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‘How is he going to have the time?’ NIH staff voice concern as Bhattacharya takes on CDC role
Scientists fear NIH director will be even more absent and leave key issues unresolved as he takes interim CDC leadSign up for the Breaking News US ema...
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Court record review reveals gutting of DHS oversight: ‘Incredibly dangerous’
White House claims watchdogs perform ‘all required functions’, but number of deaths in custody at 20-year high Continue reading...
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How Trump turmoil is driving more people to the therapist’s office: ‘This is all upside down’
As ‘political depression’ enters public discourse, therapists are encouraging people to engage with their communitiesWhen Rebecca McFaul woke up in he...
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‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war
Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflictBrash and bellicose, he sounded...
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From Bush Sr to Trump: the risks, lessons and legacy of US interference in the Middle East
While there are similarities with the wars against Iraq, the Iran conflict may prove to be the most dangerous and consequential yetThis is the third G...
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Trump news at a glance: US leader says Iran being ‘decimated’; admits US troop deployment not off the table
Deployment of US ground troops could be discussed later on and ‘would be a great thing’ says president Trump. Key US politics stories from 7 March at ...
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Donald Trump refuses to rule out deploying ground troops in Iran
US president leaves open the possibility while ruling out having Kurdish forces in Iraq mount an invasionUS-Israel war on Iran – follow liveDonald Tru...
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Trump tells Starmer help not needed even as US uses UK bases for Iran strikes
US president delivers stinging criticism of UK prime minister over delayed support for Iran warDonald Trump has renewed his stinging criticism of UK p...
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Trump joins families of six slain US service members at Dover air force base
US president attends ‘dignified transfer’ of remains of soldiers killed in Kuwait drone strike wearing ‘USA’ golf capDonald Trump on Saturday joined t...
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Trump convenes ‘Shield of Americas’ summit with 12 Latin American leaders
In Miami, president calls for regional cooperation to counter Chinese economic and political interestsDonald Trump changed the channel from Iran to th...
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They were teens when a parent was deported. They still feel the pain as adults
The Guardian spoke to adults now in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to reflect on the lasting impact of family separation in the USJesús usually came home fro...
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After jail, house arrest and an ankle monitor, a reprieve for a ‘Cop City’ protester: ‘The process was the punishment’
With no conviction, John Mazurek’s felony arson case for allegedly torching police motorcycles will finally be resolvedOn the phone from his Atlanta h...
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US agency did not perform safety checks of more than 100 food ingredients, analysis finds
Review of FDA records by the Environmental Working Group reveals firms are exploiting rule to send new chemicals in food systemMore than 100 substance...
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‘How many American troops should die for this?’: veterans split on war with Iran
For many veterans of post-9/11 wars, the strikes on Iran bring troubling echoes of the 2003 invasion of IraqNearly two decades after his second tour, ...
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‘We were ready’: Democratic attorneys general lead fight to stop Trump
As some elected leaders choose to play nice with the president, Democratic AGs have done the opposite – to impressive effectSign up for the Breaking N...
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Trump skirts Congress over Iran war as Republicans simply step aside
Senate blocks war powers measure and House follows suit – now president can bomb Iran free from congressional interferenceBefore US troops invaded Ira...
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Courts have threatened to hold the Trump administration in contempt. It’s time to follow through | Austin Sarat
The administration has been accused of failing to comply with hundreds of orders. The courts must not be paper tigersLate last month, a Minnesota fede...
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‘Operation Epstein Distraction’: Trump’s bloody Iran ‘hype videos’ seem to target niche audience
White House wages online propaganda campaign with aggressive and tasteless videos seemingly designed for young rightwing American men Rap and EDM. Cli...
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Republican representative Darrell Issa of California says he will not run for re-election
Issa was first elected to Congress in 2001 to represent a district that was recently reconfigured due to Prop 50Republican representative Darrell Issa...
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Trump news at a glance: president marks first week of Iran attacks with call for nation’s ‘unconditional surrender’
Friday saw US and Israel carry out some of the heaviest bombardments so far in the conflict – key US politics stories from 6 March at a glanceDonald T...
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Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief ousted for the second time
Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseasesThe Food and Drug Administration’s embat...
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ICE arrests US Spanish-language news outlet reporter without warrant
Estefany Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias, who had produced reports that were unflattering to ICE, was arrested during traffic stopUS Immigratio...
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Jesse Jackson hailed as ‘ambassador of hope’ at memorial attended by Clintons, Obama and Biden
Thousands in Chicago honored civil rights ‘champion’ who ‘stepped forward again and again’, Obama saidAt the longtime civil rights activist’s memorial...
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‘I’m relieved she’s gone’: Fema staffers celebrate ousting of Kristi Noem
Current and former Fema staff say the fired DHS secretary made the US more dangerous by overhauling the agencySign up for the Breaking News US email t...
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Kristi Noem’s departure from the DHS won’t mean an end to agency’s violent tactics
A change of leadership means little to an agency ‘shielded from scrutiny and unchecked by oversight’US politics live – latest updatesSome of the most ...
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Trump fires Kristi Noem: what does it mean for ICE? - The Latest
Donald Trump has fired his controversial US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, after weeks of bipartisan complaints about her leadership. As th...
