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Palestinian American denied slot at DNC competing for Georgia governor: ‘We’re trying to rebuild the coalition’
Ruwa Romman is ‘running to build a movement’ and ‘restoring civic ethos of being involved in the government’Ruwa Romman, the first Palestinian-America...
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‘It’s hard to know what day it is’: families tell of grim Ice detention in Texas
Anxiety high as parents and children tell of lack of clean water, inadequate medical care and poor food in ‘prison-like’ conditionsAt the South Texas ...
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Trump pressure tactics in Comey case ‘chilling’ – but they could backfire, experts say
Former prosecutors condemn ‘takeover of the DoJ’ but say chance of success could be tainted by president’s commentsDonald Trump’s public and private p...
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Americans and US food banks brace for Trump’s Snap cuts: ‘Battling hunger is no longer a priority’
Looming funding cuts to the US food assistance program come as food prices continue to rise under Trump’s administrationAmericans are bracing for the ...
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US government heads toward first shutdown in six years as lawmakers fail to reach agreement
Republicans push legislation to fund government through late November, but Democrats refuse unless it includes concessions centered on healthcareUS po...
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Trump gutting protected status for immigrants will strain US healthcare, Democrats warn
Exclusive: more than 100 members of Congress warn TPS cancellations will result in significant staff losses that US healthcare facilities will struggl...
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US government to shut down within hours if no funding deal agreed – US politics live
Crunch meetings between Donald Trump and House and Senate leaders failed to make progress, with JD Vance saying ‘I think we’re headed into a shutdown’...
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Utah governor calls on people to ‘stop shooting each other’ after Kirk killing
Spencer Cox tells 60 Minutes he’s making plea after being able to ‘unsee’ video of Charlie Kirk being shotThe Utah governor, Spencer Cox, has called o...
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As US warships prowl the Caribbean, our region must hold fast against Trump’s gaslighting
American attacks have killed more than 14 people they claim were drug traffickers in our waters. Now our islands are at risk of being dragged into a m...
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Pentagon review reportedly confirms Aukus submarines pact is safe
US official says inquiry launched in June still under way but Australian PM and defence minister confident deal is secureFollow our Australia news liv...
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US justice department sues Minnesota over sanctuary city policies
State is latest to face legal threats in the course of Trump administration’s brutal deportation campaignThe justice department has sued the state of ...
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Trump news at a glance: UK and French leaders back president’s peace plan for Gaza
Trump and the Israeli prime minister outline their 20-point plan during meeting at White House. Key US politics stories from Monday 29 September at a ...
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US whistleblowers say they were fired for raising fair housing concerns
Hud attorneys who said fighting discrimination not a Trump priority call dismissals ‘as blatant as can be’Two attorneys in the US Department of Housin...
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Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry
White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 yearsThe White House will open 13.1m ac...
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West Africans deported from US to Ghana ‘dumped without documents in Togo’
Men removed from US by Ice say they were held near Accra then taken over border and left without passports or IDWest Africans deported by the US to Gh...
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Tensions expected as Trump meets with top Democrats and Republicans in effort to avoid shutdown
Trump and Republicans are unfazed at prospect of shutdown, and talks with Democrats are anticipated to be confrontationalUS politics – latest updatesD...
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MyPillow founder defamed Smartmatic election tech company, judge rules
Mike Lindell alleged Los Angeles county devices were rigged in 2020 to change Trump votes to Biden votesUS politics – latest updatesMyPillow founder M...
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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Gaza peace plan at the White House – US politics live
US president to push Israeli prime minister to agree to new framework to end war in Gaza and free remaining hostages held by HamasDonald Trump has pro...
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Harris calls Trump ‘incompetent and unhinged’ and makes call to ‘fight fire with fire’
President’s 2024 election rival delivers fiery remarks while accepting Congressional Black Caucus Foundation awardDonald Trump has proven himself to b...
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The abortion pill is safe. But why should Trump let facts get in the way of his agenda? | Moira Donegan
RFK Jr is conducting a review of mifepristone, citing a deeply flawed study. The move could be devastating for womenRobert F Kennedy Jr’s health depar...
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Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats
Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources sayStephen Miller, the White House deputy chie...
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Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik
This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tra...
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Trump news at a glance: more than 100,000 federal workers to quit on Tuesday in largest ever mass resignation
Latest departures in Trump administration’s deferred resignation program come as Congress faces government shutdown deadline – key US politics stories...
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Oregon sues to block ‘illegal’ deployment of 200 national guard troops to Portland
State attorney general asks federal court to block Trump from sending troops to city based on ‘social media gossip’The state of Oregon filed a lawsuit...
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Ex-Trump lawyer says president using Comey indictment to conceal being ‘criminal’
Ty Cobb, who managed Trump’s Mueller investigation response, said president is trying to ‘rewrite history’The indictment of former FBI director James ...
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Eric Adams drops out of New York mayoral race
New York City mayor abandons faltering bid to win re-election in social media video set to strains of song My WayThe mayor of New York City, Eric Adam...
