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2025-04-26 10:32:13

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/apr/25/martin-rowson-pope-francis-funeral-cartoon

2025-04-26 10:32:13

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There is a cynical, ‘anti-space’ ideology emerging, especially on some parts of the left. But this is misguidedJohn F Kennedy once called space-faring “the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which Man has ever embarked”. We go to space because, he said – like George Mallory said of his reason to conquer Everest – “it is there.”While it is truer to say that the race for space between Washington and Moscow was driven as much by cold war competition as by humanity’s pioneering spirit and the imperatives of scientific exploration, billions of ordinary people around the world recognized as much at the time and still were able to marvel at our species’ accomplishments in the heavens regardless of the flag under which they were achieved, from Sputnik to the moon landing. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2025/apr/26/space-exploration-life-on-earth

2025-04-26 10:06:54

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Senior officials unsure who to believe after aides fired and chief of staff quits amid look into Panama canal media leakDefense secretary Pete Hegseth’s orbit has become consumed by a contentious leak investigation that those inside the Pentagon believe is behind the firing of three senior aides last week, according to five people involved in the situation.The secretary’s office has been marked for weeks by ugly internal politics between chief of staff Joe Kasper, who left the department on Thursday, and the three ousted aides, including senior adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief Darin Selnick and chief to the deputy defense secretary Colin Carroll. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/pete-hegseth-leak-investigation

2025-04-26 10:06:54

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Annual event likely to prove gloomy affair amid Trump attacks on press and rise of Maga media ecosystemIt is no laughing matter. The annual dinner for journalists who cover the White House is best known for American presidents trying to be funny and comedians trying to be political. But this year’s edition will feature neither.Instead the event in a downtown Washington hotel on Saturday night will, critics say, resemble something closer to a wake for legacy media still trying to find an effective response to Donald Trump’s divide-and-rule tactics and the rise of the Maga media ecosystem. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump

2025-04-25 17:47:36

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Harvard is leading the pushback because it can afford to fight. Others are realising that they can’t afford not toEnfeebling universities or seizing control is an early chapter in the authoritarian playbook, studied eagerly by the likes of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. “Would-be authoritarians and one-party states centrally target universities with the aim of restricting dissent,” Jason Stanley, a scholar of fascism at Yale, wrote in the Guardian in September. Last month, he announced that he was leaving the US for Canada because of the political climate and particularly the battle over higher education.It is not merely that universities are often bastions of liberal attitudes and hotbeds for protest. They also constitute one of the critical institutions of civil society; they are a bulwark of democracy. The Trump administration is taking on judges, lawyers, NGOs and the media: it would be astonishing if universities were not on the list. They embody the importance of knowledge, rationality and independent thought. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/25/the-guardian-view-on-trump-v-universities-essential-institutions-must-defend-themselves

2025-04-24 13:56:32

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Department cites Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration to expedite permissions from multiple years to 28 daysUS politics live – latest updatesThe US interior department has announced plans to radically fast track permitting for projects involving fossil fuels and mining citing Donald Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration that many experts say does not exist.The move would reduce to a maximum of 28 days permitting procedures that previously could take multiple years, the department said late Wednesday. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/interior-agency-fossil-fuel-mining-permits

2025-04-24 13:12:27

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The retail chain that filed for bankruptcy in 2017 believes a film starring mass produced kids’ merch will be a good way to refresh its brand relevance. Let’s all blame Barbie …Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ show The Studio has a compelling character at the centre; a studio executive who loves cinema but is forced to churn out endless soulless dreck based on increasingly miserable IP. In real life, however, it would be silly to assume that someone would be creatively barren enough to make a film based on Kool-Aid. And this is because in real life people are creatively barren enough to make a film about Toys R Us.Variety has reported that a live-action Toys R Us movie is in the works, made by Toys R Us Studios which is apparently a real thing that exists in the world. The movie is said to be a live-action film, along the lines of Night at the Museum and Big, which “aims to capture that childhood wonder in a modern, fast-paced adventure that taps into the Toys R Us brand’s relevance across its more than 70 years in the toy industry.” And quite frankly this couldn’t have come soon enough, because if my children have been crying out for anything, it’s a film about the brand relevance of a shop. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/24/toys-r-us-movie-barbie-retail

2025-04-19 13:19:23

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A Wall Street Journal article offered disturbing details about the billionaire’s behavior. Imagine the backlash if he were a womanI regret to inform you that, once again, we are all being forced to think about Elon Musk’s gonads. Musk, who has had at least 14 children with four women, hasn’t officially launched a new mini-Musk for a while, but the Wall Street Journal has just dropped some disturbing details about the billionaire’s well-publicized breeding fetish.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/19/musk-trump-palestine-katy-perry

2025-04-19 13:19:23

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Xavier Becerra, the state’s attorney general and a former US cabinet member, says he’s prepared to call Trump’s bluffXavier Becerra thinks California’s next governor should know how to call Donald Trump’s bluff.The former US health and human services secretary built his reputation in the state leading California’s legal battles against the first Trump administration. Now, as he joins a crowded field of Democrats vying to succeed the term-limited governor, Gavin Newsom, Becerra says he has the experience – and the poker face – to go toe-to-toe with the president again. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/xavier-becerra-california-governor-interview

2025-04-19 13:13:15

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Xavier Becerra, the state’s attorney general and a former US cabinet member, says he’s prepared to call Trump’s bluffXavier Becerra thinks California’s next governor should know how to call Donald Trump’s bluff.The former US health and human services secretary built his reputation in the state leading California’s legal battles against the first Trump administration. Now, as he joins a crowded field of Democrats vying to succeed the term-limited governor, Gavin Newsom, Becerra says he has the experience – and the poker face – to go toe-to-toe with the president again. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/19/xavier-becerra-california-governor-interview

2025-04-19 13:13:15

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A Wall Street Journal article offered disturbing details about the billionaire’s behavior. Imagine the backlash if he were a womanI regret to inform you that, once again, we are all being forced to think about Elon Musk’s gonads. Musk, who has had at least 14 children with four women, hasn’t officially launched a new mini-Musk for a while, but the Wall Street Journal has just dropped some disturbing details about the billionaire’s well-publicized breeding fetish.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/19/musk-trump-palestine-katy-perry

2025-04-17 16:33:31

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The president’s penchant for the gaudy has been mocked but the menace beneath was clear when he met El Salvador’s leaderThe Oval Office meeting of Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele on Monday was a grotesque spectacle. Both men, elected to lead nominally democratic countries, have described themselves as dictators, and they exuded that sense of smug impunity. While reporters sought answers on the fate of Kilmar Ábrego García, a 29-year-old father of three who was wrongly deported to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot mega-prison, Trump and Bukele disclaimed responsibility, joked about further deportations, and engaged in casual slander of Ábrego García, who is not, and has never been alleged to be, a terrorist.And then there was the gold. So much gold. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/17/trump-bukele-el-salvador-meeting

