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Bitcoin clears $93,000 and Dogecoin soars amid Trump-fueled crypto rally
Cryptocurrency boosters are expecting the president-elect’s economic team to be crypto-friendlyThe price of bitcoin scaled a fresh all-time high on We...
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House rejects bill enabling punishment of non-profits supporting ‘terrorism’
Fears Trump could use bill to target ‘enemies’ by deeming groups ‘terrorist-supporting’ to withhold tax-exempt statusA bill that would have allowed th...
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Senate Republicans elect John Thune as next majority leader
South Dakota senator who serves as the minority whip will replace Mitch McConnell in JanuaryJohn Thune, the Republican senator for South Dakota, will ...
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Joe Biden hosts Donald Trump at the White House – video
Joe Biden met the president-elect, Donald Trump, in the White House on Wednesday, signifying the beginning of the transition process for the handover ...
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US presidential transition meetings through the years – in pictures
It is traditional in the US for the outgoing president to receive the president-elect at the White House before their inauguration to prepare for a sm...
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White House urges Senate Democrats to approve new judges before term ends
Up to 30 nominees for vacant federal judgeships could be confirmed by 3 January but potential obstacles remainSenate Democrats are racing to confirm u...
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The Long Wave: How Juls journeyed the Black Atlantic to curate his sound
From Brazilian percussion to South African amapiano, the British-Ghanaian DJ and producer is building musical links across the diaspora. Plus: London ...
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Trump’s Musk and Ramaswamy appointments spark conflict of interest fears – US politics live
Pair, put in charge of new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’, both lead firms with lucrative government contractsMehdi Hasan writes for the Guardi...
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Is Donald Trump a foreign policy dove? If only | Mehdi Hasan
Trump is surrounding himself with hawks so you can be assured that his will be a very hawkish administration“If Kamala wins, only death and destructio...
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US Congress to hold second hearing on UFOs in attempt to ‘pull back curtain’
House committee’s hearing will have ‘expert witnesses’ to shed light on unidentified anomalous phenomenaThe United States Congress will hold a hearing...
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‘Your body, my choice’: what misogynistic Trump supporters feel about sexual power | Moira Donegan
Young pro-Trump men have rolled out a creepy, snide and all-too-revealing mantraYou can’t say it was a fluke. If in 2016, Donald Trump’s novelty, comb...
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Archive, 1922: US isolation and its impact on Europe
In the early 1920s, President Warren Harding pursued a policy of isolation regarding Europe. See how the Guardian reported eventsDuring the 1920 US pr...
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Trump to meet with House Republicans and Biden to begin transfer of power
Mike Johnson, House speaker, referenced president-elect’s intent at a conference addressing the GOP’s complete sweepDonald Trump plans to address Repu...
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Eric Adams aide under FBI investigation was key player at fundraiser with reported ‘straw’ donations
Revealed: Video footage casts doubt on compliance with campaign finance laws and past characterizations of the event by the Adams campaignWinnie Greco...
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‘Go to hell’: Project 2025 chief kicks Guardian reporter out of book event
Heritage Foundation staff, introducing Kevin Roberts to the reporter, says: ‘You’ve got two minutes with our best friend Adam from the Guardian’Kevin ...
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Americans are desperately Googling how to ‘move to Europe’. We should welcome them | Alexander Hurst
After Donald Trump’s second win the European Union should capitalise on the likely transatlantic brain drainI am resisting the temptation to write a l...
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US election updates: Trump picks hardliner as ambassador to Israel in slew of job appointments
Trump recruits pro-settler figure Mike Huckabee, and will also put Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in charge of a new department of government efficienc...
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Coalition 'keeping an open mind' on Kevin Rudd's US ambassador role after Trump election – video
Liberal senator Simon Birmingham says the Coalition is 'keeping an open mind' on whether Kevin Rudd – a vocal critic of US president-elect Donald Trum...
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Senior Trump adviser suggests Rudd’s time as US ambassador could be up with hourglass gif
Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott defend suitability of former PM after Dan Scavino social media post, despite Rudd’s past criticism of p...
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Trump handpicks key ally Elon to carry out slash-and-burn cuts plan
World’s richest man has been an enthusiastic cost-cutter – but he may find the public sector an entirely different beastDonald Trump, president-elect ...
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Trump selects Elon Musk to lead government efficiency department
Musk and ex-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head up Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)Trump names Elon Musk to key role – follow liv...
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Portland’s first ranked-choice vote elects progressive outsider as mayor
As US electorate moves to right, Oregon city bucks trend and also elects most diverse city council in historyIn 2022 it appeared the political winds i...
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Oakland mayor and county’s district attorney ousted in historic recall
Sheng Thao and Pamela Price faced discontent over housing crisis, rising costs and departure of last sports teamVoters have ousted Oakland’s mayor and...
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The Guardian view on Cop29: 1.5C has been passed – so speed up the green transition | Editorial
Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge on emissions is an encouraging step at a frightening momentPredictions that this will be the first calendar year in which th...
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Trump builds hawkish team with choice of Rubio and Waltz for top jobs
President-elect expected to pick Marco Rubio for secretary of state and Mike Waltz for national security adviserDonald Trump has chosen a pair of esta...
