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Does everything feel broken but weirdly normal? There’s a word for that
Large-scale systems are crumbling, yet daily life continues. The Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help when dysfunction is the status quoI...
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‘Pro-worker priorities’? Trump’s budget offers the exact opposite | Steven Greenhouse
The ‘big, beautiful’ measure going through Congress would cut health, food and education benefits – and offer a huge boost to the richestWith Donald T...
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The new Trump-led tax bill promises an American ‘golden age’ – that conveniently ends with his presidency
Tax relief contained within One Big Beautiful Bill Act would expire when president leaves office – what happens then?Congressional Republicans passed ...
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House passes Trump’s sweeping tax-cut bill, sends it to Senate
Measure would tighten eligibility for health and food programs for the poor and could add $3.8tn to US debtThe Republican-controlled US House of Repre...
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Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn
Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say expertsA Republican push to dismantle clean ...
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Fury as Republicans go ‘nuclear’ in fight over California car emissions
Newsom issues rallying cry as GOP-controlled Senate seeks to move ahead with plan to revoke key environmental ruleCalifornia has long been one of the ...
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FBI whistleblower claims he tried to get to Musk to warn him he was being targeted by Russia
Johnathan Buma, who was arrested in March and is out on bail, claims in new interview that efforts to target Musk were ‘intense’A former FBI counterin...
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has courage. Pope Francis had it too. Why are there so many cowards? | Alexander Hurst
Corruption and greed have eroded morality in public life. Powerful people who do what is right are in short supply“Courage is seeking the truth and sp...
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Trump’s massive tax and spending bill clears hurdle to advance to House vote in coming hours
Republicans have been deeply divided over the bill which would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts by tightening eligibility for food and health programs US ...
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Trump news at a glance: Ramaphosa keeps his cool in Trump’s ‘orchestrated show for the cameras’
The South African president insists the meeting went ‘very well’ despite Trump publicly berating him. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 21 May 20...
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Trump says he’s ‘seriously considering’ taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public
President says he will speak with advisers about taking public firms that support about 70% of US mortgagesUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Tru...
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Mahmoud Khalil blocked from holding son for first time by Ice, lawyers say
Detained Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist forced to meet month-old baby from behind glassMahmoud Khalil, the detained Columbia Un...
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Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims ignore the reality of life and crime in South Africa
US president intoned ‘death, death, death’ as he waved articles purporting to show violence against white minority It was an ambush crafted straight f...
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Trump ambushes South African president with video and false claims of anti-white racism
Cyril Ramaphosa responds to hectoring stunt in Oval Office and egregious claim of white genocide by suggesting calmUS politics live – latest updatesDo...
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Is ‘chic’ political? In Trump 2.0, the word stands for conservative femininity
Debate over ‘chic’ has erupted online as luxury-minded TikTokers push a definition that aligns with the Maga setThe idea of “chic” is a fashion-world ...
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Judge rules Trump administration attempt to deport migrants to South Sudan violates earlier order
Officials apparently deported eight people to South Sudan, despite most of them being from other countriesUS politics live – latest updatesA federal j...
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Trump administration reportedly accepts jet from Qatar for possible use as Air Force One
Plane offer set off a firestorm of bipartisan criticism of Trump and raised questions about Qatar’s motivesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump ...
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DoJ moves to cancel police reform settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville
Trump officials seek to dismiss Biden-era consent decrees reached after deaths of George Floyd and Breonna TaylorThe justice department moved on Wedne...
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European unity against Putin in peril if Trump moves to ease sanctions
EU’s hopes of US increasing pressure on Kremlin have been dashed, and Hungary could yet make situation worseEuropean leaders – who have promised to im...
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Justice department opens inquiry into Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 response
Ex-New York governor and current NYC mayoral candidate accused of mishandling nursing homes during pandemicUS politics live – latest updatesThe justic...
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‘Free Mahmoud’: Columbia students boo acting president at graduation as Khalil is still detained
As Claire Shipman spoke students voiced displeasure that green card holder Mahmoud Khalil remains in Ice custodyA graduation ceremony at Columbia Univ...
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Democratic Virginia congressman Gerry Connolly dies aged 75
Connolly had served in Congress since 2009 and had announced in 2024 that he was battling esophageal cancerUS politics live – latest updatesGerry Conn...
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US Senate passes ‘no tax on tips’ bill in unanimous vote
Bipartisan bill to created tax deduction of up to $25,000 now goes to House but experts have criticized measureUS politics live – latest updatesThe US...
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A huge Democratic victory in Omaha offers a lesson for the party | Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should pay close attention to the model he embracedFor the last several months,...
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Donald Trump Jr says ‘maybe one day’ when asked if would ever run for president – US politics live
President’s eldest son says ‘that calling is there’ while speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that his administrati...
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Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers alle...
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The US credit rating has been downgraded. But there’s an easy fix for our debt | Robert Reich
Instead of cutting taxes on the richest Americans – who hold much of the country’s debt – simply raise themOn Friday, the credit rating of the United ...
