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‘Who will stand up and oppose it?’: Trump’s relentless campaign of retribution in his second term
From firing lawyers and government officials to pursuing indictments – president has created a culture of vengeanceDuring his first year in the White ...
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American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say
Scale and speed of president’s moves have stunned observers of authoritarian regimes – is the US in democratic peril?Three hundred and sixty five days...
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Supreme court to consider Trump’s bid to fire Lisa Cook from Fed board – US politics live
A federal court blocked Cook’s removal, and she remains on the Fed’s rate-setting boardGraeme Wearden tracks the latest world business, economic and f...
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We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the Universi...
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US senator calls veterans affairs’ data collection of non-citizen workers ‘thinly veiled effort to instill fear’
In letter to VA and DHS, Adam Schiff expressed alarm after Guardian reported on memo to gather informationAdam Schiff, a US senator, is expressing ala...
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World leaders in Davos must stand up to Trump. This is their chance | Robert Reich
The world needs global leaders to clearly and firmly denounce the havoc Trump is wreaking on the US and international orderHundreds of global CEOs, fi...
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Trump treasury secretary brands Denmark ‘irrelevant’ as Greenland row deepens
Scott Bessent’s barb against Nato ally follows claims Danish pension funds could disinvest in US government debt marketBusiness live – latest updatesC...
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US supreme court to consider Trump’s bid to fire Lisa Cook from Fed board
Case will test the limit of Trump’s powers as he continues extraordinary campaign for control over central bankThe US supreme court will hear oral arg...
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‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international normsFor muc...
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Lindsey Halligan leaves post as US attorney after judges’ sharp criticism
Trump-appointed federal attorney with no prosecutorial experience led failed cases against president’s political foesLindsey Halligan, a Trump-appoint...
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California Republican party asks state supreme court to block voter-approved redistricting maps
In an emergency filing, party asked for an injunction for new maps aimed at countering Texas’ gerrymanderThe California Republican party has asked the...
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Trump news at a glance: Nato’s fate uncertain as president remains intent on seizing Greenland
Trump warned alliance it was only as strong as the US allowed it to be – key US politics stories from 20 January at a glanceJust how much is Donald Tr...
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Rambling Trump runs through his achievements as worried world watches on
As fears over Nato and Greenland hung in the air, president veered wildly off topic in briefing to tout his successes“I was quite the baseball player,...
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JD Vance and wife Usha Vance announce they’re expecting fourth child
Second lady becomes first US vice-presidential spouse to be pregnant while her husband serves in officeJD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, announced on...
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‘You’ll find out’: Trump refuses to say how far he would go to seize Greenland
President also declines to offer any reassurances about his commitment to the stability of Nato allianceDonald Trump ratcheted up the uncertainty over...
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US military says it seized another Venezuela-linked oil tanker
Seizing of vessel in Caribbean Sea is seventh apprehension in Trump’s campaign to control Venezuela’s oil flowsThe US military said it seized another ...
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US justice department subpoenas Minnesota Democrats accused of impeding ICE efforts
Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey among officials who received subpoenasThe justice department subpoenaed several top offic...
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Ring a Republican: Payphones linking San Francisco and Texas aim to bridge US political divides
A Matter Neuroscience project lets callers in liberal San Francisco and conservative Abilene speak across party linesTwo experimental payphones – one ...
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Julia Letlow launches Trump-backed Senate primary bid against Bill Cassidy
Louisiana congresswoman is challenging Cassidy, who voted to convict the US president after 2021 Capitol attackLouisiana congresswoman Julia Letlow of...
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Superstates and spheres of influence | Brief letters
Orwell’s insight | Antisocial media | AI takeover | Howff Club | Beyond the TamarInteresting article by Brendan Simms of Cambridge University on spher...
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US diplomats urged to remind African leaders of US ‘generosity’ despite USAID closing
Email sent by chief of state department’s African affairs bureau to his staff dismissing Africa as a priority described as ‘racist’US diplomats have b...
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Why the Trump administration’s demand for a list of Jews at Penn is so dangerous | Sigal Ben-Porath, Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor
If history teaches us anything, it is that making lists of Jews, no matter the ostensible purpose, is often a prelude to their and others’ persecution...
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Judge allows Trump administration to block lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities
Judge rules homeland security can insist lawmakers provide week’s notice of intention to inspect facilities The Trump administration won a legal victo...
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US lawmakers seek to block Trump’s threatened tariffs on European allies
Democrats lead legislative charge to block imposition of tariffs as some Republicans break from TrumpLawmakers from both parties promised legislative ...
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Catholic cardinals warn US foreign policy under Trump risks global suffering
Church leaders cite Greenland threats, Venezuela action and aid cuts as undermining human dignity and peaceThree cardinals in the US Catholic church h...
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Might is right: US ‘foreign policy’ held hostage to mad king Trump’s whims
Increasingly unpopular at home, a president obsessed by his legacy has turned his scattergun on the world stageOne year into the second Trump administ...