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International law and the difficulty of dealing with Trump at war | Letters
Readers respond to the dilemmas facing Europe and Keir Starmer with the Iran conflictInternational law has evolved a lot since the 17th century, when ...
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US senator seeks perjury investigation into Kristi Noem over DHS spending
Senator Richard Blumenthal alleges the ousted DHS secretary lied to Congress about the agency’s contractsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get...
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Trump sacks Kristi Noem – The Latest
Donald Trump has fired his controversial US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, after weeks of bipartisan complaints about her leadership. As th...
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‘A piece of supremely nasty mischief’: Peter Bradshaw on the White House video
In a chilling social media video that is beyond irony, clips from Braveheart, Gladiator, Superman and Top Gun are crassly interspersed with real kill-...
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White House releases video promoting ‘justice the American way’ featuring Hollywood characters
Critics have called Trump administration’s provocative video ‘slopaganda’, used to promote president’s agenda‘A piece of supremely nasty mischief’: th...
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Stephen Colbert on Kristi Noem: ‘A domestic terrorist who deserves to go to Gitmo’
Late-night hosts addressed Trump firing the DHS secretary, rising US gas prices and Robert F Kennedy Jr’s crackdown on Dunkin’On Thursday night, late ...
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Florida bar launches ethics investigation into Trump-appointed US attorney
Lindsey Halligan, who temporarily served as a top federal prosecutor in Virginia, could be stripped of licenseSign up for the Breaking News US newslet...
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DoJ releases Epstein files containing uncorroborated abuse allegations against Trump
Justice department said the files were initially withheld because they were mistakenly categorized as duplicatesThe US justice department released add...
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US judge and lawyers to discuss how to refund $175bn in illegal Trump tariffs
Richard Eaton, who said this week that importers must be paid back, reportedly meeting customs agency lawyersA US judge will reportedly meet governmen...
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Texas lawmaker ends re-election bid after admitting to affair with ex-staffer
Republican congressman Tony Gonzales had repeatedly denied affair with former aide who later died by suicideUS politics live – latest updatesTexas Rep...
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Americans are being policed with military-grade weapons. This has to stop | Hank Johnson and Michael Shank
Predator drones and armored personnel carriers have become commonplace in US cities. Congress has the power to fix thisAmerica’s main streets are a wa...
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How the sanctuary movement offers lessons for fighting ICE: ‘an impact that spans decades’
With its roots in religious doctrine, the modern move to house, clothe and protect immigrants started in the 1980sWhen Donald Trump fired Department o...
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ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: ‘They didn’t care’
Juanita Avila later helped expose ICE’s ‘arrest first, justify later’ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for immigrants’ rightsThe moment 1...
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Family of detainee who died under ICE custody says he was denied medical care
Alberto Gutiérrez Reyes died in a California hospital in February after suffering chest pain and shortness of breathA man under the custody of federal...
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‘Firing her is not enough’: Democrats celebrate Kristi Noem departure but say she must be ‘held accountable’ – US politics live
Gavin Newsom among those celebrating Noem’s ousting, as Democrats warn pressure must be kept up against ICE First-term Oklahoma senator Markwayne Mull...
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Good riddance to Kristi Noem. Her replacement won’t be an improvement | Moira Donegan
The former homeland security chief was an incompetent figurehead of cruelty. Her departure reflects Trump’s political weaknessWas it the blanket that ...
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Australia and the 'bomb first' new world order: Full Story newsroom edition – video
The Full Story podcast's newsroom edition is back for 2026 and new host Josephine Tovey speaks with Gabrielle Jackson and Bonnie Malkin about how Aust...
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A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump?
As the Spanish PM decries the war in Iran, other politicians are unable – or unwilling – to speak against the US presidentOn Wednesday morning, Pedro ...
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Trump news at a glance: president shows Kristi Noem the door, but already has another job lined up for her
Firing of US homeland security secretary is first major personnel shakeup of Trump’s second term – key US politics stories from 5 March at a glanceKri...
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Bernard LaFayette, civil rights leader who helped launch Voting Rights Act, dies aged 85
Early in a life of service, LaFayette did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, AlabamaBernard LaFayette, the advance man...
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Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence for molesting two children
Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, of Florida among several January 6 defendants charged with new crimesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA Flori...
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Minneapolis killings and deportation outrage: Kristi Noem’s scandal-plagued DHS tenure
Backlash grew against homeland security secretary after slew of controversies from Trump’s immigration crackdownKristi Noem’s year-long tenure as home...
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The worst of the worst: how Kristi Noem treated the American people ‘like dogs’
Many will regard the ex-secretary of homeland security, Trump’s first fired cabinet member, as the worst yet seenKristi Noem once led a dog to a grave...
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US House rejects war powers resolution to end Trump’s hostilities with Iran
Democratic-backed measure that would have forced US to withdraw troops failed by a vote of 212-219Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsle...
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Markwayne Mullin, Maga ‘warrior’ and ICE defender, to replace Kristi Noem
Trump-backed US senator and ex-MMA fighter a vocal supporter of ICE’s ‘red-blooded American patriots’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get new...
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Trump ousts DHS secretary Kristi Noem and replaces her with Republican senator
Noem’s tenure was marked by killings of US citizens by federal agents, a rumored affair and $220m spent on adsUS politics live – latest updatesSign up...
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