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New Biden rule aims to protect US federal employees if Trump is elected
Regulations will bar career civil servants from being reclassified as political appointees – who are more easily dismissedJoe Biden’s administration i...
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If cover-up is the real crime, Trump’s hush-money charges have a Nixonian ring | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump’s New York trial is only superficially about his tawdry sex life and really about his ultimate victim: the constitutionOf all of Donald Trump’s ...
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Almost 50,000 Wisconsin voters just told Biden to stop the Gaza war. Will he listen? | Malaika Jabali
Party members in key swing states say they won’t re-elect a president who enables the continued Israeli bombardmentThis Tuesday, more than 48,000 peop...
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Trump classified documents case faces delays amid argument over ‘flawed legal premise’
Jack Smith says if judge decides Trump can cite federal records law in his defense to claim immunity he would appeal to higher courtIn a court filing,...
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Man with megaphone who led Capitol rioters gets more than seven years in prison
Taylor James Johnatakis ‘barked commands’ and shouted step-by-step directions for overpowering police officersA Washington state man who used a megaph...
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Far-right podcaster prompts Nebraska move to change electoral system
Charlie Kirk tweet leads to governor backing bill to end splitting of electoral college votes – potentially handing advantage to TrumpThe power of the...
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Oklahoma voters kick out local official tied to white nationalist groups
Judd Blevins loses Enid ward 1 council position months after he was shown to have attended Charlottesville rally in 2017Voters in Enid, Oklahoma, have...
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Murder victim’s sister says Trump didn’t speak to family despite his claim he did
Ex-president’s description of meeting relatives of Ruby Garcia to spin anti-immigration narrative is ‘shocking’, sister saysDonald Trump used a campai...
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Trump leads Biden in six swing states, new poll shows – live
New poll from Wall Street Journal shows that the president is behind Donald Trump in six of seven crucial swing statesGood morning, US politics blog r...
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Florida just crushed abortion rights. But it also created a tool to fight back | Moira Donegan
Conservatives don’t understand that abortion is controversial only in theory; faced with a material choice, Americans support abortion rightsIt’s hard...
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Trump rails on ‘migrant crime’ and ‘rigged’ 2020 election at Wisconsin rally
Thousands show up in Green Bay where ex-president attacks ‘fake media’ and ‘tyrants’ in state where he lost to Biden four years agoOn Wisconsin’s pres...
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Wisconsin, New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut primaries: follow live results
Voters cast ballots in four states including key battleground for Trump and Biden. Get up to speed with the results as they come inBiden faces test in...
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Eyes on Wisconsin as battleground state one of four to hold presidential primary
Biden and Trump have clinched nominations, but results in New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut could hint at 2024 outcomeVoters in Connecticut, New ...
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Biden and Xi seek to manage tensions in phone call as US officials head to China
Presidents clashed over Taiwan and US trade restrictions on technology in first direct interaction since NovemberJoe Biden and Xi Jinping have clashed...
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Republicans propose renaming Dulles airport after Trump as ‘symbol of freedom’
Bill stands no chance of becoming law, given Democratic control of the Senate and White HouseDulles airport should be renamed for Donald Trump, a Repu...
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Mitch McConnell: I will fight isolationist Republicans for rest of Senate term
Minority leader, 82, says he will focus ‘isolationist movement in my own party’ – particularly over support for UkraineMitch McConnell will spend the ...
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Robert F Kennedy Jr calls Biden ‘much worse threat to democracy’ than Trump
Anti-vaxxer third-party candidate rails against president for involvement in supreme court case on social mediaAfter Donald Trump said that he loved h...
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Democrats aim to turn up heat on Republicans after Florida allows six-week abortion ban – live
Joe Biden’s campaign is seizing on the Florida court ruling to argue it is a sign of what would come of Donald Trump’s presidencyGood morning, US poli...
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Biden faces test in Wisconsin as Gaza supporters call for ‘uninstructed’ vote
Voters will also potentially enshrine two state amendments that some say could have a negative impact on elections administrationVoters in Wisconsin c...
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Robert F Kennedy Jr claims he qualifies for ballot in swing state North Carolina
Independent says he also qualifies in Utah, Hawaii, Nevada, and New Hampshire – only Utah has confirmed his place on ballot so farRobert F Kennedy Jr,...
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Extremist ex-adviser drives ‘anti-white racism’ plan for Trump win – report
Former White House adviser and white nationalist Stephen Miller plans to reinterpret civil rights laws should Trump return to powerThe former Trump Wh...
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Trump’s Truth Social stocks drop 18% as company discloses $58m loss last year
Shares fell sharply during early trading as investors scrutinize fundamentals of company’s businessShares in Donald Trump’s Truth Social dropped more ...
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House speaker floats potential demands to move long-stalled Ukraine aid package – live
Mike Johnson signals that Republicans might make three demands in order to move the aid through the House chamberJust before Congress left town last m...
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Mike Johnson hints vote on Ukraine aid is up next despite threat to speakership
Republican touts ‘important innovations’ to Ukraine package and suggests vote on bill could be imminent in Congress after recessThe US House speaker, ...
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For the sake of all of us, Sonia Sotomayor needs to retire from the US supreme court | Mehdi Hasan
She’s been described as the ‘conscience of the supreme court’. That’s why it pains me to write thisForget Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It is Sonia Sotomayor w...
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RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms
Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National CommitteeAs Donald Trump’s presidential ca...
