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Trump signs order designating antifa as a ‘domestic terrorist organization’
Executive order revives controversial pledge from Trump’s first presidency in wake of Charlie Kirk’s killingDonald Trump signed an executive order on ...
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What to know about Trump’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee
White House proclamation announcing new visa fees has prompted questions and confusion – here’s what to knowDonald Trump’s administration has announce...
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Trump officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism
Trump claims acetaminophen heightens autism risk when used by pregnant women but studies contradict statementThe Trump administration unveiled highly ...
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Supreme court lets Trump fire FTC commissioner for now and will hear arguments later
Court grants justice department request to block judge’s order that shielded Rebecca Slaughter from being dismissedThe US supreme court on Monday let ...
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Democrats urge Trump border czar investigation over bribery allegation
Tom Homan alleged to have taken $50,000 cash from undercover FBI agent in return for political favoursDemocrats have urged treasury watchdogs to inves...
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Zohran Mamdani withdraws from ABC town hall in Kimmel protest
New York mayoral candidate attacks network’s corporate leaders for ‘cowardice’ in ‘moment of authoritarianism’Zohran Mamdani, the New York Democratic ...
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Fresh approaches needed to tackle political ‘age of rage’, US study suggests
Researchers show interventions to reduce hostility only have short-term impact and there is no ‘magical fix’Efforts to reduce the hostility people fee...
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Trump’s Fed pick doubles down on calls to aggressively cut interest rates
Stephen Miran says rates should be below 3% by end of year and dismisses fears of US president’s tariffs stoking inflationStephen Miran, Donald Trump’...
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Republican slams FCC chair’s comments on Kimmel suspension: ‘absolutely inappropriate’
Rand Paul, a Kentucky senator, also said Disney and ABC have no obligation to employ the late-night hostRepublican US senator Rand Paul broke with Fed...
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The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s hate for opponents: practising politics the wrong way | Editorial
The president’s admission is more than bravado. By blurring truth and criminalising dissent, he is dismantling the US’s free-speech order from withinA...
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Democrats silent as Republicans seem galvanised after Charlie Kirk memorial
Democrats trod carefully in responding to event attended by nearly 100,000 that blended politics with religionDemocrats maintained a wary silence on M...
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Hundreds of Hollywood stars sign open letter condemning Kimmel suspension
Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Robert De Niro among signatories of ACLU letter decrying Disney’s move after Jimmy Kimmel made remarks on Kirk’s deathMore...
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New Jersey candidates for governor wage heated debate over Trump and political violence
Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli’s face-off reflects tense US political climate over issues including free speechUS politics live – latest updatesA...
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107 Days by Kamala Harris review – no closure, no hope
The former presidential candidate sticks to the script in a memoir that will only cause further bad bloodAlmost a year after the 2024 election there a...
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Hiring of military lawyers as immigration judges alarms law experts
Move is high-risk and potentially unlawful amid Trump’s deportation push since military lawyers lack immigration expertiseThe Trump administration has...
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Ted Cruz urges Trump to back older retirement age for pilots
Worker groups oppose move, citing studies finding health risks and decline in cognitive skills with increase in ageTed Cruz, the Texas Republican who ...
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How the billionaire class and wealthy landlords are conspiring against Zohran Mamdani
The wealthiest New Yorkers are desperately to rally support – and millions of dollars – for Andrew Cuomo to defeat the democratic socialistZohran Mamd...
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Donations for Turning Point USA pour in after founder Charlie Kirk’s death
Fundraising efforts ramp up to open new chapters of influential far-right group as Kirk’s widow takes over as CEOThe powerful fundraising operation th...
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Trump hails Charlie Kirk as ‘a martyr for America’s freedom’ at memorial – US politics live
President’s message that he ‘hates’ his opponents contrasts with Erika Kirk’s forgiveness of the man charged with killing her husbandDonald Trump says...
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Angelina Jolie: 'I love my country but I don't recognise it right now' – video
Oscar-winning actor Angelina Jolie has said 'I don’t recognise my country' amid the threats to free speech in the US. 'Anything anywhere that divides ...
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk meet and shake hands months after messy split
Musk, who bankrolled Trump’s presidential campaign and later became an advisor to him, greeted the president at the memorial for Charlie KirkDonald Tr...
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Trump news at a glance: president calls Charlie Kirk a ‘martyr’ at memorial
President says ‘I hate my opponents’; Kirk’s widow forgives shooter; Murdochs could be part of TikTok deal – key US politics stories from 21 September...
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Vance puts Charlie Kirk’s Christian faith front and center – with an eye on 2028
Vice-president was in confessional mode as he eulogized his friend in Arizona – but speech could have political utility tooJD Vance went into confessi...
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Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, says she forgives man accused of murder
Wife of activist killed in Utah, allegedly by Tyler Robinson, 22, says ‘I forgive him because it was what Christ did’During an emotional address at hi...
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Charlie Kirk funeral mixes rally and revival as mourners vow to spread Maga message
Emotions were raw as service began with Christian worship songs – and ended with a political speech from the presidentHours before sunrise in the dese...
