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‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/voting-rights-activists-louisiana-callais-black-voters #UsVotingRights #Race #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsNews #UsPolitics #Law #UsJusticeSystem

‘Apartheid in the US’: Arizona’s secretary of state fights Trump’s plot to amass a ‘master list’ of voters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/arizona-state-secretary-trump-elections #Arizona #Law #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsNews #UsJusticeSystem #UsPolitics

Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/louisiana-jeff-landry-election-suspension #Louisiana #UsVotingRights #UsJusticeSystem #LawUs #UsNews #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsPolitics #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCongress

Under the Trump administration, pressure on the press is both subtle and direct | Kai Falkenberg https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/01/trump-administration-press-freedom #PressFreedom #NewspapersMagazines #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #LawUs #Media #Newspapers #UsNews #UsPolitics

Louisiana postpones primaries as states rush to redraw districts after supreme court ruling https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/states-redistricting-maps-voting-rights-act #UsVotingRights #HouseOfRepresentatives #Race #UsSupremeCourt #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsJusticeSystem #LawUs #Law #UsNews

Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/jimmy-kimmel-speech-melania-trump-protected-disney #JimmyKimmel #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinnerShooting #DonaldTrump #MelaniaTrump #WaltDisneyCompany #FreedomOfSpeech #PressFreedom #TelevisionRadio #LawUs #Culture #UsNews

Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/jimmy-kimmel-speech-melania-trump-protected-disney #JimmyKimmel #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinnerShooting #DonaldTrump #MelaniaTrump #WaltDisneyCompany #FreedomOfSpeech #PressFreedom #TelevisionRadio #LawUs #Culture #UsNews

Jimmy Kimmel’s quip about Melania Trump is protected speech, and Disney must stand tall | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/30/jimmy-kimmel-speech-melania-trump-protected-disney #JimmyKimmel #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinnerShooting #DonaldTrump #MelaniaTrump #WaltDisneyCompany #FreedomOfSpeech #PressFreedom #TelevisionRadio #LawUs #Culture #UsNews

Judge thwarts Trump administration’s attempt to access Arizona voter rolls https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/arizona-voter-rolls-trump-administration #Arizona #TrumpAdministration #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #LawUs #UsJusticeSystem #UsNews #UsPolitics

US saw record high of 5,668 books banned in libraries in 2025, says agency https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/us-libraries-banned-books #UsNews #Libraries #Censorship #Books #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties

Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-trump-administration #UsNews #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #TrumpAdministration #IsraelgazaWar #UsCampusProtests #UsPolitics

Could Trump be forced out of office? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2026/apr/10/could-trump-be-forced-out-of-office-25th-amendment-podcast #UsPolitics #DonaldTrump #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #WorldNews #Politics #UsNews #UsForeignPolicy #Republicans #Democrats #Law

Never mind leading the free world, if Donald Trump were your ageing father, when would you take away his car keys? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/30/donald-trump-leader-of-the-free-world-president-safeguards #DonaldTrump #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsNews #WorldNews #Dementia #Society #MentalHealth #Health

Professor sues Texas university that terminated contract after Palestine talk https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/professor-texas-state-university-israel-palestine #Texas #UsUniversities #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #HigherEducation #UsEducation #Israel #Palestine #UsNews #WorldNews

Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/kash-patel-fbi-location-data #Fbi #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsDomesticPolicy #UsCongress #UsNews #UsPolitics

Trump now calls war reporting ‘treason’. His attacks on the press are escalating fast | Margaret Sullivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/18/trump-media-war-reporting-treason #DonaldTrump #PressFreedom #Cbs #Cnn #TvNews #UsTelevisionIndustry #TelevisionIndustry #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsForeignPolicy #Newspapers #NewspapersMagazines #Media #UsNews

Judge orders more than 1,000 Voice of America employees to be reinstated https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/17/voice-of-america-employees-reinstated #UsNews #Radio #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #TrumpAdministration #LawUs #UsJusticeSystem #UsPolitics #Media #RadioIndustry #TelevisionRadio

Chief justice John Roberts calls for end to ‘dangerous’ hostility toward judges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/17/john-roberts-hostility-toward-judges #JohnRoberts #DonaldTrump #UsJusticeSystem #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsSupremeCourt #UsNews

