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US politics

  • Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media in August. Prosecutors reiterated on Friday the need for a limited gag order against Donald Trump.

    Prosecutors reiterate need for gag order against Trump in 2020 election case

    Prosecutors asked the judge to restrict Trump’s ability to attack them and potential witnesses ahead of a hearing about the issue
  • US Capitol in Washington, DC.

    Senate to vote on stopgap bill on Saturday after House Republican measure fails – as it happened

  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month in Los Angeles<br>epa10863457 US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers a campaign speech as he celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA, 15 September 2023. EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT

    Robert Kennedy Jr to run for president as independent in 2024 – report

  • Kevin McCarthy on Capitol Hill on Friday.

    House votes against stopgap bill in blow to McCarthy as shutdown highly likely

  • A shutdown can wreak significant havoc on the country’s economy.

    What does a US shutdown mean? Seven things you should know

  • woman smiling

    Dianne Feinstein: a life in pictures

Opinion

  • ‘The UAW strike could be a chance to dismantle the rightwing myth that reducing emissions hurts working people.’

    Biden is right to praise the auto strike. His climate agenda depends on it

    Kate Aronoff

    • Unless Joe Biden stands aside, the world must prepare for President Trump 2.0

      Timothy Garton Ash

    • Trainers were allowed in the US Senate – so why on earth can’t I wear them to a party?

      Emma Brockes

    • This pointless Republican debate left us all feeling a little bit dumber

      Moira Donegan

In depth

  • Joe Biden strokes his German shepherd dog, Commander

    ‘It’s always down to human failure’: President Biden, this is how to stop your dog biting people

    • Orange tape and orange-and-white sawhorses across a two-lane road through a barren landscape, with Joshua trees and rocky outcroppings, under a bright blue sky.

      Revealed: Trump administration forced Joshua Tree to stay open during last US shutdown

    • Former President Donald Trump Speaks In Clinton, Michigan<br>CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Former U.S. President Donald Trump greets guests at a campaign rally at Drake Enterprises, an automotive parts manufacturer, on September 27, 2023 in Clinton Township, Michigan. President Joe Biden met with striking UAW workers the day before at a General Motors parts facility. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

      Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers

    • FILE - The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum entrance in Simi Valley, Calif., Nov. 3, 2021. The second Republican presidential debate is drawing near with a smaller on-stage lineup than last month's event. The two-hour debate starts at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. (David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

      ‘Almost a troll of the legacy’: Reagan’s spirit looms over Republican debate

    • The Murdochs in 1985, from left: Lachlan, James, Anna, Elisabeth and Rupert.

      ‘Lachlan Murdoch is a Hamlet figure’: Michael Wolff unpicks the real-life succession drama

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