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Ted Cruz compares threats to ABC by FCC chair to those of mob boss
Texas senator says Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke licenses amid Jimmy Kimmel suspension ‘right out of Goodfellas’ Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republic...
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Chinese executive jailed for 25 years in US for trafficking fentanyl chemicals
Qingzhou Wang of Amarvel Biotech accused by prosecutors of turning chemical company into ‘pipeline of poison’ A Chinese company executive has been sen...
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Trump announces new deadly strike on suspected drug boat in Caribbean
President says US military carried out strike ‘on my orders’, killing three men he said were carrying illegal narcoticsDonald Trump announced on Frida...
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Trump again asks supreme court to end protections for Venezuelans in US
Justice department urges court to overturn ruling that Kristi Noem lacked authority to end TPS programThe Trump administration asked the US supreme co...
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Trump signs proclamation imposing annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visas
Move deals potentially major blow to US tech industry, which relies heavily on workers from India and ChinaDonald Trump signed a proclamation on Frida...
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US attorney investigating Letitia James mortgage fraud claims reportedly ousted
Associated Press reports Erik Siebert being removed as Trump officials pursue New York attorney generalThe US attorney whose office has been investiga...
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RFK Jr’s vaccine advisers remove prescription need for Covid vaccine, emphasizing personal choice
After heated meeting, healthcare professionals and experts left deeply confused about committee’s recommendationsA powerful committee that advises the...
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House passes spending bill as Democrats protest healthcare cuts: ‘We don’t work for Trump’
US nears government shutdown after Democrats oppose Republican bill that ‘guts healthcare’US politics live – latest updatesThe US federal government d...
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Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him | Jonathan Freedland
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British peopleThe march to...
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Texas A&M University president resigns after ‘gender ideology’ controversy
Mark A Welsh III steps down after student’s complaint led to firing of teacher and dismissal of dean and department headThe president of Texas A&M...
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Civil disobedience and mass arrests outside immigration court in New York: in pictures
Eleven elected officials tried to gain access to an Ice detention facility, while immigration activists tried to block vans carrying detained migrants...
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Trump cuts threaten futures of 250,000 children of migrant farm workers: ‘We felt like crying’
The Migrant Education Program opened doors for the kids of seasonal farm laborers. The Trump administration wants to axe all its fundingWhen Regina Zà...
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Resolution to honor Charlie Kirk as ‘courageous patriot’ divides US House
Some Democrats fear messaging trap and political polarization from measure sponsored only by RepublicansThe killing of the conservative activist Charl...
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Josh Shapiro and Pete Buttigieg respond to revelations in Kamala Harris’s book
Harris’s memoir, 107 Days, includes thoughts about Pennsylvania governor and ex-transport secretary as potential running matesJosh Shapiro has said Ka...
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When even Ben & Jerry’s can’t speak out, it’s clear: the era of corporate responsibility is over | Austin Sarat
Jerry himself has left the ice-cream company, alleging its views have been silenced. He’s yet another casualty of corporate kowtowingWhen the history ...
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How Trump has turned the legal system ‘on its head’ to meet deportation goals
Cuban asylum seeker EC and others saw hard-won victories vanish as new rules upended immigration courtsThe Cuban asylum seeker referred to in court pa...
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Trump mega-donor privately mocked his claim to have upper hand with China
Liz Uihlein sent staff email with cartoon of Trump saying ‘I hold the cards’ to which Xi says ‘the cards are made in China’A top donor to Donald Trump...
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Dozens of workers disciplined after Charlie Kirk shooting, from journalists to Jimmy Kimmel
Employers and officials are cracking down on comments considered ‘inappropriate’ after far-right activist was killedIn the aftermath of far-right acti...
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Republicans try to gut protections against US military’s Pfas pollution
If approved as proposed, legislation would delay ban on toxic ‘forever chemical’-laden firefighting foamRepublicans in Congress are attempting to gut ...
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Donald Trump’s base is fraying. Are Democrats up to the moment? | Lloyd Green
The president’s approval rating is underwater, with a new poll showing plunging Latino supportThe 2024 presidential election was a disaster for the De...
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Revealed: US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation
Claims are ‘an unsophisticated, uneducated approach that demonstrates a lack of knowledge’, says one professorUS law enforcement officials have claime...
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How US late-night hosts covered the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! – video
The late-night show hosts Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert and the former Late Show host David Letterman have rallied behind...
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Trump’s take on a court decision on tariffs is bonkers – even for him | Steven Greenhouse
The president’s claim that undermining his tariffs would ‘literally destroy’ the country gets the situation backwardsJust hours after an appeals court...
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They managed to get accepted to US universities. But they’re still stuck in Gaza
Gaza students hoped to resume US studies after war, but Trump’s visa ban crushed their plansWithin days of 7 October 2023, much of Maryam’s world had ...
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‘Angry and disappointed’: Kamala Harris critical of Joe Biden in new book
Exclusive: Democratic candidate lays bare tensions with then president during 2024 election campaignUS politics live – latest updatesKamala Harris has...
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Donald Trump suggests broadcasters could be punished over critical coverage amid Kimmel suspension – US politics live
The president said major US networks were ‘97% against me’ and that he supported ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s showRepresentatives Don Baco...
