musk calls Doge only ‘somewhat successful’ and says he would not do it again
Speaking on a rightwing podcast, the billionaire said he would not go back and lead the job-cutting program again Elon Musk has said the aggressive fe...
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Miami’s new Democratic mayor signals not just a backlash to Trump, but a seismic shift
Eileen Higgins’s win has reset Miami’s political landscape in a manner not seen in some ways in 28 years, and in others not at allUS politics live – l...
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Trump has confirmed Europeans’ worst fears. Are their leaders ready to stand up to him now?
The White House has formalised its contempt for ‘decaying’ Europe with an ominous plan to undermine the EU and boost the far rightDon’t get This Is Eu...
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All of the suspected drug boat killings are murders | Kenneth Roth
There is no rule of law if the president can deem anyone an enemy combatant and order them summarily shotThe largely supine Republicans in Congress ha...
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Judge blocks Trump administration’s deployment of national guard troops in Los Angeles
Judge ordered the guard, deployed to the city in June, returned to the control of the California governorUS politics live – latest updatesA US judge o...
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US politics live: most Americans blame Trump for high prices, poll shows
New poll shows 55% of Americans hold Trump administration accountable for cost of living rises – a day after Trump makes false claims on economyTrump ...
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Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the USAll tourists to the United States wo...
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US senator calls for insider trading inquiry over Trump donors buying $12m worth of shares
Co-chairs of LNG firm, who bought stock worth almost $12m each after meeting with Trump officials, deny wrongdoingA senior Democratic senator is calli...
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US health officials re-examine RSV shots despite documented safety and efficacy
The FDA is reviewing RSV vaccines, which have drastically lowered infant hospitalizations, a spokesperson confirmedUS regulatory officials are re-exam...
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Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump
Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local electionsOn a cloudy Saturday afternoon, t...
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Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives’ autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures
RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats – and Gaza stance did not helpKamala Harris lost last year’s US p...
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Trump news at a glance: president hints at abandoning Ukraine, rambles about ‘weak’ Europe
Trump’s sometimes incoherent Politico interview featured recycled far-right tropes about European immigration – key US politics stories from Tuesday 9...
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Fact check: debunking Trump’s claims on immigration and affordability in Pennsylvania
The US president made baseless claims during remarks on cost of living that meandered into racism and bigotryDonald Trump made a series of false and b...
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Eileen Higgins becomes Miami’s first Democratic mayor in 30 years
In stunning upset victory, Higgins also becomes first woman in post and first non-Hispanic candidate since 90sDemocrat Eileen Higgins was elected mayo...
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Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
A cable from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’US diplomats hav...
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Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse
Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being heldOfficers at the large immigration detention ...
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This swine life: pig named Six Seven pardoned by Miami-Dade mayor
Daniella Levine Cava wished the piglet ‘a long happy life’ in speech alluding to the several pardons issued by TrumpIt might not have been at the same...
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The Guardian view on Trump and Europe: more an abusive relationship than an alliance | Editorial
The White House is aggressively seeking to weaken and dominate the United States’ traditional allies. European leaders must learn to fight back.Sir Ke...
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Organizers submit enough signatures to block gerrymandered Missouri map
More than 300,000 signatures delivered to secretary of state to force referendum on Republican-drawn mapOrganizers challenging Missouri’s gerrymandere...
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New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945Trump lambasts ‘weak’ and ‘decaying...
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Donald Trump has finally won a peace prize – from Fifa, no less. Here are five other awards he should win | Arwa Mahdawi
The inaugural award bestowed upon the US president could pave the way for many more colourful accolades. I have some ideas ...What a privilege it is t...
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Tufts student can resume research after Trump administration revoked her visa, judge rules
Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested in March amid White House’s crackdown on foreign students’ pro-Palestinian advocacyA federal judge has allowed a Tufts Uni...
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Trump had two mortgages he claimed were primary dwellings, records show
President did same thing his administration is now calling ‘mortgage fraud’ in case against Fed governor Lisa CookDonald Trump signed mortgage documen...
