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I chaired the FCC. The 60 Minutes settlement shows Trump has weaponized the agency | Tom Wheeler
What was once an independent, policy-based agency is now using its leverage to further the Maga messageIt is time to unfurl the “Mission Accomplished”...
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Nurse on new CDC vaccine panel said to have been ‘anti-vax longer than RFK’
Vicky Pebsworth has spent decades saying vaccines caused her son’s autism – a connection refuted by years of researchOne of the new members of a criti...
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Trump is waging war against the media - and winning
As the president’s attacks are met with a distinct lack of resistance, critics warn that freedom of the press is eroding in plain sightBernie Sanders,...
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Has Trump taken leadership lessons from cold war-era Africa?
To truly understand the president’s style of rule, we must go beyond Scandinavian sagas and Sicilian crime loreEver since Donald Trump returned to pow...
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Trump news at a glance: President rings in Independence Day by signing his ‘big, beautiful’ bill into law
Democrats warn the major changes will benefit the wealthy and hit low-income earners hardest – key US politics stories from Friday 4 July at a glanceD...
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Federal judge again halts deportation of eight immigrants to South Sudan
In extraordinary hearing, judge sends case back to judge whose rulings led to initial halt on Trump administrationA federal judge has briefly halted t...
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Trump expected to sign tax-and-spending bill in win for administration
US president touting legislation as ‘birthday present for America’ and will sign at White House Fourth of July event Donald Trump is expected to sign ...
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Democratic lawmakers denied entry to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail
Florida state lawmakers call blockage ‘a blatant abuse of power and an attempt to conceal human rights violations’A group of Florida lawmakers were de...
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Trump has ‘good conversation’ with Zelenskyy after heavy bombardment of Ukraine by Russia
US munitions slated for Ukraine held up over shortage as Trump ‘disappointed’ by Putin’s refusal to make concessionsDonald Trump spoke with Ukraine’s ...
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El Salvador’s president denies that Kilmar Ábrego García was abused in notorious prison
Nayib Bukele disputed claims of Ábrego García’s lawyers that he was tortured and deprived of sleep while in custodyThe president of El Salvador has de...
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How do we celebrate the 4th of July when American freedom is disappearing? | Deborah Archer, Song Richardson and Susan Sturm
The yearly commemoration has always marked a contradiction. But despair is not a strategy: this is a moment to create changeThe Fourth of July celebra...
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Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first’
Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut healthcare and hospitals, especially in states like North CarolinaWhen Hurricane Helene drowned weste...
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LA school district demands inquiry after Ice officers filmed urinating on campus
Officials in Pico Rivera say agents gathered before a raid and soiled parking lot after being asked to leaveA Los Angeles school district is demanding...
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‘A dark day for our country’: Democrats furious over Trump bill’s passage
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemns major policy bill as ‘disgusting’ as party vows to ‘mobilize and fight back’Democrats have erupted in a storm of ...
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No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan
The bill steals from the sick, elderly and hungry, and gives to billionaires and jackboots. But Republicans will follow their leader anywhereThe budge...
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Keir Starmer says good relationship with Donald Trump based on shared family values
On first anniversary of Labour taking power, prime minister says it is ‘in the national interest’ for pair to connectKeir Starmer has spoken about his...
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Trump kicks off 4 July celebrating tax-and-spending bill and promising UFC fight at White House
At a rally in Iowa, the president said he ‘hates’ lawmakers who opposed his signature bill, and looked ahead to plans to mark the 250th anniversary of...
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Stateless Palestinian woman detained after honeymoon released from Ice jail
Ward Sakeik, 22, who came to US aged eight, tells of ‘joy and a little shock’ after more than four months in detentionWard Sakeik, a stateless Palesti...
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EPA puts 139 employees on leave after they sign a ‘declaration of dissent’
Letter from workers, which EPA claims is ‘unlawful’, says agency is no longer living up to its missionThe Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday ...
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Trump news at a glance: Republicans pass bill that will cut federal safety net and boost immigration enforcement
After days of debate and backroom wrangling, the measure overcame Republican objections and passed the House. Key US politics stories from 3 July 2025...
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Trump’s big bill achieved what conservatives have been trying to do for decades
The Republican fantasy of lower taxes and hard-to-access social safety net programs will now be a realityFor decades, Republicans have argued that the...
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Elon Musk’s xAI gets permit for methane gas generators
NAACP plans to sue over massive Memphis data center near Black residents, who have long dealt with pollutionElon Musk’s artificial intelligence compan...
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US supreme court clears way for deportation of migrants to South Sudan
Court halts ruling that allowed migrants to challenge removal to countries where they could be in dangerThe supreme court on Thursday cleared the way ...
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Twisted arms and late-night deals: how Trump’s sweeping policy bill was passed
With narrow majorities and intra-party splits, Republicans faced a battle to give Trump his bill to sign – but they did itJust a few months ago, analy...
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Former CBS anchor slams Paramount settlement with Trump: ‘It was a sellout’
Dan Rather laments ‘sad day for journalism’ after company settles for $16m over 60 Minutes Kamala Harris interviewA former CBS News anchor and 60 minu...