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Illinois senator demands to meet with Ice amid clashes at immigration facility
Dick Durbin renews push to talk to Trump officials as operations and protests escalate at Broadview facilityAfter days of clashes between federal offi...
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Rural Americans who rely on Head Start worry about its future: ‘Without free childcare I couldn’t work’
Many voters who voted Trump into the White House fear that the free childcare program could face a slow deathFor almost as long as she’s been a mother...
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Trump to meet with US congressional leaders in last-ditch effort to avoid shutdown
US president reverses course days after scrapping meeting to discuss crisis with Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck SchumerDonald Trump has reversed course and...
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Rudy Giuliani and Dominion settle $1.3bn defamation suit over election lies
US voting machine maker sued ex-New York mayor and Trump lawyer in 2021 for repeatedly calling election riggedRudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor...
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A Trump ally in California is fighting redistricting. Is that what his constituents want?
Representative Doug LaMalfa made headlines in August after being booed and shouted down at a local town hallInside a packed banquet hall in northern C...
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We Americans love remaking British TV. Must the UK remake our odious politicians? | Dave Schilling
A recent trip to Britain from my native California presented some worrying truths about our shared political futureI’ve always wanted to visit the UK....
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‘Like the Gestapo’: trailblazing immigration judge on Ice brutality and Trump’s damage to the courts
Dana Leigh Marks had a long and notable tenure on the bench. Now she’s watching the Trump administration trash her institution – and raising the alarm...
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Why Trump is backing Argentina’s Thatcherite economics | Heather Stewart
While Javier Milei’s shock therapy to tame inflation has won support from Washington and the IMF, ordinary Argentinians seem less impressed“We’re back...
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The US government is facing a crisis of legitimacy | Daniel Mendiola
As the constitutional order frays, the US could look to Brazil as a demonstration of a functioning democracyBetween anti-immigrant zeal and a general ...
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Clarence Thomas says precedence might not determine cases on upcoming supreme court docket
The court is expected to weigh in next session on same-sex marriage, which it legalized in 2015Settled legal precedent in the US is not “gospel” and i...
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US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts
Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation programThe Trump administration is set to o...
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The week in Trump absurdities: from Turkey’s ‘rigged elections’ to ‘your countries are going to hell’
The president, in five days, has claimed Tylenol causes autism, he was sabotaged at the UN and pronounced his rivals ‘guilty as hell’In Donald Trump’s...
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Trump news at a glance: Trump orders deployment of national guard to ‘war ravaged’ Portland
Officials in Portland have pushed back against the announcement, saying there is ‘no need for military troops’ – key US politics stories from Saturday...
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Portland residents scoff at Trump threat to send military: ‘This is not a war zone’
Claims of violence by US president contrast with reality of life in vibrant, peaceful Oregon city, residents sayA visit to downtown Portland, Oregon, ...
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FBI arrest man who allegedly threatened to shoot people at Texas Pride parade
Suspect Joshua Cole allegedly used a Facebook account to threaten revenge for murder of Charlie KirkFederal authorities in Texas have arrested a man f...
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Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
President made announcement on social media, but the White House did not immediately provide detailsDonald Trump said on Saturday he is deploying troo...
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US military brass brace for firings as Pentagon chief orders top-level meeting
Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals and admirals to Virginia to meet and receive address on ‘warrior ethos’US military officials are reportedly ...
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FBI fires agents who kneeled during 2020 racial justice protest
Agents kneeled in Washington DC during protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in MinneapolisThe FBI has fired agents who were photogr...
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Republican legislator in South Carolina agrees to plea guilty to child sexual abuse imagery charges
RJ May is accused of trading hundreds of photos of children involved in sex acts; he faces up to 100 years in prisonA Republican member of the South C...
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Outrage mounts as Republicans in Congress move to protect pesticide makers from lawsuits
Bayer, maker of Roundup weedkiller, founded group pushing to block cancer claim suits against pesticide makersIt’s been seven years since Germany’s Ba...
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Trump’s war on Tylenol is also very much a war on women | Arwa Mahdawi
A concern for women’s health is absolutely not at the heart of it – rather, this is yet another way to control womenDonald Trump is a man with no medi...
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Trump’s attack on George Soros is the next step in the autocrat’s handbook | Kenneth Roth
Having already attacked judges, lawyers, media companies and universities, the president has set his sights on civiliansAs a former federal prosecutor...
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Kamala Harris’s new book details her steep challenges without acknowledging her failures
In 107 Days, Harris leaves little room for nuance – nor is she afflicted with a surplus of self-awarenessKamala Harris’s book 107 Days confirms two tr...
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‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help
Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic deniesImmigrants lock...
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‘Free speech for me, not for thee’: how Trump’s censorship blitz is splitting the right
After Charlie Kirk’s killing, the US president has unleashed an assault on free speech. Some conservatives are questioning his razor sharp U-turnIt ha...
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