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Mass resignations at labor department threaten workers in US and overseas, warn staff – as more cuts loom
Exclusive: Insiders sound alarm over ‘catastrophic’ impact of widespread departures and cuts under TrumpA “catastrophic” exodus of thousands of employ...
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From ‘fiasco’ to ‘fantastic’: Guardian readers weigh in on 100 days of Trump
While many are outraged over the chaos, others have embraced some policies promised on the campaign trail“I’m not a fan of Trump, but he’s delivering ...
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Trump’s Truth Social posts make no sense – what do they say about his mentality?
The president’s little used social media platform offers him a forum for his nonstop haranguing and score-settlingNo political leader has used social ...
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‘Protest can shape the world’: Rebecca Solnit on the fight back against Trump
Demonstrations against the US president have been underplayed and dismissed, but a lifetime of activism has taught me how powerful collective action c...
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Trump’s promised ‘golden age’ for the US economy is off to a chaotic start
Growth in the first three months was challenged by Trump’s overhaul plans, and execution of his tariffs created widespread confusion and uncertaintyDo...
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Trump administration to cut thousands of jobs from CIA and other spy agencies – report
CIA to lose 1,200 while NSA among other agencies reported to face downsizing amid president’s drive to shrink federal workforceThe White House plans t...
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Trump order targeting law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional, judge rules
US district judge Beryl Howell says order violates first, fifth and sixth amendments and permanently blocks it A federal judge on Friday permanently s...
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Trump news at a glance: president floats Pentagon budget boost; army may hold parade for his birthday
Military spending plans would also see $163bn cuts in non-defense spending – key US politics stories from Friday 2 May at a glanceThe Trump administra...
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Win for Maine as Trump officials agree to halt school funding freeze
USDA had suspended funds for child nutrition program after state said it would not bar trans girls from girls’ sportsThe Trump administration has agre...
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Puerto Rico drops climate lawsuit after DoJ sues states to block threats to big oil
Territory’s voluntary move comes as Trump administration makes good on pledge to end lawsuits against oil and gasPuerto Rico has voluntarily dismissed...
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Trump white-collar criminal pardons cost public $1bn, says ex-DoJ official
Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer said president erased more than ‘$1bn in debts owed by wealthy Americans’The justice department’s pardon attorney, who...
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One hundred days in, Donald Trump faces a problem: he can rage, but he can’t govern | Jonathan Freedland
Americans are beginning to worry about their future amid a shrinking economy, warnings of empty shelves – and the president’s failed promisesHe says i...
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Woman in Florida deported to Cuba says she was forced to leave baby daughter
Heidy Sánchez says she was told her 17-month-old, who has health problems and is breastfeeding, couldn’t go with herA mother deported to Cuba reported...
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Canada has long been seen as the cool cousin next door. Here's the truth | Noel Ransome
The country has exported a myth of progressivism. It’s time to confront who we really areCanada has been canonized – safely, predictably.It’s the grea...
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Pam Bondi turning DoJ into Trump’s ‘personal law firm’, top experts warn
Attorney general accused of targeting political foes, halting prosecutions and placing premium on loyalty to presidentDonald Trump’s Department of Jus...
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Ketanji Brown Jackson condemns Trump rhetoric ‘designed to intimidate the judiciary’
Supreme court justice also spoke of White House’s undermining of the constitution and rule of lawUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court...
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Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US
White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warningsThe Trump administration has ordere...
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Photos reveal Trump cabinet member using less-secure Signal app knockoff
Mike Waltz, ousted national security adviser at heart of earlier chat group fiasco, pictured using third-party clonePhotographs taken at Donald Trump’...
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Revealed: Forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soar in Trump’s first 100 days
Tariff chaos hampers Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’, but analysis still shows surge in planet-heating emissions‘A ruthless agenda’: charting 1...
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The way universities can survive the Trump era? Band together in an alliance | David Kirp
Nato for higher education – a mutual defense pact is a long-shot approach, but it might just convince the bully in the White House to back offHigher e...
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Democrats target vulnerable Republicans over plan to cut social safety net
DNC to campaign against Trump’s ‘one, beautiful bill’ to reduce public spending by at least $1.5tn to pay for tax cutsDemocrats plan to put the squeez...
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Trump 100 days: White House action plan makes Project 2025 look mild
Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the ...
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The case for American reindustrialisation | Dustin Guastella
Walking through the US’s deindustrialized zones is a bit like walking through Dresden after 1945. We can rebuild better than beforeA poll from the con...
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‘He loves us and he’s doing it’: Trump fans’ faith undimmed by first 100 days
Despite plunging opinion polls, for those attending a campaign-style rally in Michigan the president is delivering In Trump they trust. While pundits ...
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Trump signs executive order to cut funding for public broadcasters
President says neither NPR nor PBS presents ‘fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events’Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking...
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What does Trump really think of his first 100 days in office? – podcast
To mark his 100th day in office, Donald Trump sat down with the Time journalist Eric Cortellessa, who here speaks to Jonathan Freedland about what he ...
