US politics
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Measure heads to Obama’s desk as Republicans call on White House to explain how Nazis received benefits
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Analysis Who is Ashton Carter?
The former physicist and Harvard professor who has taken an interest in cybersecurity, lacks a prominent political profile, offending as few people as he inspires -
New Jersey governor cleared by state lawmakers who say they have found no evidence he was involved in politically motivated lane closures
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‘Show vote’ by far right for symbolic protest bill reveals split in Republican party that may thwart attempt to pass budget legislation next week
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Vincent Warren: Black men are not dying at the hands of (mostly) white cops – nor are those cops being excused from legal responsibility – because of mutual ‘distrust’
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Thousands took to the streets in New York in protest over the decision not to criminally prosecute Daniel Pantaleo, an NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner in a chokehold
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US attorney general Eric Holder makes a statement about the grand jury decision not to seek an indictment in the Staten Island death of Eric Garner
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New York mayor Bill de Blasio says many families in New York are feeling pain, after a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer in the choke hold death of Eric Garner.
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Summons US envoy after legislator’s made comment during Senate spat over appointment of ambassador to Budapest
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The White House pledges to improve living and education opportunities after report acknowledges failures in federal policy
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Roxane Gay column What the St Louis Rams know about Ferguson is a righteous glimpse of the way forward
Roxane Gay: Protesting the death of Michael Brown is not a political act, no matter what the pundits say. These are five men who don’t want to die for being black. This is personal
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Downfall of Elizabeth Lauten reflects unspoken rule that the children of presidents should not face untempered public scrutiny
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Senators hear testimony from executives of NHL, MLB, NBA and NFL after string of controversies involving athletes accused of abuse
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NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL officials scheduled to testify at hearing investigating league rules for punishing domestic violence
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Corporate lobbying network American Legislative Exchange Council is planning to draft a number of new bills attacking environmental protections
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Hugh Muir: Fifty years ago Britain saw the best of Martin Luther King: the spellbinding preacher commanding a packed St Paul’s Cathedral. What was King’s impact on Britain’s own emerging fight for racial equality?
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In rare sign of bipartisan agreement, bills in the House and Senate would target Nazi suspects who were allowed to keep benefits if they left the country
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US attorney general announces rigorous new standards and robust safeguards for federal law enforcement to end racial bias and ensure fair, effective policing
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Hugh Muir, Jinan Younis, Flic Everett, Anouchka Grose and Franklyn Addo: Were Elizabeth Lauten's comments about Sasha and Malia Obama just those of a foolish adult or a toxic revelation? Our panel considers the evidence
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Jeh Johnson goes before House of Representatives committee to discuss president’s executive action on immigration
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Last month, Denton, a college town not far from Dallas, voted to ban hydraulic fracturing – thanks in no small part to a dedicated band of mainly female activists. How did they manage to beat big oil? Suzanne Goldenberg reports
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Possible presidential candidate draws distinction with Barack Obama, who has trumpeted boom in gas and oil exploration
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Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Stephen Fincher, had earlier apologised for attack on Malia and Sasha Obama
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US supreme court disappoints the estate of a Michigan woman who died after a kidney transplant and an Iowa corn processing plant by letting judgments stand
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Twitter campaign to fire Elizabeth Lauten goes viral after caustic Facebook post telling Sasha, 13, and Malia, 16, told to ‘try showing a little class’
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Liberal supporters detect fire of 2008 candidate in recent executive actions but with Republicans controlling both houses of Congress has it all come too late?
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Demonstrators disrupt suburban St Louis shopping for second day while NAACP organises 120-mile march to Missouri state capital
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Media expert David Brock, once an enemy of the Clintons, is now using his experience to help their party, writes Edward Helmore
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HB 663 would bar courts from access to essential information in state that has experienced four botched executions in eight years
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Jeff Chang: We’ve seen versions of the Ferguson commission before. But we can’t do much about segregation and inequality until we stop talking around our divisions
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Protests and strikes expected at 1,600 Walmart stores across US as retailers forecast record revenues at start of holiday shopping season
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Chris Christie has vetoed a bill that called for restrictive pig cages to be banned in the state, a move seen by many as a gauge of his presidential ambitions
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Members urge Obama administration to withhold federal recognition of the Pamunkey tribe in Virginia over its history banning intermarriage with black people
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Letters: The Brown University project is the obvious model for a Senate, Congressional or joint committee of inquiry on the legacy of slavery
Orion: a last-ditch effort by a fading empire that will never strike back