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Health secretary demurs on questions about vaccine stance and defends Republican plans to cut healthcareThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, refused to say whether he would vaccinate his children if he had to choose today, and defended Republi…
Four senators, including Cory Booker, say they’ll press for vote against president’s plan to take $400m gift from QatarTop Democrats in the US Senate are pushing for a vote on the floor of the chamber censuring Donald Trump’s reported plan to accept a …
Eight US senators ask Shari Redstone not to settle to end Trump’s ‘bogus lawsuit’ over 60 Minutes interviewThe senator Bernie Sanders and his Democratic colleagues are urging Paramount Global not to settle Donald Trump’s $20bn lawsuit against 60 Minute…
Chuck Schumer calls Federal Aviation Authority ‘a mess’ over days of problems at the major New Jersey airportOne of America’s most important airports continued to be hit by delays and cancellations on Monday as the Senate’s top Democrat called for an i…
The president’s allies ensured a Senate resolution to undo tariffs went nowhere – despite economic warning signsWarning signs flashed this week that Donald Trump’s tariffs were beginning to destabilize what had, at the start of his term, appeared to be…
Minority leader Chuck Schumer accuses president of ‘acting like a king, a despot, a wannabe dictator’Trump’s first 100 daysUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic senators will on Tuesday mark Donald Trump’s 100th day in office with marathon floor …
Illinois senator, 80, plans to leave office in 2027 at end of term, so voters will elect his replacement in midtermsUS politics live – latest updatesDick Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the US Senate, announced he will not seek re-electi…
Delegation visits jails where Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk are being held and denounce ‘authoritarian’ TrumpCongressional lawmakers denounced the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, the students being detained by US immigration authori…
Chris Van Hollen posts photo on X but does not provide update on status of man wrongly deported from USThe Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen met in El Salvador with Kilmar Ábrego García, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March des…
Chris Van Hollen warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ and says he hopes to report back to family on Maryland man’s conditionDemocratic senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland will travel to El Salvador on Wednesday and attempt to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, a…