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Trump suggests Republicans should ‘take over’ elections to protect the party
President claims idea to ‘nationalize’ elections in 15 states ahead of midterms is to prevent rare noncitizen votingDonald Trump suggested on a conser...
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Here’s why US household energy bills are soaring – and how to fix it | Mark Wolfe
Trump has prioritized fossil fuel companies over consumers, hitting the lowest-income families hardestDonald Trump promised to cut energy prices by 50...
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The criminalizing of protest and dissent has a long history in America
Trump administration is accusing protesters of ‘domestic terrorism’ but this brazen tactic is as old as the country itselfWhen federal immigration age...
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Georgia Democrats call for inquiry into Gabbard’s presence at Fulton county search
Letter comes after FBI executed criminal search warrant to seize almost 700 boxes of 2020 election documentationGeorgia’s Democratic lawmakers sent a ...
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It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghoulsLike...
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Don Lemon says federal agents were sent to arrest him though he offered to turn self in
Former CNN anchor faces charges over coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service.Don Lemon says about a dozen federal ag...
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Beware of ‘anti-woke’ liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Müller
So-called ‘reactionary centrist’ pundits proclaimed that there was a global ‘vibe shift’ in favor of the right. They were wrongRecent exercises in tak...
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Donald Trump set to welcome Colombian president to White House for talks – US politics live
US president to meet with Gustavo Petro weeks after threatening military action in the country Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom...
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Democrats have a constitutional power they aren’t using to fight back: state resolutions | Sidney Blumenthal
State resolutions are under-utilized right now and could be a significant mobilizing factor for the Democratic partyThe Democrats hold in their hands ...
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New Epstein files fail to quell outrage as advocates claim documents are being withheld
Advocates call for further disclosures after Trump’s justice department released more than 3m files last weekThe release of about 3m Jeffrey Epstein i...
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Trump news at a glance: Trevor Noah’s Grammys joke hit a sour note for Trump
President threatens to sue comedian over joke about Epstein island – key US politics stories from Monday 2 February at a glanceSouth African comedian ...
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Judge blocks Trump administration’s stripping of Haitians’ protected status
Up to 350,000 Haitians legally live and work in the US due to being granted temporary protected statusA federal judge has blocked the Trump administra...
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Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over his Epstein island joke at the Grammys – video
Donald Trump hit out at Trevor Noah over a joke about the US president and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at the 2026 Grammys. 'I think he’s t...
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DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted c...
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Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files: 10 key takeaways so far
Lawyers discussed possibility of Epstein’s cooperation with prosecutors – and more names surfaced in new documentsA new trove of about 3m files relate...
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RFK Jr announces $100m in grants to address homelessness and substance use
Kennedy’s pilot program to offer funding for long-term recovery after Trump signed order related to addictionRobert F Kennedy Jr announced on Monday $...
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Fulton county to challenge FBI seizure of election documents
Commissioner to file motion requesting return of property unlawfully taken during raid related to 2020 electionFulton county leaders said they would f...
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US judge allows last of five offshore wind projects halted by Trump to proceed
Ruling clears Denmark’s Ørsted to resume construction on its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New YorkAll five offshore wind projects halted by t...
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Oversight chair rejects Bill Clinton’s offer to be interviewed about Epstein
The full House is headed towards potential votes on criminal contempt of Congress charges against ClintonsUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republi...
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What do new files reveal about Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein?
Allies downplay president’s links to Epstein but newly released documents offer slightly more complicated pictureUS politics – live updatesAlmost imme...
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US jobs report delayed again amid government shutdown
January 2026 report to be rescheduled after BLS has already been faced with major delays from last year’s shutdownThe US’s closely watched jobs report...
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Epstein files: has Trump really been ‘absolved’? | The Latest
Donald Trump claims that the release of millions more files related to Jeffrey Epstein 'absolve' him of wrongdoing, even though his name appears hundr...
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Republican senator suggests ICE agents wear body cameras on patrols
Ron Johnson says he does not ‘have a problem’ with key demand made by Democrats blocking agency’s fundingImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) age...
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Democrats vow to fight ‘full-blown cover-up’ after release of Epstein files
Democrats and one Republican demand release of millions more pages they insist are still being deliberately withheldDemocrats have promised to fight w...
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Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein joke at Grammys
Awards host alluded to president’s association with late sex offender in awards ceremony remarksUS politics – live updatesGrammys host Trevor Noah has...
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It’s time to defund the oligarchy and invest in the American people | Joseph Geevarghese and Rashida Tlaib
Trump’s presidency has brought a windfall to billionaires while hurting the poor. In these conditions, democracy cannot surviveTrump ran on a promise ...
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Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein joke at Grammys – US politics live
President calls host a ‘pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C’ after jibe about his connections to late sex offender at ceremonyThe Reuters news agency...
