The budget resolution from Republicans was on the agenda in the Senate, but the nearly all-night debate encompassed so much more.

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Author: Lisa Mascaro

A new letter addressed to acting NASA chief Janet Petro calls out the space agency for failing to answer questions raised by lawmakers earlier this month.

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Author: Jackie Wattles

A U.S. senator has demanded to know whether the White House has considered firing Democrats on the bipartisan Federal Trade Commission, a move that would be illegal under current law.

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Author: Jody Godoy

Trump administration expected to continue its mass downsizing of the federal workforce amid warnings of unlawful terminations and a ‘monumental’ bill

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Author: @ChrisJStein

Bill approving $175bn for border security and extra $150bn for Pentagon faces tough challenge in House

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Author: Robert Tait

It’s the revenge of the nerds: brilliant young whizz kids bringing accountability to the unelected bureaucracy

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Author: Fred Lucas

Hong Kong’s opposition Democratic Party will set up a special task force to discuss steps to disband, party chair Lo Kin-hei has announced, three decades after the political party was establi…

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Author: James Lee

A war of words has broken out between Trump and Zelenskyy, while Europe feels the US is no longer a dependable ally.

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Author: John Psaropoulos

Senators are launching a budget “vote-a-rama” in a crucial, if dreaded, step toward President Donald Trump’s agenda.

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Author: Lisa Mascaro,Kevin Freking

One veteran says Communist Party contact had been doubtful whether group could survive long enough to take part in coming Legislative Council poll.

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Author: South China Morning Post

In Trump’s jungle, the powerful make decisions the weak must simply accept – international law and human rights be damned

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

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Author: South China Morning Post

The new regime in Washington is testing pro-American sympathies to breaking point

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Author: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Democratic party chair Lo Kin-hei would not comment on whether Beijing had put pressure on members

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

At the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, Americans see a host of economic issues, including inflation, as top problems facing the country.

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Author: Reem Nadeem

Jonathan Freedland speaks to veteran US diplomat Kurt Volker, who served as Trump’s special representative for Ukraine during his first term, and the Guardian’s US live news editor Chris Michael about the US president’s efforts to bring Putin back into the fold

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Author: Jonathan Freedland,Chris Michael,Hattie Moir,Zoe Hitch

‘When it comes to politics, he don’t know his a** from a hole in the ground,” James Carville declared on his podcast.

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Author: Justin Baragona

It’s not just in foreign policy that the President is turning Russia’s way.

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Author: Susan B. Glasser