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Nancy Mace escalated airport incident into ‘spectacle’, police investigation says
Republican congresswoman berated TSA in late October with profanity and insults, leaving employees ‘visibly upset’A police investigation has found tha...
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Over 200 ex-staffers decry destruction of DoJ civil rights arm: ‘America deserves better’
Former employees from justice department’s civil rights division accuse Trump administration of purging expertsMore than 200 former employees in the j...
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US judge strikes down Trump order blocking wind energy projects
Federal judge declared January executive order unlawful, ruling in favor of a coalition of state attorneys generalA federal judge on Monday struck dow...
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Florida declares US Muslim civil rights group a foreign terrorist organization
Ron DeSantis’s legally dubious order designating Cair – and Muslim Brotherhood – follows similar move by TexasFlorida is declaring the Council on Amer...
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Justice department can release Ghislaine Maxwell court materials, judge says
Records could be made public within 10 days under new Epstein Files Transparency ActThe justice department can publicly release investigative material...
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Trump’s crackdown on factchecker visas won't protect free speech | Margaret Sullivan
This isn’t about defending citizens. It’s about keeping the truth – and those skilled at protecting it – at a safe distanceDonald Trump’s war on the t...
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Abbott moves to bring Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA into Texas schools
The governor touts ‘urgency and a need’ for Club America chapters amid criticism of influence on studentsTexas has embarked on launching chapters of T...
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It’s time for Democrats to play offense on healthcare | Abdul El-Sayed
As a doctor, I’ve seen the state of our broken system from the inside. My party needs to think biggerYou don’t need a doctor to tell you America’s hea...
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Hegseth and Rubio expected to brief ‘Gang of Eight’ as Trump refuses to rule out sending troops to Venezuela – US politics live
Group that includes congressional leaders and leading intelligence committee members is traditionally briefed on major national security actionsAsked ...
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American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi review – insufferable filler that sidesteps the real issues
The reporter’s affair with Robert F Kennedy Jr raised a whole host of questions, few of which get answers in this pretentious memoirDid he take me ser...
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We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritariansDonald Trump makes no secret of h...
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US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions
Civicus, a non-profit that monitors global civic freedoms, moved the US from the ‘narrowed’ to ‘obstructed’ categoryA coalition of global civil societ...
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FBI agents fired for kneeling at racial justice protest sue to win jobs back
Agents who kneeled in 2020 accuse Kash Patel of retaliation and say they were trying to calm volatile situationTwelve former FBI agents fired after kn...
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Trump news at a glance: US supreme court appears set to back Trump’s power to fire independent board members
Court appears to be split down partisan lines in favor of historic expansion of executive power – key US politics stories from 8 December 2025The US s...
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Trump clears way for Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to China
Commerce department finalizing deal to allow H200 chips to be sold to China as strict Biden-era restrictions relaxedDonald Trump has cleared the way f...
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‘Very unfair’: Trump threatens extra 5% tariff on Mexico over water dispute
President accuses neighbor of violating treaty governing water-sharing and urges water to be released ‘immediately’ Donald Trump has threatened to imp...
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Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett launches bid for US Senate seat
The two-term Texas congresswoman seeks to flip seat held by Republican John Cornyn in the GOP-dominated stateDemocratic representative Jasmine Crocket...
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Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba says she’s resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
Habba’s resignation comes despite administration’s efforts to keep her in place after court rulings found she was unlawfully serving in the roleUS pol...
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Family of student deported to Honduras say they were targeted by ICE agents
Father of student detained at Boston airport on her way to visit family in Austin, says agents showed up at Texas homeImmigration agents appeared on S...
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House portrayal of her after ICE arrest
Bruna Ferreira, who was released from ICE custody Monday on bond, denies claims that she’s an absentee parentThe Brazilian-born mother of White House ...
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Trump turns on Europe: will he pull support for Ukraine? | The Latest
Donald Trump has loomed large over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with European leaders, after the US president took aim at the Ukrainian leader once a...
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