US Congress will this week vote on whether to end the twice-yearly changing of the clocks.

Sunrise after 9am:The US is on the cusp of an eye-opening change

The Sunshine Protection Act,recently endorsed by a bipartisan committee 48 to one,is backed by Donald Trump and goes to a vote in US Congress this week.

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Lindsey Graham,the ‘Three Amigos’ and the shifting politics of Israel

The veteran Republican senator was as old-school as they get in Washington,DC,and his death removes one of Israel’s staunchest allies in the White House.

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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham meeting with the President Donald Trump holding a Make Iran Great Again hat.

‘No one like him’:Trump,Netanyahu lead tributes after sudden death of influential US senator

A strong supporter of Ukraine and key cheerleader for the war against Iran,Republican Lindsey Graham was the last of the “Three Amigos” famous for their embrace of military intervention overseas.

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Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from “a brief and sudden illness”.

Lindsey Graham,long-time Republican senator and Trump ally,dies at 71

The senator passed away on Saturday from a “brief and sudden illness”.

  • Dan Diamond

US 4th of July celebrations as it happened:Fireworks start as Trump finishes speech at Washington event postponed by storm that upended America’s 250th anniversary celebration

The United States of America is marking the anniversary with celebrations that President Donald Trump has billed as “the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen”. Follow live.

  • Michael Koziol,Paul Dyer andJosefine Ganko

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President Donald Trump foreshadowed that he expected the court to rule against his birthright citizenship order.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship

But in a major win for the Trump administration,the court allowed states to bar transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports.

  • Michael Koziol
Scott Wiener participating in San Francisco’s annual Pride parade at the weekend.

He’s gay,Jewish,pro-Palestine and pro-trans. Left-wing activists keep abusing him

Antisemitism on the hard left is under the spotlight in the US after chilling videos showed California Democrat Scott Wiener being repeatedly harassed – despite his agreeing that Israel had committed genocide.

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Donald Trump,pictured in the Oval Office on Monday,welcomed the “greatest increase in presidential power in 100 years”.

Trump’s big day at the Supreme Court:‘Historic’ win,‘tremendous loss’ and more to come

The nation’s high court dramatically expanded the president’s power,but refused to review a verdict that found Trump sexually abused and defamed a writer.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump says ructions in the Republican Party are essentially limited to a trio of malcontents.

America’s superpower is under siege,from its own president

Multiculturalism has served America well,but Donald Trump has re-energised xenophobic hostility in the land of the free.

  • Michelle Goldberg