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Kristi Noem warns immigrants away from Super Bowl: ‘We’ll be all over that place’
Homeland security chief also excoriated NFL for selecting Bad Bunny to perform during game’s half-time breakKristi Noem, Donald Trump’s homeland secur...
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Judge says prosecution against Kilmar Ábrego García for human smuggling may be illegal retaliation
Salvadorian national successfully sued White House over his deportation before charges were filedA federal judge has concluded that the Department of ...
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Small US college towns reel amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘They need international students’
From Ohio to Florida, the US government’s clampdown on students from abroad threatens rural universities and local businessesFor a town of 20,000 resi...
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Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff
Jon Harrison, appointed in January, had been key to broad changes in military branch’s policy and budgeting officesPete Hegseth, the US defense secret...
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Mike Johnson hasn’t sworn in this new Democrat. Is it because she wants to release the Epstein files?
Adelita Grijalva of Arizona came to Washington DC this week, but returned two days later, a little confusedCongress’s newest member, Adelita Grijalva,...
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening?
Jackson enters her fourth year on the supreme court on Monday. As its fiercest liberal voice wary of Trump’s growing power, she faces an intense battl...
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A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoodsRobert F Kennedy Jr, the secret...
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Every American should read this judge’s stirring rebuke to Trump | Austin Sarat
The court’s opinion in a case on immigrants’ right to free speech is a powerful lesson in civics Democracy requires that we do more than look out for ...
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Fired national security prosecutor warns colleagues in note on way out
Michael Ben’Ary says he was fired based on a social media post by a January 6 conspiracy theoristA senior national security prosecutor in the eastern ...
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How Maga cheerleaders have infiltrated the White House press corps
Trump administration has transformed tone and tenor of media interactions by centering rightwing voices and reporter sycophancy“I’ve often said: Trump...
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Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states
Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy billsThe Trump administration is cancelling $7.6...
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‘No reason not to be all in’: is Saturday Night Live ready to meet a major political moment?
The return of the long-running series lands at a difficult time for late-night comedy – and free speechPaul Simon sang The Boxer. New York mayor Rudy ...
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California measure brings rideshare drivers one step closer to unionizing
Governor Gavin Newsom signs measure opening path to more than 800,000 drivers to bargain for wages and benefitsMore than 800,000 ride-hailing drivers ...
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Trump news at a glance: Hamas says it has approved parts of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end war in Gaza
President says Israel must ‘stop the bombing of Gaza’ while Palestinian group says it wants further negotiations over plan – key US politics stories f...
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Trump administration to offer unaccompanied minors $2,500 to self-deport, memo reveals
Voluntary departure has always been an option, but ‘astonishing’ decision to incentivize children to leave is newThe Trump administration wants to off...
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US supreme court allows Trump to strip temporary status from Venezuelans
Justices’ order puts on hold lower-court ruing that found officials had wrongly ended temporary protected statusThe US supreme court on Friday allowed...
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FBI cuts ties with two advocacy groups that track US extremism after rightwing backlash
FBI director Kash Patel said agency would sever ties with Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation LeagueKash Patel, the FBI director, says the...
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US treasury considers special $1 Trump coin reading ‘fight, fight, fight’
US treasurer says officials looking at drafts for country’s 250th anniversary featuring president with raised fistTo commemorate the 250th anniversary...
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All the US campus protesters have been released – except for her: ‘Most days I feel helpless’
Leqaa Kordia has been held since March for overstaying a visa, after participating in multiple pro-Palestinian protestsGrowing up in the West Bank, Le...
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Nature, books and naked bike rides: Portlanders push back on Trump claims that city is ‘like living in hell’
On the ground in the Oregon city, with rich fall colors and leafy hiking trails, things look different than on Trump’s TVIn Portland, Oregon, a city D...
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‘Time for Democrats to exercise what power they have’: readers on the US shutdown
Guardian readers said they agreed with the Democrats’ position – but some shared concerns about their tacticsThe US federal government shut down on We...
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When will US generals stand-up to Trump? | Moustafa Bayoumi
The president has been rapidly intensifying military operations on United States soil during his second term. Generals need to say somethingAt what po...
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Ice protests continue in Portland amid Trump’s latest federal deployment
Kristi Noem reportedly promises ‘surge’ of Ice resources to city after rightwing commentator arrested over police fightProtests in Portland, Oregon, c...
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Trump administration will ‘enable human trafficking’ by freezing funds for survivors, groups warn
Plea to Congress from 74 legal, religious and advocacy groups comes in wake of Guardian reporting on cuts to federal efforts to combat human trafficki...
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US ‘flying blind’ at critical moment for economy, experts warn, with no jobs data amid shutdown
Data was collected for closely-watched jobs report before shutdown, but Trump officials so far defy calls to publish itCompanies, consumers, policymak...
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US military under fire in Virginia, but were Trump and Hegseth shooting blanks?
President and his defence chief took aim at the ‘fat generals’, but some doubted there was much substance to the swagger on showThis week marked an in...
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Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after 100 days in Ice custody
Removal comes after Emmy-winning Salvadorian reporter was arrested while covering ‘No Kings Day’ protestJournalist Mario Guevara’s imprisonment by Imm...
