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US politics

  • US Capitol in Washington, DC.

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

    House leadership announces votes expected for Saturday after McCarthy suffers another blog when lawmakers rejected short-term funding bill
  • 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

  • Biden with UAW president Shawn Fain in Michigan earlier this week.

    ‘Fed up’ US autoworkers expand strikes against GM and Ford

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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