2025-04-16 10:12:14

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Cuts to disaster agency and deregulation of fossil fuels, plus rise of water-guzzling datacentres, highlighted in new reportThe Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal climate disaster agency – and the full-throttle deregulation of fossil fuels and water-guzzling datacentres – could prove catastrophic for America’s endangered rivers, threatening the food, water and livelihoods of millions of people, according to a new report.American Rivers’ annual most-endangered rivers list lays bare a myriad of human-made threats including floods, drought and other extreme weather events driven by the climate crisis, as well as industrial pollution and poor river management – all of which Trump’s regulatory rollbacks will almost inevitably make worse. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/most-endangered-rivers-list-trump

2025-04-09 23:51:33

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Rory McIlroy's four-year-old daughter Poppy has stolen the show at the Masters Par Three Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, sinking an incredible putt alongside her father. The remarkable shot sparked heartwarming celebrations from McIlroy and his family, as well as playing partner Shane Lowry. The traditional Masters curtain-raiser gives golfers the chance to play on the famous course with their families.McIlroy’s Augusta quest more about psychology as Scheffler lies in waitMcIlroy says accepting ‘heartbreak’ at Augusta can aid Masters pursuit Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2025/apr/10/rory-mcilroy-daughter-sinks-putt-augusta-masters-golf

2025-04-08 19:38:19

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Trump officials told migrants temporarily allowed in US through online scheduling app to leave ‘immediately’US politics live – latest updatesMigrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the United States after having entered the country via a Biden-era online appointment app have been told to leave “immediately”, officials said on Monday. It was unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected.Since January 2023, more than 900,000 people were allowed in the US after using the CBP One app to schedule appointments with immigration officials and apply for asylum. They were generally allowed to remain for two years with authorization to work under a presidential authority called parole while awaiting their cases to be heard. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/trump-immigration-cbp-one-biden

2025-04-08 19:38:19

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Probationary employees laid off in Trump administration’s purge lose reinstatement in 7-2 ruling over legal standingUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has handed Donald Trump a reprieve from a judge’s ruling that his administration must rehire 16,000 probationary workers fired in its purge of the federal bureaucracy.A day after ruling in the White House’s favor to allow the continued deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members, the court gave the White House a less clear-cut victory in halting the order by a California court that dismissed workers from six government agencies must be rehired. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/trump-supreme-court-ruling

2025-04-05 18:15:40

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Some resettled Ukrainians reportedly were told Homeland Security would terminate their legal protectionsUS protests live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s presidential administration has acknowledged and apologized after it says it accidentally informed some Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country’s invasion by Russia that they needed to leave the US because their legal status was being revoked.Some 240,000 Ukrainians have been settled in the US as part of the Uniting for Ukraine – or U4U – program launched during Joe Biden’s presidency. But according to CBS News, some resettled Ukrainians received emails this week telling them that the US Department of Homeland Security would be terminating their legal protections. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/trump-administration-apologizes-ukrainian-refugees

2025-03-26 17:09:33

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Heads of both NPR and PBS testify amid renewed Republican effort to defund US public mediaThe heads of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service testified in a heated congressional subcommittee hearing on Wednesday amid a renewed Republican effort to defund US public media.“NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical leftwing echo chambers,” said Georgia Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene during her opening remarks, accusing NPR of having a “communist agenda”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/npr-pbs-mtg-hearing-doge

2025-03-26 17:09:33

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Administration plans to end funding to Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide life-saving care for childrenThe Trump administration is planning to end funding for Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide vaccines and other life-saving care to developing countries.A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by the New York Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs, including financial cuts to the organization that buys vaccines for children, as well as scaling back on programs that combat malaria in developing countries. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/trump-vaccine-aid-funding

2025-03-06 20:17:53

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Groups sue National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) after president bars funds for promotion of ‘gender ideology’Several arts organizations are suing the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) over its new requirements following Donald Trump’s executive order barring the use of federal funds for the promotion of “gender ideology”.The groups, which are seeking funding for projects that support art about or are made by transgender and non-binary people, say they have in effect been unconstitutionally blocked from receiving grants from the agency that was built to promote artistic excellence, despite having received funds for similar projects in the past. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/nea-lawsuit-trump-lgbtq-art

2025-02-10 23:17:26

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Albanese said the relationship was off to a ‘tremendous start’ minutes before Trump signed an executive order to implement the tariffs on steel and aluminiumGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian prime minister says that an exemption for his country’s steel and aluminium to US trade tariffs is “under consideration” by Donald Trump, after a call between the two leaders on Tuesday morning.But minutes later, the White House announced the president was signing executive orders to place a 25% tariff on the imports, stepping up a long-promised trade war, without exemptions. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/11/australian-tariffs-exemption-under-consideration-after-positive-call-between-pm-and-trump

2025-02-05 19:31:37

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Judge rules Trump’s executive order discriminates against trans people and violates their constitutional rightsA US judge has temporarily blocked federal prisons from transferring transgender women to men’s facilities and barring their access to hormone therapy, halting one of Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to erode trans rights behind bars.A lawsuit filed last week by three incarcerated trans women challenged Trump’s anti-trans order, which directed the US bureau of prisons to make sure “males are not detained in women’s prisons or housed in women’s detention centers” and that no federal funds go to gender-affirming treatment or procedures for people in custody. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/incarcerated-trans-women

2025-02-02 07:23:19

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The Louvre’s proposed two-tier fees are a better way to fund museums than iffy corporate sponsorship dealsIntroducing, five years on, another Brexit bonus: the chance to support the renovation of the Louvre. President Emmanuel Macron has proposed paying for the “renaissance” of the Paris museum, in part, by increasing entrance fees for visitors from outside the EU.After some initial attempts to represent this as a direct insult – “Brits will be forced to pay more than EU residents” (the Mail) – even the rabidly pro-Brexit press appears to have accepted that the scheme applies globally, to all non-EU visitors: an exceptionally cunning way of Brit-targeting, even for the French. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/02/emmanuel-macrons-got-a-point-why-shouldnt-we-charge-tourists-to-see-our-treasures

2025-01-01 22:21:03

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One person died and seven more were injured on Wednesday when a Tesla truck caught fire and exploded outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, police said. Elon Musk, who owns Tesla, posted on X, saying that 'the whole Tesla senior team' was investigating what happened, adding: 'We’ve never seen anything like this'One dead after Tesla Cybertruck catches fire outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2025/jan/01/tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-trump-hotel-in-las-vegas-video

2025-01-01 21:05:20

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Bryce James, 17, will play college basketball at ArizonaSon of LeBron also had offers from Ohio State, DuquesneBryce James, the youngest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, has committed to the Arizona Wildcats’ 2025 class.The three-star prospect from Sierra Canyon (California) announced his commitment to play at Arizona via Instagram on Wednesday with the caption “100% committed”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/01/bryce-james-lebron-son-commits-arizona