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Trump news at a glance: Rubio now holds four titles after Waltz out as national security chief
Marco Rubio becomes the first person since Henry Kissinger to hold the national security adviser and secretary of state positions at the same time – k...
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Rubio comes a long way to become most dominant US diplomat since Kissinger
Secretary of state will take on dual role as national security adviser – and just like half a century ago, times are turbulentMarco Rubio, you have co...
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Trump officials ask supreme court to help strip legal status from Venezuelans
Justice department calls on court to hold judge’s order against ending temporary protected status for 300,000The Trump administration asked the US sup...
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Justice department sues Hawaii, Michigan over suits against big oil for climate harm
DoJ says Clean Air Act creates program to oversee air pollution and ‘displaces’ states’ ability to regulate itThe US justice department on Wednesday f...
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Judge rules Alien Enemies Act does not allow White House to deport alleged gang members
Ruling only applies in southern Texas district, yet is the most powerful rebuke to Trump’s use of 18th-century lawThe 18th-century Alien Enemies Act d...
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Trump to address graduating students at the University of Alabama
US president expected to draw some protesters despite enjoying deep well of support in heavily Republican stateDonald Trump will travel to heavily Rep...
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Apple to report quarterly earnings amid Trump trade policy chaos
Trump said consumer electronics will be exempted from his soaring tariffs on China but it is unclear for how longInvestors have their eyes on Apple as...
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White House uses newly revealed allegations to support refusal to return Kilmar Ábrego García to US
Wife of man unlawfully sent to El Salvador filed protection petition in 2020 after domestic violence allegationsThe legal team behind Kilmar Ábrego Ga...
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The 141 executive orders Trump signed in his first 100 days
Trump 100 days: tariffs, egg prices, Ice arrests and approval rating – in chartsTrump 100 days: inside Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidenc...
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US health agency’s ‘review’ advocates for therapy for youth gender dysphoria
In ‘comprehensive’ 409-page report, department claims medical care should be avoided though harms are ‘sparse’The federal health department released w...
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Seth Meyers on looming recession: ‘We all knew Trump was bad with money’
Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s attempts to shift blame for the shrinking US economy in the first quarter of 2025Late-night hosts pondered a possible...
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Trump administration exploits landmark civil rights act to fight schools’ diversity initiatives
Administration launches investigations on basis of 1964 Civil Rights Act, which rightwing activists are fighting to weakenUS politics live – latest up...
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Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz to leave post – reports
Waltz’s deputy, Alex Wong, to also be leaving role, outlets including CBS, Reuters and Politico sayDonald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Walt...
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White House launches news-style site to promote favorable coverage of Trump
Administration’s news ‘wire’ will promote press releases, posts by high-level officials and positive news about itselfThe Trump administration has unv...
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White House opens inquiry into Chicago school program aimed at helping Black students
Education department says school program to improve Black academic performance violates 1964 Civil Rights ActUS politics live – latest updatesThe US D...
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Trump administration jails hundreds of immigrants in notorious federal prisons
Immigrants report moldy food, used underwear and ‘pandemonium’ as Trump dramatically expands detentionThe US government has jailed hundreds of immigra...
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US has approached China seeking talks on Trump tariffs, says state social media
Development may be indication China is softening on beginning negotiations over American 145% tariffsUS politics live – latest updatesThe US has appro...
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North Carolina helps kids earn college degrees in high school. It’s a lifeline for immigrant families
A community college program has been instrumental in helping Latinx students in the state access higher education, while educators fear they’ll become...
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A plea to the West: help us save America’s democracy | Anonymous
Countries from Canada to Japan must take steps to isolate the United States in world diplomacyDonald Trump and his political allies in Washington have...
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DoJ civil rights division suffers severe personnel reduction under Trump
More than 250 lawyers have left or been reassigned since January as critics fear ‘end of the division as we’ve known it’More than 250 attorneys in the...
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We’ve never seen a more error-prone, incompetent presidency | Moustafa Bayoumi
In their rush to implement a barely concealed authoritarian agenda, this administration is producing a litany of blunders, gaffes and slip-upsAs we pa...
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Private firms look to fill research gaps left by federal grant cuts: ‘We can’t wait four years’
Trump and Musk have gut National Institutes of Health and experts are wary of private efforts’ ability to replicate public serviceThe federal governme...
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Trump’s attack on federal unions a ‘test case’ for broader assault, warn lawyers
Executive order cites national security to strip bargaining rights from more than 1 million federal workersThe Trump administration is seeking to stri...
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Trump tariffs cause fastest slump in British factory export orders in five years
Decline in output and new orders in April allied with rising uncertainty is prompting layoffs, survey findsBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s fac...
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May Day: protests expected across US over workers’ and immigrants’ rights
Tens of thousands expected at protests to take place in nearly 1,000 cities against Trump and his administrationProtesters are expected to rally natio...
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American higher education is collapsing before our eyes | Frederico Menino
The once unsinkable ship of US higher education has hit an unthinkable icebergAmerican higher education is living its RMS Titanic moment. The multi-tr...
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