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On the first day of school for kids in DC, federal agents in unmarked cars are intimidating families at child care centers. No one should have to live in this kind of fear.
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When immigration shows up at daycare: crackdown in DC terrifies families and workers
Nannies stay home and schools provide transport as Trump takes over policing and Ice rounds up immigrants
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/washington-dc-daycare-workers-parents-immigration-raids
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I'm looking for a Spanish-speaking freelance reporter in DC who is available this week or next. Reach out if you or someone you know might fit!
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Vice president JD Vance's team had the army corps of engineers raise the level of an Ohio river to accommodate his family boating excursion on his 41st birthday
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JD Vanceâs team had water level of Ohio river raised for familyâs boating trip
Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for âsafe navigationâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels
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Yes we can
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readers react to Trump's first 100 days (in 100 words or less)
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Readers give their verdict on Trumpâs 100 days: âExtraordinary destructionâ
The president promised an âextraordinaryâ first 100 days in office but for many that has been true in all the wrong ways
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/trump-100-days-reaction-responses
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100 days that's felt like a 100 years and 100 seconds.
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launched looked at the whirlwind start to Donald Trump's second term and tried to make sense of everything that's happened
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Trump 100 days: Trumpâs whirlwind start to his second presidency
The president has begun his second term at a whirlwind pace, slashing the government, upending international alliances, challenging the rule of law and ordering mass deportations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/29/trump-100-days-president
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The Guardian is blogging live from inside the courtroom where Trump is about to be sentenced - follow here
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Trump appears remotely as sentencing in hush-money trial gets under way in New York City â live
Judge is not expected to sentence Trump to jail, fines or probation over his conviction last year on 34 felony charges
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/10/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-sentencing-new-york-live-updates#maincontent
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âI got so tired of writing about dead kids,â Mike Casey told
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. âJust constantly having to prove to Washington that these children actually died and then watching nothing happen.â Why Casey resigned from the State Department in July
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âTired of writing about dead kidsâ: why a US state department worker resigned over Israel-Gaza policy
Mike Casey, one of only two people explicitly focused on Gaza, left over inaction and doing âwhat the Israelis wantâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/state-department-employee-resigns-israel-gaza
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Amazing reporting from
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's Ramon Vargas landed Lawrence Hecker in prison for life
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Retired New Orleans priest gets life in prison after pleading guilty to child rape
Lawrence Hecker declined to apologize to his victims at emotional hearing that closed book on grueling legal saga
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/new-orleans-catholic-priest-sentenced-lawrence-hecker
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Trump allies float extreme ideas, including Trump third term, at gala
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Trump allies float extreme ideas, including Trump third term, at gala
Radical suggestions come from Steve Bannon and indicate most polarizing proposals will be up for consideration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/16/trump-allies-extreme-policies-third-term
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Johana Bhuiyan
10 months ago
324. That was the score Mary Louis was given by an AI-powered tenant screening tool. The software, SafeRent, didnât explain how the score was calculated. It just said it was too low. In a box next to the result, the report read: âScore recommendation: DECLINEâ.
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She didnât get an apartment because of an AI-generated score â and sued to help others avoid the same fate
Despite a stellar reference from a landlord of 17 years, Mary Louis was rejected after being screened by firm SafeRent
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/14/saferent-ai-tenant-screening-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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âMama bears are rising upâ: behind the Christian influencer mom pushing for a takeover of local US government Fascinating look by
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into Jenny Donnelly, the multi-level marketer turned rising star on the Christian right
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âMama bears are rising upâ: behind the Christian influencer mom pushing for a takeover of local US government
Jenny Donnelly, marketer turned rising star on the Christian right, wants to âsend a million women into school boardsâ and fight against LGBTQ+ inclusion and abortion rights
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/16/her-voice-movement-jenny-donnelly-ziklag-trump
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20 ballots went missing in a Minnesota precinct - the type of mistake that might usually result in an internal investigation but be chalked up to human election error. But a House race is separated by 14 votes, and the race willx determine control of the chamber
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Twenty Minnesota ballots went missing in key race that hinges on 14 votes
Race for state house seat, which will determine whether Republicans win control of chamber, separated by 14 votes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/minnesota-missing-ballots-house-race
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