Trump plan to open migrant detention centre at Guantánamo Bay an ‘act of brutality’, Cuban president says – US politics live

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the latest news from US politics. First up, the…

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American Eagle flight was carrying figure skaters home from a training camp before crash

Elite American figure skaters were onboard the flight that suffered a midair collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday, the official…

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RFK Jr’s testimony offers a ‘through the looking glass’ moment for Democratic senators

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s testimony was a “through the looking glass” moment for some senators, as lawmakers questioned one of the nation’s most influential vaccine critics for a job as…

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Health nominee RFK Jr to face further grilling at Senate confirmation hearing

After Robert F Kennedy’s bruising performance in a heated three-and-a-half-hour Senate confirmation hearing to become America’s top health official on Wednesday, he’s off to the health committee on Thursday morning…

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US figure skaters, married champions were aboard American Airlines flight that collided with military helicopter — as athlete shares pic of doomed plane before takeoff

Several US figure skaters and coaches — including two world champions — were onboard American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport…

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Analysis: Trump’s Guantanamo migrant plan evokes a dark history | CNN Politics

CNN —  The US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay is about to get a new chapter added to its notorious history. The facility in Cuba has long attracted the ire of…

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What is Guantanamo Bay used for? Trump sets out migrant plans

President Donald Trump has announced plans to use Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. naval base in Cuba, as a detention site for tens of thousands of immigrants described as “high-priority criminal…

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Former Senator Robert Menendez Is Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

Robert Menendez, New Jersey’s disgraced former senator who was once one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison for his central…

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Popular stand-up comedian found dead at 28

Popular stand-up comedian Ken Flores has died. He was just 28-years-old. An official cause of death has not been reported, but the Los Angeles Times reported that his body was…

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‘Performing for an Audience of One’: Three Opinion Writers on Kennedy’s Confirmation Hearing

Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the Opinion columnist Zeynep Tufekci and the Opinion writers David Wallace-Wells and Jessica…

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