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What’s going on with Spirit Airlines and could the White House bail them out?
The long-troubled air carrier is in bankruptcy court as the Trump administration scrambles to save the companySoaring fuel prices are threatening air ...
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Beasts of no party: the curious history of America’s animal mayors
Small towns across the US have elected animals to the pinnacle of civic leadership – and it seems to work for themIt was a fiercely contested election...
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Democrats think swearing will fix their authenticity problem. It won’t | Alex Bronzini-Vender
Outrage is a legitimate political emotion. It is not, by itself, a politicsBefore sexual assault allegations ended his California gubernatorial bid, r...
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Why is the US media silent about Israel’s role in Trump’s decision to go to war? | Jason Stanley
I suspect the main reason they avoid criticizing Israel is that they believe that would be antisemitic. But this is both dangerous and wrongIn an extr...
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White House press dinner shooting raises questions over security at event
Secret Service director says security succeeded in stopping shooter before he could do further harm but others disagreeThe shooting in the White House...
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White House press dinner shooting suspect to face criminal charges
Alleged shooter expected to appear in federal court and could be charged with trying to assassinate TrumpThe suspected gunman who tried to storm the W...
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner suspect to be charged as Trump prepares to welcome king – US politics live
Suspect in Saturday evening’s shooting – Cole Tomas Allen – expected to be formally charged in court todayDonald Trump spoke with CBS correspondent No...
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Monday briefing: Everything we know about the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
In today’s newsletter: After the dramatic events of Saturday night, White House security arrangements are under scrutiny and political violence is onc...
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Trump news at a glance: Law enforcement reportedly reassessing security arrangements after press dinner shooting
Questions about how shooter was able to get so close to Trump, cabinet members and lawmakers are likely to be asked. Key US politics stories from Sund...
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Anti-Trump sentiment being examined as motive for White House press dinner shooting
Manifesto reportedly written by the suspect had Trump administration officials at top of listWhite House press dinner shooting aftermath – latest upda...
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California measure requiring photo ID at polls will be on November ballot
Nearly 1 million Californians supported push by Republican Carl DeMaio but it faces historic opposition from DemocratsCalifornia voters will decide in...
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Washington in shock after White House press dinner shooting: ‘an angry, polarized nation’
Questions raised about political violence, security and gun control after brazen attack at event attended by top officialsWhite House press dinner sho...
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Shots rang out, pandemonium erupted: how the White House press dinner shooting unfolded
Smiles turned to shock and fear, Trump dived to the ground and guests ducked under tables after loud bangs were heardWhite House press dinner shooting...
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The Guardian view on Trump and the Washington shooting: political violence and gun culture endanger all | Editorial
Determining the attacker’s motivation may take time. But toxic rhetoric, polarisation and the ubiquity of firearms are a dangerous mixForty-five years...
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Suspected gunman at White House press dinner named
Law enforcement agencies name Cole Tomas Allen as Trump posts video of man sprinting through checkpoint US politics live – latest updatesThe suspected...
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UFC president Dana White says experience at press dinner shooting was ‘awesome’
UFC president says events were ‘pretty crazy’Man in custody after chaotic scenes in Washington DCWhile many of those present during the shooting at th...
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Gunfire at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is another grim sign of our times | Robert Reich
A Washington DC event rapidly descending in fear and panic and fear after gunshots is, sadly, a piece with the chaotic tragedy of our timesFor as long...
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Florida is latest US state to enter redistricting war ahead of 2026 election
Special session comes after Virginia voted to redraw maps and as Trump pressures Republicans to protect House majorityFlorida begins a special session...
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White House journalists’ gala ended like many US events do: with gun violence
Shooting reveals how political violence has become feature of American life on a night dedicated to press freedomAhead of this year’s White House corr...
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Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds
Researchers find ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposuresSimultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate ...
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Acting attorney general says suspect in White House press dinner shooting was likely targeting Trump administration officials
Trump and first lady were safely evacuated and police arrested Cole Tomas Allen of southern California at eventThe gunman who tried to breach the ball...
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North Dakota state legislator and pilot killed in small plane crash in Minnesota
Liz Conmy’s death ‘is a profound loss’, Democratic party affiliate says following crash shortly after takeoffA small plane crashed just after taking o...
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US is taking a ‘real risk’ with hasty shift in efforts to fight HIV, experts say
Experts fear losing ground to virus even as the end of the HIV epidemic is in sight, and say decline in infant testing is ‘particularly concerning’The...
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Pete Hegseth’s Iran war messaging echoes sermons from his extremist church
US defense secretary’s openly Christian nationalist church continues to have growing influence in the White HouseOn 17 April, at a briefing on the Ira...
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White House correspondents’ dinner shooting latest: Trump unharmed and suspect in custody after attack at Washington Hilton
US president says venue was ‘not a particularly secure building’ as man is held after shots fired at annual press dinnerShocking. Unnerving. Unpredict...
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To win in 2028, Democrats must embrace justice – not shy away from it | Steve Philips
The party has been pressured to avoid ‘woke’ policies. Instead, Democrats must stand firmly for equality and invest in mobilizationToo many Democrats ...