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DC Democrat challenges long-serving House delegate amid age concerns
Council member Robert White says ‘we need our strongest fighters’ as he bids to take on Eleanor Holmes Norton, 88Washington DC’s long-serving delegate...
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Americans are ‘deer in the headlights’ in face of Trump assault on free speech, Maria Ressa tells Jon Stewart
Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administrationThe Nobel prize winner Maria Ressa has...
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For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to IndiaThe exiled Egyptian comedian Bassem Yo...
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Trump suggests punishing TV networks for ‘negative’ coverage – video
US president Donald Trump suggested that TV networks which cover him 'negatively' could be punished by the government, after celebrating ABC suspendin...
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What does Donald Trump think free speech means? – podcast
This week, the US president has announced he is suing the New York Times for $15bn, and gloated that the late-night TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! had bee...
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New York lawmakers arrested for blocking Ice access to federal building
Arrests include 11 city officials who had demanded to see the conditions of an Ice intake facility on the 10th floorNew York lawmakers, immigrants’ ri...
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Trump news at a glance: president threatens other TV networks amid Jimmy Kimmel fallout
Donald Trump suggests networks that carry critical coverage should lose licenses, amid calls for boycott of ABC owner Disney – key US politics stories...
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US Senate confirms 48 of Trump’s nominees under new Republican rules
Kimberly Guilfoyle named as ambassador to Greece as Republicans change rules to clear backlog of positionsThe Senate has confirmed 48 of Donald Trump’...
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House panel pushes Trump administration on combating human trafficking
Committee’s action comes after Guardian investigation revealed rollbacks of anti-trafficking efforts; Trump administration says it is committed to fig...
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CDC panel recommends multiple shots for measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox instead of single vaccine
Experts react with concern that increasing the number of vaccinations required will threaten children’s healthA powerful vaccines committee for the US...
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‘Censor-in-chief’: Trump-backed FCC chair at heart of Jimmy Kimmel storm
Brendan Carr says he supports free speech – but has gone after broadcasters he deems are not operating in the ‘public interest’“The FCC should promote...
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Jury finds LA protester not guilty of assaulting border patrol agent
Brayan Ramos-Brito acquitted after US immigration officials were accused in court of lying about the incidentA Los Angeles protester charged with assa...
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Judges rule against Trump administration on deporting Guatemalan children and Venezuelans
Double defeat protects Venezuelans with temporary protected status and Guatemalan minorsThe Trump administration has been handed a double defeat by ju...
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‘I had teachers crying’: the schools trying to plug million-dollar funding holes after Trump cuts
Ashe county, North Carolina, and thousands of other school districts are scrambling after a freeze on nearly $7bnIn the time it took to read an email,...
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Putin, Gaza, tariffs and Mandelson: key details from Trump-Starmer press conference
The two leaders skirted around areas of potential conflict but there was still plenty of news and startling informationGiven an hour to speak freely i...
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‘Kimmel is not talented’: Trump gleeful after indefinite suspension of talkshow
President says show was pulled off air because it had ‘bad ratings more than anything else’Donald Trump celebrated ABC’s decision to indefinitely susp...
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‘Court of King Trump’: how media barons are bowing to president to protect key deals
The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show over Charlie Kirk comments is the latest sign of business coming under pressure from the White HouseThe indef...
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UN needs to cut $500m from 2026 budget and lose 20% of staff after US funding reductions
Job losses and global reorganisation expected amid Trump administration’s slashing of funding and ‘UN80’ reviewThe UN will need to cut $500m (about £3...
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Trump administration asks supreme court to allow firing of Fed’s Lisa Cook
Request sets stage for historic test of presidential power as Trump pursues greater control of the Federal ReserveThe Trump administration asked the U...
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‘Great news for America’: Trump gleeful as Jimmy Kimmel talkshow taken off air
Comedian, whose show was pulled after Charlie Kirk comment, has long been a thorn in president’s sideExplainer: What did Jimmy Kimmel say about Charli...
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Trump has forgotten his oath of office. History will not remember him kindly | Corey Brettschneider
When faced with a crisis, presidents can inflame divisions or unify the nation. Trump is taking the path of Johnson and not LincolnOver the course of ...
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Abortion pill providers targeted by new Texas law refuse ‘anticipatory obedience’
Greg Abbott’s latest move fuels clash between US red states and blue-state shield laws protecting abortion careGreg Abbott, the Republican governor of...
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‘The dungeon’ at Louisiana’s notorious prison reopens as Ice detention center
Critics condemn reopening of ‘Camp J’ unit at Angola in service of Trump’s nationwide immigration crackdown, noting its history of brutality and viole...
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As boys shift to the right, we are seeing the rise of the ‘new chill girl’ | Naomi Beinart
Even in comparatively liberal spaces, such as my high school, girls who wince at locker room talk risk exclusionSince Donald Trump returned to office,...
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The Federal Reserve’s independence is about to be tested like never before
Donald Trump wants drastic rate cuts – and his campaign to exert greater political control over the Fed continues apaceThe time has come to ban the “r...
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Moment Jimmy Kimmel makes Charlie Kirk comments that see him 'indefinitely' taken off air – video
Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be suspended 'indefinitely' after comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk, ABC has announced, hours after the Trump...
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