2024-12-28 16:53:36

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Large language models have changed how big corporations function, and the arrival of AI ‘agents’ – essentially automated Moneypennys – could prove irresistibleIf 2024 was the year of large language models (LLMs), then 2025 looks like the year of AI “agents”. These are quasi-intelligent systems that harness LLMs to go beyond their usual tricks of generating plausible text or responding to prompts. The idea is that an agent can be given a high-level – possibly even vague – goal and break it down into a series of actionable steps. Once it “understands” the goal, it can devise a plan to achieve it, much as a human would.OpenAI’s chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, recently explained it thus to the Financial Times: “It could be a researcher, a helpful assistant for everyday people, working moms like me. In 2025, we will see the first very successful agents deployed that help people in their day to day.” Or it’s like having a digital assistant “that doesn’t just respond to your instructions but is able to learn, adapt, and perhaps most importantly, take meaningful actions to solve problems on your behalf”. In other words, Miss Moneypenny on steroids. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/28/llms-large-language-models-gen-ai-agents-spreadsheets-corporations-work

2024-11-20 15:38:53

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Quarterback twice defeated Patriots in title gameJared Allen and Antonio Gates also on shortlistTwo-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, prolific tight end Antonio Gates and dominant pass rusher Jared Allen are among the 25 modern-era candidates for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.The Hall announced the semi-finalists on Wednesday after the selection committee cut down a list of 50 nominees made by a newly created screening committee. The list includes six players in their first year of eligibility and 10 players who were finalists last year. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/20/two-time-super-bowl-mvp-eli-manning-among-semi-finalists-for-2025-hall-of-fame-class

2024-11-20 15:37:08

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Quarterback twice defeated Patriots in title gameJared Allen and Antonio Gates also on shortlistTwo-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, prolific tight end Antonio Gates and dominant pass rusher Jared Allen are among the 25 modern-era candidates for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.The Hall announced the semi-finalists on Wednesday after the selection committee cut down a list of 50 nominees made by a newly created screening committee. The list includes six players in their first year of eligibility and 10 players who were finalists last year. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/20/two-time-super-bowl-mvp-eli-manning-among-semi-finalists-for-2025-hall-of-fame-class

2024-11-18 16:33:35

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Dutch photographer Robin de Puy travelled across the US to find underrepresented voices during a turbulent time for a new project examining a country under strain. The portraits will be displayed in a series of billboards across Nevada’s Route 50, highlighting the path that was taken to find the Americans on show Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/nov/18/robin-de-puys-photography-american

2024-11-18 16:33:34

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Zelenskyy must now show that missiles will change this war, and his European allies must unify ahead of the Trump presidencyUS president Joe Biden’s last-gasp decision to permit Ukraine to fire western-made, long-range missiles at military targets deep inside Russian territory runs the risk of triggering a sharp increase in retaliatory sabotage, such as cyber and arson attacks on Britain and its European Nato partners.Vladimir Putin, who ordered the full-scale, illegal invasion of Ukraine 1,000 days ago tomorrow, has long warned that Kyiv’s expanded use of US-, British- and French-made missiles would be viewed by Moscow as an act of war by Nato, and could trigger catastrophic consequences. Now Putin’s bluff, if it is a bluff, is being called. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/18/joe-biden-missile-decision-ukraine-putin-zelenskyy

2024-11-17 02:59:38

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China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with US President Joe Biden but was already looking ahead at president-elect Donald Trump and his 'America first' policies, saying Beijing 'is ready to work with a new administration'. Without mentioning Trump by name, Xi appeared to signal his concern about the incoming president’s protectionist rhetoric, saying that a 'small yard, high fence’ approach was not what a major country should pursue. Biden and Xi agree humans, not AI, should decide on nuclear weapon use Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2024/nov/17/xi-and-biden-hold-final-meeting-before-trump-administration-takes-over-video

2024-11-17 02:27:58

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Karolyi trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and help turn the US into an international gymnastics powerBela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the US into an international power, has died. He was 82.USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/17/bela-karolyi-gymnastics-coach-who-mentored-nadia-comaneci-dies-aged-82

2024-11-16 18:29:28

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The president-elect’s cabinet nominations have raised fears of an extremist agenda• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/nov/16/chris-riddell-on-donald-trump-surrounding-himself-with-clowns-cartoon

2024-11-16 18:29:28

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The president-elect’s cabinet nominations have raised fears of an extremist agenda• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/nov/16/chris-riddell-on-donald-trump-surrounding-himself-with-clowns-cartoon

2024-11-15 13:12:22

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Facing threats to their rights and their safety, people rush to protect themselves amid discrimination and scapegoatingThis weekend, Atticus Sparks plans to attend a six-hour concealed weapons permit class. He’s not a gun person, but as an 18-year-old trans man, he’s concerned he might someday need to own one, “just in case”. Since Donald Trump’s election, Sparks has faced online threats of violence and sexual assault from the president-elect’s supporters.“Hopefully I won’t ever need a gun,” Sparks, who lives in South Carolina, said. “But everyone here is so pro-gun. I work across from a gun store, and I always see people carrying around loaded rifles.” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/nov/15/trans-rights-trump

2024-11-15 01:23:21

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Bynum says ‘we believed in a vision’ and victory is boost for party after longtime Democratic seat turned red in 2022Janelle Bynum will serve as Oregon’s first Black member of Congress after the Democrat flipped a US House seat from the Republicans.Bynum, a state representative who was backed and supported by national Democrats, ousted Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer. The win was a boost for Democrats who won back the seat after Republicans flipped it red for the first time in roughly 25 years during the 2022 midterms. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/janelle-bynum-wins-oregon-democrats

2024-11-15 01:10:18

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Four individuals in Los Angeles were arrested and charged with insurance fraud and conspiracy after claiming that a bear had damaged their cars, when the bear in question was actually just a person dressed in a bear costume. The California insurance department detectives said the insurance companies were defrauded of $141,839‘Bear attack’ on Rolls-Royce was scam using human in costume, California officials say Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2024/nov/14/bear-attack-rolls-royce-insurance-scam

2024-11-13 05:38:26

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Trump recruits pro-settler figure Mike Huckabee, and will also put Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in charge of a new department of government efficiency Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...
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2024-10-29 03:45:01

Harris says ‘I love your generation’ as she seeks to rally youth vote in Michigan
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Democratic presidential candidate campaigns in university city of Ann Arbor as polls show state on knife-edgeAppearing together in the home town of Michigan’s largest university, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz sought on Tuesday to burnish their credentials with young voters and soothe Democrats who had grown nervous as the apparent deadlock in the race to keep Donald Trump out of the White House has dragged on.Much of the rhetoric at the evening rally in Ann Arbor, a city synonymous with the University of Michigan and its nearly 53,000-strong student body, was aimed squarely at the first-time voters who have traditionally been a treasure trove of votes for Democrats. Speaking at a city park just south of the university campus, Harris offered comfort to a generation where many view their challenges as existential. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/29/us-election-kamala-harris-michigan-ann-arbor-rally-updates

2024-10-24 05:15:01

US presidential election briefing: Early voting records smashed as Trump urges Republicans to head to polls early
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With less than two weeks until polls open in the presidential election, Trump celebrated early voting in Georgia as Harris doubled down on fascist claimDon’t miss important US election updates. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/us-presidential-election-trump-harris-updates