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Maga Catholics are on a collision course with Leo XIV - and they have good reason to fear him | Julian Coman
They have been quick to brand the new pope an ‘anti-Trump’ ‘total Marxist’. In return, he is already critiquing their worldviewIn the outer reaches of...
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Trump reveals details of 'Golden Dome' missile defence project – video
The US president, Donald Trump, has announced that his administration has begun developing the so-called 'Golden Dome' missile defence system, set to ...
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Trump news at a glance: president unveils Golden Dome project – and claims Canada is interested
Donald Trump picks space force general to lead program to create anti-missile shield – key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glanceDonald Trump ha...
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What is temporary protected status and who is affected by Trump’s crackdown?
The Biden administration dramatically expanded TPS, but it is the latest target in Trump’s anti-immigrant crusadeMillions of people live legally in th...
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California school district must halt ban on critical race theory, court rules
Temecula Valley unified district ordered to pause CRT resolution as questions of constitutionality remainA small southern California school district m...
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Trump officials ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan
Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s returnImmigrant rights advocates have a...
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Trump expected to appoint Gen Michael Guetlein to oversee US missile defense project
Space force officer will be in charge of the ‘Golden Dome’ defense system expected to cost almost $1tn over 20 yearsUS politics live – latest updatesD...
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Trump visits Capitol to urge House Republicans to pass ‘big, beautiful bill’
President says party has ‘unbelievable unity’ to ensure passage in House but some lawmakers remain opposed Donald Trump traveled to the Capitol on Tue...
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‘Plenty of time’ to solve climate crisis, interior secretary tells representatives
Burgum defends Trump budget slashing green funds, saying AI and Iran pose bigger threats than warmingThe US has “plenty of time” to solve the climate ...
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EU to lift economic sanctions on Syria to aid recovery of war-torn country
Move comes one week after Trump announced all US sanctions on Syria would be liftedThe EU has agreed to lift economic sanctions on Syria in an effort ...
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Elon Musk claims he will step back from political donations in near future
After spending nearly $300m to help elect Trump last year, the tech billionaire says he has ‘done enough’Elon Musk claimed on Tuesday that he would de...
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Trump is using his assault on government to retaliate against women | Judith Levine
The administration’s attacks on the American Bar Association are part of a long line of actions that have clear commonalitiesLast week, a federal judg...
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Senators question Paramount over efforts to settle Trump lawsuit
Warren, Wyden and Sanders push for information to determine if media company violated federal bribery statuteDemocratic US senators Elizabeth Warren a...
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January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for burglary
Zachary Alam was imprisoned for role in Capitol attack and later pardoned, and now allegedly entered Virginia home and stole itemsA participant in the...
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Jon Stewart on CNN’s Biden book: ‘Selling you a book about news they should have told you’
Late-night hosts discuss CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book on Biden’s mental decline, and Trump attacks Taylor Swift on Truth SocialLate...
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Kash Patel scraps FBI unit monitoring surveillance rules compliance
Bureau’s office of internal auditing was set up to uncover misuses of Fisa surveillance during Trump’s first termUS politics live – latest updatesThe ...
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Trump administration to allow work to continue on $5bn New York wind farm
Governor lobbied Trump in a series of phone calls, and will now allow new gas pipeline capacity to move forwardUS politics live – latest updatesThe Tr...
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Democrats have a historic chance to pry back the working class: ‘We shouldn’t blow this’
With Democrats reeling after last election, Joan C Williams explains what has gone wrong and how to win over votersDonald Trump’s second election to t...
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Win a game show, become a US citizen? We’ve entered the realm of the truly depraved | Dave Schilling
Pizza-making contests and a ‘gold rush challenge’ are among possible events in a pitch the Trump administration is reportedly consideringI guess Repub...
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Senate confirms Charles Kushner as ambassador to France
Father of president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner was previously pardoned by Trump from tax evasion convictionUS politics live – latest updatesCharles Ku...
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Don’t be fooled. Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ is typically ugly and typically misnamed | Arwa Mahdawi
Republicans love to make the most harmful laws sound sensible or even noble. This pretty-sounding package of tax breaks and spending cuts is just the ...
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Ron DeSantis’s fall from grace: ‘He’s completely crashed to the ground’
Florida governor stands isolated from Trump and is feuding with Republicans at home – is he drifting to irrelevance?These are challenging days for Flo...
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‘I have to worry each month’: social security cuts incite fears of payment disruptions
Agency has been significant target of Doge while nearly 69 million Americans receive benefitsRetiree and disability beneficiaries are worried about de...
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Trump can complain all he wants – but he can’t stop his own economic mess | Sidney Blumenthal
Between his tariffs and his regressive ‘big, beautiful bill’, the president is wreaking havoc – and he never learnsWith his usual threats, Donald Trum...
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Trump news at a glance: thinktank finds legal immigrants stripped of protections and sent to El Salvador prison
Report comes as supreme court allows US president to revoke protected status for Venezuelans. Key US politics stories from 19 May 2025At least 50 Vene...
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