Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California 

State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcareA battle…

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Then and now: one year on from the Los Angeles wildfires – in pictures 

Images from the Eaton fire, which began on the evening of 7 January in the Altadena community of Los Angeles…

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At least two killed in shooting outside Mormon church in Salt Lake City 

Dozens of people were attending a funeral inside the church as the shooting happened, police saidTwo people were killed and…

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US and Colombian presidents speak – as it happened 

Trump praises Petro’s ‘tone’ during call and says they will meet soon. This blog is now closedVenezuela to continue supplying…

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Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’ 

The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a…

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