2024-10-24 02:00:01

Trump escalates insults against Harris as he faces scrutiny over alleged praise of Hitler
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Ex-president makes characteristically rambling speech after report comes out of his alleged sexual misconductDonald Trump escalated his personal insults against Kamala Harris at a Wednesday evening rally in Georgia as he faces growing scrutiny over reports of his praise of Hitler and alleged sexual misconduct.“This woman is crazy,” the former president said at an event in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, hosted by Turning Point USA, a far-right youth group. He said voters should stand up to the vice-president and tell her: “You’re the worst ever. There’s never been anybody like you. You can’t put two sentences together. The world is laughing at us because of you.” He also said that in her recent interview with CBS, she “gave an answer that was from a loony bin”, later adding: “She’s not a smart person. She’s a low IQ individual.”Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/trump-harris-insults-georgia-rally

2024-10-23 20:10:01

Explained: why the UFC is set to pay $260m to fighters after a decade-long lawsuit
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A judge has granted preliminary approval for a settlement between the MMA promotion and fighters who claim they were underpaid. Here’s what happenedNearly a decade after filing a federal antitrust lawsuit against the Ultimate Fighting Championship, almost 2,000 former and current professional mixed martial artists should begin receiving payments from a pool of $260m starting next June.Federal judge Richard F Boulware granted preliminary approval of a negotiated settlement between the two parties on Tuesday. Once final, the $375m agreement would end the proceedings in Le, et al v Zuffa LLC, one of two classes Boulware certified last year that cover UFC fighters from the end of 2010 through the present day. The other, Johnson, et al v Zuffa LLC, represents the interests of fighters beginning in July 2017, and is ongoing. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/23/ufc-fighters-settlement-mma-dana-white

2024-10-23 19:40:01

Nick Cushing on Arsenal’s shortlist to succeed Jonas Eidevall as head coach
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Cushing won WSL title with Manchester City in 2016The 39-year-old is now New York City men’s coachThe former Manchester City women’s manager Nick Cushing is among the shortlisted candidates to be the next Arsenal women’s head coach. Cushing has been in charge of the New York City FC men’s team since 2022, having moved to the MLS side initially as assistant coach in 2020. The 39-year-old was quickly identified as a target by Arsenal to replace Jonas Eidevall, after the Swede’s resignation last week. Cushing led Manchester City to the Women’s Super League title in 2016 and is one of only three coaches to have managed a WSL title-winning side in the past decade, together with the former Chelsea manager Emma Hayes and the former Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro.Arsenal’s interest in Cushing, first reported by the Athletic on Wednesday, comes with New York City in playoff action in the climax of the MLS season. They face Cincinnati on 28 October and will hope to still be in the playoffs in early December. Cushing is understood to be under contract with New York City for a further 12 months, until the end of the 2025 MLS campaign. However, Cushing is not the only coach Arsenal have identified as a strong candidate to replace Eidevall. The club are understood to be in no rush to make an appointment, with senior staff believing that they are in safe hands with the interim head coach, Renée Slegers. The Dutchwoman has overseen two wins from two games in caretaker charge so far. The Arsenal sporting director, Edu, and director of women’s football, Clare Wheatley, are leading the search for their next head coach and are believed to have already had a clear idea of the profile of coach they would want to recruit, before Eidevall’s resignation. Asked if she would be applying for the permanent job herself, when speaking at a press conference last week, the former Arsenal youth player Slegers said: “That is not on my mind.” She later added: “I just know I am appointed as interim coach and that is where my focus is now. The future, I have no idea.” Arsenal are next in WSL action on 3 November, when they are away to Manchester United. As well as the 2016 WSL title, when Manchester City completed an unbeaten, “invincible” campaign, Cushing also won the Women’s FA Cup with the club in 2017, plus two League Cups, in 2014 and 2016. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/23/nick-cushing-arsenal-women-shortlist-head-coach-jonas-eidevall

2024-10-23 17:15:02

Colorado girl fights back against would-be kidnapper in clown mask, police say
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Thomas Gallegos, 56, arrested for allegedly breaking into 8-year-old’s home and attempting to abduct her from bedA 56-year-old man in Colorado has been charged with attempting to kidnap an 8-year-old girl from her bedroom while wearing a clown mask, according to authorities.Police in Sterling, Colorado, announced in a recent press release that they have charged Thomas Gallegos with first degree burglary, second degree assault, second degree attempted kidnapping, third degree assault and child abuse after he allegedly broke into the girl’s home and tried to abduct her. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/colorado-girl-kidnapping-man-arrested

2024-10-23 17:15:01

Bill Gates says privately he donated $50m to Kamala Harris campaign – report
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Gates, who has not publicly endorsed Harris, reportedly expressed concern about a second Trump presidencyUS politics live – latest updatesBill Gates has reportedly said privately that he recently donated $50m to a nonprofit organization supporting Kamala Harris’ US presidential run, remarking that “this election is different”.Three people briefed on the matter told the New York Times that “the donation was meant to stay under wraps’’. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/bill-gates-donates-millions-kamala-harris-campaign-election

2024-10-23 14:45:01

Keeping up with the Jameses: sporting family ties and face-offs – in pictures
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As LeBron and Bronny James become the first father and son duo to play together in the NBA, more families with overlapping sporting careers Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2024/oct/23/sporting-family-ties-lebron-james-bronny-nba-in-pictures

2024-10-23 14:45:01

Fernando Valenzuela, hero for Dodgers and Mexican baseball fans, dies at 63
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Pitcher won Cy Young and Rookie of Year in 1981Valenzuela became broadcaster after retirementFernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born star for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, has died. He was 63.The team said he died on Tuesday night at a Los Angeles hospital, but did not provide the cause or other details. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/23/fernando-valenzuela-hero-for-dodgers-and-mexican-baseball-fans-dies-at-63

2024-10-23 12:20:02

A new political force: San Francisco’s mayoral election is a litmus test for tech elite’s influence
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In recent years, money has poured into local politics as wealthy financiers try to remake the landscape of the cityAs San Franciscans gear up to decide whether their embattled mayor London Breed deserves another term, political observers are watching whether this fall’s election – projected to be the most expensive municipal contest in history – will bring definitive proof of the growing political power of the city’s tech elites.Wealthy financiers, including members of the city’s traditional financial elite and the region’s upstart tech oligarchs, have in recent years spent millions in an effort to reshape the political landscape of the city, pushing moderate candidates and policies over their more progressive rivals. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/san-francisco-mayor-elections-tech-elite-money-influence

2024-10-23 11:40:01

NFL trend watch: Baker Mayfield swashbuckles as Mayo’s Pats stumble
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The Tampa Bay quarterback has shown the Browns what they are missing, while New England’s rookie head coach failed to protect his team in public Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/23/nfl-trend-watch-baker-mayfield-swashbuckles-as-mayos-pats-stumble

2024-10-23 08:55:01

'Love me some Eminem': Obama raps on stage at Harris campaign rally – video
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The former US president Barack Obama took to the stage in Detroit, Michigan, at a campaign rally for Kamala Harris after being introduced by Eminem. The rap artist told the crowd how much he loved his home city of Detroit and expressed his support for the Harris-Walz campaign before the presidential election in November. Obama went on to rap Eminem's signature track, Lose Yourself Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2024/oct/23/obama-raps-eminem-harris-campaign-rally-detroit-video

