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More than 750 workers in letter say HHS secretary’s rhetoric played a role in recent attack at CDC’s Atlanta headquarters More than 750 current and former federal health employees on Wednesday accused health and human services (HHS) secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, of fueling harassment and violence directed … US health agency workers accuse RFK Jr of fueling violence against themRead more

Shannon ‘SJ’ Joslin among group who hung 66ft flag on El Capitan as others could face prosecution under protest laws A Yosemite national park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, while some park visitors could face prosecution under protest restrictions that have been … Non-binary park ranger fired for hanging trans pride flag in YosemiteRead more

The director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, says move targets officials accused of politicizing intelligence US politics live – latest updates Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligence, announced on Tuesday that the Trump administration has revoked the security clearances of 37 current and former national security … Trump administration revokes clearances for 37 security officialsRead more

US government is seeking to prove Smartmatic has a long pattern of bribing election officials The justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with … DoJ says voting machine maker funneled LA county money into slush funds used to pay bribesRead more

Ally of the president has accused the first Black woman to sit on the central bank’s board of mortgage fraud US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has called on a Federal Reserve governor to immediately resign, renewing his extraordinary attack on the central bank’s independence as … Trump calls on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign, renewing attack on central bankRead more

KSDP brings vital information – from tsunami warnings to salmon levels – to an Alaskan town of 600 people. Can it survive losing 70% its budget in federal support? In Sand Point, Alaska, the radio dial is mostly empty. For a commercial broadcaster, running a station in this … ‘Rural America costs a lot of money’: Trump cuts are decimating a radio station at the edge of the worldRead more

Ugandan official said the east African country does not have the capability to take in undocumented immigrants Uganda said it has not reached any agreement with the US to take in undocumented immigrants, contradicting reports that the east African country had struck a deal with the Trump administration … Uganda says it has not struck a deal with Trump to take in US deporteesRead more

Measures meant to rebalance America’s economy are wielded instead against the likes of Canada, India and Brazil ‘to compel loyalty to the president’ On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to use tariffs to revitalise American industry, bringing jobs home and helping to make America great again. But … Trump’s tariffs replace diplomacy as other US tools of statecraft are discardedRead more

Exclusive: largest data analysis of its kind counters Trump’s aggressive efforts to deny trans minors’ existence More than 2.8 million people now identify as transgender in the US, including an estimated 724,000 youth, according to a new data analysis that is the largest of its kind to date. … More than 2.8m people in US identify as trans, including 724,000 youth, data showsRead more

President says US may provide air support to Kyiv as part of security guarantees. Plus, the boy who founded his own country Good morning. Donald Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine to enforce a potential peace deal with Vladimir Putin, tempering a promise to provide … First Thing: Trump rules out sending US troops to Ukraine to enforce peace dealRead more

Tulsi Gabbard accuses officials, some of whom worked on intelligence community’s assessment of Russian interference in 2016 election, of ‘politicizing intelligence’ Billionaire Elon Musk is quietly putting the brakes on plans to start his new political party, telling allies he wants to focus on his companies, the Wall … National intelligence director strips security clearances from 37 current and former national security officials – US politics liveRead more

Officials who worked on assessment that Russia interfered in 2016 election stripped of clearance; teen detained by Ice walking dog. Key US politics stories from Tuesday 19 August at a glance National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard said on Tuesday that she had stripped security clearances from 37 current … Trump news at a glance: Gabbard strips security clearance from dozens of intelligence officialsRead more

Experts say undermining green protections and research funding is against the principles of economics Three leading US economists are urging their peers around the world to push back against Donald Trump’s attack on environmental laws. In what amounts to a call to action to economists, the trio say … Leading US economists urge peers to fight Trump’s attack on environmentRead more

US president was concerned over app’s Chinese ownership, but has softened after believing it won him 2024 election The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the US despite a law requiring its sale. … White House launches official TikTok account after Trump vowed ban in 2020Read more

Michelle Wu replies to attorney general’s letter threatening prosecution for ‘undermining’ immigration enforcement Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu has hit back sharply at the Trump administration’s legal threats over sanctuary city immigration policies, declaring that “Boston will not back down”. Wu told a news conference outside Boston’s city hall … ‘Boston will not back down’: mayor hits back at Trump officials’ sanctuary city threatsRead more

