38 h. ago Senate advances bipartisan bill to end government shutdown – live

The vote would bring the longest shutdown in history to a close after a small group of Democrats struck a deal with Republicans.Senate Democrats who defected: ‘This was the only deal’Here’s how each senator votedThe eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks with the party to advance a bill that would end the government shutdown – the longest in US history – have defended their decisions amid furor from their party and base.“What happened tonight is not the closing of a chapter. It’s the opening of an opportunity. What the chapter does close is the damaging shutdown that is only getting worse, that is only going to impact more and more people,” said Angus King, the Independent lawmaker from Maine who caucuses with Democrats. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Schumer faces calls to resign as minority leader after some Democrats work with Republicans to end shutdown – live

Schumer, who did not vote in favor of the legislation, faces steep pushback from progressive lawmakers who blame him for the Democrats who defectedSenate Democrats who defected: ‘This was the only deal’Here’s how each senator votedThe eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks with the party to advance a bill that would end the government shutdown – the longest in US history – have defended their decisions amid furor from their party and base.“What happened tonight is not the closing of a chapter. It’s the opening of an opportunity. What the chapter does close is the damaging shutdown that is only getting worse, that is only going to impact more and more people,” said Angus King, the Independent lawmaker from Maine who caucuses with Democrats. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Senate Democrats defend breaking ranks to end shutdown as Johnson to finally swear in Arizona’s Adelita Grijalva

Decision to advance bill that would reopen government has sparked furor from party and base; House speaker to swear in Democratic representative when chamber returns, a month after her election winSenate Democrats who defected in shutdown vote: ‘This was the only deal’How each senator voted on legislation to end US government shutdownThe eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks with the party to advance a bill that would end the government shutdown – the longest in US history – have defended their decisions amid furor from their party and base.“What happened tonight is not the closing of a chapter. It’s the opening of an opportunity. What the chapter does close is the damaging shutdown that is only getting worse, that is only going to impact more and more people,” said Angus King, the Independent lawmaker from Maine who caucuses with Democrats. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago The hidden message in Trump’s pardon of Rudy Giuliani that could have ripple effects

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s latest pardons are part of a long-shot effort to put his thumb on the scale in remaining state-level prosecutions related to his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss

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47 h. ago Senate Democrats defend breaking ranks to end shutdown as Mike Johnson signals speedy House return

Decision to advance bill that would reopen government has sparked furor from party and base; House speaker says he will call lawmakers back as soon as Senate holds final voteSenate Democrats who defected in shutdown vote: ‘This was the only deal’The eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks with the party to advance a bill that would end the government shutdown – the longest in US history – have defended their decisions amid furor from their party and base.“What happened tonight is not the closing of a chapter. It’s the opening of an opportunity. What the chapter does close is the damaging shutdown that is only getting worse, that is only going to impact more and more people,” said Angus King, the Independent lawmaker from Maine who caucuses with Democrats. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Trump issues pardons for Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and others involved in 2020 fake elector scheme

Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s disbarred and disgraced former attorney, joins other Trumpworld loyalists in receiving an unconditional pardon

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49 h. ago Trump pardons Giuliani, Meadows and others over plot to steal 2020 election

Federal clemency towards president’s close allies largely symbolic as some still face legal exposure at state levelRudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, both close former political allies of Donald Trump, are among scores of people pardoned by the president over the weekend for their roles in a plot to steal the 2020 election.The maneuver is in effect symbolic, given it only applies in the federal justice system and not in state courts where Giuliani, Meadows and the others continue facing legal peril. The acts of clemency were announced in a post late on Sunday to X by US pardon attorney Ed Martin, covers 77 people said to have been the architects and agents of the scheme to install fake Republican electors in several battleground states, which would have falsely declared Trump their winner instead of the actual victor: Joe Biden. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Donald Trump issues pardons to 77 allies involved in 2020 election plot

Donald Trump has pardoned a roll call of his allies who were involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election

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56 h. ago Bulletin briefing: BBC boss resigns, Trump pardons Giuliani, and another Strictly elimination

BBC boss Tim Davie resigns over Trump documentary edit controversy. Read more here.

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56 h. ago Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and other GOP operatives for trying to overturn 2020 election

President Donald Trump has pardoned one-time ally Rudy Giuliani and other Republicans for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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57 h. ago Trump pardons Giuliani and others involved in 2020 election overturn attempts

President Donald Trump on Sunday pardoned Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and several other officials who in 2020 attempted to help him overturn the results of the presidential election that they falsely claimed had been rigged, according to pardon attorney Ed Martin.

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58 h. ago Trump issues pardons for Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and others involved in 2020 fake elector scheme

Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s disbarred and disgraced ex-attorney, joins other Trumpworld loyalists in receiving unconditional pardons

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66 h. ago Donald Trump celebrates as Tim Davie quits BBC over doctored speech

Donald Trump was ecstatic that Tim Davie resigned from the BBC, saying the organisation edited "my very good (perfect) speech" where he called on his supporters to protest the 2020 election result

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7 d. ago FBI fires additional agents who participated in investigating Trump, AP sources say

The FBI has continued its personnel purge, forcing out additional agents and supervisors tied to the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election despite efforts by Washington’s top federal prosecutor to try to stop at least some of the terminations

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1 week ago California is voting on redistricting. An election skeptic runs the process in one county

Clint Curtis is overseeing a 4 November ballot that could add five Democratic seats and reshape US politicsWhen Clint Curtis was appointed to oversee voting in California’s Shasta county earlier this year, the Florida-based lawyer and election skeptic pledged to “fix” the voting process.Curtis had never before administered an election and didn’t live in this rural northern California region. But he was well-known to followers of the US election denialism movement, who believe the voting system is not secure and that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. Curtis, a former congressional candidate, described himself as an expert in elections law and had long argued that voting machines could be hacked and that the government could manipulate the results of elections. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump told Pence ‘you’ll go down as a wimp’ in January 6 phone call, book says

Book cites Pence’s notes from call with Trump, who called vice-president a ‘wimp’ if he certified Biden’s 2020 victoryOn the day that his supporters attacked the US Capitol because his 2020 re-election run ended in defeat, Donald Trump called his vice-president at the time, Mike Pence, and told him he would go down in history as a “wimp” if he certified the election result, a new book says.Those details were revealed on Sunday when ABC News published a preview excerpt of an upcoming book by its political correspondent Jonathan Karl. The book, titled Retribution, cites Pence’s notes from the 6 January 2021 phone call with Trump, who was purportedly trying to shame his vice-president into refusing to certify Joe Biden’s victory weeks earlier in the White House. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Frontrunner suffers blow in race to be UK ambassador to US over criticisms of Trump

Exclusive: Whitehall officials raise fears about Mark Sedwill’s newspaper article warning of president’s ‘blundering’ behaviourUK politics live – latest updatesMark Sedwill’s prospects of becoming the UK’s ambassador in Washington have taken a blow after officials raised concerns about an article he wrote in 2021 praising Joe Biden and criticising Donald Trump.The former cabinet secretary and national security adviser has emerged as the frontrunner in the race to succeed Peter Mandelson in Washington. But some in government are worried about an article he wrote four years ago in which he made several criticisms of Trump after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Biden. Continue reading...

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