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Pope Leo says he was not ‘trying to debate’ Trump over US attack on Iran
Pontiff says that despite ‘certain narrative that has not been accurate’, he will continue to preach message of peaceSign up for the Breaking News US ...
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FBI’s Kash Patel denies excess drinking amid officials’ US security concerns
Agency director threatens to sue Atlantic for report citing allegations from two dozen current and former colleaguesThe FBI director, Kash Patel, is d...
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Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
President signed executive order directing FDA to expedite review of psychedelic drugs including ibogaineDonald Trump on Saturday announced reforms in...
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ICE deported 174 Daca recipients through most of last year, agency head says in letter
So-called Dreamers – undocumented immigrants who arrived as children – were allowed to stay in US under Obama-era programFrom January through Septembe...
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Trump administration cleared to continue construction of White House ballroom, court rules
Construction was stopped after suit challenged president’s authority to raze East Wing without congressional approvalThe Trump administration can cont...
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Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church
Manhattan church led by Norman Vincent Peale was known for opposing presidency of JFK – and Catholics in generalDonald Trump’s attacks this week on Po...
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‘Ignorance and cruelty’: former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts
Nicholas Enrich was an eyewitness to the dismantling of the US foreign aid organization by the Trump administrationSign up for the Breaking News US em...
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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?
Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakersSixteen bets made $100,000 accurately p...
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War isn’t a ‘moral’ issue – at least not for the Trump administration | Dave Schilling
The US president’s grudge match with the pope underlines how religion really functions in American politicsI’m not a particularly religious person, ev...
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An iron worker takes on one of Trump’s most loyal followers in Congress
Brian Poindexter, a five-term local councilman and apprentice instructor at Ironworkers Local 17, is seeking the Democratic nomination for an Ohio Hou...
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‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope
Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV polarizing the diverse community as faith and politics come to a headMaryellen Lewicki meets once a week for Bible stu...
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Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?
The president has opened fissures in his base by starting a war he couldn’t finish with Iran, stoking inflation and offending Christians. Barred from ...
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Trump news at a glance: president celebrates strait of Hormuz reopening, though Iran officials warn they could close it again
Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned it would will shut the strait again if the US blockade continues, which Trump said would remain in place until the...
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Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students
Jordan Acker, who pushed legal action against protesters, is running for re-election in race reflecting tensions on IsraelThe University of Michigan r...
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Lead prosecutor on investigation into former CIA director no longer on case
Maria Medetis Long had expressed doubts over case of John Brennan, whose agency said Russia boosted Trump in 2016Sign up for the Breaking News US emai...
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Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD
Rümeysa Öztürk, who faced deportation over pro-Palestinian op-ed, travels back to Turkey to begin careerSign up for the Breaking News US email to get ...
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What is Fisa, and why does it allow no-warrant surveillance?
Law allows government to spy on emails, texts and phone calls outside the US, including those of some AmericansUS politics live – latest updatesSign u...
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US Congress passes 10-day extension of surveillance law amid Republican infighting
Trump repeatedly demanded that Republicans unify to pass a longer extension of the Fisa warrantless spying lawBoth chambers of Congress voted in quick...
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‘Packaging evil into something funny’: is making fun of Trump now just ‘clownwashing’?
As the president’s second term has wrought new horrors, comedians reflect on whether humor can still ‘deflate the strongman’s image’During Donald Trum...
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House approves short-term extension of surveillance law in blow to Republicans’ long-term plan – US politics live
The decision to extend a warrantless security law until 30 April came after 20 Republicans worked with House Democrats to defeat attempts to pass five...
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Slump in voters’ support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid
Bipartisan backing for special relationship is fraying as Middle East conflicts turn public opinionIsrael’s conflicts in the Middle East have driven a...
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Children ‘low-hanging fruit’ in fight to end trans care, official at pro-Trump thinktank says
America First Policy Institute, which boasts close ties to president, discussed transgender policy ‘reform’ at DC eventChildren are the “low-hanging f...
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Inside the CDC’s leadership vacuum: work at a ‘standstill’ and low morale as 80% of top posts remain vacant
Current and ex-officials at the CDC warn Americans’ health security in danger under RFK Jr’s directionFourteen months after Robert F Kennedy Jr was sw...
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‘Popesplaining’ Vance out of depth in row over whether Iran is a just war
Trump administration has riled head of Catholic church over use of theology to justify conflict in IranThe contrast in experience between the two men ...
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Is blasphemy the last straw for Trump’s Maga base? – podcast
No matter how much Donald Trump outrages his opponents, nothing ever seems to stick. But what about his own base? With controversies surrounding the E...
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Acting ICE director Todd Lyons will step down at the end of May, says DHS
Lyons, who led agency since March 2025, to resign after turbulent year carrying out Trump’s immigration agendaTodd Lyons, the acting director of US Im...
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Progressive Democrat Analilia Mejia wins New Jersey special election for US House
Victory means Democrats hold on to the 11th district seat in the House, where Republicans hold a thin majorityDemocrat Analilia Mejia won a New Jersey...
