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Why have top Democratic leaders failed to endorse rising star Zohran Mamdani?
New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul has finally lent the city’s mayoral nominee her support – but the party’s top congressional leaders, both New Yorkers...
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When Trump comes to UK, normal rules of state visits will not apply
Keir Starmer will have to choose how to spend limited political capital, with most pressing issues ones UK and US do not agree onDonald Trump has repe...
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Americans have 400 days to save their democracy | Timothy Garton Ash
I never thought I’d see fear spread so far and fast. Next year’s midterm elections are now crucial for the Democratic party – and for democrats everyw...
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Trump at first says he is ‘not familiar’ with Minnesota Democrat’s assassination
President says he would have ordered half-staff flags for Melissa Hortman if Tim Walz had asked him to do soIn response to a question about why he did...
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Trump deploys national guard to Memphis as he eyes Chicago next – video
Donald Trump signed an order sending the national guard into Memphis to combat crime, constituting his latest test of the limits of presidential power...
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Trump news at a glance: JD Vance vows vengeance after Charlie Kirk killing
US vice-president says administration will work to ‘dismantle institutions that promote violence and terrorism’ – key US politics stories from 15 Sept...
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Trump to send national guard to Memphis and says Chicago is ‘probably next’
Move is latest push by administration to expand military-led response to urban crime in Democratic-run citiesDonald Trump on Monday announced that he ...
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JD Vance threatens crackdown on ‘far-left’ groups after Charlie Kirk shooting
Vice-president says White House will pursue those who praise Kirk’s death and groups that ‘promote terrorism’JD Vance assailed what he called the “far...
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Trump says military carried out strike on alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel
US president says three men were killed in the strike, adding that it occurred in international watersUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump sa...
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Prosecutor in Epstein case sues Trump justice department over abrupt firing
Maurene Comey alleges firing was retaliation against father, former FBI director James ComeyMaurene Comey, a federal prosecutor involved in cases agai...
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Washington Post columnist says she was fired over posts after Charlie Kirk’s killing
Karen Attiah says she was dropped by newspaper after 11 years for addressing political violence, race and gun controlWashington Post columnist Karen A...
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Trump should be reassuring the country at this time. Instead he is sowing fear
The president has shown no interest in uniting the US, nor in defending free speech – he is weaponising this time for his gainThe public response to t...
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Election deniers now hold posts on local US election boards, raising concerns for midterms
‘Election integrity’ activists have found way to positions of power, raising red flags about potential partisan meddlingA number of people who deny th...
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US and China reach deal to transfer TikTok ownership, trade official says
Framework agreement is a breakthrough in long-running dispute over TikTok’s ownership amid security concerns in WashingtonBusiness live – latest updat...
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Chicago organizers say city needs support, not politicalization by Trump: ‘This is not a serious solution’
Violence prevention workers say they worry the city is being exploited to normalize military force on US streetsFor months, Donald Trump and his admin...
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Arthur Sze named as new US poet laureate
Library of Congress, which has been under fire from Trump administration, appoints author and translator, 74At a time when its leadership is in questi...
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‘Americans should be alarmed’: Experts say loss of expertise at CDC will harm US health
Top officials exited agency under RFK Jr’s leadership, and his anti-vax beliefs have dismayed medical communityAfter high-profile departures and sweep...
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US right capitalizes on fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee in North Carolina
Far right points to lax criminal justice system and racist narratives, not mental health system failures as experts sayThe random and unprovoked killi...
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Democrats activate weeklong voter drive to offset critical registration losses
The party lost 2.1 million registered voters from 2020 to 2024 – while Republicans gained 2.4 millionThe Democrats are launching a weeklong bid to reg...
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Democrats are facing a gerrymandering armageddon. It was avoidable | David Daley
A handful of party figures warned about the power of redistricting. Too many leaders ignored themThere are many reasons why Democrats find themselves ...
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Elizabeth Warren introduces bill to ban employers from running credit reports in hiring
Exclusive: Massachusetts senator said credit checks in hiring disproportionately affect people of color and womenAs the US labor market comes under pr...
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The art of the fawn: pouring praise on Trump is latest political phenomenon
World leaders, moguls and even journalists have realized that to deal with the president, they must speak glowinglyHe’s the “peace president”. He is “...
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Trump threatens to call national emergency in Washington DC over Ice cooperation – US politics live
President vows to ‘federalize’ capital city after mayor says police will not work with Ice in immigration crackdownDonald Trump said on Friday he’ll s...
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Kathy Hochul backs Zohran Mamdani in race for New York City mayor
New York governor endorses democratic socialist whose platform includes rent hikes for the wealthiest New YorkersKathy Hochul, the governor of New Yor...
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Trump insists foreign workers are ‘welcome’ days after arrest of hundreds of South Koreans
US president says he doesn’t want to ‘disincentivize investment’ after images of workers chained and handcuffed caused widespread alarm in South Korea...
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Trump news at a glance: president claims people on ‘the left’ are under investigation after Kirk shooting
Utah governor Spencer Cox says suspect Tyler Robinson not cooperating with authorities. Key Trump administration stories from Sunday 14 SeptemberAs of...
