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Childcare is a hellscape for most US families. Why isn’t there a bigger push for change?
Long seen as women’s work, childcare is underpaid and considered a private matter for families – not governmentIn 2021, Bri Adams was pregnant with he...
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California bishop excuses weekly mass obligation amid immigration raids
Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino made the call as fear grips community after detentions on two properties in dioceseAlberto Rojas, the San Bernardino b...
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My city was one of hundreds expecting federal funds to help manage rising heat wave risk – then EPA terminated the grants
The administration said the grants were ‘no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities.’ Spokane, which has faced deadly heat waves in eastern Wash...
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New York City’s congestion pricing has cut pollution and traffic – but Trump still wants to kill it
With less congestion, less carbon pollution, less accidents, could it be a model for other US cities? Six months in, environmentalists say yesIt has f...
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Trump news at a glance: tariff threats draw muted reaction from Asian allies amid hopes deals can be reached
Trump announces new levies of up to 40% as he steps up his trade wars but also extends a previous pause. Key US politics stories from Monday 7 JulyDon...
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Pregnant doctor denied Covid-19 vaccine sues Trump administration
Lawsuit takes aim at RFK Jr’s decision to advise against Covid vaccines for pregnant women and healthy childrenA pregnant physician who was denied a C...
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US posts highest annual measles case tally in 33 years amid Texas outbreak
Milestone comes as health secretary RFK Jr has injected upheaval into US vaccine policy and spread misinformation The annual tally of measles cases in...
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Michigan utility aided sabotage of Covid lockdown policies, documents reveal
DTE Energy had denied involvement in dark money non-profits, but court documents show a $100,000 donationNewly released court documents show power uti...
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The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work?
In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injusticeOn 2 June, at St Mark’s Episcopa...
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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 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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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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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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Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots
Records show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.
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Covid care home policy was 'least worst decision' - Hancock
Former health secretary Matt Hancock denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in early 2020 was empty rheto...
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A private prison firm wants to detain immigrants in this Kansas town. Its residents are pushing back
Residents of Leavenworth are organizing against CoreCivic’s efforts to reopen a problematic prisonIt was a lovely May evening in Leavenworth, Kansas, ...
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Is RFK Jr's divisive plan to Make America Healthy Again fearmongering - or revolutionary?
The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is bringing drive to health...
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Covid inquiry hears of care home 'slaughter'
Relatives of care home residents tell the Covid inquiry they will never get over how their loved ones died.
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Throwing their bodies on the gears: the Democratic lawmakers showing up to resist Trump
Republicans may literally own social media platforms, but some Democrats are buying back legitimacy with protestsA flock of Ice agents, some masked, s...
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Who is in charge at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
RFK Jr has direct control, but Senate testimony in May that someone else is running the agency has created confusionWho is in charge at the US Centers...
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The ongoing fight to replace racist monuments in the US: ‘requires a lot of perseverance’
Since a reckoning brought awareness to problematic statues across the country, the road to replacing them has been slow and arduousAfter nearly half a...
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Wall Street shivers over ‘hot commie summer’ after Mamdani’s success
New York’s financial elite compare the city to crime-riddled Gotham after democratic socialist bests Cuomo in Democratic mayoral primaryWhen Zohran Ma...
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Why energy markets fluctuate during an international crisis
Fears about supply, demand, profits and supply chains all combine into a volatile mix that delivers prices that are often higher in a crisis, but also...
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Some immigrants chose to leave the US. But is ‘self-deportation’ really becoming a thing?
The Trump administration is now promoting the option once seen as a joke, but experts say the reality is complexTheir stories have emerged in new repo...
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How is your hospital doing as NHS battles to bring down waiting times?
Use our interactive tracker to see if treatment waits are getting better at your local hospital
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Mamdani stood firm in his support for Gaza. The Democratic party could learn from him
Few issues highlight how out of touch Democratic leaders are than the issue of Palestine – Mamdani chose a different pathAs the ballots were counted o...
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On r/collapse, people are ‘kept abreast of the latest doom’. Its moderators say it’s not for everyone
A subreddit tracking apocalyptic news in a calm, logical way comforts users who believe the end times are nowThe threat of nuclear war, genocide in Ga...
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RFK Jr’s new CDC vaccine panel holds first meeting amid controversy
Health secretary unilaterally appointed ACIP’s eight new members, several of which are critical of immunizationsThe first meeting of a critical federa...
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Trump isn't ready for a ceasefire with Massie
The president and the Kentucky congressman have been at loggerheads. Now, Trump's allies are gearing up for a primary fight.
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Millions of children at risk as vaccine uptake stalls
A global study finds large numbers of children are unvaccinated against diseases like measles, tuberculosis and polio, which makes outbreaks more like...
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RFK Jr grilled on vaccine policies and healthcare fraud in bruising House hearing
US health secretary faced hours of questioning over budget cuts and accusations he lied to senatorsRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, faced...
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Republican Lisa Murkowski on Trump’s America and the ‘intensity on the security of our democracy’
The Alaska senator, who helped deal Trump’s first big legislative setback, believes there can be only so much fear that Americans can handleLate one n...
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