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United States US seeks stake in Venezuelan oil fields holding 65bn barrels
Washington says it has secured control rights over Venezuelan oil fields, but the agreement governing them has not been…
United States Iran sanctions hit patients, not Tehran
A US threat to punish any country trading with Iran falls hardest on Iranian patients and Gulf-region workers, as…
United States AIPAC’s $100m spend fails twice
AIPAC spent a record $30.6m trying to beat one Senate candidate in Michigan. He won anyway, and so did the next target…
United States Trump threatens to bomb Oman
Trump threatened to bomb Oman, the Gulf state that brokered the ceasefire ending the Iran war, over a shipping deal…
United States US government spied on anti-ICE protesters, unions, records show
DHS records unsealed in a Minneapolis court show agents infiltrated union meetings and Signal chats of people never…
United States Lula’s election lead narrows under US Terrorist label
Washington designated Brazil's two biggest gangs terrorist groups after Flávio Bolsonaro asked for it in the Oval…
United States Majority of House Democrats vote to cut Israel aid
A majority of voting House Democrats backed stripping $3.3bn from Israel's US military aid, splitting their own…
United States DOJ subpoenas Times reporters over Qatari jet leak
Federal agents subpoenaed four New York Times reporters over a story on security flaws in Trump's Qatari-gifted jet…
United States Trump’s DOJ exposed Epstein survivors’ addresses
DoJ exposed Epstein survivors' addresses and prosecuted a wrongly deported man as Todd Blanche sought Senate…
United States US missile kills water worker amid gutted state department
A US missile killed an Iranian irrigation worker this week, in the same seven days Washington's gutted state department…
United States Feds withhold $200m to force states to purge voters
The DOJ threatened all 50 states with prosecution over voter rolls, days after federal agents killed two citizens in…
United States 120 Iranian children killed after Pentagon bypassed targeting warnings
US commanders bypassed warnings that intelligence was outdated before a Tomahawk killed 120 children at an Iranian…
United States Firefighter killed as US bombs Iran
US strikes killed a firefighter and Iranian servicemen this week after Washington scrapped its own truce and pulled…
United States Zine makers sentenced to decades under Trump antifa order
A leaked Florida police bulletin brands zines and a legal charity terrorism, months after a nurse and a jailed…
United States Coastguards lose pay after winning in court
The MCA is stripping pay from 3,500 coastguard rescue officers after losing a court case it told MPs left it no choice.
United States Court frees billionaires; ordinary voters lose
The Supreme Court has scrapped the cap on party-candidate coordinated spending, letting a donor capped at $7,000 route…
United States CAIR fraud probe over phantom funds
RFK Jr's HHS is investigating CAIR over federal money its national body never received, days after Florida branded the…
United States Tattooist gets 30 years for anarchist zines
A US court has sentenced 15 anti-ICE protesters to 556 years combined, using terrorism law to punish pamphlets…
United States Trump’s $1.4bn crypto haul built on supporters’ $3.8bn losses
A machinist lost $32,700 and a saver lost her $2,000 on Trump's meme coin. The president who sold it to them made…
United States CAIR branded terrorist with no subpoenas, no charges
Florida declared CAIR a terrorist organisation and RFK Jr's HHS opened a probe into its funding, the same week, against…
United States Trump wins power to sack regulators; Fed stays protected
SCOTUS let Trump fire regulators who protect consumers and workers, then ruled the Fed alone stays out of his reach.
United States Trump pick stalls warrantless spy bill
Trump's pick of political loyalist Bill Pulte to lead intelligence agencies threatens FISA Section 702 renewal…
United States Trump announces $700m coal investment using wartime powers
Trump's $700m coal plant bailout invokes wartime powers as petrol hits $4.24, but climate experts warnlocked-in…
United States Former GEO Group VP Becomes Interim ICE Chief as Detention Profits Surge
Families in ICE detention face another private prison executive leading the agency as GEO Group profits jump 700%.