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Trump says he will meet Venezuela opposition leader Machado, and threatens drug cartel land strikes
Trump was once dismissive of María Corina Machado but said it would be a ‘great honour’ to accept her Nobel peace prize if she made the offer Donald T...
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Morality, military might and a sense of mischief: key takeaways from Trump’s New York Times interview
Trump sounds off on Venezuela’s future, Taiwan’s security and his aims for Greenland, days after operation to seize Nicolás MaduroJust days after laun...
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Trump news at a glance: president says his morality is ‘the only thing that can stop me’
President gives interview to New York Times as tensions mount at home and abroad over his federal and military actions – key US politics stories from ...
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Democrats threaten to withhold funding after ICE killing in Minneapolis
Lawmakers issue warning about homeland security budget after shooting death by federal agent of Renee Nicole GoodA day after an Immigration and Custom...
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Two people shot by US federal agents in Portland, police say
Mayor urges ICE to pause operations as congresswoman says victims alive but extent of injuries unknownUS politics live – latest updatesUS federal agen...
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US congressmen ask judge to appoint official to force release of all Epstein files
Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie seek to compel justice department to release full set of filesTwo US House of Representatives members ...
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US House breaks with Trump to revive Affordable Care Act subsidies
Seventeen Republicans join Democrats to pass a three-year extension of tax credits cutting ACA premiumsThe US House of Representatives on Thursday pas...
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‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authorityDonald Trump has said that he does not...
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Minneapolis shooting: US on edge after woman fatally shot by ICE agent | The Latest
Protests have been taking place across the US following the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer taking p...
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Some US media are cheerleading Trump’s Venezuela raid. That’s not their job | Margaret Sullivan
An almost admiring feeling pervaded the early coverage – and not just among right-leaning outletsIf you believe the early public opinion polls, Americ...
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US protester arrested after TV interview says she was targeted due to Venezuela trip
Jessica Plichta faces misdemeanor charges, which locals say is a tactic of Grand Rapids, Michigan, police to suppress protestsJessica Plichta was arre...
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Kidnapping and chaos: welcome to Trump’s world – podcast
In just one week Venezuela’s president was kidnapped by the US, Donald Trump talked of needing Greenland, the UK and France agreed to deploy troops in...
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Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro announces re-election bid
Democrat sets stage for what many view as audition for future White House runJosh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor once considered a frontrunner to ...
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Fema staff outraged by draft plans for deep cuts under Trump
Staff warn the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem’s, proposed cuts could weaken Fema’s disaster responseCurrent and former staff at the Federal ...
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America’s most crucial political faultline is in New York City | John R MacArthur
In New York, it’s progressives versus the party machine – and the city’s queen of tabloids offers some unexpected insightIf, like me, you’re a faithfu...
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Minneapolis schools cancel classes after ICE officer’s fatal shooting of woman
City remains on edge, with several protests planned in the day, after Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37, was killedUS politics live – latest updatesAuthor...
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ICE agents have killed – again. The Trump administration blames the victim | Moira Donegan
An agent shot a woman in Minneapolis, causing vast and needless grief. Our country is diseased – but that is not the only truthA woman in Minneapolis ...
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Minneapolis residents hold vigil for woman fatally shot by ICE agent – video
Crowds gathered in Minneapolis on Wednesday to protest and hold a vigil for a woman killed during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackd...
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Trump’s Venezuela incursion has nothing to do with its freedom | Judith Levine
Trump’s actions at home tell a different story – and they parallel many of Maduro’s own repressive movesWhatever else the US attack on Venezuela is os...
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Minneapolis had been bracing for catastrophe before ICE killing
Before shooting of Renee Nicole Good, 37, agents had been grabbing people at stores, gyms, homes and schoolsIn the days before a federal agent shot an...
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Maduro is gone, but his regime is intact. The circumstances tell a story | Alejandro Velasco
In the early fray of foreign interventions, evidence is largely circumstantial. But here the circumstances tell a powerful storyAs late as Saturday af...
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Watch out Greenland: Trump is pro-imperialism now – podcast
If it’s not threats of military action against Colombia and Cuba, or talk of taking Greenland from Denmark, it’s seizing oil tankers in European and C...
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US national parks staff say new $100 fee for non-residents risks ‘alienating visitors for decades’
Advocates suing to reverse administration’s surcharge system that has led to passport checks and angry visitorsA new $100 fee for foreign tourists ent...
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Venezuela cooperating fully and US will control its oil for years, claims Trump
US president says Delcy Rodríguez’s interim administration is doing ‘everything that we feel is necessary’ The US is receiving full cooperation from V...
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‘This is not normal’: Minneapolis on edge and angry after Ice killing of woman amid federal surge
City targeted by Trump has seen swarm of immigration agents on the streets – and residents say the tension is palpableEdwin Torres DeSantiago received...
