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Democrats boost eight more ‘top-tier candidates’ in bid to win back HouseCandidates will get midterms funding in battleground states, amid Republican push to revise voting maps * [Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox][1] Democratic officials added eight new candidates to their slate of top con...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/democrats-house-majority-midterm-elections#Democrats #HouseofRepresentatives #USmidtermelections2026 #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 15:50:42 +0000)

@Solomon_G vote for your cult, lose your farm

Rapper Kid Cudi fires MIA from tour after ‘offensive’ Republican rantThe British artist was booed after identifying as a Republican voter while on stage in Dallas Rapper [Kid Cudi][1] has fired [MIA][2] from his tour after the British artist went on a rant that went viral while on stage in Dallas. While opening up for the hip-hop artist on 2 May, MIA was booed after sayin...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/04/kid-cudi-fires-mia-tour-republican-rant#MIA #USpolitics #KidCudi #Hip-hop #Rap #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 18:19:14 +0000)

Rudy Giuliani breathing on his own after being hospitalized for pneumoniaFormer New York City mayor, who was placed on ventilator, is also being monitored, a spokesperson said Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor, is breathing on his own after being [hospitalized][1] with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said on Monday. [Giuliani][2], 81, r...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/rudy-giuliani-pneumonia#RudyGiuliani #USpolitics #USnews #NewYork #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 17:47:29 +0000)

Page of Theodore Roosevelt speech hit by bullet in 1912 assassination attempt uncoveredThe 26th president was wounded in the attack but the thick manuscript in his breast pocket helped save his life The first page of a thick manuscript that helped slow a bullet and save the life of [Theodore Roosevelt][1] during a 1912 assassination attempt has been uncovered by a pr...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/theodore-roosevelt-manuscript-assassination-attempt-uncovered#USpolitics #USnews #Pennsylvania #Wisconsin #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 17:11:18 +0000)

US supreme court temporarily restores access to mail-order abortion pillsOrder signed by Samuel Alito blocks ruling that prevented providers from prescribing mifepristone through the mail The [US supreme court][1] has temporarily reinstated nationwide access to mifepristone, blocking a ruling that threatened to upend accessibility of an abortion pill involve...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/mifepristone-abortion-pill-supreme-court#USsupremecourt #USnews #USpolitics #Abortion #Health #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 16:33:08 +0000)

Democrats boost eight more ‘top-tier candidates’ in bid to win back HouseCandidates will get midterms funding in battleground states, amid Republican push to revise voting maps * [Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox][1] Democratic officials added eight new candidates to their slate of top con...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/democrats-house-majority-midterm-elections#Democrats #HouseofRepresentatives #USmidtermelections2026 #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 15:50:42 +0000)

Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected office won by Democratic exonereeFuture of Calvin Duncan’s position as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse remains unclear Louisiana Republicans eliminated an elected position days before [a Democratic exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based post][1] was set to take office on Mond...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/louisiana-republicans-eliminate-office-democratic-exoneree#Louisiana #USpolitics #USnews #Republicans #USvotingrights #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 14:17:02 +0000)

@ProPublica that guy is a complete fraud. Worse than walrus boy.

@ProPublica Well at least we have a less evil opposition party that will use all their power to help stop this existensial threat to our democracy from happening...

🟢 Political Statement | 5/10 Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and SpainUS President Donald Trump suggested withdrawing American troops from Italy and Spain, calling Italians 'unhelpful' and Spaniards 'terrible'.#OSINT #NewsGroup #NATO #USPolitics #Italy #Spain

Active-duty US soldiers to receive MDMA therapy for PTSD next yearHope that sessions of MDMA-assisted therapy could help soldiers fight longer by helping them process trauma A new doctrine could soon take hold in part of the US war on drugs: psychedelic drugs for active-duty soldiers suffering from PTSD. In two studies funded by the Department of Defe...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/military-psychedelic-ptsd-drug-therapy#USmilitary #Drugs #Trumpadministration #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian(Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:21:17 +0000)

US reinstates ‘gun show loophole’ amid rollback of firearms restrictionsDoJ announces changes including ‘loophole’ that allows people to buy guns at shows without background check The US justice department has rolled back several significant restrictions on guns, including reinstating the so-called “gun show loophole”, which allowed people at such events t...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/trump-administration-gun-show-loophole#USguncontrol #Trumpadministration #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian(Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:19:47 +0000)

Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon generalUS president said he was instead nominating radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr Nicole Saphier for the post * [Sign up for the Breaking News US email][1] [Donald Trump][2] on Thursday pulled his nominee to become the US surgeon general, Casey Means, and replaced her. The US president said t...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/trump-withdraws-nomination-casey-means#Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian(Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:00:54 +0000)

@HakeemG Well, I can agree with your last sentence without any reservation... neither the Asses nor the Elephants give a real shit about the Constitution or their voters.As for the keystone pipeline issue, that's a bit more nuanced than most people think.. Do I believe the US Gov't has the right to take land from Native Americans just because it can? No, but there's much more to the story than eminent domain....Amash does have faults, certainly.. but the statement that he made regarding Republicans and Democrats is, from what I've been able to gather over the last more-than-five-decades, absolutely correct, and the fact that a "nutjob" said it has no bearing on its accuracy.

Here's how you can help Democratic candidates in the American South in light of the #SCOTUS ruling yesterday:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H3VElhe7r9Q#USPolitics

‘I believe in independence’: Puerto Rico’s young people fighting for sovereignty from the USPopular sentiment has been growing since 2017, when the US failed in providing disaster relief after Hurricane Maria “Mandarin hotel! Out of Puerto Rico!” was the refrain of dozens of demonstrators on 21 April 2025 as they [took over the lobby][1] of the tony Manhatta...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement#PuertoRico #USpolitics #Activism #USnews #Caribbean #TheGuardian(Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:17 +0000)

@molly0xfff Anything that parts MAGAts from their money is ok with me.

Dinner on a gold plate, then a snub: an uneven US welcome for King Charles IIIZohran Mamdani said he would not meet with UK monarch, noting 106-carat Indian diamond claimed by crown in 1849 In a way, it must be tough being king. One day, you’re [lauded by the US president][1], [applauded by Congress][2] and served spring-herbed ravioli and parmesan emu...https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/king-charles-visit-zohran-mamdani-nyc#KingCharlesIII #ZohranMamdani #USnews #UKnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian(Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:43:56 +0000)

https://peer.adalta.social/w/mddtwdAYJCHGndfiXBhWHa [](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_war_116489273413594646_fr) [️](https://reason.com/2026/04/29/government-shouldnt-be-important-enough-to-fight-over/")Un appel à l'action face à la déliquescence institutionnelle.#war #democracy #uspolitics #violence #potus