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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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‘Astounding’ vaccine change puts US behind peer countries, experts warn
Scientists predict increased disease outbreaks after Trump officials no longer recommend third of childhood vaccinesThe bombshell announcement that th...
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Nicki Minaj’s Maga conversion is doing nothing for her career – or is it? | Arwa Mahdawi
The rapper’s recent cosying up to the Trump administration has upset a lot of her fans, but is she playing the long game?Starships are meant to fly, b...
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Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
The PM won’t call out Trump over Venezuela, and won’t commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others Fo...
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Trump news at a glance: President ramps up unwanted advances on Greenland
White House states that using the US military to secure Arctic territory is ‘always an option’ as European leaders push back – key US politics stories...
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Venezuela ‘turning over’ up to 50m barrels of oil to the US, Trump says
The president’s announcement comes as Venezuela seeks to avoid deep cuts in output amid an ongoing blockade on exports imposed by the USDonald Trump h...
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Republicans silent and Democrats incensed on fifth anniversary of US Capitol attack
Democrats held hearing to examine impact of January 6, while protesters commemorated attack on Capitol groundsCongressional Republicans were largely s...
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Trump administration escalates attack on Minnesota with more immigration agents
Another 2,000 ICE and homeland security agents will reportedly head to the state, targeting immigrant populationsThe Trump administration has sent mor...
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The Guardian view on Trump’s capture in Caracas: oil matters, but it’s not the whole story | Editorial
The seizure of Venezuelan leader was induced by the prize of petroleum, but driven by spectacle, geopolitics and domestic politicsIt’s all about oil. ...
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Trump touts ‘brilliant’ Venezuela attack in remarks at House Republicans retreat
Trump called deposed leader Nicolás Maduro a ‘violent guy’ in speech that received warm reception from RepublicansDonald Trump has received rapturous ...
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Trump says US companies will invest billions in Venezuelan oil production. Experts aren’t so sure
Industry insiders say US oil firms want to ‘avoid getting screwed’ and will proceed with extreme caution in regionAnalysis: Trump’s focus on Venezuela...
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Pesticide industry ‘immunity shield’ stripped from US appropriations bill
Democrats and the Make America Healthy Again movement pushed back on the rider in a funding bill led by BayerIn a setback for the pesticide industry, ...
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Cops of the World by Phil Ochs captures the zeitgeist again | Brief letters
US imperialism | Trump’s actions in Venezuela | Roosevelt’s big stick | Tony Blair Institute | Citizens’ arrest | Fifa peace prize | Triumph of evilPh...
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How a US takeover of Greenland would undermine Nato from within
The alliance has no provision for the previously unthinkable: one of its members turning on anotherEurope live – latest updatesThe idea that one Nato ...
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George Conway, a former anti-Trump Republican, to run for Congress as a Democrat
Conway, a conservative lawyer and ex-husband of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, is vying for a New York district seatGeorge Conway, the former Republi...
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Doug LaMalfa, California Republican congressman, dies aged 65
LaMalfa’s death cuts the House Republican majority to 218-213, tightening GOP control for passing billsDoug LaMalfa, a California Republican who repre...
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Elon Musk is moving back into politics. Can’t he take up a new hobby instead? Arwa Mahdawi
It didn’t go very well for him last time, but the tech billionaire seems to have abandoned his plans for a third party and has renewed his bromance wi...
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Two Republicans oppose Pete Hegseth’s censure of fellow Senator Mark Kelly
Pushback from Susan Collins and Thom Tillis is striking amid tepid response from most other Republican senatorsTwo senior Republican senators on Monda...
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Trump is marching into 2026 with the worst cabinet in history | Austin Sarat
From RFK Jr to Pete Hegseth, the president’s top aides have been disastrous. We shouldn’t be surprisedAs 2024 ended and Donald Trump’s cabinet picks w...
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Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn
‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics sayDonald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Madu...