2024-10-23 08:15:02

New Starbucks boss to shake up ‘overly complex’ menu to win back customers
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Brian Niccol aims to turn around coffee chain, which has reported falling sales, revenue and profitsThe new boss of Starbucks has pledged to shake up its “overly complex menu” in an effort to turn around the struggling coffee chain.Brian Niccol, who joined the company as chief executive in September, said Starbucks needed to “fundamentally change” its strategy in order to win back customers. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/23/starbucks-brian-niccol-menu-coffee

2024-10-23 06:15:01

In Moldova, we held our EU referendum in Russia’s shadow. The result was too close for comfort | Paula Erizanu
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Like Brexit, our vote on Europe teetered on a knife-edge. While the pro-EU side scraped a win, Russia is waiting to undermine itI have now gone through two EU referendums in my life – Brexit and Moldova’s 20 October vote on whether to include EU integration in its constitution. As an EU national in the UK, I was not able to cast my ballot in 2016. I remember the expectation most people had that Brexit would not win. I received the news while travelling in Spain and staying with a British national settled there, who could not vote in the referendum either. Some London-born friends told me they felt as though they could no longer recognise their country, which had been split in two. With that British experience on my mind, I had a sense of deja vu as I watched the results unfold in my native Moldova on Sunday night.As opinion polls before the vote, which excluded Moldova’s large, pro-European diaspora, suggested, there was between 54% and 65% support for the EU. The only fear for pro-European Moldovans was that the turnout would be too small to have the referendum validated. When it became clear that 51% of voters had showed up – more than in other recent elections – everyone in my bubble felt optimistic, posting pictures of their “I voted” blue stickers given out at polling stations. I was in an echo-chamber.Paula Erizanu is a Moldovan journalist and writer based in Chișinău Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/23/moldova-eu-referendum-russia-brexit-europe

2024-10-22 15:55:01

Hundreds more babies in US died than expected in months after Roe was overturned
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Study shows roughly 247 more infant deaths per month than expected in 18 months after supreme court’s decisionIn the 18 months after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, leading more than a dozen states to implement near-total abortion bans, hundreds more babies died than expected, new research has found.The research, which was conducted by researchers from the Ohio State University and published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, compared data on infant mortality from the months before Roe’s downfall to data from afterward. Overall infant mortality, the researchers found, rose by 7%. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/baby-deaths-roe-wade-abortion-bans

2024-10-22 13:10:01

While the IMF is upbeat about global growth it knows where dangers lurk
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Optimistic forecasts could be upset by high borrowing costs, war in the Middle East – or a Trump election winIMF forecasts faster growth for UK economyAll things considered, the International Monetary Fund should be feeling relatively upbeat as it hosts its annual meeting in Washington DC this week.To be sure, its flagship World Economic Outlook (WEO) report shows the global economy stuck in a relatively low-growth pattern. But given how things stood two years ago, when inflation was at its highest for four decades and Russian troops had just invaded Ukraine, it could have been a lot worse. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/22/imf-upbeat-global-growth-dangers-lurk

2024-10-22 10:10:01

Celebrities aren’t gods; they’re humans. After Liam Payne’s tragic death, can we accept them as flesh and blood? | Mark Borkowski
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As a showbiz publicist, I know about the Faustian pact between stars and the public. The benefits are clear, but the costs are truly steepAs the worldwide tributes continue, the tragic death of Liam Payne at the cruel age of just 31 has shaken the foundations of how we perceive celebrity and fame. As a publicist and strategist who has worked with many famous people, I know something about this. They are just like us – but they are different.Fame is as seductive as it is destructive. It offers an irresistible promise: transcendence from the mundane, and the opportunity to be more than just another face in the crowd. But it also demands a sacrifice: once your head is above the parapet of anonymity, it’s very rare to be able to submerge back into the crowd on your own terms. And most insiders know this, or at least they think they do.Mark Borkowski is a crisis PR consultant and author Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/22/liam-payne-death-celebrity-fame

2024-10-22 10:10:01

To win, Harris should talk more about working-class needs and less about Trump | Dustin Guastella
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Our polling shows that the best way to defeat Trump is offer a compelling economic platform that puts working families firstThe 2024 campaign has entered the final stretch and, as polls tighten, it seems Kamala Harris plans to lean into attacking Donald Trump as a threat to democracy.Over the past week the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, the Washington Post, the New York Times and even the conservative National Review have all reported or commented on the messaging pivot. In a newly unveiled official campaign ad, a disembodied voice warns gravely that a second Trump term “would be worse. There would be no one to stop his worst instincts. No guard rails.” At a recent rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Harris reminded her supporters of Project 2025, the “detailed and dangerous plan” that she believes an “increasingly unstable and unhinged” Trump will follow to cement “unchecked power”. She sounded the alarm about the dire threat Trump poses to “your fundamental freedoms” and how in his second term he would be “essentially immune” from oversight. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/22/harris-working-class-voters-poll-election

2024-10-22 09:03:22

Kamala Harris needs to win non-college educated white voters fast. Here's how | Joan C Williams
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Democrats’ fate depends on winning enough non-college-educated voters in swing states. They aren’t trying hard enoughKamala Harris is doing a lot of things right that recent Democratic campaigns got wrong. She took a chance on Tim Waltz – coach, solider, snow-shoveling-helper – because she hoped to build bridges to the non-college grads who have abandoned Democrats in large numbers.Nearly 60% of Bill Clinton’s supporters were white people without degrees; only 27% of Joe Biden’s were. Non-college white people are the largest voting bloc in the country, so if Democrats lose them overwhelmingly, they need the immense support and turnout among people of color to win. Instead, Democrats have lost ground among non-white voters. Their advantage among Latinos has fallen from 39 points in 2016 to 19 points today; that same New York Times/Siena poll found the vice-president down 12 points among African Americans compared with Biden in 2020.Joan C Williams is Sullivan Professor and the current director of the Equality Action Center at UC Law San Francisco and the author of the 2017 book White Working Class. Her next book, OUTCLASSED: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back, will be released in May 2025 Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/22/kamala-harris-voters-non-college-educated-white

2024-10-22 09:03:19

NBA 2024-25 predictions: Luka for MVP? And will the Knicks win it all?
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Our writers give their verdicts on the new season, which tips off Tuesday night. Can New York or Oklahoma City thwart a Boston repeat? And will Bronny James make it to the show?I can’t wait to see what Anthony Edwards looks like after his first taste of playoff success and a summer to soak up inspiration from playing alongside his heroes. As the lone No 1 overall pick remaining on the Wolves with the departure of Karl-Anthony Towns, the keys to the franchise are now his. He’s primed for a true breakout season. CDL Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/22/nba-season-predictions-preview-picks-standings

2024-10-22 09:03:15

Lamar Jackson inspires Ravens as NFL winning streak continues in Tampa
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Baltimore claim fifth win in a row, 41-31 over BuccaneersChad Ryland field goal gives Cardinals win over ChargersLamar Jackson threw for 281 yards with five touchdowns and the Baltimore Ravens extended their winning streak to five games with a 41-31 victory over the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.The Baltimore wide receiver Rashod Bateman made four catches for a career-high 121 yards and a score. Jackson connected on 17 of 22 passes. After a slow start, the Ravens running back Derrick Henry had an 81-yard run late in the third quarter to set up the Ravens’ fourth touchdown. Henry finished with 169 yards on 15 carries, and he made his second touchdown reception of the season. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/22/lamar-jackson-inspires-baltimore-ravens-as-nfl-winning-streak-continues-tampa-bay-buccaneers