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Trump news at a glance: president urges Hezbollah to act ‘nicely and well’ as Israel-Lebanon ceasefire begins
Trump says 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon will be followed by a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese leaders next week – key US politics stories from 16 ...
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Department of Justice investigating Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations
Democratic representative from California has suspended gubernatorial campaign and resigned from CongressThe US Department of Justice (DoJ) has opened...
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Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, ex-deputy surgeon general, as CDC director
Schwartz was deputy surgeon general under Trump’s first administration and is a rear admiral in the US Coast GuardDonald Trump announced Thursday that...
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RFK Jr accused of ‘dangerous conspiracy theories’ at heated budget hearing
Trump ally grilled by lawmakers over ‘terrible decisions’ on vaccines, public health and funding cuts to key programsUS politics – latest updatesVacci...
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US House approves bill to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations
Rare rebuke of Trump’s mass deportation agenda, enabled by small group of Republican defectors, to last three yearsSign up for the Breaking News US em...
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RFK Jr and podcast guest suggest food is affordable in the US – despite rising costs
Health secretary and chef Robert Irvine claim Americans could eat healthier and more cheaply if they shopped betterSign up for the Breaking News US em...
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ICE agent charged with assault for allegedly pointing gun at people in car
Minnesota prosecutors say this is first criminal case against a federal agent involved in Trump’s immigration crackdownSign up for the Breaking News U...
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Trump officials urge other countries to join new ‘trade over aid’ push
US calls free-market capitalism ‘surest path to prosperity’ and seeks to forgo direct aid to developing countriesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe ...
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US House narrowly rejects war powers resolution as dissent grows
Resolution needed two more votes to pass, but Democrats now appear solidified in oppositionSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter al...
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Hegseth’s Pentagon prayer mirrors fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction
The defense secretary said his prayer drew on Ezekiel, but wording closely matches Quentin Tarantino dialogueIt was perhaps inevitable that a braggado...
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Senate Democrats move to stall Trump’s ‘absurd’ bid to install new Fed chair
Democratic lawmakers urged Republican leaders to postpone the confirmation hearing of Kevin WarshSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newslet...
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RFK Jr once cut penis off ‘road-killed raccoon’ in New York, new book reveals
Health secretary in a diary entry said his kids were in the car as he cut off animal’s genitals in 2001 to ‘study them later’Robert F Kennedy Jr once ...
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Teleportation, aliens and cancer-busting soda - it’s not just Trump going cuckoo, his officials are too | Arwa Mahdawi
As the president’s men rave about paranormal events and Diet Coke, it seems the US’s only hope is extraterrestrial interventionPeople often criticise ...
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Former Trump lawyer John Eastman disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election
California supreme court upholds lower court decision as Eastman says he will appeal to US supreme courtJohn Eastman, a lawyer who played a key role i...
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New Jersey governor hits out at Fifa over reported $100 World Cup train tickets: ‘They should pay’
Mikie Sherrill says taxpayers should not carry burdenCosts at World Cup have come under increased scrutinyNew Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, has h...
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Pope Leo laments world ruled by 'tyrants' after Trump attacks – video
Pope Leo XIV has said the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” who spend billions on war, in comments that will be seen as another sharp e...
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Why were these two US immigration judges fired? | Seth Stern
The case of two fired judges – and one who kept his job – offers a lesson in the administration’s view of free speechThe Trump administration believes...
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Scrutiny of Hegseth mounts as Democrats attempt to rein in Trump administration over Iran war – US politics live
House Democrats file impeachment articles against Trump’s defense secretary as Senate Democrats fail to pass measures to check White House power over ...
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A journalist filmed an ICE protest at a Minnesota church. Then federal agents showed up at her door
After Georgia Fort and Don Lemon reported from a church whose pastor reportedly works for ICE, agents arrested Fort in front of her childrenWhen feder...
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US launches fifth strike on alleged Pacific drug boat in a week, killing three
Wednesday’s strike brings the total of those killed in US military strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 177Three people were killed in a US strik...
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Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’
Accusations refer to attack on Iran without congressional authorization and strikes on alleged drug smuggling boatsHouse Democrats filed six articles ...
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Trump news at a glance: president renews threats against federal reserve chair, pushes his replacement
Trump reiterated his claim that Powell is doing a ‘bad job’ as justice department continues with criminal investigation into Powell over renovations a...
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‘Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing
Proceedings brought to halt as protesters condemn Russ Vought for slashing Pepfar program amid sweeping aid cutsProtesters decrying delays to funding ...
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Ketanji Brown Jackson condemns conservative justices’ pro-Trump orders
Liberal judge attacks emergency-docket rulings designed to benefit president as ‘scratch-paper musings’The supreme court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson...
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Suspect accused of planting pipe bombs on eve of January 6 faces new charges
Brian Cole Jr, accused of planting the devices near the RNC and DNC buildings in DC, faces two more felony countsThe individual accused of placing pip...
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