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Judge blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to display Ten Commandments
Judge called law ‘unconstitutional on its face’ but an appeal would be heard by perhaps most conservative court in USA new Louisiana law that requires...
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Trump planning flurry of executive orders for first day, top aide says
Incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles reportedly says Trump will reinstate signature policies of first presidencyDonald Trump will mark the first day of...
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Trump hush-money judge delays ruling on whether to throw out conviction
Postponement follows numerous successful attempts to delay case in which he was convicted on 34 felony countsThe judge in Donald Trump’s Manhattan cri...
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Huge response to fundraiser for former congressman paralyzed in accident
More than $250,000 raised for Michael Grimm, Republican reportedly injured while riding horse in SeptemberA fundraiser for a Republican former congres...
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Why the Trump administration will be bad for Americans’ health
Experts say president-elect is likely to oppose policies such as universal healthcare and measures to reduce smokingDonald Trump will take office with...
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Elon Musk’s Super Pac spent $200m to help elect Donald Trump
Billionaire provided vast majority of funds to America Pac in winning bid to return Trump to White HouseElon Musk’s super political action committee (...
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Trump poised to appoint Rubio; judge decides whether to overturn criminal conviction – US politics live
Former Republican challenger likely to become secretary of state as further developments expected in Trump’s legal battlesTrump expected to appoint Ch...
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Trump reportedly picks Kristi Noem to run homeland security department
South Dakota governor, whose VP chances evaporated after admitting shooting her dog, tipped as DHS secretaryPresident-elect Donald Trump has picked th...
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‘Democrats presented no alternative’: US voters on Trump’s win and where Harris went wrong
Harris and Trump voters share their election opinions from a Guardian callout that received more than a thousand responses“It’s like being sucked into...
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Tom Homan: Trump’s new ‘border czar’ who vowed to ‘run the biggest deportation’ the US has ever seen
Once Ice acting director and Heritage visiting fellow, Homan was called the ‘father’ of Trump’s family separation policyIn 2018, then acting director ...
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Idaho abortion trial to hear from women denied medically necessary abortions
Lawsuit filed by pro-choice protesters seeks to clarify medical exceptions in states’s near-total abortion banWomen denied medically necessary abortio...
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Will the American project survive the anger of white men? | Carol Anderson
At key moments throughout US history, white male anger has been privileged over national security, progress or basic welfareA friend recently asked: “...
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Make no mistake: this Trump presidency will continue to attack abortion rights | Moira Donegan
Just because Trump is publicly distancing himself from abortion does not mean Republicans won’t enact a national banAbortion rights initiatives were o...
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Trump ducked criminal charges – right into the most powerful office in the world | Sidney Blumenthal
In evading legal consequences for his actions, Trump was handed a chillingly simple strategy: just run for president againDonald Trump’s most vital ca...
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The great danger is that this time, Trumpism starts making sense | Randeep Ramesh
So far, the president-elect’s rhetoric has been at odds with reality. If that changes, it would redraw the US electoral mapDonald Trump’s unpredictabl...
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Democrat Ruben Gallego beats far-right Republican Kari Lake to win Arizona senate seat
Gallego will be the first Latino to represent the state, filling the seat of Democrat turned independent senator Krysten SinemaElection briefing: Trum...
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US election updates: Trump reportedly looks to China hawks for key security and foreign policy roles
Trump will reportedly appoint Michael Waltz as his national security adviser and Marco Rubio as secretary of state, as president-elect picks cabinetDo...
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Trump set to appoint China critic Mike Waltz as US national security adviser
Congressman expected to be given key role, while Trump reportedly to name Marco Rubio as US secretary of statePresident-elect Donald Trump has reporte...
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US progressives urge Democrats to back populist policies as party reels from loss
Pramila Jayapal says party has to ‘pick some big fights’ and blames leaders for falling ‘hostage to big-money interests’As shell-shocked Democrats try...
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Trump picks ally Lee Zeldin as environment chief and vows to roll back rules
President-elect says ex-New York congressman will ‘ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions’ as EPA administratorDonald Trump has picked Lee Zeldi...
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Wisconsin supreme court seems hostile to 1849 abortion ban in oral arguments
Status of abortion in state has been contested since Roe was overturned, triggering the 175-year-old ban into effectDuring heated oral arguments on Mo...
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Trump to appoint Stephen Miller, immigration hardliner, as deputy chief of policy
Miller worked in the first Trump administration as a senior adviser and is known for his extremist rhetoricUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Tru...
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US climate envoy says fight against climate crisis does not end under Trump
Even if president-elect rolls back climate progress, John Podesta reaffirms commitment to a clean planet at Cop29The US climate envoy John Podesta sai...
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Trump demands Senate allow him to circumvent hearings to appoint cabinet
Trump urges support from Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn for ‘recess appointments’ while US Senate is pausedUS politics live – latest updatesUS...
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John Oliver on the US election: ‘Despair doesn’t help anything’
Last Week Tonight host tries to process the re-election of Trump, counts the small victories and looks ahead“It has been a rough week,” said John Oliv...
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