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Senator Raphael Warnock: ‘The Bible doesn’t need Trump’s endorsement’
Ex-president’s decision to sell Bibles branded with his name is ‘risky business’, says Warnock, pastor of historic Atlanta churchDonald Trump’s decisi...
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Engineers begin removing Baltimore Key Bridge’s mangled wreckage
Crew starts intricate removal work on Francis Scott Key Bridge as officials stress that health of US national economy depends on itCrews of engineers ...
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The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and Politicians review – unpicking the lexicon of America’s leaders
New York Times columnist Carlos Lozada examines the speeches, writing and linguistic tics of presidents and members of Congress to expose ‘inveterate ...
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William Delahunt, former congressman of Massachusetts, dies aged 82
Representative postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass Barack Obama presidency’s legislative agendaLongtime Democratic congressman W...
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Trump campaign attacks Biden over recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility
White House says Republicans ‘seeking to divide country’ after they object to 31 March date that overlapped with Easter this yearA Joe Biden White Hou...
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Ronna McDaniel mess shows problem of politics-to-pundit conveyor belt
The former RNC chair was pushed out after a staff revolt – but why did NBC hire her in the first place?It should have been a straightforward appointme...
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Election of Donald Trump ‘could put world’s climate goals at risk’
Former UN climate chief warns of global impact of a possible regression in US green policiesVictory for Donald Trump in the US presidential election t...
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Combustible year promises stress test for US election threats taskforce
Its job is to respond to a phenomenon that had barely existed before Trump unleashed his 2020 stolen election lie – but amid thousands of threats agai...
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Congressman rebuked for call to bomb Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’
Civil rights group denounces congressmember Tim Walberg’s calls to ‘get it over quick’ as a ‘clear call to genocide’ Rather than provide humanitarian ...
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‘My jaw dropped’: Annie Jacobsen on her scenario for nuclear war
The author’s new book posits an all-too-possible catastrophe, destruction assured by human frailty as much as by technologyAnnie Jacobsen was a high s...
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Ex-Trump adviser says former president ‘hasn’t got the brains’ for dictatorship
Despite disparagement from John Bolton, critics maintain Trump is clear threat to democracy, given admiration for dictatorsA former national security ...
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Politician who attended Charlottesville white-supremacist rally faces recall
Pushback against Oklahoma’s Judd Blevins transcending partisanship, says organizer: ‘It’s a Nazi and not-Nazi thing’Voters in the north-west Oklahoma ...
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Trump rebuked for sharing video showing Biden hog-tied on pickup truck
Biden campaign communications director says image could be construed as suggesting physical harm towards presidentDonald Trump drew an angry response ...
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‘Feeble, desperate, mentally unfit’: Biden changes tack to mock Trump
The Republican contender lowered the tone of electoral politics in 2016 – now the Democratic president has left the high road to take him on at his ow...
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Civil War film-maker Alex Garland: ‘In the US and UK there’s a lot to be very concerned about’
The Oscar nominee has an enviable list of hits to his name, from 28 Days Later to Ex Machina. So why has making a thriller about a divided America pus...
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Prosecutors suggest Trump violated gag order by attacking judge’s daughter
Ex-president deserves sanction for Truth Social post that criticized daughter of Juan Merchan, hush-money trial prosecutors sayManhattan prosecutors a...
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Joe Lieberman obituary
Centrist senator from Connecticut who sought to become vice-president alongside Al Gore and went on to support No LabelsIn 2000, midway through his 24...
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Republican choice for vacated US House seat is surprise boon for Lauren Boebert
Colorado Republicans chose former mayor Greg Lopez, who plans to step down, leaving no incumbent or favored primary candidateA Colorado Republican pan...
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‘Join us’: Biden campaign urges Haley supporters to turn against Trump
Campaign ad shows clips of Trump disparaging Republican rival as president courts ‘broad and diverse coalition of voters’ Joe Biden’s presidential cam...
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Georgia lawmakers make it easier to challenge a voter’s registration
Legislators change state laws including increasing documentation officials need to certify electionsGeorgia legislators changed state election laws in...
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White House tries to clamp down on age-old practice of stealing Air Force One items: ‘Everyone does it’
Sources say an email circulated saying ‘if you inadvertently wound up taking something off the plane, we can facilitate a quiet return’A White House s...
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Biden and Trump shift to new phase of urgent fundraising in 2024 US election
Biden raised $25m at New York event with Obama and Clinton while Trump’s campaign vowed to raise $33m at Florida eventUS politics – latest updatesJoe ...
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Joe Biden needled Trump and raised $26m at New York fundraiser as protesters gathered outside – live
President was joined on stage by Barack Obama and Bill Clinton as crowds rallied in protest at his Israel-Gaza war policies outside Radio City Music H...
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Revealed: Idaho professor behind extremist site that spread conspiracies
BSU’s Scott Yenor ran Action Idaho, which attacked the university, LGBTQ+ people and Republicans deemed not rightwing enoughBoise State University (BS...
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The election deniers relentlessly hounding Georgia officials
A small but aggressive group of election deniers have been pressuring state officials on a weekly – sometimes daily – basis to investigate unfounded c...
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Can Bibles, sneakers and social media save Trump from financial ruin? – podcast
Donald Trump is embroiled in a balancing act between several criminal and civil trials, which could cost him millions of dollars and potentially even ...
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