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Trump Administration Proposes Cutting Grace Period for H-1B and Other Visas
Under the proposal, some foreign workers would be considered immediately removable from the U.S. if they no longer work for an employer linked to their visa status.
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September 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrou...
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August 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Dolly Parton, US country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80
Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes
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August 25, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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US supreme court rules Trump can proceed with crackdown on mail-in voting
Justices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midterms
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August 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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US debt has hit $40tn - Will that be a wake-up call?
The US hit a debt milestone this week, but just how worried should we be about the world's largest economy?
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August 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Trump changed Republican economics. Now the GOP has to figure out how to sell it.
A new generation of GOP leaders agree that the old free market orthodoxy won’t hold together the Trump coalition. The party is now figuring out how to sell its new economics heading into 2028.
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August 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’
Study of 56m-year-old leaves counters claims from Trump administration members of ‘benefits’ of fossil fuel pollution
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August 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Two in five Americans believe stock market only serves the top 1%
Exclusive Harris poll for Guardian reveals Americans’ assumptions about stock market and wider economy
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July 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Trump administration activates never-before-used ‘alien terrorist’ deportation court - POLITICO share.google/9EDfLIdVMoIf...
Trump administration activates never-before-used ‘alien terrorist’ deportation court
The court has been dormant since it was created in 1996.
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July 19, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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January 6 defendants pursue millions in claims through obscure federal process
Federal Tort Claims Act, over which DoJ has total discretion, provides workaround to Trump’s $1.8bn slush fund
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June 17, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’
Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy
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June 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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US justice department ‘forever’ bars IRS from auditing Trump’s past tax returns
Addendum quietly slipped into widely criticized agreement creating a $1.7bn fund to compensate president’s allies
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May 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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US Senate votes to advance resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers
Chamber advances bill for first time as four Republicans join all but one of Senate’s Democrats
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May 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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Poll: Americans disagree on what a ‘stolen’ election means
New results from The POLITICO Poll show Democrats are worried about voter suppression while Republicans are worried about voter fraud.
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May 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies
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Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies
The Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.
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May 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act
In a 6-3 ruling, the justices narrowed how a key provision of the Voting Rights Act can be enforced.
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April 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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US tells embassies to deny visas to applicants who say they fear return to home country
Directive claims that new process is due to ‘the high number of aliens claiming asylum’ in the US
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April 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Virginia voters approve redistricting plan that could boost Democrats’ seats in Congress
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Virginia voters approve redistricting plan that could boost Democrats’ seats in Congress
Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S.
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April 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Escape route from Iran energy shock leads to China, U.S. allies find
Countries are navigating between the desire to speed up the green transition and worries over Beijing’s clean-tech dominance.
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April 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Helium hitch: Why US-Israel war on Iran could cause MRI scan delays
Shortage of helium will have ripple effects across medical and other industries.
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March 26, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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Trump threatens not to sign any bills until Congress approves strict voter ID act
Save Act would limit voting access in the US and centers on Trump’s unfounded claims of noncitizens stealing elections
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March 10, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Secretive 17-page executive draft handed off to Trump to derail election: WaPo
A secret 17-page draft has been circulating among pro-Trump activists and the White House that would potentially give President Donald Trump the path to "unlock extraordinary presidential power over v...
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February 26, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Cuba’s private sector is importing U.S. diesel amid crisis | Miami Herald share.google/5TlzG2HYyoZV...
Trump allows U.S. companies to resell Venezuelan oil to Cuba’s private sector
Trump is allowing US firms to resell Venezuelan oil to Cuba’s private sector, despite blocking oil shipments to the Cuban government.
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February 26, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Jobs, gas prices and ending wars: factchecking Trump’s State of the Union claims
The president’s lengthy speech to Congress contained myriad inflated, misleading or simply false claims
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February 25, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Virginia judge temporarily blocks progress on redistricting referendum after GOP request share.google/tTBtWDbzlUKE...
Virginia judge temporarily blocks progress on redistricting referendum after GOP request
A Virginia court on Thursday effectively blocked Democrats’ planned April voter referendum to redraw the state’s congressional maps, another potentially devasta
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February 20, 2026 at 2:23 AM