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Trump says US won't 'waste time' with Argentina if Milei loses re-election – video
Donald Trump has warned he could cut financial aid to Argentina if his ally Javier Milei loses crucial legislative elections later this month. Trump'...
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Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President granted the US’s highest civilian award to the far-right commentator who was assassinated in SeptemberDonald Trump posthumously awarded the ...
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Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election
US president says ‘we will not be generous’ if leader fails to win key midterms after promising $20bn to prop up struggling economyDonald Trump has wa...
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Johnson says ‘I don’t have anything to negotiate’ as US shutdown drags on
Republican House speaker says he won’t negotiate with Senate Democrats ahead of scheduled eighth funding voteThe top House Republican said he won’t ne...
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Trump says six were killed in US strike on another boat allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela
UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executionsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trum...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene slams party and calls Republican men in Congress ‘weak’
In Washington Post interview, the far-right congresswoman said GOP men are ‘afraid of strong Republican women’The far-right US congresswoman Marjorie ...
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US supreme court rejects Alex Jones appeal over $1.4bn defamation penalty
Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist had been ordered to pay because of false claims about Sandy Hook massacreThe US supreme court has refused an ...
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Obama backs California’s Proposition 50 to counter Texas redistricting
Former president urges support for the ballot measure Democrats say could add up to five US House seatsIn a new ad released on Tuesday, Barack Obama u...
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US airports refuse to air Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown
Airports in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Seattle and elsewhere cite laws barring partisan political content at TSA checkpointsSeveral major international US ai...
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Democrats launch bid to fund nutrition program for low-income women and kids amid shutdown
Exclusive: Congressional Democrats set to introduce bill to shore up the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programCongressional Democrats have launch...
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Josh Shapiro home arson suspect pleads guilty, to get up to 50 years in prison
Cody Balmer admitted to setting the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion ablaze, causing millions in damageA man who scaled an iron security fence in the m...
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I chaired the US Federal Election Commission. Now there’s no cop on the beat | Ellen L Weintraub
Democracy is under attack – and the watchdog agency has no quorum. It must be restoredThreats to the US electoral process keep accelerating. Donald Tr...
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Republican in New York’s mayor race: eccentric street vigilante who could secure Mamdani’s win
Curtis Sliwa is unlikely to run the overwhelmingly Democratic city. But his willingness to defy Trump and billionaires could leave a big impactWith le...
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Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law found dead next to parking garage in California
Carrie Romney either fell or jumped, and foul play did not appear to be a factor in early stages of investigation, officials saidThe sister-in-law of ...
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US revokes visas of at least 50 Mexican officials in Trump’s drug cartel crackdown
The administration’s sweeping visa cancellations extend to Mexico’s political elite, alarming allies and rivals alikeThe US government has revoked the...
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‘It’s a big unknown’: California Democrat on Trump’s 100% tariff plan for foreign movies
Laura Friedman, who spent 20 years working in Hollywood before winning her House seat, says the film industry needs help but the president’s vague pol...
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Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops
For decades, the military treated climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weatherThis st...
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Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study
Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitalsPrivate equity acquisition of hospit...
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Letitia James warns of ‘powerful voices trying to silence the truth’ – US politics live
New York attorney general strikes a defiant tone during Mamdani rally in first appearance since her indictmentSeveral leading news organizations with ...
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US Congress committee investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centres
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest internet service providerA powerful bipa...
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‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations sinc...
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A candidate for local office in New York disappeared months ago. He could still win
Long Beach voters have a choice: re-elect the Republican incumbent or the Democrat who seemingly vanished at seaA political candidate in the New York ...
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Trump news at a glance: President declares ‘peace in the Middle East’ despite many barriers remaining
Donald Trump has vowed to use the power of his presidency to ensure that Israel recognises it has achieved ‘all that it can by force of arms’. Key US ...
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US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information
Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areasSeveral leading news organization...
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Obama takes aim at companies cutting deals with Trump: ‘We have capacity to take a stand’
Universities, law firms and businesses that have changed course should have stood by convictions, says ex-presidentBarack Obama took aim at institutio...
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Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report
Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says workerThe majority of staff in th...
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Republican and Democratic senators dig in heels over government shutdown
Lindsey Graham says closure won’t push him to meet Democrats’ demands on Obama-era healthcare subsidiesRepublican and Democratic senators Lindsey Grah...
