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Top Democrat on House oversight panel demands Pam Bondi release Epstein files
Robert Garcia cited revelations from Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir in letter to the attorney generalThe top Democrat on a congressional committ...
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US demands EU reverse new climate rules to allow surge in gas imports
US and Qatar say new rules will hinder imports of LNG, posing ‘existential threat’ to European economiesThe US has demanded that the European Union ro...
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Trump administration considering curbs on exports to China made with US software
Plan would include everything from laptops to jet engines, to retaliate against Beijing’s latest round of rare earth export restrictionsUS politics li...
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Pregnant women report medical neglect in ICE detention, rights groups say
Women reported miscarriages, delayed care, being shackled, as well as held in solitary confinement, letter saysPregnant women have reported bleeding, ...
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White House hasn’t filed plans for Trump’s new ballroom despite demolition under way
Amid backlash over footage of East Wing being partly demolished, White House reportedly intends to send plans for new constructionUS politics live – l...
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Big? Beautiful? Donald Trump is literally ripping apart the home of US democracy. Is anyone really surprised? | Emma Brockes
Demolition work has begun on part of the White House’s East Wing to make way for the president’s ballroom. Truly, these are post-satirical timesOccasi...
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What’s next for No Kings movement? Here’s what its organizers say
Leaders of left-leaning groups behind mass protests against Trump administration map out their visionThe No Kings alliance, the left-leaning groups be...
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Maine Democratic Senate candidate covers tattoo recognized as Nazi symbol
Graham Platner says he was never questioned about the skull-and-crossbones chest tattoo in the 20 years he had itGraham Platner, a Democratic candidat...
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Democratic senator’s floor speech condemning Trump enters 16th hour
Jeff Merkley of Oregon gives address to make case that president is ‘violating the law’ through authoritarianismUS politics live – latest updatesOrego...
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RFK Jr railed against ultra-processed foods. Trump’s policies encourage their production
Experts say the administration’s Maha agenda ‘betrays the public’ and doesn’t actually seek to regulate junk foodAs health secretary, Robert F Kennedy...
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Black History Month is a reflection of the political moment, so how do we revamp it?
The aim is to address systemic and institutional racism but those efforts need the space to expand not shrink• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to yo...
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Newsom says Trump ‘endangering lives’ as shutdown sets stage for delayed food benefits
California governor slams US president for making ‘basic needs like food more expensive’ ahead of holiday seasonCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom warne...
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US firearms examiners declared ‘essential’ shutdown workers after gun-lobby pressure
Americans able to buy deadly ‘gangster weapons’ again as lobbying forces key concession from Trump officialsUS citizens are free once more to buy some...
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US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future | Stacey Abrams and Esosa Osa
DEI is being used as a smokescreen to roll back progress and consolidate power. The goal is to rewrite our nation’s storyDemocracy flourishes when Bla...
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Albanese has worked out a way to deal with Trump – even if there are areas where they don’t see eye to eye
The warmness shown by the US president was held up as vindication of the PM’s foreign policy acumen, and the nerve he had shown in not begging for an ...
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Protests erupt in New York City after Ice raids Chinatown over ‘counterfeit goods’
Demonstrators were seen near a federal building after an unknown number of detainees were taken by agents Hundreds showed up to protests that broke ou...
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Trump news at a glance: Rare Republican pushback forces Trump nominee to lead whistleblower office to drop out
Paul Ingrassia dropped out of consideration after racist text messages he sent surfaced this week. Key US politics stories from 21 October 2025 at a g...
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Trump nominee to lead whistleblower office drops out after racist texts surface
Report on Paul Ingrassia featured messages where he allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump...
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Arizona sues Mike Johnson over refusal to swear in Democrat who could sway Epstein vote
Attorney general Kris Mayes files suit over House speaker’s delay in letting Adelita Grijalva start her jobArizona’s attorney general is suing the Hou...
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Suspected explosive device prompts Wyoming capitol evacuation
Grounds, including governor’s office, searched after authorities found what appeared to be a homemade objectThe Wyoming capitol building, including th...
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‘I’m not a secret Nazi’: Maine Democratic Senate candidate addresses tattoo
Graham Platner says he didn’t know historical associations of skull-and-crossbones tattoo he got on his chest in 2007US politics live – latest updates...
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Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t block House vote to release Epstein files
Johnson’s House has been in recess since shutdown, delaying petition to force vote on making documents publicUS politics live – latest updatesThe Repu...
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Arizona boy reportedly barred from team due to error on birth certificate
Laker Jackson was wrongly identified as female at birth, but high school in Mesa won’t let him play basketball with boysAn Arizona boy was reportedly ...
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Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys file appeals to prevent future Ice detentions
Columbia University graduate and legal US resident says Trump administration ‘wants to make an example of me’US politics live – latest updatesAttorney...
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Trump’s nomination of Paul Ingrassia loses Republican support following racist text messages
Ingrassia, Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, allegedly described himself as having ‘a Nazi streak’US politics live – latest updatesD...
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January 6 US Capitol rioter arrested for alleged threat to kill Hakeem Jeffries
Christopher Moynihan, pardoned by Trump for his role in Capitol attack, allegedly threatened House minority leaderA man who was pardoned by Donald Tru...