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US must ‘universally condemn political violence’, Democratic governor Shapiro says
Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro says US stands at ‘inflection point’ after Charlie Kirk killing and urges unity over divisionPennsylvania governor Josh Sh...
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Trump officials reportedly set to tie Tylenol to autism risk
Washington Post says announcement imminent despite guidelines showing drug is safe for pregnant women to takeDonald Trump’s administration is expected...
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Trump drive to pursue critics puts US on path to dictatorship, Democrats warn
Chuck Schumer and Chris Murphy condemn president’s call for justice department to act against perceived enemiesTop Democratic leaders on Sunday warned...
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Trump says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch likely part of US TikTok investor group
US president tells Fox News ‘a man named Lachlan is involved … that’s a very unusual name, Lachlan Murdoch’Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch ...
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Ice detainees hold hunger strike at Louisiana state penitentiary
Nineteen in immigration processing unit striking for access to medical and mental health care, among other demandsNineteen people detained at an immig...
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Charlie Kirk memorial: Trump and Vance to join tens of thousands of people at service for rightwing activist – US politics live
Funeral expected to start at 11am local time; Erika Kirk, US president and vice-president among the expected speakersAhead of Charlie Kirk’s memorial ...
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From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home
Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same ...
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States rally to offset fracturing of federal healthcare agencies: ‘Diseases don’t see state lines’
Changes to regulatory or information environments will help states decouple from federal health recommendationsSeven US states and the nation’s larges...
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Listening to the Law review – Amy Coney Barrett offers little comfort about state of US law
Conservative US supreme court justice’s memoir affirms that she is first and foremost a Trump appointeeIn June 2024, a divided US supreme court handed...
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Amid the anger and hate, this is the big question: can societies still summon empathy? | Keith Magee
Free speech is vital for democracy but liberty cannot mean licence. We need to be able to prize the humanity of those we differ from and disagree with...
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Thousands gather at Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona where Trump to pay tribute to slain organizer
US Secret Service leads massive security presence, while conservatives demand punishment of those who disparaged rightwing ‘youth whisperer’Thousands ...
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The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing
Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’In the emotional...
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Trump picks his former lawyer to be top prosecutor, as he pushes Bondi to investigate foes
Lindsey Halligan appointed as US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after president demands investigations of his political enemiesDonald T...
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Trump news at a glance: fears president will seize on Kirk’s murder for campaign of vengeance
Critics worry Donald Trump will use memorial service for Charlie Kirk to turn collective grief into revenge campaign against ‘radical left’ – key US p...
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Trump border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents
Alleged handoff occurred before Trump won second presidency, after which administration killed federal corruption caseThe FBI reportedly recorded Dona...
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Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face finesRepublican lawmakers in Oklahoma int...
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Tulsi Gabbard did not alert White House before revoking 37 security clearances
Exclusive: White House only realized afterwards that clearances at the CIA and in Congress had been rescindedTulsi Gabbard, the director of national i...
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The students who debated with Charlie Kirk: ‘His goal was to verbally defeat us’
Young liberals challenged Kirk’s conservative views on the viral YouTube series Surrounded - an ‘unnerving’ spectacle, according to a rhetoric expertI...
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Pentagon demands journalists sign pledge not to gather certain information
If they don’t agree to limits, including restricting movement within building, Pentagon press passes will be revokedThe US military has issued new med...
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‘The devil is not gonna win’: how Charlie Kirk became a Christian nationalist martyr
The rightwing pundit’s meteoric career was in some ways a microcosm of the rise of Trump-era Christian nationalismChristian nationalists in the US are...
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‘These results are sobering’: US high-school seniors’ reading and math scores plummet
Educators worry about absenteeism and smartphones as NAEP report shows scores at lowest levels in two decadesThe average reading and math scores of Am...
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Black women are being hit hard by the Trump layoffs and firings: ‘It chips away at morale and self-worth’
Though they make up just over 6% of the total workforce, Black women account for more than 12% of federal workersOn 30 May 2025, Dr Ravon Alford recei...
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MSNBC pundit ousted over Kirk talk says network agreed comments were misconstrued
Matthew Dowd tells Katie Couric ex-employer concurred but ‘it didn’t matter’ and they dismissed him anywayThe political analyst fired by MSNBC over hi...
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Immigrant rights activists braced for crackdown as Trump threatens to target ‘leftwing’ groups
Advocates advise staff and volunteers to practice caution but say they will not give up their first amendment rightsImmigrant advocacy organizations a...
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How Trump is seizing on Charlie Kirk’s killing for a campaign of vengeance
The Trump administration is trying to harness outrage over the rightwing activist’s killing to crush dissent, experts sayThey will gather to mourn one...
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Media giants accused of ‘cowering to threats’ as Trump tries to stamp out criticism
Disney’s Bob Iger and Paramount’s David Ellison are among the executives pulling the strings amid criticism that US TV networks are caving to the Trum...
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Trump news at a glance: president hikes H-1B visa cost to $100,000 a year as aide tells firms to ‘train Americans’
Decision could be major blow to tech industry, but commerce secretary says ‘all of the big companies are on board’ – key US politics stories from 19 S...
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