2024-10-22 09:03:04

Europe’s far right will look at Austria and say: this is how we do it | Cas Mudde and Gabriela Greilinger
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The success of Herbert Kickl’s FPÖ is no surprise – it had been normalised by the centre right for years. Let that be a warningWhile Europe may be “sleepwalking into a far-right trap”, Austria is consciously walking straight into it. After all, polls had predicted the most recent electoral success of the Austrian Freedom party (FPÖ) for almost two years. While the far-right party’s leader, Herbert Kickl, heralded its victory as the beginning of “a new era”, it is better understood as a seemingly unavoidable progression. If anything, the country’s recent election results confirmed a broader pattern of far-right normalisation in Europe in general and in Austria in particular.Although 29% was indeed its best result ever in a nationwide election, the FPÖ has consistently achieved results in the double digits since 1990, has been included in the national government multiple times, and currently governs in several states with the conservative Austrian People’s party (ÖVP). After the most recent state election in Vorarlberg, the ÖVP is about to form its fourth regional coalition with the FPÖ there. As such, Austria is a perfect example of the dangerous shortsightedness of normalising far-right parties – a process led in the 21st century by, above all, conservative parties.Cas Mudde is the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF professor of international affairs at the University of Georgia, and author of The Far Right Today. Gabriela Greilinger is a PhD student at the University of Georgia Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/22/europe-far-right-austria-herbert-kickl-fpo-centre-right

2024-10-22 09:02:34

Battered but bizarrely upbeat: why even utter defeat hasn’t shaken the Tory party’s confidence | Andy Beckett
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The Conservatives believe that they uniquely represent British values – so what need is there to admit the UK is changing? Why exactly are the Conservatives so upbeat, barely three months after their worst-ever election defeat? At their party conference, in their leadership contest and in the Tory press, the mood has been unexpectedly positive, even unrepentant, with relatively few recriminations and little deep reflection. During the conference, I lost count of how often people told me the party would be back in power within a few years.There are some straightforward explanations: Labour’s troubles trying to run the country; Tory relief that they have been given a break from that difficult task; the displacement activity of the leadership contest; and the fact that the grind of opposition has not properly begun yet – all these are making being out of office easier than many Tories feared during the long run-up to the election. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/22/tories-defeat-conservatives-british-values

2024-10-22 09:02:18

US presidential election briefing: Harris courts Republicans with Liz Cheney as Trump says he was ‘saved’ by God
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Kamala Harris toured swing-states with the Republican, while Donald Trump appeared with faith leaders with 15 days to go until the presidential electionDon’t miss important US election news. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/us-presidential-election-trump-harris-updates

2024-10-22 09:01:50

Trump courts Christian vote and says ‘God saved me for a purpose’
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Republican nominee reflects on assassination attempt and says ‘my faith took on new meaning on July 13’Donald Trump urged Christian voters on Monday to participate in the 2024 election, claiming that a Kamala Harris administration would restrict religious freedoms and casting himself as a protector of Christians.During an event in North Carolina billed as an “11th-Hour Faith Leaders Meeting”, a series of conservative pastors warmed up for Trump, including Guillermo Maldonado, an “apostle” and longtime Trump ally who cast the election in perilous terms. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/21/trump-christians-vote-us-election

2024-10-21 15:35:01

Harris edges out Trump on key economic questions, new poll shows
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Poll shows more voters support the US vice-president’s tax and housing policies compared to the Republican nomineeDonald Trump has lost his advantage over Kamala Harris on who is best qualified to manage the economy, new polls suggest.With millions of voters already casting early ballots for the presidency ahead of election day on 5 November, a fresh Associated Press/NORC poll says Harris, the Democratic nominee, has taken a slight lead when it comes to some key economic questions that concern middle-class voters. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/21/harris-trump-economy-poll-election

2024-10-21 12:05:02

Covid pandemic disproportionately affected younger Americans of color, says study
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Older Americans had highest number of deaths, but younger Americans of color had highest disease ratesAlthough older Americans had the highest number of deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic, younger Americans had the highest rates compared with the overall population – especially among people of color, according to a new study.And in two groups – Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander and Native American or Alaska Native – working-age people (ages 25 to 64) had the greatest increase in mortality of any age group. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/21/covid-younger-americans-of-color

2024-10-21 12:05:01

Life-threatening crises, frantic calls: Idaho offers glimpse of what abortion could look like under Trump
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Women and doctors describe heart-wrenching decisions under what may be the US’s strictest abortion ban in Idaho. ‘Everything that’s happening is a playbook for the rest of the country’When Jennifer Adkins and her husband were considering having a second child in Idaho, they vaguely thought how the state’s near-total abortion ban could affect them. But Adkins’ first pregnancy had gone so smoothly, she didn’t even use an epidural when she gave birth. Her next pregnancy, she expected, would be similar.But in April 2023, 12 weeks into her second pregnancy, an ultrasound scan shattered that hope. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/oct/21/idaho-abortion-trump

2024-10-21 10:15:01

Trump allies spending millions to dissuade voters in key states from polls
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In critical battlegrounds, Maga allies mounting lawsuits to ‘lay the groundwork’ to challenge election if he losesKey rightwing legal groups with ties to Donald Trump and his allies have banked millions of dollars from conservative foundations and filed multiple lawsuits challenging voting rules in swing states that are already sowing distrust of election processes and pushing dangerous conspiracy theories, election watchdogs warn.They also warn that the groups appear to be laying the groundwork for a concerted challenge to the result of November’s presidential election if Trump is defeated by Kamala Harris. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/21/trump-maga-swing-states-voters

2024-10-21 10:15:01

‘He’s lying’: Ohio Senate candidate blames staffers and family for errors
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Republican Bernie Moreno is trying to shrug off responsibility for mistruths, tax bills and a casual sex profileBernie Moreno, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Ohio, came to the US from Colombia at the age of four. He has said he learned English through Ronald Reagan’s speeches. That claim has been questioned, but if Moreno did learn the language that way, it seems one famous speech may not have fully sunk in.At the Republican convention in 1968, Reagan said: “It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/21/bernie-moreno-ohio-senate-candidate