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Albanese’s critical minerals deal isn’t good economics – but in Trump and Xi’s new world, bargaining chips matter
Though the dollar benefits may not outweigh the cost on Australia’s new mining agreement with the US, experts say it couldn’t have gone any betterGet ...
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Trump is threatening Venezuela. But his own country looks a lot like it | Daniel Mendiola
The US president’s efforts to consolidate power are strikingly similar to historical authoritarian moves in CaracasHere in the Americas, we have a pec...
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Fox News host Laura Ingraham joins business venture with Donald Trump Jr
Host often criticized Hunter Biden’s business on her show and said he capitalized on his father’s presidency for deals Fox News host Laura Ingraham is...
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Biden’s ex-press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: ‘Why are Democrats not fighting back?’
Jean-Pierre explains in her memoir Independent why she decided to leave the Democratic party after two decadesWhen CJ Cregg exits the White House for ...
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Scrutiny grows over Trump competence – but can an unfit president be removed?
Impeachment and 25th amendment offer routes for removal – but experts say system is set up to protect the presidentDonald Trump looked out across the ...
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The US refugee program changed my life. Trump’s possible overhaul would be disastrous | Bahati Kanyamanza
I fled war at 14 and decades later became a US citizen. Now I fear racism and exclusion could become official policyLast week, leaked documents from t...
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Santos’ release from prison felt like Trump ‘stuck me in the gut with a knife’, alleged fraud victim says
Richard Osthoff says commutation was not the first time Trump did something disrespectful to a military veteranUS politics live – latest updatesA reti...
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‘Rogue president’: growing number of US judges push back against Trump
Pushback has come from judges appointed by Republicans and Democrats – and has slowed some extreme policiesUS district and appeals courts are increasi...
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Trump to host GOP senators at White House amid demolition work and government shutdown – US politics live
The president will host a lunch for Republicans in the Rose Garden as construction is carried out on the White House’s east wingAmericans blame Republ...
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Trump news at a glance: president can send national guard to Portland, for now
Ruling marks an important legal victory for Trump – key US politics stories from Monday at a glancePresident Donald Trump claimed a key victory in a U...
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'I don't like you either': Trump chides Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd at White House – video
'I don’t like you either. And I probably never will,” the US president, Donald Trump, tells Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd at the White House cabine...
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Trump nominee reportedly boasted of ‘Nazi streak’ in group chats
Special counsel nominee Paul Ingrassia also said holidays commemorating Black people should be ‘eviscerated’A Donald Trump nominee who is scheduled fo...
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Comey asks judge to dismiss criminal charges claiming selective prosecution
Ex-FBI director claims he is victim of selective prosecution and charges were filed by unlawfully appointed attorneyFormer FBI director James Comey fo...
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Construction appears to start on Trump’s $250m White House ballroom
Demolition in East Wing reportedly under way for one of the largest projects at White House in more than a centuryConstruction crews appear to have st...
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The Guardian view on Ukraine peace talks: Europe must ensure Zelenskyy can resist Trump’s bullying | Editorial
The US president’s attempts to broker a deal fail to distinguish between the aggressor and the victim. No just agreement is possible on that basisIt w...
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Trump says China ‘doesn’t want’ to invade Taiwan and reaffirms trust in Xi
US president says ‘I want to be good to China’ after Pentagon previously warned China may attempt takeover of TaiwanUS politics live – latest updatesD...
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Trump claims ‘unquestioned power’ in vow to send troops to San Francisco
President claims on Fox News ‘they want us in San Francisco’ despite opposition from city officialsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has a...
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The massive No Kings protests may mark a new American political posture | Moira Donegan
The violence Republicans seemed to want did not materialize. Instead the event showcased liberal-democratic consensusOver the past week or so, it seem...
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Protecting the crown jewels in pilates classes | Brief letters
Pilates and the male psyche | Targeted for tax | Hot designs | Carving up the USAs the (frequently) sole male in pilates classes, I wonder if the reas...
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US supreme court to consider whether drug users can legally own guns
Trump administration argues that federal law prohibiting drug users from having firearms is justifiable restrictionDrinking alcohol regularly does not...
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Republicans show first noticeable crack on shutdown as it becomes longest in US history
Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Mike Johnson’s strategy, calling on the House to return to session immediatelyUS politics live – latest updatesThe U...
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Trump reposts AI-generated video of plane dumping sludge on No Kings protesters
President has previously posted deepfake videos and AI-generated images like this one, which JD Vance called ‘funny’US politics live – latest updatesD...
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FBI investigates after hunting stand was found near where Trump exits Air Force One
Image of hunting stand circulated by the Secret Service showed it was in a tree, near president’s Mar-a-Lago estateUS politics live – latest updatesFe...
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The right wants Charlie Kirk memorials across the US – but is it just an attempt to capitalize on his killing?
Critics say mandatory statues on college campuses and street renamings are a way to keep US culture wars goingRepublicans and conservatives are campai...
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James Comey faces deadline to file motion to dismiss charges against him – US politics live
Former FBI director charged with lying to Congress expected to claim prosecution is vindictive Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom...
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Troops on the streets, Ice thuggery – and prices still climbing: welcome to Trump’s ‘golden age’ | Steven Greenhouse
The president has repeatedly proclaimed a shining moment. Meanwhile, he’s taking a wrecking ball to truth and democracyIn his inauguration speech last...
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