Key figure in Project 2025 expected to be confirmed as Trump’s budget chief – live

Bondi disbands FBI ‘foreign influence task force’ as Musk boosts Russia-linked hoax smearing USAid and Ben Stiller Attorney general Pam Bondi dissolved an FBI taskforce aimed at combatting foreign influence operations on Wednesday, the same day that a hoax news …

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Republicans reportedly eye stopgap deal and raising debt limit after Trump inauguration in race to avert shutdown – US politics live

Mike Johnson: ‘We will not have a government shutdown’ Addressing reporters following the House Republicans’ meeting before today’s midnight deadline to avert a government shutdown, House speaker Mike Johnson vowed: “We will not have a government shutdown.” Johnson said: We …

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Senate passes $895bn Pentagon spending bill despite provision denying transgender care to minors – live

Senate passes Pentagon spending bill The US Senate has voted 85-14 to pass the $895bn National Defense Authorization Act, legislation which ignited a debate about providing gender-affirming care to transgender children of military service members. The bill which passed in …

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Trump will take ‘nonstop’ action in first 100 days in office, top adviser says – live

Trump team signs agreement on background checks for nominees The Trump transition team said it has entered a memorandum of understanding with the US Department of Justice. “This is the next step in the ongoing preparation of senior administration officials …

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Calls grow for release of ethics report into Matt Gaetz sexual misconduct claims – US politics live

Picking RFK Jr as health secretary is ‘courting catastrophe’, says rights group Maya Yang Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as US secretary of health and human services has prompted widespread criticisms towards Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who …

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Harris says gen Z ‘impatient for change’ as she targets youth vote at Michigan rally – US election live updates

Donald Trump starts by promising to “end inflation”, stop the “invasion of criminals” from across the border and bring back the “American Dream” and urges his supporters to vote on Tuesday. “This will be the Golden Age of America,” he …

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