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The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a danger to all Americans | Theodore J Boutrous, Jr and Katie Townsend
We are witnessing a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on the press and a clear threat to first amendment freedomsThe extraord...
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New Epstein files reveal he may have trafficked girls to others despite official denials
Allegations prompt questions about officials’ contentions that there isn’t evidence to investigate third parties The disclosure of more than 3m files ...
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Plunge in price of gold and silver rattles global stock markets
Trump’s pick of ‘respected central banker’ Kevin Warsh as Fed chair seen as catalyst for sell-off as investors sell safe haven assetsBusiness news – l...
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Monday briefing: The community solidarity driving the fightback against ICE in Minneapolis
In today’s newsletter: Public outrage has reached fever pitch following the killing of US citizens. But, amid the focus on violence, another story of ...
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Propaganda in cinemas, newsrooms slashed: this is the US media under Trump and his tech barons | Nesrine Malik
The president and his supporters joining forces to decide what audiences read and see seems straight from a fascism playbookTwo events, juxtaposed, te...
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Trump news at a glance: Kennedy Center to close; Epstein case ‘over’, says deputy US attorney general
Trump announces two-year closure of Kennedy Center, citing construction needs – key US politics stories from 1 February 2026Donald Trump, who remains ...
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Kennedy Center will halt entertainment operations for two years, Trump says
DC arts venue, which has seen wave of canceled events after Trump’s takeover, will start renovations in JulyThe John F Kennedy Center, a world-class v...
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Portland mayor demands ICE leave city after federal agents teargas protesters
Witnesses say protest outside ICE facility was peaceful until agents deployed teargas and rubber bullets around childrenThe mayor of Portland, Oregon,...
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US is in talks with Cuban leadership, says Trump, after blockade threats
US president announces efforts being made to strike a deal having earlier threatened to stop island importing oil Washington is negotiating with Havan...
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Kyrsten Sinema gave $9,000 to man she’s accused of having an affair with
Funds, paid to former security guard Matthew Ammel, were from former US senator’s campaign committee in OctoberA man identified in court filings as ha...
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Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’
Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’The deputy US attorney general, Tod...
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Partial US government shutdown likely to continue amid funding standoff
Speaker Mike Johnson is ‘convinced’ the impasse over homeland security funding will be resolved by TuesdayThe ongoing partial US government shutdown i...
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Bovino portrayed as Confederate general in 2018 email exchange
Bovino allegedly denied promoting two border patrol officials because of their race, according to several reportsRecently demoted border patrol offici...
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Democrat slams US justice department’s release of Epstein files: ‘we are witnessing a full-blown coverup’ – live
Jamie Raskin tells CNN Democrats will seek unredacted version of Jeffrey Epstien files after 3m pages released last weekHandling of Epstein files is ‘...
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Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father released from Texas detention center
Boy and his father back in Minneapolis after being detained by ICE and held in immigration facility for more than a weekA five-year-old boy and his fa...
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Melania film earns $8m in US, strongest documentary debut in over a decade
However Melania fell substantially short of turning a profit because it cost $40m to make and $35m to promoteAmazon’s Melania Trump documentary has re...
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Democrat flips reliably red Texas district in victory that stuns Republican party
Taylor Rehmet’s win adds to Democrats’ record of overperforming in special elections so far this cycleDemocrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election fo...
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America’s contract to protect white woman has always been tenuous | Saida Grundy
ICE’s killing of Renee Good has revealed how the state will only defend those who uphold a white racial order. A 1915 film points to the origins of th...
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US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations
Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he doesn’t like the term ‘established science’All vaccine recommendations a...
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Cuba on the brink as Trump turns up the pressure: ‘There is going to be a real blockade’
Country is already suffering acute fuel shortage; experts say complete cutoff will be ‘catastrophic’ to its infrastructureIt’s just gone midday on Lin...
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Resistance to Trump 2.0 is getting more confrontational | Dana R Fisher
In Trump’s first term, activists focused on lobbying and voting. Now tactics are shifting to nonviolent civil disobedienceOn 24 January, Alex Pretti w...
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‘We’re fighting for the soul of the country’: how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE
Networks created after police killed George Floyd were reactivated to challenge Trump’s mass deportation policyCory never expected he’d spend hours ea...
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Handling of Epstein files is ‘outrageous’, say attorneys of his sex trafficking survivors
Tranche of government-held files filled with ‘ham-fisted redactions’ and expose survivors’ identities, say attorneysSurvivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex...
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How the left can win back the internet – and rise again | Robert Topinka
In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressive...
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Trump news at a glance: president orders homeland security to avoid protests in Democratic-led cities
Kristi Noem’s department told to ‘under no circumstances’ get involved with protests in cities led by Democrats unless they ask for help – key US poli...
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