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Trump’s tax and spending bill passes Congress in major win for president
Early-morning negotiations proved enough to persuade hardline House conservatives to back bill in 218-214 voteUS politics live – latest updatesThe US ...
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Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ – cartoon
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Emil Bove’s confirmation hearing was a travesty | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump’s judicial nominee Emil Bove echoed a Mafia code of silence as Senate Republicans shielded him from scrutiny.In The Godfather, a Mafia turncoat ...
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John Roberts criticized by conservative ex-judge for ‘unforgivable reticence’ about Trump
J Michael Luttig tells how ‘disappointed’ he is in his friend the chief justice for not taking a stand against the presidentJ Michael Luttig, a conser...
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Why is Hakeem Jeffries speaking for hours on the House floor?
Democratic leader uses ‘magic minute’ tradition to rail against Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending billAfter a marathon night of arm-twisting, cajoling...
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New book details how Obama slammed Biden’s re-election bid: ‘Your campaign is a mess’
Details include how White House staff thought ex-president ‘was a prick’ who disrespected and mistreated BidenBarack Obama, the former US president, s...
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US supreme court to weigh transgender student sports bans in key rights case
Justices will hear Idaho and West Virginia appeals on laws barring trans girls from female public school teamsThe US supreme court announced on Thursd...
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US Capitol rioter sentenced to life in prison for plot to attack FBI office
Edward Kelley, a veteran pardoned by Trump, was found guilty of trying to kill officers who investigated himA US military veteran, previously pardoned...
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US politics live: House debates Trump’s tax-and-spending bill after overnight advancement
Republican-controlled House advanced Trump’s sweeping tax bill in step that sets the stage for possible passage later todayTrump’s tax bill passes ste...
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I’m no fan of Elon Musk. But Trump’s threat to deport him is sickening | Justice Malala
The president said he would ‘take a look’ at deporting the US citizen amid a political feud, as Republicans make similar remarks about Zohran MamdaniE...
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Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’ A ge...
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EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts
Document detailing the new program says zebrafish and rats from a North Carolina lab will be up for adoptionThe US Environmental Protection Agency is ...
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‘It’s harsh. I mean, brutal’: Trump bill to cause most harm to America’s poorest
President embraces Robin-Hood-in-reverse policies to benefit wealthiest and hurt those earning under $50,000Last November, Donald Trump made a solemn ...
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America is over neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Trump is not | Samuel Moyn
Between his so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ and his bombing of Iran, Trump has confirmed he is a man of a familiar pastThe convergence of the US Senat...
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After 47 years in the US, Ice took this Iranian mother from her yard. Her family just wants her home
Donna Kashanian, 64 and a community service volunteer, arrived in 1978 on a student visa and has no criminal recordKaitlynn Milne says her mother is u...
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The winners and losers of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ – podcast
Jonathan Freedland is joined by Eleanor Mueller of Semafor to look at the potential fallout from Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending bill – financially an...
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Kilmar Ábrego García was tortured in Salvadorian prison, court filing alleges
New court documents allege physical and psychological torture at Cecot in one of first looks at conditions in prisonKilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland...
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Trump news at a glance: megabill hangs in balance as House Republicans struggle to convince holdouts
Chamber stalls for hours on procedural vote as the White House pressures fellow Republicans to get Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill passed. Key ...
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Pentagon reviews arms exports to allies as munition stockpiles reportedly drop
Spokesperson Sean Parnell confirms defence department reviewing shipments may not affect only UkraineThe Pentagon has said that it is reviewing weapon...
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Pentagon says US strikes set back Iran nuclear program ‘one to two years’
Sean Parnell repeats Trump claim that key sites were destroyed, based on ‘assessments inside the department’The Pentagon has collected intelligence ma...
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Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to bar asylum access at US-Mexico border
President exceeded his authority and his proclamation of an ‘invasion’ at southern border is unlawful, court rulesA federal court has ruled that Donal...
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Planned Parenthood CEO warns Trump bill will lead to $700m loss and ‘backdoor abortion ban’
Alexis McGill Johnson says nearly 200 health centers could close if US House passes sweeping tax-and-spending billPlanned Parenthood stands to lose ro...
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US researchers launch new mission to solve mystery of Amelia Earhart’s fate
Researchers to follow fresh clues that suggest pioneering aviator may have crash-landed on remote Pacific islandA new mission to locate Amelia Earhart...
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How Trump’s big bill will supercharge his immigration crackdown
Critics warn the staggering $170bn sum dedicated to Ice in the bill will threaten humanitarian protections and disrupt the economyThousands of new imm...
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Kirsten Gillibrand apologizes to Zohran Mamdani over ‘jihad’ claim
New York senator had claimed that Democratic nominee for mayor had made ‘references to global jihad’The New York Democrat senator Kirsten Gillibrand h...
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Trump administration sued for giving Medicaid data to deportation officials
Twenty states say giving immigrants’ health data to DHS broke privacy laws and threatens access to emergency careThe Trump administration violated fed...
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Former January 6 defendant now advising justice department’s ‘weaponization working group’
Jared L Wise, who allegedly called for police to be killed at US Capitol, is now advising on the ‘weaponization’ of federal agenciesUS politics live –...
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