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US politics live with Shrai Popat

Join Guardian US politics reporter Shrai Popat as he brings you all the day's political stories live from Washington and beyond

  • Graham Platner holds his hand over his mouth as someone holds a sign saying 'a senator money can't buy'

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    Maine votes as scandal-plagued Graham Platner seeks Democratic Senate primary win - US politics live

    Polls for Maine’s primary elections close at 8pm ET as it appears voters may be sticking with Platner despite string of controversies
  • Bill Pulte speaks to reporters at the White House.

    Mitch McConnell statement suggests he considers Bill Pulte unfit for national intelligence director role –as it happened

  • A ballot marked for Karen Bass is processed as election workers conduct ballot tabulation at the Los Angeles county ballot processing center in the City of Industry during California's state primary election on 2 June.

    Midterm primaries 2026: results and reaction as six states including California and Iowa cast ballots – as it happened

  • JD Vance gestures as he stands behind a podium

    JD Vance says Trump ‘pushing forward’ with Golden Dome as he addresses Air Force Academy – as it happened

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  • Man stands at lectern

    Sunrise Movement takes credit for disrupting Trump’s New York state rally – as it happened

    Activists arrested at rally in Rockland county belong to youth-led climate justice group, spokesperson says
  • Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

    Ro Khanna, AOC criticize Democrats’ 2024 election postmortem for not mentioning Israel’s war in Gaza – as it happened

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  • Donald Trump speaks to the press after stepping off Air Force One in Maryland.

    Trump says ‘there won’t be escalation’ with Cuba after US indictment of former president Raúl Castro – as it happened

  • Thomas Massie (left) and Ed Gallrein (right)

    ‘I’ve got seven months left’: Massie speaks out after losing House primary to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein –as it happened

  • Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, wearing a red USA cap

    Donald Trump says he ‘wasn’t involved’ in creation of $1.7bn compensation fund – as it happened

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  • Tina Peters speaks during a Colorado gubernatorial debate in February 2023.

    Colorado governor commuted Tina Peters’ sentence after Trump blocked funding for clean water project, Lauren Boebert claims – as it happened

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  • California governor Gavin Newsom holds press conference in San Francisco on 8 May.

    ‘Stone-cold racism’: Newsom condemns GOP redistricting efforts; Louisiana approves plan to erase majority-Black district – as it happened

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  • Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the Senate banking committee, takes her seat in nomination hearing for Fed chair Kevin Warsh.

    Top Democrat calls newly confirmed Fed chair Kevin Warsh a ‘sock puppet’ for Trump – as it happened

    Elizabeth Warren condemns confirmation of Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve; John Fetterman was lone Democrat to support the nomination
  • Kash Patel, wearing a dark grey suit, points sternly during his questioning

    Kash Patel lobs false claims about top Democrat as they spar over allegations of FBI chief’s excessive drinking on the job – as it happened

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  • The US Supreme Court building reflected in a puddle in Washington DC on 11 May 2026.

    Virginia Democrats ask conservative-majority US supreme court to restore congressional map approved by voters – as it happened

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  • People cast their votes in Falls Church, Virginia on 21 April.

    Virginia Democrats file motion asking for stay in map ruling as Trump touts ‘huge win’ for Republicans – as it happened

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  • Democratic representatives in formal attire stand with their arms linked in the Tennessee House chamber, some wearing white flowers on their lapels.

    ‘This is how we cement President Trump’s agenda’: Tennessee Republicans celebrate state’s new congressional maps – as it happened

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  • Howard Lutnick, in a black suit and purple tie, arrives flanked by police and men in suits

    Trump would fire Howard Lutnick if he saw video of his Epstein testimony, say House oversight committee Democrats – as it happened

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  • Donna Wooten, right, votes across from her husband, Jerry Wooten in a vote center during a primary election on 5 May 2026, in West Lafayette, Ind.

    Primary elections: crucial showdowns set in Ohio; Indiana races yield ‘big night for Maga’ as Trump asserts control of party – as it happened

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  • Abortion rights activists protest after overturning of Roe v Wade in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2022.

    Democrats say ‘fight is just beginning’ after supreme court’s temporary reinstatement of abortion pill access – as it happened

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  • Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer joined by fellow Democrats, speaks at a press conference at the US Capitol on 29 April.

    ‘That’s bullshit’: Democrats slam Trump’s claims that Iran hostilities ‘have been terminated’ – as it happened

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