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Trump’s new ‘slush fund’ for his pals | Politics Weekly America
This week, Donald Trump dropped a personal $10bn lawsuit he had against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for a so-called anti-weaponisation fu...
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Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump renews threat of military action
US secretary of state says president would like a negotiated agreement with Havana but likelihood ‘is not high’The US president, Donald Trump, and the...
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Trump’s new ‘slush fund’ for his pals – podcast
This week, Donald Trump dropped a personal $10bn lawsuit he had against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for a so-called anti-weaponisation fu...
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Trump news at a glance: Republicans find their red line against their president: taxpayer money for his ballroom
Senate will not pass $70bn homeland security bill that includes $1bn for security measures for controversial project – key US politics stories from Th...
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House Republicans cancel vote on war powers resolution to end US war in Iran
Cancellation, which avoids embarrassment for Trump, is latest signal of diminishing congressional support for warHouse Republicans canceled a schedule...
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US announces charges against 15 people in Minnesota over alleged $90m healthcare scheme
Assistant US attorney general claims services in state subject to ‘shocking’ levels of fraud, which he labels a ‘crisis’The Trump administration broke...
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Trump says he will ‘try and make’ son’s wedding, but timing is ‘not good’ for him
‘I have a thing called Iran, and other things,’ says president as he considers invitation to Donald Trump Jr’s nuptialsGet Me to the Church on Time, s...
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What’s in the Democrats’ 2024 election autopsy report, and what’s left out?
Report contains damning findings concerning spending, media strategy and organizing failures that led to defeatUS politics live – latest updatesA swee...
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Designs for 250ft arch in Washington approved by panel of Trump appointees
Approval marks key step forward for project dubbed ‘Arc de Trump’, which will be near Arlington National CemeteryThe US Commission of Fine Arts on Thu...
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Former head of Minnesota nonprofit gets nearly 42-year prison sentence for fraud
Aimee Bock ran Feeding Our Future, which claimed it helped provide millions of meals to children during the pandemicSign up for the Breaking News US n...
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Democrats belatedly publish 2024 presidential election autopsy report
DNC chair Ken Martin apologizes for initial bid to block release of report on the party’s disastrous election defeatThe Democrats have belatedly publi...
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Senate Republicans expected to ditch $1bn funding plan for Trump’s ballroom
Top Republicans fear diverting taxpayer dollars toward the White House ballroom will alienate voters before midtermsSenate Republican leaders are expe...
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Trump’s EPA to roll back refrigerant rule for grocery stores in push it claims will lower prices
EPA is loosening Biden-era rule that requires US businesses to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipmentThe Trump administration is set to loo...
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Trump health officials issue advisory on children and teens’ excessive screen time
HHS advisory says high screen time among youths can be linked to poor sleep and weakened in-person relationshipsHealth officials in the Trump administ...
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‘This something that could work’: can civic assemblies put the people back into politics?
US cities are turning to randomly selected residents to help resolve divisive policy debatesA Los Angeles software engineer, Hunter Futo, recalled bei...
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‘LA is not film friendly’: how Hollywood’s woes became a political cudgel in mayoral race
Troubled Baywatch reboot production echoes film-making woes in a city best known for its movie and TV industryThe fight for the future of Los Angeles,...
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Republicans could abandon $1bn proposal for Trump’s ballroom – US politics live
Republican senators have queried the timing and lack of detail in secret service bid to add money to the Department for Homeland security billSign up ...
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Student sues University of Michigan over alleged surveillance tied to Gaza protests
Lawsuit says university and private investigators conspired to intimidate, terrorize and retaliate against Josiah WalkerA University of Michigan stude...
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US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say
Hundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceledA previously undetected outbreak of Ebola is...
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Bernie Sanders backs climate activist in close Michigan congressional primary
Will Lawrence, an outspoken opponent of AI data centers, is running in swing district where three mega complexes loomA prominent environmental organiz...
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Ex-DoJ prosecutor charged with sending sealed Jack Smith Trump report to personal email
Carmen Mercedes Lineberger accused of hiding files related to Trump documents investigation as bundt cake recipeA former Department of Justice prosecu...
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Trump news at a glance: US indicts Raúl Castro, ratcheting up Cuba tensions
Former president, 94, faces multiple US felony charges, including four counts of murder – key US politics stories from Wednesday 20 MayThe United Stat...
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US announces murder charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro – video
Acting US attorney general Todd Blanche announced the indictment of former Cuban president Raúl Castro on Wednesday, in what is seen as an escalation ...
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Tennessee man jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement
Larry Bushart was jailed for 37 days over a Facebook post after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie KirkTennessee officials will pay $8...
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Young Americans demand court halt Trump’s biggest rollbacks of pollution protections
Suit says administration is impinging on rights to life and liberty by worsening planet-warming and toxic pollutionEighteen American youth are demandi...
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Progressive Chris Rabb wins closely watched Democratic primary in Pennsylvania: ‘We are indomitable’
Tight primary in Philadelphia district, seen as key test of ‘Mamdani moment’ across US, bolsters Democrats’ left flankUS politics live – latest update...
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‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights
Top House Democrat calls out SEC schools for silenceCampaign comes as states move to redraw voter mapsHakeem Jeffries, the top US House Democrat, has ...