2024-10-20 15:00:01

Harris kicks off birthday at Georgia church as Trump heads to McDonald’s in Pennsylvania – live
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Candidates focus on rallying support from battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Georgia and MichiganGood morning, and welcome to our continuing coverage of the run-up to the US election. We’re nearly two weeks away from election day.Today, Vice-President Kamala Harris will kick off her 60th birthday with two church visits in Georgia. The Democratic presidential nominee is slated to to rally early voters in the state a day after a star-studded campaign Saturday in Detroit with rapper Lizzo and in Atlanta with pop icon Usher.Elon Musk promised to award $1m every day to voters as he steps up campaigning for Trump. The commitment, which started on Saturday as Musk handed a lottery-style check to the first winner of his contest at a town hall event, could mean Musk is on the hook for $17m if he remains the sole donor to his own Pac.A Pennsylvania town is thriving with Haitian immigrants – and is the latest target of Republican hate. Despite a revitalization, Donald Trump wrongfully claimed Charleroi is “virtually bankrupt” with “massive crime.”Incarcerated Californians can’t vote. A prison held an election anyway. Voters in a mock election at San Quentin revealed strong feelings about prison labor, wages and the presidential race. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/oct/20/harris-trump-election-latest-news

2024-10-20 07:15:02

The assisted dying debate is about so much more than kindness v conservatism | Sonia Sodha
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George Carey is wrong to reduce the bill to a simple question of right or wrongThere is perhaps nothing more 2020s than taking a sensitive, morally fraught issue loaded with complexity and nuance, and casting it as progress and kindness versus indifference and obdurate conservatism. When even senior members of the clergy fall into this trap, it is a sign of just how much social media has collapsed public discourse into a simple question of right or wrong.The debate about assisted dying has become depressingly reductionist, but I was still taken aback when the former archbishop of Canterbury George Carey last week chose to mirror its flaws rather than adopt a more careful tone. He urged bishops in the House of Lords to back Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s private member’s bill to legalise assisted dying because it is “necessary, compassionate and principled”, saying: “The sad history of scientific exploration… is that church leaders have often shamefully resisted change. Let’s not follow that trend.” He implied that bishops had a duty to reflect the “vast majority” of Anglicans who support legalisation. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/20/the-assisted-dying-debate-is-about-so-much-more-than-kindness-v-conservatism

2024-10-20 05:45:01

MLS Decision Day: LAFC snatch top seed from LA Galaxy as playoffs fixed
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Galaxy cede top seed to LAFC in agonizing fashionMontreal and Atlanta vie for right to face MiamiAfter clinching MLS playoff berths with regular-season-ending wins on Saturday, CF Montreal and Atlanta United will square off in the Eastern Conference’s wild-card match on Tuesday.The winner of the contest in Montreal draws a tough assignment in East’s quarter-finals: a best-of-three series against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, who set the league’s single-season point record. A hat-trick from Messi lifted Miami past the New England Revolution on Saturday, giving Miami a 22-4-8 mark, good for 74 points. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/20/mls-decision-day-results-lafc-la-galaxy

2024-10-19 17:30:01

Three people killed in Mississippi in shooting after high school football game
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Shooting, preceded by a fight among some of the men, near Lexington early Saturday also left eight people wounded Three people were killed and eight others were wounded in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people fired guns at a group of several hundred people who were celebrating a high school football team’s homecoming win at an outdoor trail several hours after the game had ended, authorities said.The mass shooting near the community of Lexington was preceded by a fight among some of the men at the celebration, but deputies had not yet learned what sparked the fight, said Holmes county sheriff Willie March. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/three-people-killed-mississippi-mass-shooting

2024-10-19 15:15:01

Insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield agrees to $2.8bn antitrust settlement
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Hospitals, doctors and other health providers claimed the insurer underpaid them and increased cost of insurance nationwideUS insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $2.8bn to resolve antitrust class action claims by hospital systems, physicians and other health providers alleging they were underpaid for reimbursements, the plaintiffs said in an Alabama federal court filing recently.The settlement is the largest ever for a healthcare antitrust case, they added. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/insurer-blue-cross-blue-shield-agrees-to-28bn-antitrust-settlement

2024-10-19 15:05:01

From Fox News to Call Her Daddy: how Kamala Harris turned up election heat in pivot to media blitz
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Once interview-shy VP plunged into podcast populism and interview with shock-jock Howard Stern after polls showed her slipping against TrumpFirst came “joy”, with some cosy but unmemorable TV sit-downs with sympathetic hosts, a Vogue cover, and a billion dollars to spend on TV ads. Then reality hit: Kamala Harris’ strategy to win over a mysterious sliver of undecided US voters was not working and she was slipping back in the polls.So the vice president went on Fox News, part of a pitch to white working-class women, who voted for Trump more strongly in 2020 than 2016. It was a win for Fox’s news division – 7.8m viewers, or four times host Bret Baier’s nightly average – but was it a win for the Harris campaign? Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/kamala-harris-trump-voters-media-blitz-call-her-daddy-fox-news

2024-10-19 03:50:01

US presidential election updates: Trump and Harris spar over stamina in Michigan
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Donald Trump endured a broken microphone in Detroit, while Kamala Harris courted Arab-American voters with weeks to go before the 2024 electionDon’t miss important US election news. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/19/us-presidential-election-trump-harris-updates

2024-10-19 01:15:00

Mets save season with rout of Dodgers to send NLCS back to LA for Game 6
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Mets beat Dodgers 12-6 to trim NCLS deficit to 3-2Game 6 will take place on Sunday in Los AngelesPete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer and the New York Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the National League Championship Series with a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 on Friday.Starling Marte had three doubles, four hits and three RBIs for New York. Francisco Alvarez broke out of a slump with three hits – including an RBI single in a five-run third inning. Francisco Lindor and Jesse Winker each laced an RBI triple. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/18/dodgers-mets-nlcs-game-game-5-report

2024-10-18 17:45:01

Boeing faces new scrutiny as US aviation agency opens safety review
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Three-month audit by FAA was not triggered by a specific event but is part of its oversight of safety cultureThe Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it will open a three-month review of Boeing’s compliance with safety regulations, continuing the agency’s closer oversight of the company since a panel blew off a jetliner during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.The FAA said its review will examine key areas of safety processes at Boeing to make sure that they “result in timely, accurate safety-related information for FAA use”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/18/new-boeing-faa-safety-review

2024-10-18 13:00:01

North Carolina residents defy hurricane aftermath on first day of early voting
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Turnout strong in battleground state still recovering from devastation of Hurricane Helene three weeks agoTurnout for early in-person voting has started strongly in the presidential battleground of North Carolina, including in mountainous areas where deadly Hurricane Helene destroyed property and upended lives but apparently did not dampen a fierce desire to participate in elections.More than 400 early voting sites opened as scheduled on Thursday for the 17-day period, including all but four of the 80 sites previously anticipated for the 25 western counties hardest hit by the storm, said the state board of elections executive director, Karen Brinson Bell. She credited election workers – including volunteers affected by the severe weather – emergency management officials and utility crews. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/18/election-north-carolina-early-voting

2024-10-18 02:25:01

Harris says killing of Hamas leader is 'an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza' – video
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US vice president Kamala Harris says 'justice has been served' with the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, adding that the US, Israel and the entire world were 'better off as a result'. Her comments came after Israel said it had killed Sinwar in Gaza. Harris also pressed for an end to the year-long war, saying 'it is time for the day after to begin, without Hamas in power'Yahya Sinwar: ruthless operator who plotted Hamas 7 October attackDozens killed in Israeli airstrike on school used as shelter in Gaza City Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2024/oct/18/harris-says-killing-of-hamas-leader-is-an-opportunity-to-finally-end-the-war-in-gaza-video

