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US Congress committee investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centres

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US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

12h ago

Obama takes aim at companies cutting deals with Trump: ‘We have capacity to take a stand’

15h ago

Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report

16h ago

Republican and Democratic senators dig in heels over government shutdown

17h ago

US Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close due to government shutdown

17h ago

Firings of hundreds of CDC employees reportedly reversed

18h ago

‘Quintessentially Portland’: nude cyclists protest against national guard deployment

20h ago

Growing number of US veterans face arrest over Ice raid protests

21h ago

Markets rebound amid latest US-China tariff spat as traders look to possible ‘Taco trade’

Mon

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Sun

China warns US of retaliation over Trump’s 100% tariffs threat

Sun

Maga figures back Bukele’s call for Trump to crack down on US judges

Sun

Trump officials reportedly consider selling student loan debt to private investors

Sun

Trump says military members will be paid despite government shutdown

Sat

National guard begins Memphis patrols as senators in Illinois are turned away from Ice facility

Sat

Joe Biden receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Sat

‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing

Sat

Democrats refuse to fold over shutdown as Republican outrage builds

Sat

AstraZeneca makes deal with Trump to lower drug prices and avoid tariffs

Fri

Trump completes ‘semiannual’ physical before traveling to Middle East

Fri

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Fri

MIT rejects White House proposal to overhaul policies for preferential funding

Fri

Virginia governor candidates trade barbs in fiery election debate

Fri

Melania Trump says eight Ukrainian children seized by Russians have been reunited with their families

Fri

Federal workers receive partial pay as government shutdown nears third week

Fri

White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’

Fri

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians

Fri

History shows war against immigrants will backfire on all Americans

Fri

US farmers caught in Trump-China trade war – who’ll buy the soybeans?

Fri

Letitia James accuses Donald Trump of ‘weaponizing’ US justice system after her indictment – US politics live

Fri

Arizona sheriff’s office misused millions set aside to remedy racial profiling

Thu

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s effort to deploy national guard troops in Chicago

Thu

Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement

Thu

News organizations hold out on signing Pentagon media policies ‘designed to stifle a free press’

Thu

Senate still deadlocked over shutdown as Trump reiterates threat to Democrats

Thu

Dominion, voting firm targeted by false 2020 election claims, sold to new owner

Thu

Gaza ceasefire plan: how much credit does Trump deserve? – podcast

Thu

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Thu

‘You cannot undo a wrongful execution’: push to halt killing of Texas man in ‘shaken baby’ case

Thu

National guard troops ‘protecting’ ICE and other federal property in Chicago area – US politics live

Thu

National guard remains in Chicago area as judge to rule on Trump deployment

Thu

Lauren Boebert vows to pursue ‘truth about UFOs’ as she bids for re-election

Thu

Pennsylvania Republicans reignite bid to unseat Maga congressman

Thu

‘The stakes are quite large’: US supreme court case could gut Voting Rights Act

Thu

Republican lawmakers praise Trump for Gaza deal as Palestinian Americans remain wary: ‘So much remains unclear’

Thu

Senate Republicans vote against check on Trump using deadly force against cartels

Thu

Trump to visit Walter Reed for ‘routine yearly checkup’, the second since April

Wed

Marco Rubio interrupts Trump with handwritten note on Gaza peace deal

Wed

Arizona House Democrats press Mike Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva

Wed

Kristi Noem compares antifa to MS-13, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic State

Wed

IRS to furlough nearly half its workforce due to government shutdown

Wed

US shutdown deadlock deepens as senators reject competing bills

Wed

Democratic frontrunner for California governor threatens to walk out of interview

Wed

US supreme court hears arguments in lawsuit over Illinois mail-in ballots

Wed

Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as national guard arrives in city

Wed

‘Tennessee Three’s’ Justin Pearson launches challenge against Democratic congressman

Wed

Shutdown deepens US airport chaos as staffing shortages worsen

Wed

NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump

Wed

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Wed

Comey due in court over Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress – US politics live

Wed

Democrats introduce bill to help federal workers cover childcare costs during shutdown

Wed

US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda

Wed

Ex-FBI director James Comey to appear in court on lying to Congress charge

Wed

Mamdani’s statement on October 7 anniversary draws ire from Israel

Tue

White House says furloughed federal workers not entitled to back pay amid shutdown

Tue

Six former US surgeons general warn RFK Jr is ‘endangering nation’s health’

Tue

Virginia governor’s race shaken up by ‘violent’ texts sent by ally of Democratic candidate

Tue

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Tue

Former LA deputy mayor sentenced to year of probation for bomb threat hoax

Tue

Federal agents taunted Chicago woman to ‘do something’ before shooting her, attorney claims

Tue

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Tue

Marjorie Taylor Greene open to healthcare deal with Democrats amid shutdown

Tue

Pam Bondi to testify before Senate amid Trump’s troop deployments

Tue

Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act as Bondi faces Senate – US politics live

Tue

Trump orders approval of 211-mile mining road through Alaska wilderness

Tue

Republicans post photos of fiery Oregon protest – using photos of South America

Tue

US shutdown enters second week as Senate votes again on funding bill

Mon

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

Mon

US says subsidies for rural airline service to expire as soon as Sunday

Mon

Investigation underway into cause of fire at home of South Carolina judge who received death threats

Mon

US supreme court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of sex trafficking conviction

Mon

Jimmy Kimmel more popular than Trump after show suspension, poll finds

Mon

Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality

Mon

US to deport 11 more people to Eswatini in deal criticised by lawyers and NGOs

Mon

Judge blocks Trump’s bid to deploy national guard to Oregon – US politics live

Mon

US supreme court begins new term with nation’s democratic governance at stake

Mon

‘Psychopath test’ under growing scrutiny as Texas prepares to execute man

Mon

US struck another boat illegally carrying drugs off Venezuela coast, Trump says

Oct 5

House speaker says Democrats are not serious about negotiating as shutdown continues

Oct 5

Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman

Oct 5

Marco Rubio says Gaza war not yet over as Israel and Hamas prepare for talks

Oct 5

Bad Bunny pushes back on Kristi Noem threat that immigrants stay away from Super Bowl

Oct 5

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

Oct 5

Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism

Oct 5

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

Oct 5

Trump says Gaza peace deal ‘very close’ as Israel continues airstrikes

Oct 4

Kristi Noem warns immigrants away from Super Bowl: ‘We’ll be all over that place’

Oct 4

Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff

Oct 4

A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease

Oct 4