How the US war on Iran may provoke a terrorist attack – and how that may be the point https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/us-iran-war-terrorist-attack #UsisraelWarOnIran #DonaldTrump #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsForeignPolicy #UsDomesticPolicy #September112001 #UsNews #TrumpAdministration #UsPolitics

FCC chair threatens to throttle news broadcasts over ‘hoaxes’ about Iran war https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/fcc-broadcast-permits-iran-war-news #TrumpAdministration #TvNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsNews #UsPressAndPublishing #Media #TheNewsOnTv #RadioIndustry #Radio #UsPolitics

Justice department drops charges against veteran who burned US flag https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/justice-department-drops-flag-burning-charges-veteran #TrumpAdministration #FreedomOfSpeech #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsCrime #LawUs #Law #UsPolitics #UsNews

Trump hits back at Republican Senate majority leader over Save America act https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/trump-john-thune-save-america-act #DonaldTrump #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsSenate #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCongress

US civil rights agency sues Coca-Cola bottler over event that excluded men https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/coca-cola-equal-employment-sued #TrumpAdministration #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #Women #Men #UsNews #WorkersRights #Business #UsPolitics

Don Lemon pleads not guilty to federal civil rights charges after anti-ICE protest in Minnesota https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/13/don-lemon-pleads-not-guilty-anti-ice-protest-minnesota #Minnesota #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #PressFreedom #Protest #NewspapersMagazines #Media #LawUs #Law #UsPolitics #UsNews

US union elections declined in 2025 after Trump hobbled labor board https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/labor-relations-board-nlrb-unions-trump #UsUnions #TrumpAdministration #WorkersRights #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #Business #UsPolitics #UsNews

As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/08/washington-post-layoffs-democracy-trump #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #DonaldTrump #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #TrumpAdministration #UsPressAndPublishing #UsNews #UsPolitics

Trump 2.0 is proving a challenge for Hollywood – just look at this deeply silly new thriller | Emma Brockes https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/04/hollywood-challenge-trump-second-term-anniversary #TrumpAdministration #Project2025 #Culture #Netflix #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #OneBattleAfterAnother #AlexGarland #TheHandmaidsTale #DonaldTrump #UsPolitics #UsNews #MargaretAtwood #FarRightUs #Film #Television

The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a danger to all Americans | Theodore J Boutrous, Jr and Katie Townsend https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/02/don-lemon-georgia-fort-arrest-first-amendment #TrumpAdministration #PressFreedom #UsPolitics #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #Law #NewspapersMagazines #Media

Mary Berry, and now Prue Leith. Retiring in your 80s is the new 60s | Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/23/mary-berry-prue-leith-retiring-80s-60s #PrueLeith #TheGreatBritishBakeOff #WorkCareers #Culture #DonaldTrump #Politics #UsNews #MaryBerry #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #EqualityAct2010

Press advocates condemn Pentagon move to seize editorial control of Stars and Stripes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/defense-department-stars-and-stripes-editorial-control #TrumpAdministration #UsMilitary #PressFreedom #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #Newspapers #DonaldTrump #UsPressAndPublishing #NewspapersMagazines #UsNews

How Trump circumventing Congress is different from previous presidents https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/04/trump-congress-venezuela-attack #DonaldTrump #UsCongress #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #Venezuela #UsMilitary #NicolsMaduro #Law #UsNews #UsPolitics

Judge blocks widespread immigration arrests in DC made without warrants or probable cause https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/immigration-arrests-washington-dc #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #Trumpadministration #USimmigration #WashingtonDC #USpolicing #USpolitics #Law(US) #USnews

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/knight-institute-columbia-university #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #ColumbiaUniversity #UScampusprotests #USimmigration #MahmoudKhalil #Palestine #Protest #USnews #Gaza

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/uc-berkeley-trump-administration-antisemitism #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #Trumpadministration #USuniversities #JudithButler #Antisemitism #California #USpolitics #WestCoast #USnews

The chilling effect of Title VI investigations: the professors accused of antisemitism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/campus-investigations-professors-gaza-antisemitism #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #Palestinianterritories #UScampusprotests #USuniversities #Israel-Gazawar #Censorship #USnews #Gaza

Ruling on gender-affirming care for minors will impair sex-based discrimination cases, say critics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/supreme-court-gender-affirming-care-decision #USconstitutionandcivilliberties #Children'shealth #USsupremecourt #SoniaSotomayor #Transgender #JohnRoberts #Gender #Health #USnews