2024-10-17 18:00:02

The Guardian view on Yahya Sinwar’s death and Gaza’s future: an opportunity that must not be ignored | Editorial
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With the reported killing of the Hamas leader, Israel’s partners should renew the push for a ceasefire and hostage dealThe Israeli military’s announcement that it has killed the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar should be an opportunity to end the devastating war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian men, women and children. The death of the man who masterminded the 7 October massacres in southern Israel that killed more than 1,200 people would mark a key moment in the conflict. It could renew momentum for a ceasefire deal and hostage release – as families of those held have demanded. With the group’s two other key figures already dead, Benjamin Netanyahu could declare victory.There is no sign that he is prepared to do so without intense and sustained pressure on him – the sort of pressure that the US has repeatedly been unwilling to exert. Mr Netanyahu knows that protracting conflict extends his political life. It seems more likely that he will vow that it’s time to finish the job. The Israeli prime minister said last month’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, had “settled the score”, and his approval ratings rose. Then Israel launched its ground offensive in Lebanon. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/17/the-guardian-view-on-yahya-sinwars-death-and-gazas-future-an-opportunity-that-must-not-be-ignored

2024-10-17 16:20:01

Fresh names abound on Emma Hayes’ first USWNT squad since Olympics
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Hayes names six players who could make USA debutRodman to miss upcoming friendlies with back injuryTrinity Rodman will miss a trio of upcoming matches for the US women’s national soccer team as she continues to recover from a back injury.Coach Emma Hayes named her roster Thursday for games against Iceland on 24 October in Austin, Texas, and 27 October in Nashville. The Americans then host Argentina on 30 October in Louisville, Kentucky. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/17/uswnt-squad-post-olympics-friendlies-emma-hayes

2024-10-17 14:45:01

Harris maintains lead over Trump among Black swing state voters – poll
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Howard University poll shows 84% of likely Black voters in seven swing states say they plan to vote for HarrisUS politics live – latest updatesA new poll has revealed that the vice-president, Kamala Harris, continues to lead the former president Donald Trump among likely Black voters in battleground states.The poll, conducted by Howard University’s Initiative on Public Opinion from 2 October to 8 October, surveyed 981 likely Black voters in the states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/17/harris-trump-black-swing-state-voters

2024-10-17 13:30:01

Guns & lies - a Guardian series
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Independent reporting on the gun violenceThis series focuses on America’s gun violence crisis which is driven not by high-profile mass shootings but by everyday gun deaths in Black and brown communities and the programs in California that have successfully contributed to preventing violence and the people who work to address the trauma that comes with shootings. It is supported, in part, through philanthropic funding to theguardian.org, a US-based foundation that partners with the Guardian on independent editorial projects. Support for this project comes from California Wellness Foundation.All of the journalism is editorially independent, commissioned and produced by our Guardian journalists. You can read more about content funding on the Guardian here. A full list of philanthropically supported editorial projects can be found here. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/17/guns-lies-a-guardian-series

2024-10-17 03:20:01

Key takeaways from Trump’s Miami town hall: former president defends mass deportations
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In an appearance on Univision, America’s largest Spanish-language network, the former president repeated his baseless claims about immigrants eating pets in Springfield, OhioTrump used a town hall event on America’s largest Spanish-language network, Univision, to address Latino voters in Miami on Wednesday, with pointed questions about abortion rights, the 6 January US Capitol attack and immigration all featuring.Trump once again defended mass deportations and his baseless claims about immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. Here’s what else we learned: Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/17/donald-trump-town-hall-miami-doral-immigration-border

2024-10-17 00:20:01

Key takeaways from Fox News interview: Harris grilled on immigration, the Middle East and Biden’s record
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The Democratic candidate’s first appearance on the conservative network formed part of a direct appeal to right-leaning votersFull report: Kamala Harris pledges break from Biden presidency in testy Fox News interviewKamala Harris faced a grilling on Fox News, with host Brett Baier pressing the vice-president on immigration, the economy and the Biden administration in a 30-minute interview on Wednesday night.The Democratic candidate’s first appearance on the conservative network formed part of a direct appeal to right-leaning voters, after she was joined by more than 100 Republicans at a campaign event in Pennsylvania earlier in the day. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/17/kamala-harris-fox-news-interview-key-takeaways

2024-10-17 00:05:01

Kamala Harris pledges break from Biden presidency in testy Fox News interview
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Nominee says presidency will ‘not be a continuation’ of Joe Biden’s and condemns Trump for ‘enemy within’ commentsKamala Harris said her presidency “would not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency” in a testy interview with the rightwing Fox News channel on Wednesday night as she criticized Donald Trump over his continuing threats against “the enemy within”.The 25-minute interview, conducted after Harris held a rally with more than 100 Republican officials in Pennsylvania, was the first time Harris had sat for a conversation with Fox News, which has been a consistent supporter of Trump. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/16/kamala-harris-fox-news-interview

2024-10-16 20:20:02

NWSL expansion team BOS Nation FC sorry for ‘transphobic’ rollout campaign
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BOS Nation FC apologizes for ‘Too Many Balls’ adClub will compete in NWSL starting with 2026 seasonThe National Women’s Soccer League expansion team in Boston apologized on Wednesday for a ‘Too Many Balls’ marketing campaign that drew a harsh reaction from the transgender community and others.A day after unveiling the slogan as part of the rollout of the team name BOS Nation FC, the organization posted on X that “we missed the mark” with an attempt to “create a bold and buzzworthy brand launch campaign”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/16/bos-nation-fc-too-many-balls-transphobic-campaign

2024-10-16 20:20:01

‘Malicious’ texts sent to Wisconsin youths to discourage them from voting
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Justice department urged to investigate messages amid Republican attempt to clamp down on student votingThe League of Women Voters of Wisconsin has called on the Department of Justice to investigate text messages they say targeted and threatened to discourage young people from voting in the November election.The League of Women Voters says it initially learned of the alleged text campaign on 10 October, when the group received numerous complaints from voters who had received the text. Two people in their 20s who work with the League of Women Voters also received the message, which reads: “WARNING: Violating WI Statutes 12.13 & 6.18 may result in fines up to $10,000 or 3.5 years in prison. Don’t vote in a state where you’re not eligible.” The rules governing voter eligibility for college students are no different than for any other Wisconsin residents, who are required to have lived at their current address for at least 28 days before the election to vote there.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/16/election-wisconsin-voter-texts

2024-10-16 19:00:01

Skeleton crew: California driver nabbed for using plastic bag of bones as HOV lane passenger
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CHP says carpool lanes should incentivize ridesharing for living humans, not replicas of the body’s support systemDrivers looking to beat California’s endless traffic can use designated carpool lanes, provided they’ve got others in their car. But there’s one pesky requirement: those other people have to be alive.That was not the case for a driver stopped this weekend near San Jose for using a fake companion, police say. Riding in the passenger seat was a plastic skeleton. In an apparent effort to add to the illusion, the skeleton was wearing a mask with a giant mouth, reminiscent of the Scream films. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/16/california-plastic-skeleton-carpool-lane