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President’s tariffs to be scrutinized in crucial legal test of his strategy to impose tariffs on nearly every US trading partnerDonald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on the world will be scrutinized by the US supreme court today, a crucial legal test of the …
But talks between factions are under way as Democrats and Republicans try to bring standoff to a closeThe US federal government shutdown was poised to move into record-breaking territory on Tuesday after the Senate rejected for the 14th time a funding …
Democratic leaders decry ‘unbelievably cruel’ move, saying ‘Trump is using food as a weapon’ during shutdownSenate Republicans shot down a Democratic-led attempt to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) benefits on Monday during t…
Northern spotted owls are being squeezed out by the westward migration of the larger barred owlsThe US Senate rejected an effort on Wednesday to halt a contentious US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls in o…
Calling Democrats ‘stone cold crazy’, president says ‘nuclear option’ is necessary to end government shutdownUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump on Thursday night called on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster to bring an end to the o…
Vote passes 51-47 in latest bipartisan effort to challenge tariffs, but House is unlikely to take any similar actionThe US Senate took a stand against Donald Trump’s global tariffs affecting more than 100 countries on Thursday, voting to nullify the so…
Casey Means, a leading Maha figure with an inactive medical license, is Trump’s second pick for the roleUS politics live – latest updatesThe Senate hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, has been postponed after the nomine…
Group of 11 Democratic senators has raised concerns about use of Wrap full-body restraints on US deportation flightsA “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights and the use of full-body restraints onboard is raising “serious human rights conc…
Federal agency also estimates country’s GDP will reduce by one to two percentage points over shrinking demandThe US is set to lose between $7bn and $14bn as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown, according to the congressional budget offi…
Enhanced subsidies keeping premiums affordable for millions will expire, threatening to more than double what households pay out of pocketPeople in the US shopping for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces will face a steep 26% …