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Michigan loophole makes it difficult to track utilities’ donations to politicians
Revelation comes as a first-in-the-nation citizen’s ballot initiative to ban donations by utilities picks up steamAn investigation into Michigan elect...
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January 6, five years on: sustained effort by Trump to rewrite history
President and Republican allies have tried to make sure the deadly attack on the Capitol has been erased from memoryFive years after the deadly attack...
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Donald Trump poses a threat to civilization | Robert Reich
The moral purpose of civilized society is to prevent the stronger from attacking the weaker. The US was founded on that principleTrump’s domestic and ...
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US abandons child exploitation and drug cases to prioritize ICE, Democrats allege
Exclusive: Letter decries ‘stunning abdication of basic responsibilities’ and demands to know how many officers divertedThe Trump administration has a...
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Opposition leader Machado says she hasn’t spoken to Trump since attack as she vows to return to Venezuela – live
María Corina Machado tells Fox News she would share her Nobel peace prize with US president after removal of Nicolás MaduroDeposed Maduro pleads not g...
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Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci
The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more they’ll be treated as suchThere is no two without a t...
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US ‘not at war’ in Venezuela, Johnson says after briefing with top officials
Speaker says Trump not looking to take control militarily as Democrats say briefing raises more questions than answersThe United States is “not at war...
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Trump news at a glance: Maduro appears in US court as nations condemn president’s attack on Venezuela
Trump’s moves spark global wave of revulsion and fears that similar actions could happen in other countries – key US politics stories from Monday 5 Ja...
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Is Trump really as lawless as he seems? Or is he just a law unto himself? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s open to interpretationSee more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...
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Corporation For Public Broadcasting formally dissolves after federal funding cuts
Board of directors vote to dissolve organization after nearly 60 years in operation after funding cuts under TrumpThe nonprofit charged by Congress wi...
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‘Soy inocente’: Maduro defiant in surreal New York courtroom spectacle
The Venezuelan leader entered a heartfelt not guilty plea – and told a member of the gallery he was a prisoner of warVenezuela crisis – latest updates...
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US to slash routine vaccine recommendations for children in major change experts say creates doubt
Jabs to prevent influenza, rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other vaccines are no longer fully recommendedThe Trump administration wil...
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‘A warning not an insult’: US doubles down on criticism of Europe
Forecast of Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’ was part of call for pro-growth reform, says Trump officialDonald Trump’s administration has doubled dow...
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US foes and allies denounce Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting
US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of warThe ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy ha...
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What’s in the US criminal indictment against Nicolás Maduro?
US alleges the Venezuelan president has spent past two decades working with international drug trafficking groupsThe criminal indictment against the d...
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Pete Hegseth issues formal censure to Democratic senator Mark Kelly
US defense secretary also started proceedings that could strip Kelly from retired military rank and cut pensionDefense secretary Pete Hegseth said on ...
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With Trump’s military action in Venezuela, the US has made every other country less safe | Volker Türk
This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of lawVolker ...
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For Americans, 2026 started with two starkly different visions for the country | Moira Donegan
Zohran Mamdani’s optimistic inauguration contrasted in every single way with Trump’s brazen invasion of VenezuelaThe new year opened with a pair of sc...
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Trump’s Venezuela invasion sets a perilous precedent | Kenneth Roth
If Trump can invade Venezuela, why can’t Putin invade Ukraine? Or Xi Jinping seize Taiwan?No matter how you slice it, Donald Trump’s invasion of Venez...
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Tim Walz says he will not run for third term as Minnesota governor
Announcement comes after ongoing fraud of social services cases became focus of ire for Republicans and TrumpUS politics live – latest updatesTim Walz...
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Maduro taken off helicopter in New York on way to court – video
Video footage shows Nicolás Maduro and a woman thought to be his wife taken off a helicopter in New York on his way to a Manhattan courthouse. The dep...
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All eyes on secretary of state races – with 2028 White House at stake
Voters will choose secretaries of state in contests that could play key role in outcome of 2028 presidential electionWhen Americans go to cast ballots...
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