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Minneapolis shooting latest: demonstrations and vigils across US after Minnesota woman fatally shot by ICE agent
Governor Tim Walz said he was prepared to deploy the National Guard and expressed outrage over the shootingWhen a federal agent shot and killed a woma...
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Trump plans to use Venezuela’s huge oil reserves ‘to cut US consumer price to $50 a barrel’
President reportedly hopes falling price will cut domestic consumer energy billsBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump plans to use Venezuela’s va...
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US Senate to vote on bid to stop Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela
Democratic-led resolution would require US president to seek Congress’s approval to use military against VenezuelaThe US Senate is expected to vote on...
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Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California
State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcareA battle is brewing in Californi...
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Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos | Aditya Chakrabortty
The US president’s grotesque theatrics on the world stage are an opportunistic distraction from his falling domestic ratingsOf all the commandments fo...
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Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’
The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is i...
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On the ground in Venezuela after Trump’s ‘operation’ – podcast
Which forces are vying for power now that Nicolás Maduro has been removed from Venezuela? With Tom Phillips“I’m a bit of an insomniac. So at almost 2a...
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Trump news at a glance: A tale of two tankers (seized by US)
Operations mark latest demonstration of brazen US military power and reach – key US politics stories from 7 January 2026US European Command said on We...
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Tim Walz expresses 'anger' after fatal shooting of woman by ICE in Minnesota – video
The Minnesota governor said the fatal shooting of a woman in her car was 'totally predictable' and 'totally avoidable'. He noted that local law enforc...
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Reality TV star Spencer Pratt launches LA mayoral bid on wildfire anniversary
Pratt, who lost home in Palisades fire and has been vocal critic of city leaders, says system is ‘fundamentally broken’ Reality television personality...
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Trump pulls US out of 66 international bodies, including key UN climate treaty
President’s order suspends support for UNFCCC climate framework, UN population agency and other entitiesThe Trump administration will withdraw from do...
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Trump says he plans crackdown on defense firms over executive pay and stock buybacks
President accuses US defense companies of delivery failures and attacks ‘exorbitant’ salaries to top executivesDonald Trump has claimed he plans to cr...
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Woman in Minnesota fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows
Mayor says ICE claims incident was self-defense are not true, and tells agency to ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’Minnesota Democrats voice outrage a...
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Minnesota Democrats voice outrage after fatal ICE shooting: ‘Leave our state immediately’
Governor readies national guard as Minneapolis mayor and others denounce immigration agent killing woman during raidWoman in Minnesota fatally shot by...
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US immigration agents linked to spike in shootings under Trump administration crackdown
Data compiled by news non-profit the Trace shows 14 firearm incidents and more uses of force casesFederal immigration agents have been involved in a s...
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US seizes two oil tankers in international waters – video
Footage posted by US Southern Command and the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, appears to show the US military intercepting a Venezuela-linke...
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A ‘day of love’ with more than 100 casualties
The White House’s official retelling of the January 6 insurrection strains credulityThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up t...
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Marco Rubio says he will meet Danish officials to discuss Greenland next week
Remarks by US secretary of state come after Greenland and Denmark request urgent meeting over Trump threatsEurope live – latest updatesThe US secretar...
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Trump says administration will ban big investors from buying single-family homes
Median sale price was at $410,800 last year, according to the Census Bureau, even as Trump campaigned on affordabilityDonald Trump said his administra...
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Democrats decry Venezuela attack as Republicans defend Trump after Senate briefing
Top Trump officials briefed 100 US senators on weekend raid while defending military operation and US presidentTop officials from the Trump administra...
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Venezuela to continue supplying oil to US ‘indefinitely’, White House says
US to remove some sanctions to allow it to keep selling country’s supplies after laying claim to blockaded crudeUS seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker a...
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Trump administration reportedly warns Maduro ally Diosdado Cabello could be next
Washington signals interior minister must back acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, or face Nicolás Maduro’s fateThe Trump administration has reportedly...
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If Donald Trump thinks Greenland should be his, how long before he sets his sights on Scotland? | Zoe Williams
By the expansionist logic of the president and his advisers, the US is entitled to annex just about anywhere‘We do need Greenland, absolutely,” Donald...
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Trump lawyer ordered to defend using US attorney title despite ruling it’s unlawful
Lindsey Halligan was installed in the position by the president to prosecute Letitia James and James ComeyA judge has ordered the Donald Trump-appoint...
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The role the Caribbean played in helping the US to depose Maduro
Support for US action in the region seems to have laid the ground for regime change in Venezuela• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sig...
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US suspends funds for needy families in five Democratic-led states
Administration has alleged fraud in decision to halt grants from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New YorkDonald Trump’s administration s...
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Democrats can win back the White House in 2028. Here’s how | Colin Seeberger
Democrats should go on the offense against Republicans, but they should also lay out a vision for renewing the promise of a middle-class life By Janua...
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