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24Oct

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Trump administration sues to block certification of upcoming Alaska election

Getty Images Senator Dan Sullivan, right, is in a tight race with Democratic contender Mary Peltola. The Trump administration wants to block the certification of the Senate election in Alaska if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses, arguing that another candidate with the same name may confuse voters. In a federal lawsuit filed on Thursday, the justice department said the inclusion of another Dan Sullivan on the ballot could lead some to mistakenly cast their votes for the wrong candidate. Polls suggest the race between Senator Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola is tight, with Peltola holding a narrow lead in the final days before the 3 November vote. The government wants the judge to bar the state from certifying the results if Senator S...

24Oct

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White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods as midterm elections loom

Getty Images Canada and the US are currently locked in a tit-for-tat trade war The Trump administration is lifting some of its 50% tariffs on Canadian goods two weeks before the midterm elections, after a Republican candidate in a key Senate race said she had lobbied for the change. Starting on 30 October, tariffs will be eased on products including "plywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment," the White House said on Friday. Republican Senator Susan Collins, who is in a tight race to keep her seat in Maine, first announced the exemptions, saying they would help her state's agriculture industry. The US imposed a 50% levy on $20bn (£15bn) of Canadian goods after trade talks between the two countries col...

18Jul

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He made history in Congress – then the Supreme Court changed its mind

Getty Images When a glass door shattered on the arm of 19-year-old De'Mari Benham, with blood running down his limb and with few other options, he was rushed to the fire department in a friend's car. Firefighters bandaged him and encouraged the Tuskegee University student to go to a hospital the next town over to receive stitches and medicine. "I decided not to go," he said. "Both because it's far and because I just simply don't have the funds." Brandon Drenon/BBC De'Mari Benham believes the state is trying to curb black Alabamians voting rights. "This means a lot," he says. It's a common problem. In Tuskegee, a rural Alabama city with less than 9,000 people, over 80% of them African American, nearly one in three people live in poverty. There's no genera...

1Jul

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US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in female school and college sports

Reuters Women hold placards as they celebrate the US Supreme Court's ruling The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can ban transgender women from competing in female school and college sports. The court considered cases from students in two different states who had challenged bans on participation. The two states, Idaho and West Virginia, enacted laws that required public school and college sports teams to compete in accordance with their sex recorded at birth. One of the two challenges said the ban violates equal rights protections in the US Constitution. The other said it contradicts civil rights laws. More than two dozen states have enacted bans since Idaho did so in 2020. President Donald Trump celebrated the decision in a social media post as a...

26Jun

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Trump asks Congress for billions for Iran war, after tension with Republicans

The White House has asked lawmakers to approve $87.6bn (£66.5bn), mostly for "urgent needs" connected with the US war on Iran, a day after Congress passed a resolution rebuking the military action. The bulk of the funding - $67bn - is for the US Department of Defence, the White House said. But the proposal faces an uphill battle in Congress. The Iran conflict is unpopular with voters ahead of the US midterm elections in November, though a ceasefire is currently in effect. US President Donald Trump has also found himself at odds with some members of his Republican Party over the issue of Iran, and is alleged to have ended up in an angry exchange with one senator on Wednesday. That senator, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, was one of a handful of Republicans who defied the president ...

28May

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Biden sues US justice department to block release of recordings

Getty Images Joe Biden speaks at an event for South Carolina Democrats in February 2026. Former US President Joe Biden has sued the federal government to block the release of interviews with his memoir's ghostwriter, which he has described as "private information" but could contain embarrassing details about his memory. Special Counsel Robert Hur obtained the recordings and transcripts while investigating Biden's handling of classified documents. Hur found Biden improperly retained records, but he did not recommend charges. His report, released in 2024, also raised questions about Biden's fitness for office. The justice department has accused the prior administration of trying to "hide audio recordings that clearly demonstrate a significant decline" in Biden'...

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