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Jim Edgar, two-term former Republican governor of Illinois, dies aged 79
Edgar, who died of cancer treatment complications, was lauded for guiding US state into financial stability in 1990sFormer Illinois governor Jim Edgar...
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Trump officials reportedly ask Congress for $58m in security after Kirk shooting
Funding would go toward protecting members of executive and judicial branches, and potentially members of CongressThe Trump administration is asking C...
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Teen Colorado school shooting suspect reportedly fixated on Columbine attack
Desmond Holly also expressed neo-Nazi views online before a shooting critically injuring two students, ADL saysA teenager suspected in a shooting atta...
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Shooting suspect had ‘very different ideology’ than conservative family, Utah governor says
Spencer Cox says suspect had been ‘radicalized’, and had a romantic partner transitioning from male to femaleThe Utah governor, Spencer Cox, on Sunday...
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Iowa official defies governor’s order to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk
Jon Green says Republican governor failed to issue similar order after other prominent cases of gun violenceA local government official in Iowa has sa...
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How to burst the Israeli bubble | Noam Sheizaf
Recognizing a Palestinian state is a limited but welcome step that addresses an enduring blind spot: Palestinian rights cannot be conditioned on Israe...
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'It's a really scary time in the US': the rise in political violence – video explainer
After the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the Guardian's Rachel Leingang gives more detail on the rise in political violence in the US. She explains h...
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Utah campus concealed carry permit under fresh scrutiny after Kirk shooting
HB 128, passed in August, allows people with the proper permit to openly carry firearms on college campusesAs authorities at the federal and state lev...
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As Starmer’s popularity tanks, what can Labour learn from Zohran Mamdani’s success in New York?
Progressives in the US and UK are asking why leftwing politicians are not connecting with ordinary peopleProgressives in the UK and US are grappling w...
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Who is Greg Bovino, the official spearheading Trump’s immigration crackdown?
How Bovino went from an unheralded border patrol agent to a key figure leading Trump’s Chicago and LA takeoversGregory Bovino is indisputably a man of...
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Rubio heads to Israel amid tensions over strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar
US secretary of state says Trump ‘not happy’ about Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, its first such strike against US allyUS secretary of sta...
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Trump news at a glance: Kirk critics lose jobs amid rancour after killing
Numerous firings reported as authorities search out commentary deemed offensive on conservative free speech advocate’s killing – key stories from 13 S...
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Leaked plans show Pentagon eyeing Louisiana to deploy national guard
Documents show intent to deploy 1,000 troops to conduct law enforcement operations in urban centersDonald Trump’s administration has drafted a proposa...
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Rubio calls Russian drones over Poland 'unacceptable' but declines to say it was intentional
Nato announces plans to beef up defense as Poland rejects Trump’s suggestion drones were sent by mistakeThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Sat...
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Illinois lawmakers demand answers in Ice killing: ‘A traffic violation should never amount to a death sentence’
Governor JB Pritzker joins US representative Delia Ramirez in response to shooting death of Silverio Villegas-GonzalezA US congresswoman from Illinois...
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Zohran Mamdani says as mayor he would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he traveled to New York
Mayoral candidate said he’d try to honor ICC warrant for Israeli prime minister’s arrest over war crimesIf he wins his fall election, Zohran Mamdani w...
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Trump’s Ice raids recall a painful past for these Americans: ‘I see myself in those children’
Survivors of previous eras of xenophobia say the harms done have lasted generations – and what’s happening now threatens to do the sameMass expulsion,...
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How Charlie Kirk turned campuses into cultural battlefields – and ushered in Trump’s assault on universities
The slain head of Turning Point USA stoked campus culture wars and ‘treated faculty and students as enemies’Charlie Kirk, the far-right activist kille...
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Assassination in Utah, school shooting in Colorado: one day in US gun violence
Reaction to the shocking killing of Charlie Kirk has largely overlooked the obvious: the country is awash with guns and people prepared to use them on...
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When Mandelson met Maga: how Labour lord charmed Trump’s inner circle
Peter Mandelson was effective if controversial choice as ambassador before all went wrong ‘at worst possible time’Peter Mandelson was in his element. ...
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Ice’s secretive flights and deportation hub: a Guardian investigation
A four-month investigation reviewed leaked flight data and interviewed advocates and immigrants about the Trump administration’s deportation programTr...
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Guided by angels, pursued by chemtrails: the weird world of Florida health chief’s influential wife
Brianna Ladapo, the wife of Florida surgeon general Dr Joseph Ladapo, claims her husband won’t work with anyone she hasn’t vettedThe wife of Florida s...
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Fed governor Lisa Cook declared key property as ‘vacation home’, files show
Document appears to undermine claim from Donald Trump allies that Cook committed mortgage fraudA loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa C...
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As US edges closer to stagflation, economists blame Trump policies
Recent data shows stagflation, stagnant growth and price inflation, is possible as economy shaken by uncertaintyIt’s a strange time for the US economy...
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Charlie Kirk and the rise of Maga in US politics: ‘He changed the ground game’
Slain far-right influencer was was instrumental in driving youth support for Trump’s re-election in 2020What a swell party it was. Guests feasted on h...
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Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting
Teachers, firefighters and military personnel among those who lost jobs after posting their opinion on social mediaReactions on social media to the mu...
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