Days after his 18th birthday, Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz arrested in Van Nuys in what family call kidnapping A southern California community is calling for the release of a high school student whom US immigration agents arrested earlier this month while he was walking his dog. Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz … Community rallies around LA teen detained by Ice while walking dogRead more

Trump administration to vet social media for ‘hostility’ and whether applicants ‘promote anti-Semitic ideologies’ The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it will look for “anti-American” views, including on social media, when assessing the applications of people wanting to live in the United States. In an announcement, US … US to ‘root out anti-Americanism’ in reviewing immigration applicationsRead more

Move comes after Donald Trump posted on social media about US capital’s ‘fake crime numbers’ Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into allegations that Washington DC police systematically manipulated crime statistics to make the city appear safer than it actually is. The probe, anonymous sources tell the … Federal prosecutors launch inquiry into Washington DC police over allegedly fudged crime statisticsRead more

Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former position A Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, … Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperateRead more

GOP lawmakers say the move to counter Texas maps bypasses voters and violates rules on how legislation must be introduced US politics live – latest updates Republican state legislators in California filed suit on Tuesday to block a mid-year redistricting plan meant to counter Texas’s effort to redraw … Republicans sue to block Newsom’s fast-track California redistricting planRead more

The recent summit meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin was nothing short of a theater of the absurd All the elaborate efforts of the European allies to prevent Donald Trump from prostrating himself before Vladimir Putin came to naught at their summit meeting in Alaska. Flattering, coddling … There is no ‘Trump Doctrine’ in foreign policy. Just chaos | Sidney BlumenthalRead more

US energy secretary said energy prices could hurt GOP in midterms, but blamed Democrats for price increases US politics live – latest updates Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact … Trump tariffs and green energy rollbacks push household electricity bills up 10%Read more

Donald Trump has been all smiles with both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the last few days, but in trying to be ‘peacemaker-in-chief, is the president abandoning his ‘America First’ policy? Rachel Leingang and Andrew Roth discuss Archive: CNBC, AFP News Agency, Fox News, Steve Bannon’s War … Is Trump abandoning his ‘America First’ policy for Ukraine? – podcastRead more

US House minority leader outlines his concerns on the Bulwark Podcast about homeland security secretary The US House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, is making the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and her aggressive immigration enforcement tactics squarely in Democrats’ crosshairs for congressional investigation if they flip the House … Jeffries: Noem will be ‘one of the first hauled up to Congress’ if Democrats win midtermsRead more

Many federal agents have been seen standing around in tourist areas, with few spotted addressing violent crime US politics live – latest updates As Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington DC’s police entered its second week, and six states vowed to send hundreds of additional national guard troops … DC residents question troops’ focus on low-crime areas amid Trump takeoverRead more

The Republican party has already shown that its commitment to democratic elections is paper thin If one mark of an autocratic regime is the meaningfulness of elections, you can make an argument that the United States has been backsliding away from a properly democratic form of government for … Republicans want to rig the midterm elections. Will they succeed? | Moira DoneganRead more

Eric Lendrum, of Department of Homeland Security, likened US conservatives to Jews in Nazi Germany US politics – live updates A speechwriter for the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has come under scrutiny after he was linked to hate speech online. Eric Lendrum compared the circumstances … Trump administration speechwriter linked to hate speech onlineRead more

Tulsi Gabbbard says Home Office no longer demanding ‘backdoor’ to encrypted material The UK government has dropped its insistence that Apple allows law enforcement officials “backdoor” access to US customer data, Donald Trump’s spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, says. The US director of national intelligence posted the claim on … UK has backed down on demand to access US Apple user data, spy chief saysRead more

India Walton, who defeated incumbent mayor only to lose general election, says ‘moderating is what got us here’ India Walton has a warning message for progressive Democrats during Donald Trump’s second presidency: don’t water down your politics to win over the establishment. The Democratic socialist who stunned the … Democrat warns US progressives against moving toward the center: ‘It lost me the election’Read more

From RFK Jr’s beef tallow endorsement to Bannon’s roasted marrow order, Trump officials are promoting cattle mania US health secretary Robert F Kennedy claims that beef tallow is a healthier alternative to seed oils (even though the American Heart Association disagrees). Raw milk advocates are currently criticizing Kennedy, … Raging bulls: why Maga is pushing cow products on to AmericaRead more