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US supreme court set to release more rulings as Trump tariffs decision looms – live
Unclear if court will publish much-anticipated ruling on the legality of Trump’s tariffs as US president doubles down on Greenland threatsDonald Trump...
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Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines
Even 25% increase in meat and dairy consumption would require 100m more acres of agricultural land, analysis saysThe Trump administration’s new dietar...
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‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
Fears over the future of humanities spread amid layoffs and restructurings at scores of public and private universitiesLast month, students at Montcla...
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How Trump has tried to undermine the powers of Congress: ‘Violation of norms’
Over his second term, Trump has taken aim at and circumvented the legislative branch – from mass firings to tariffsFrigid January weather prompted Don...
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US supreme court to hear challenge to Hawaii’s strict gun law
Court will consider legality of state law banning guns on private property open to the public unless owner allows itHawaii, which has some of the stri...
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Economic blackout day planned in Minnesota to protest ICE surge
Unions, faith groups and local leaders urge residents not to work, shop or go to school after killing of Renee GoodLabor unions, community leaders and...
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Trump made 10 key pledges a year ago – here’s what happened since then
A review of Trump’s bold promises about immigration, the economy, the US’s standing in the world and much moreThere was no debate about record crowd s...
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Trump news at a glance: president reveals the snub behind his Greenland ambitions
Trump says failure to receive the Nobel peace prize means he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ – key US politics stories from 19 Jan...
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‘The struggle continues’: MLK Day celebrated amid tense political climate
Holiday marked with parades and services but tempered by anxieties over racial and social equality under TrumpMartin Luther King Jr Day was marked wit...
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Second man dies at Texas ICE detention facility in two weeks
Victor Manuel Diaz was found unresponsive at Camp East Montana in what ICE officials claim is ‘presumed suicide’Who is on the frontline of Donald Trum...
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Rashida Tlaib on fighting billionaire oligarchs: ‘The American people overwhelmingly want to tax the rich’
The Democratic representative plans to introduce a bill halting subsidies and tax advantages for the super-richThey had the best seats in the house. W...
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Noem backtracks on ICE pepper spray denial amid tension in Minneapolis
US justice department announced it is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted church servicesKristi Noem first denied that federal agents ...
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‘Gestapo tactics’: Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump team’s ICE crackdown
New Jersey musician said during concert in home state that US core values ‘have never been as endangered’ as nowBruce Springsteen used a Saturday conc...
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‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness
Recent cuts to flagship federal program that funds housing and other services described as ‘chaotic and disruptive’When Shawn Pleasants first heard th...
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‘Very historic time’: US protests have jumped since Trump’s first term
Data shows 133% increase from 2017 to 2025 as anti-ICE and No Kings protests push mobilization against White HouseIn the year since Donald Trump retoo...
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Markets fall and gold and silver hit new highs after Trump’s latest tariff threat
US president’s talk of Greenland-linked import taxes also sends dollar sliding 4% against safe-haven currenciesBusiness live – latest updatesEurope li...
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Rightwing influencer with White House ties turns focus to Minnesota
Critics draw ‘direct line’ between content by Nick Sortor and similar figures and violent actions of federal agentsA rightwing influencer, who appeare...
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Nearly all Epstein files still unreleased a month after Congress deadline
Over 2 million documents are under DoJ review despite ‘legal obligation’ from Epstein Files Transparency ActThe law was clear: Donald Trump’s Departme...
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From Trump’s rejected treaties to our daily lives, we’re building walls around ourselves | Anand Pandian
Martin Luther King Jr knew that ‘whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly’. But we Americans are denying that realityThe United States see...
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Who is on the frontline of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown?
These are the federal agencies detaining people across the US – mostly, but not all, under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland SecurityWhen the...
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On embracing the ‘urgency of now’ and unconditional love on MLK Day
People across the US are moving on from the empty platitudes MLK Day often evokes – and embodying King’s wordsThis year, the Dr Martin Luther King Jr ...
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The Trump-Kennedy Center is another front in the battle for the soul of America | Charlotte Higgins
Under Trump, the world-class centre for performing arts is one of many US cultural institutions changing beyond recognition. Will others buckle?A year...
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Trump news at a glance: EU weighs up economic sanctions against US after Trump’s tariff threats
European leaders meet for crisis talks and are expected to discuss reviving plan to levy tariffs on €93bn of US goods – key US politics stories from S...
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Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, officials say
US army issues prepare-to-deploy orders amid tension over ICE killing, though it is unclear if units will be sentThe Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 ...
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Justice department ‘not investigating’ Renee Good killing in contrast to 2020 inquiry on George Floyd death
In 2020, Trump DoJ investigated police killing of Floyd in Minneapolis, leading to four officers’ convictionsSix years after the US justice department...
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US reportedly considers granting asylum to Jewish people from UK
Trump lawyer Robert Garson told the Telegraph he discussed refuge for those leaving UK over antisemitismDiscussions are reportedly under way within Do...
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