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Mike Johnson attempts to defend Trump after president says ‘I love the inflation’ – live

‘The president is laser-focused on the domestic economic situation,’ the House speaker says. ‘He is working to bring down prices; his working to get the strait of Hormuz reopened’

Bill Gates tells US House ‘I have never victimized anyone’ in Epstein testimony

Microsoft co-founder appears in closed-door session as part of lawmakers’ investigation into convicted sex offender

• • Trump presses on with plan to install Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief

  • Graham Platner wins Maine Democratic Senate primary – video

  • double quotation markThe slush fund is gone – but Trump’s IRS agreement is a new level of self-dealing

  Mohamad Bazzi

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Graham Platner secures Maine’s Democratic Senate nomination; Lindsey Graham wins Republican nomination in South Carolina – live

Graham Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary

House Republicans approve $70bn bill for Trump’s immigration crackdown

Maine voters weigh Graham Platner scandals on election day: ‘It’s not my job to judge’

double quotation markRepublicans in Congress are defecting from Trump over Iran. Will more follow?

Rajan Menon and Daniel R DePetris
The vote reflects his diminished standing at home and loss of leverage over Iran as he scrambles to exit a disastrous war

Judgment day for under-fire Democrat Graham Platner in Maine primary

All eyes on US Senate race as Platner, mired in controversy, is set to advance to take on incumbent Susan Collins

‘I’m tired of getting kicked in the teeth’: firefighting union leader seeks to shake up Congress

Pennsylvania’s Bob Brooks is one of a slew of working-class Democrats on the ballot – can he beat a Koch-backed rival?

Despite new allegations, Maine’s Platner predicts voters will send him to Senate

Democrat denies reports of physical intimidation towards women, saying his past has been ‘weaponized’

California governor’s race: DoJ sends in federal observer over slow count

No court has authority to block Trump’s White House ballroom, DoJ lawyer says

Senate approves $70bn for immigration crackdown amid splits over Trump fund

double quotation markCongress wants to tie the United States to Israel with this new legislation. It’s a trap

Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick

In second break with Trump in a week, House passes bill to aid Ukraine

Legislation would also sanction key segments of Russian economy, overriding objections from Republican leaders

Senate Republicans narrowly block bid to bar Trump’s $1.8bn fund to pay allies

Three GOP senators join Democrats as dispute over proposed payouts exposes party divisions

Republicans urge investigation into two men accused of abuse by Epstein assistant

Hair stylist Frédéric Fekkai and ex-Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine accused in new testimony, lawmakers reveal

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