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RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint
Jeanne Marrazzo’s complaint reportedly involved the Trump administration’s hostility toward vaccinesThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has ...
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US government shutdown day three: Republicans and Democrats make little progress on deal
Senate will convene today to vote on dueling party proposals for continuing funding over the coming weeksUS politics live – latest updatesThe US gover...
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Trump administration freezes $2.1bn in funds for Chicago transit projects
OMB director Russ Vought presented the pause as a move against diversity efforts in latest jab to Democratic-led cityThe US government has put $2.1bn ...
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White House halts $2.1bn of Chicago transport funding; Senate to hold vote as shutdown enters third day – US politics live
Trump aide Russ Vought said hold would affect work to extend and modernize city’s transit lines amid little hope Senate can agree a way out of shutdow...
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‘They never told me where I was going’: a family falls into Louisiana’s ‘black hole’ of deportation
Exclusive: A mother and her two US citizen children – including one with stage 4 cancer – disappeared and were deported to HondurasIt was a highway ex...
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Republican bill targets migrants who re-enter US illegally with mandatory 10-year sentences
Critics of new GOP act say it is a ‘mass incarceration bill’ that forces harsh penalties on migrants for a non-violent offenseRepublicans members of C...
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Make green great again: Can appeals to the wallet make climate policy an election-winner?
In this week’s newsletter: At a major gathering in New York, climate advocates say that language has to change• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to y...
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When did the US supreme court become so ‘lawless’? – podcast
The US supreme court starts a new term on Monday, and the nine justices are preparing to take on cases that could prove crucial to the future of Ameri...
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Trump news at a glance: President hails shutdown as ‘opportunity’ to further campaign of cuts
The government has already announced the cancellation of billions of dollars in federal funding for projects tied to Democrats. Key US politics storie...
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Anti-abortion groups furious as FDA approves generic abortion pill
Abortion rights supporters hail win for evidence-backed medicine as Evita Solutions’ generic version of mifepristone given approvalIn a move that has ...
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California vows to ‘instantly’ cut funding to universities that cave to Trump ‘compact’
Governor Gavin Newsom urges schools not to sign ‘radical agreement’ to cuts to departments, students and speechAny California universities that sign t...
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Federal agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown in potentially illegal move
Departments and staff are using out-of-office emails and websites to engage in partisan political activityUS government shutdown – follow liveA growin...
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Trump declares that drug cartels operating in the Caribbean are ‘unlawful combatants’
President also said the US is now in a ‘non-international conflict’, according to a White House memoDonald Trump has declared that drug cartels operat...
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Slash and burn: Trump budget chief relishes chance to cut, fire and cancel
Russ Vought, architect of rightwing Project 2025, has been waiting for his moment to pursue deep cuts to governmentDonald Trump’s social media post ea...
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Trump sees ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to punish Democrats as shutdown enters day two
Republicans and Democrats engage in war of words as White House also uses impasse to cut government spendingUS government shutdown – latest updatesAs ...
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Judge denies Kilmar Ábrego García’s bid for asylum in the US
Salvadorian man, who was deported to El Salvador in March before being returned to the US, has 30 days to appeal rulingAn immigration judge in Baltimo...
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Trump offers top universities funds if they boost conservative ideas
Brown and MIT among nine schools told to back conservative views or risk losing federal support, sparking free speech fearsDonald Trump is offering ni...
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People in the US: share your views on the US government shutdown
We’re interested to hear what people make of the Democrats’ refusal to vote for the Republican spending bill, and what people think the party should d...
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Focus on US mass shooters’ political beliefs undermines fight against gun violence
Leaning so heavily on politics to understand mass violence fails to capture rapidly changing landscape of radicalizationIt’s a common feature in the r...
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LA 2028 Olympics: fears of mass displacement and homeless sweeps as Trump threat looms
The city has been here before, with arrests during the 1984 Olympics that had long-term consequences for the city’s Black and brown peopleIn the lead-...
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James Comey’s real ‘crime’? Daring to put the law before loyalty to Trump | Lawrence Douglas
The former FBI director prioritized fidelity to his office. The case against him is flimsy – but that’s cold comfortIn 1931, an exceptionally talented...
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US government shutdown: Democrats hold firm on healthcare demands amid Trump’s layoff threats – live
Senate votes continue to fail as both Republicans and Democrats cannot agree on a stopgap funding measure to reopen the US governmentHere’s what the s...
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Trump revives family separations amid drive to deport millions: ‘A tactic to punish’
Family separations were the hallmark of the first Trump administration’s border policy. Now advocates allege migrant families are being split up again...
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Do you know about shitposting? It’s cheap humour, rage bait – and now, it seems, US government policy | Robert Topinka
Donald Trump’s White House reveals a new ‘portrait’ of Joe Biden – and in his world, if you don’t laugh, the joke’s on youOn 24 September, a White Hou...
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Democrats finally have some leverage in the shutdown fight. They should use it | Robert Reich
The government has effectively been shut down since Trump returned to office, as officials clamp down on work they opposeThe United States government ...
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