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US Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close due to government shutdown
Washington DC-based institution says it’ll temporarily close museums and research centers in response to shutdownSmithsonian museums and the National ...
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Firings of hundreds of CDC employees reportedly reversed
Department of Health and Human Services rescinds more than half of the 1,300 termination notices it sent, reports sayThe firings of hundreds of employ...
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‘Quintessentially Portland’: nude cyclists protest against national guard deployment
Riders wore nothing – or close to it – in hastily called event against Trump’s attempts to mobilize the national guardProtesters rallying against the ...
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Why has the US-China trade war restarted and how have markets reacted?
Trump hits out with 100% tariffs on Chinese imports after Beijing’s fresh curbs on rare earths, a month before both sides were due to agree a dealWith...
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The populist playbook: Democratic US Senate candidate seeks to replicate Mamdani’s success
Abdul El-Sayed’s bid for Michigan senator centers on bold leftwing populism similar to the NYC mayoral candidateDuring Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’...
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Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests
Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans wer...
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Markets rebound amid latest US-China tariff spat as traders look to possible ‘Taco trade’
European indices rise and cryptocurrencies rebound as new front in trade war looks less severe than feared after Trump postBusiness live – latest upda...
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Trump news at a glance: Insurrection Act on the cards, says Vance, as president touts peace in the Middle East
JD Vance confirms White House seriously considering invoking 1807 insurrection act as Trump heads to Israel. Key US politics stories from Sunday 12 Oc...
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Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says
Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forcesThe White House is talking about invoki...
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‘Cavalier and aggressive’: why are border agents flooding into US cities?
Border agents have become a key force in Trump’s migrant crackdown – operating far from their traditional rural rangeBorder patrol officers have becom...
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China warns US of retaliation over Trump’s 100% tariffs threat
Investors brace for another bout of trade war turmoil as Beijing says it will act if US president fails to back downBeijing has told the US it will re...
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Doge-ish comes to Florida: a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities
Blaise Ingoglia was handpicked by the Republican Florida governor to lead an assault on municipal spendingThe words of Blaise Ingoglia, the Ron DeSant...
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Maga figures back Bukele’s call for Trump to crack down on US judges
Experts say El Salvador president’s intervention comes as Trump is employing tactics used by autocrats abroadDonald Trump is not known for taking advi...
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Democrats are captive to outdated etiquette. It’s endangering democracy | Ryan W Powers
The establishment left’s attachment to rigid rules leaves the party out of touch and failing to meet the momentIn early August, dozens of Democratic l...
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Trump officials reportedly consider selling student loan debt to private investors
Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loansOfficials in the Trump administration are reportedly we...
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‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay
Employees express growing anxiety over their pay – and the future of their jobs – amid the US government shutdownWith no end of the federal government...
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Trump news at a glance: US troops will be paid despite shutdown, president claims
Donald Trump says he has directed the defence secretary to release funds on 15 October. Key US politics stories from 11 October at a glanceDonald Trum...
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Trump says military members will be paid despite government shutdown
President claims he found a way to pay troops and directed Pentagon chief to release funds on 15 OctoberDonald Trump claimed on Saturday that he has f...
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National guard begins Memphis patrols as senators in Illinois are turned away from Ice facility
Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth decry ‘stonewalling’ by Trump administration as Tennesseans pose with militaryAs national guard troops patrolled in Me...
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Before Trump, ‘Dreamers’ were shielded from deportation. Here’s what’s changed
Until recently, Daca allowed undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to live and work legallyThe Trump administration has once again put...
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Joe Biden receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer
Former president was diagnosed in May with ‘aggressive form’ of cancer and was already taking hormone medicationJoe Biden is receiving radiation thera...
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Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC’s sex life? | Arwa Mahdawi
Even his colleague has dubbed Jesse Watters’s claim about Ocasio-Cortez and Stephen Miller ‘creepy’Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of sta...
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Trump is ‘obsessed’ with seeming pro-worker – but his actions suggest otherwise
Agriculture and other sectors are suffering under the administration’s policies, adding up to a grim outlookUnpaid forced leave and mass firings are h...
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‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing
The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer’s killing to justify attacks on critics, experts sayDonald Trump and Maga allies ...
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