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  • 1 day ago | theguardian.com | Tom Ambrose |Lucy Campbell |Marina Dunbar |Kate Lamb |Maya Yang |Fran Lawther | +6 more

    Summary of the day so farFran LawtherDonald Trump and Elon Musk escalated their disagreement about the US budget bill into a big public argument on social media. Here’s a roundup of key moments so far: Donald Trump kicked things off during an Oval Office meeting with German chancellor Friedrich Merz. Asked about Elon Musk’s criticism of his “Big, Beautiful Bill”, the US president told reporters: “Elon and I had a great relationship.

  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Lauren Gambino

    Donald Trump announced he was doubling foreign tariffs on steel imports to 50%, as he celebrated a “blockbuster” agreement for Japan-based Nippon Steel’s to invest in US Steel during a rally in Pennsylvania. Surrounded by men in orange hardhats, Trump unveiled the tariff rate increase as he spoke at a US Steel plant in West Mifflin, declaring that the dramatic hike would “even further secure the steel industry in the United States”.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lauren Gambino

    Authorities on Thursday were investigating a brazen attack that killed two young Israeli embassy staff outside an event at the Jewish museum in downtown Washington DC, leaving the US capital in shock as world leaders condemned the “horrible” and “antisemitic” shootings. Early on Thursday morning, federal agents descended on a Chicago apartment believed to be the suspect’s home.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lauren Gambino

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday that it will limit access to seasonal Covid-19 boosters for healthy Americans under 65 without clear evidence of clinical benefit – a shift, critics say, will make it difficult for people who are not high-risk but want to be vaccinated against the disease.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Lauren Gambino

    A misdemeanor charge against Newark mayor, Ras Baraka, for trespassing will be dismissed, US attorney Alina Habba said in a statement on Monday. But an assault charge has been filed against US representative LaMonica McIver, who accompanied Baraka during a visit to an immigrant detention center. The arrest of Baraka on 9 May was emblematic of the aggressive stance the Trump administration has taken against officials who resist its immigration crackdown.

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