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January 6 police officers sue Trump over $1.8bn fund, alleging ‘presidential corruption’
Retired Capitol police officer and DC officer allege Trump’s $1.8bn fund unlawfully rewards January 6 rioters and alliesUS politics live – latest upda...
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Former US representative Barney Frank dies aged 86
Family says Massachusetts Democrat entered hospice care last month, dealing with congestive heart failureUS politics live – latest updatesBarney Frank...
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Trump’s allies in danger of scraping false hope from Maga victory in Kentucky primary
US president, like a cult leader whose commune keeps getting smaller, commands fierce loyalty from a shrinking base“Thomas Massie caught in a throuple...
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An Epstein ‘reading room’ is showing 3.5m printed-out files. Why does it feel like a troll?
A New York exhibit of more than 3,000 volumes bills itself as ‘an exercise in radical transparency’ – and a bid for attentionThis February, a story br...
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‘I don’t worry about a robot takeover’: AI expert Michael Wooldridge on big tech’s real dangers (and occasional blessings)
Almost 50 years after he first got his hands on a computer, the Oxford professor still believes in the power of technology. Can his beloved game theor...
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Musk and the US government fought an AI anti-discrimination law. The arguments don’t hold up | Genevieve Smith
The justice department’s lawsuit is part of a federal effort to reframe AI consumer protections as ideological overreachThis April, the US Department ...
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Georgia mayor who fired town’s entire police force resigns, citing family ‘health concerns’
Ron Shinnick did not mention the firing of the Cohutta police force, which was later rehired, in resignation letterThe mayor of a small town in the US...
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‘Spooks hotel’: inside the five-star nerve centre of the US takeover of Venezuela
Diplomats, businessmen and US marines mingle at the JW Marriott hotel in Caracas as deals are done and the country’s resources divvied upOver breakfas...
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‘He had a unique ability to be human’: late-night TV says goodbye to Stephen Colbert
The Late Show, and its much-loved host, will bid farewell this week after a controversial cancellation leaving behind a challenging TV landscapeHugh J...
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Trump news at a glance: president forces out another Republican who crossed him
Thomas Massie, who repeatedly broke with Trump, lost to retired Navy Seal Ed Gallrein who was recruited into the race by the president. Key US politic...
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Georgia’s Republican races for governor and US Senate head to June runoffs
Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Democratic primary outright, while Republicans Burt Jones and Rick Jackson will face offThe Republican primary campaign for ...
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Pennsylvania primaries spotlight key races for Democrats to retake House
Democrats see four districts as essential in midterms bid to retake House as 16 representatives seek re-electionSign up for the Breaking News US newsl...
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Trump critic Thomas Massie defeated in Kentucky Republican House primary
Victory for Ed Gallrein, former Navy Seal hand-picked by Trump, shows strength of president’s grip on partyMidterms primaries – live updates Donald Tr...
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Trump leads media tour of ballroom building site as Congress balks at $1bn price tag
President says $400m building costs to be funded by private donors, but has asked for taxpayers to cover security costsShouting over the banging and c...
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US Senate votes to advance resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers
Chamber advances bill for first time as four Republicans join all but one of Senate’s Democrats in favorThe Senate voted on Tuesday to advance a war p...
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JD Vance urges UK anti-immigration activists to ‘keep on going’
US vice-president appeared to align with attendees of Tommy Robinson’s ‘unite the kingdom’ rally in LondonThe US vice-president, JD Vance, has urged a...
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Senator Bill Cassidy says he has no regrets over Trump impeachment vote after Louisiana loss
Outgoing Republican says backing Trump’s conviction ‘may have cost me my seat, but who cares?’Returning to the US Capitol after a stinging primary re-...
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Rubio criticizes WHO’s Ebola response as US continues sweeping public health cuts
US secretary of state says WHO was ‘a little late’ in identifying deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and UgandaUS secretary of state Marco Rubio said on...
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Trump threatens ‘a big hit’ if Tehran does not make deal soon
Renewed threat comes after US president said he was ‘an hour away’ from ordering a strike before pulling backMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald T...
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NAACP urges boycott of college sports in south over voting rights
Eight states have moved to draw new maps after supreme court ruling that severely weakened the Voting Rights ActThe NAACP on Tuesday launched a campai...
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Todd Blanche says he would not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
Acting US attorney general made comments about the Epstein associate at a Senate hearing over budget requestsUS politics live – latest updatesTodd Bla...
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Trump endorses attorney general Ken Paxton in Texas Senate primary
US president calls Paxton an ‘America First Patriot’ and ‘MAGA Warrior’ ahead of runoff against John CornynUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Tru...
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Ketanji Brown Jackson rebukes US supreme court over its recent controversial rulings
Liberal justice warned court could be seen as political after recent decisions backed by conservative supermajorityUS politics live – latest updatesTh...
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Defense department watchdog opens inquiry into US airstrikes on alleged drug boats
Officials will determine if standard process was followed before lethal strikes in Caribbean and eastern PacificSign up for the Breaking News US newsl...
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‘Many billionaires are not happy people’: Michelle Obama talks politics and going ‘a little low’ in first Australian event
Former first lady delivered veiled but sharp remarks on US politics during speaking tour that began in MelbourneIt was a curious question: who was goi...
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