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I’ve covered Trump for a decade. At the White House correspondents’ dinner, darkness came viscerally close
Men in tuxedos and women in dresses dove under tables, like a scene from a dozen Hollywood movies, but now it was happening to meShocking. Unnerving. ...
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Trump news at a glance: White House press dinner thrown into disarray by attack
President uninjured as he and other top White House officials evacuated from annual correspondents’ dinner – key US politics stories from Saturday 25 ...
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Trump evacuated after shots fired at White House correspondents’ dinner – what we know
Secret Service says US president and first lady are safe and suspect is in custody after shooting incident in DCOne person in custody after Trump evac...
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Donald Trump evacuated from White House correspondents dinner after loud bangs heard – live
President Donald Trump and other top leaders evacuated from the annual dinner after an unspecified threat The Guardian’s David Smith, who was one of f...
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Donald and Melania Trump evacuated from White House Correspondents’ Dinner as loud bangs heard
The event was interrupted by loud bangs and immediate commotion as the president and first lady were escorted outThe White House Correspondents’ Dinne...
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Egyptian family of six taken back into ICE custody days after being released
Hayam El Gamal and five children were held for 10 months after husband allegedly threw molotov cocktails at crowdAn Egyptian family of six has been ta...
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Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiationsDonald Trump said he has told US envoys not to ...
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Conspiracy theory over UFOs and missing scientists spreads from web to White House
Claim of nefarious plot draws attention of lawmakers and president – but are disappearances and deaths really linked?Are the disappearances or deaths ...
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Todd Blanche wants to be attorney general – and he’s going all in on Trump’s retaliation agenda to prove it
Trump’s former personal attorney has left little doubt to how he’d further politicize the justice department if his status becomes permanentIn just th...
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Will I ever retire? It doesn’t look like it | Dave Schilling
Being financially equipped to retire feels like a fantasy. And yet plenty of people who could do so are avoiding it“Retirement.” A word I can hardly s...
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Staff decry ‘constant turbulence’ under Trump’s labor secretary, as she blames ‘deep state’ in resignation
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid allegations of an affair and steering grants to politically connected figuresThe secretary of the Department of Labo...
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An anti-press president is coming to a pro-press dinner. What could go wrong?
Donald Trump attending the White House correspondents’ dinner could be awkward – and lead to blowbackLast year, after the Trump White House cut off ac...
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Trump news at a glance: as president’s relations with Nato fray, EU leaders explore their options
Brussels officials will draw up a plan on how to use the EU’s little-known mutual assistance pact in the event of a foreign attack – key US politics s...
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US justice department steps in on behalf of xAI in Colorado regulation case
Move creates conflict between state and administration as Trump seeks federal framework over states handling issueSign up for the Breaking News US ema...
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Democratic Maine governor vetoes first US state freeze on new datacenters
Janet Mills says moratorium would’ve been ‘appropriate’ if it didn’t interfere with ongoing datacenter project in MaineThe Democratic governor of Main...
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Republican congressman absent over ‘personal health matter’, Johnson says
Tom Kean, who has not voted since 5 March and whose seat is top Democratic target, due back ‘very soon’, speaker saysA vulnerable Republican congressm...
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Family under longest immigration detention of Trump’s term released
US judge orders release of a woman and her five children who were family of the 2025 Colorado fire attack suspectA woman and her five children, whose ...
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Court blocks Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access
Appellate panel finds president can’t circumvent laws that allow people to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico borderSign up for the Breaking News US em...
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US justice department to allow firing squads as federal death penalty method
Trump’s DoJ says it is taking steps to ‘strengthen the federal death penalty’ in opposition to Biden-era policiesThe US justice department announced o...
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‘No clear strategy’: how Trump went from shock and awe to wait and see in Iran
Lack of a sustained plan to end the war has convinced US allies that the White House is running out of ideasNearly eight weeks after Donald Trump laun...
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Shapeshifting fascism and the broken promises of social democracy | Letters
Readers respond to Daniel Trilling’s article asking if fascism is making a comebackAs an analysis of rightwing populism, Daniel Trilling’s argument wo...
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US justice department drops criminal investigation against Jerome Powell
Move will remove obstacle for confirmation of Kevin Warsh, Trump’s pick to replace Powell as Federal Reserve chairSign up for the Breaking News US ema...
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Police across the US worry officers are being misidentified as ICE, records show
Exclusive: Emails and internal memos reveal concerns immigration enforcement is interfering with police workLaw enforcement and local government offic...
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UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo
Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran warUK politics live – latest updatesThe...
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‘Superhighways for child sexual abuse’: California lawmakers seek tougher rules for big tech
Online exploitation ‘inflicting profound trauma on a staggering number of children’, Democrats sayFrustrated with what they describe as a lack of acco...
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Trump psychedelics order largely symbolic, analysts say
Executive order to speed access to psychedelic treatments likely to have limited legal impact despite high-profile pushThe Trump administration issued...
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