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World Cup 2026 draw: worst-case scenarios for England, Scotland, USA and Australia
Before Friday's event we also examine a possible overall group of death and where geopolitics could meet footballCroatia are the highest-ranked potential Pot 2 opponents (10th) and reached the final and the semi-finalis at the past two World Cups respectively but, with a maximum of two European teams in each group, drawing them would eliminate for England the possibility of facing Erling Haaland's Norway, who are in Pot 3, or Italy, who are in Pot 4, if the four-time champions get through the playoffs in March. Continue reading...
Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America | Francine Prose
In a more reasonable, more compassionate country, we would thank Ali Faqirzada for how much he has done on behalf of his people and our ownOn 14 October, Ali Faqirzada - an Afghan refugee, a resident of New Paltz, New York, and a computer science student at Bard College - arrived for an interview at a federal immigration office on Long Island. He was applying for political asylum, a designation for which he was - and remains - a perfect candidate.In his native country, Faqirzada had assisted the American government and Nato with projects designed to improve the lives of Afghan women and help them get an education. But after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the ministry where he, his mother and sister had worked was bombed by the Taliban, and one of its employees was murdered.Francine Prose is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Continue reading...
Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’
Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisisWith a president who has called climate change a hoax", refused to send a delegation to international climate talks, and packed the federal government with former fossil fuel industry employees, this can feel like a dark moment for climate action in the US. But shifting one's focus to local and state law makes for a very different outlook.Analysts have estimated that 75% of the commitments that the US made at the Paris climate agreement - which Donald Trump pulled the nation out of as soon as he took office - can be reached entirely without federal support. Continue reading...
New York Times sues Pentagon over Trump team’s limits on press reporting
The paper says new rules limiting questions, movement and sourcing violate press freedoms and chill independent reporting
US schools face big price swings for basics under Amazon’s ‘dynamic pricing’, report claims
Amazon calls the report flawed and misleading' and says it offers lower prices than competitorsSchool districts and local governments across the country appear to be overpaying for basic supplies because of Amazon contracts that bind them to dynamic pricing, according to a new report based on government data and public records analyzed by the non-profit Institute for Local Self-Reliance.A school district in Denver, Colorado, would have saved about $1m in 2023 had it been able to negotiate for and lock in the lowest of the platform's continuously changing prices, according to one estimate cited in the report. Denver public schools, which spent $5.7m with Amazon that year, could have saved 17 percent" had it consistently received Amazon's lowest prices", the report said. Continue reading...
Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise tripAny Lucia Lopez Belloza had not seen her parents and two little sisters since starting her first semester at Babson College, near Boston in August. A family friend gave her plane tickets so she could fly home to Austin and surprise them for Thanksgiving.The 19-year-old business student was already at the boarding gate at Boston airport when she was told there was an error" with her boarding pass; when she reached customer service, she was handcuffed and arrested by what she believed were two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Continue reading...
‘It’s absolute anarchy’: Oxygen therapy chambers have led to horrific deaths. Why are Maha elite raving about them?
Touted as a cure for everything from wrinkles to autism, the treatment has been hyped by Robert F Kennedy Jr and various celebrities. Experts say it needs to be regulated
Trump’s sweeping changes to US immigration policy – here’s what to know
President orders pause on asylum claims and extra scrutiny of migrants from 19 countries after Washington shootingDonald Trump is seizing on the shooting of two national guard members, allegedly by an Afghan man, to press his immigration crackdown still farther. In the aftermath of the attack, which left guard member Sarah Beckstrom dead and colleague Andrew Wolfe in critical condition, Trump directed US Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause all pending asylum applications.USCIS followed up that announcement with more seismic shifts to immigration policy. This is how the White House is reshaping the process for requesting asylum, green cards and citizenship. Continue reading...
Trump has granted clemency to more than 1,800 people – and some have been arrested again
President did not follow the usual review process, experts say, making it more likely they would commit other crimesAmong the beneficiaries of Donald Trump's pardons and commutations, there is a group that legal experts and political scientists see as some of the clearest evidence of how such actions undermine the rule of law: those who were released from prison and again arrested for different alleged crimes.During his first term, Trump issued 237 acts of clemency - including to someone who was a predatory lender and drug smuggler and to another who ran a Ponzi scheme. Since taking office again, Trump has issued more than 1,600, most for people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. Continue reading...
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees face human rights violations, report alleges | First Thing
Amnesty finds detainees at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage. Plus, how the dollar-store industry overcharges consumersGood morning.Detainees at the notorious Florida immigration jail known as Alligator Alcatraz" were shackled inside a 2ft-high metal cage and left outside without water for up to a day at a time, a shocking report published on Thursday by Amnesty International alleges.Didn't a judge order the facility to shut down? A federal judge in August ordered it to close after a wave of criticism and a lawsuit by environmental groups. However, by October, the facility was operating again with hundreds of detainees after two Trump-appointed appellate court judges - one whose husband has close ties to the Republican governor Ron DeSantis - blocked the closure ruling.Has the state of Florida responded to the allegations? The press secretary to DeSantis told the Guardian the allegations were fabrications" and part of a politically motivated attack".Why have they released these photos now? It's unclear. Even though the images do not reveal anything new, they keep the pressure on the Trump administration ahead of a 19 December deadline for the justice department to release files, as per the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed 19 November. Continue reading...
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
Co-founders' acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoingTwo fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued a key regulatory permit that helped expand the company's fortunes in Europe.Robert Pender, an energy lawyer, and Michael Sabel, a former investment banker, are the founders and co-chairs of Venture Global, a Virginia-based company that develops and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals. Continue reading...
Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shaky
Pentagon's Law of War manual clearly prohibits attack, but justification for whole campaign also faces tough questionsGraphic depictions of two survivors being killed by a second US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug ferrying boat have provoked outrage where previously there was none - or at least relatively little.A firestorm of controversy has greeted a recent Washington Post report which suggested that a deadly attack on a vessel carrying 11 people in the Caribbean was followed with a second assault after the initial strike failed to kill everybody onboard. Continue reading...
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women's citizenship is partial and conditionalSexism can be very modern and tech savvy. Misogyny is an ever-evolving idiom, and men and women alike have found particularly of-the-moment ways to operate within the genre. Think of the apps that take images of women and remove their clothes, or the AI bots that men and boys can use to generate pornography or depictions of graphic violence against women and girls for the crime of going to the same school as they do or running for office. Think of the influencers of the so-called womanosphere" who tell their female audiences that women who seek out friendship or equality with men are morons or cows, all through the gleam of a TikTok filter. Sexism may be the world's oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy.But some of the forms of misogyny that have been bubbling up in American political discourse lately can seem a bit retro. I don't just mean the tradwives, who dress alternately like June Cleaver or like Ma Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie - evoking bygone eras, or at least the ways those eras are depicted on television. And I don't just mean the pro-natalists, either, who don weird bonnets and propose national breeding medals for prolific mothers. Since last month's massive election victories for Democrats, some on the right have looked to revive a form of sexism that has been out of fashion for more than one hundred years: the idea that women should not have a right to vote.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
Wilfried Nancy’s move to Celtic means as much for MLS as it does for him
New Celtic manager may not be a big name but he won over the US league with leadership style and attractive footballOther managers won more in Major League Soccer than Wilfried Nancy. Bruce Arena, say, certainly has a fuller trophy cabinet. Nancy, however, lifted more than just trophies. He lifted standards. At Columbus Crew, he set a benchmark for the rest, showing what was possible even with limited resources. Columbus didn't have Lionel Messi or Son Heung-min, but they had Nancy as head coach, and that was often enough.For the past three seasons, the Crew have been the most dynamic, boundary-pushing team in MLS. Nancy's CF Montreal team weren't bad either, establishing the style of play that would come to be known as Nancyball. He changed MLS's managerial landscape for ever. It was only a matter of time until a call came from Europe. Continue reading...
Jaxson Dart says the NFL ‘isn’t soccer’. The Giants need him to start acting like a quarterback
The rookie plays like a linebacker at quarterback. His reckless style is costing his teammates and coaches as well as himselfJaxson Dart wants you to know something: this is real football. It's not soccer or flag. It's tackle football, the kind where quarterbacks go airborne. After taking the latest in a growing compilation of bone-crushing hits, Dart brushed himself off and delivered a post-game sermon on toughness. We're not playing soccer," he said. You're going to get hit. Things happen."Yet these things" continue to happen to Dart at an alarming rate. In his eight NFL starts, he has absorbed as many unnecessary hits as any rookie quarterback in recent memory. On Monday night, Dart took another heavy hit near the sideline in the first quarter of the Giants' 33-15 loss to the Patriots. Dart scrambled out of the pocket on second-and-13 and ran for a first down. As he approached the sideline, Dart could have stepped out and gained fewer yards while still moving the chains. Instead, he braced, lowered his shoulder and was sent soaring through the air by Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss. Continue reading...
Europe is holding the line against Trump’s and Putin’s plans for Ukraine. But it won’t be able to for ever | Martin Kettle
In the 21st-century imbalance of power, Europe and Nato have neither the arms nor the wealth to impel Russia or the US to take its peace settlement seriouslyThe failure of this week's peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff fits into a now well-established pattern of standoffs on Ukraine during Trump's second term. But the dynamic that produced these talks may be becoming more entrenched. The US and Russian interests driving the process have not changed, while the conflict on the ground is intensifying. The lack of progress this week means there will be another attempt to end the war soon, and perhaps another after that, until, one day, there is some kind of US-backed deal to halt the conflict on terms broadly favouring Russia.The geopolitical algorithm driving this effort is too consistent to ignore. It has been repeated ever since Trump re-entered the White House in January. On the campaign trail, Trump had claimed he could stop the war in a day. That was never going to happen. But from 12 February onwards, when Trump first talked directly to Putin about Ukraine, the intention and approach have not altered. There is no reason to suppose they will do so now. Indeed, Tuesday's impasse may spur them on again.Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a dayDetainees at the notorious Florida immigration jail known as Alligator Alcatraz" were shackled inside a 2ft high metal cage and left outside without water for up to a day at a time, a shocking report published Thursday by Amnesty International alleges.The human rights group said migrants held at the state-run Everglades facility, and at Miami's Krome immigration processing center operated by a private company on behalf of the Trump administration, continue to be exposed to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" rising in some cases to torture. Continue reading...
Siena men’s lacrosse coach Liam Gleason dies aged 41 after fall at home
Pentagon reportedly knew strike on alleged drug boat left survivors - as it happened
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Trump pardons entertainment exec indicted by his own justice department
Tim Leiweke was accused of orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university'Donald Trump quietly pardoned on Tuesday a sports and entertainment executive, Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president's own justice department this year.Leiweke, who co-founded Oak View Group, was indicted in July for what federal prosecutors alleged was his role in orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university in Austin, Texas". Continue reading...
Safety volunteer charged in fatal shooting of ‘No Kings’ protester in Utah
Protest guard fired at armed man he mistakenly believed to be threat to protesters but accidentally killed a bystanderA safety volunteer accused of fatally shooting a man taking part in a June No Kings protest in Salt Lake City, while firing at another armed man he believed to be a threat, was charged with manslaughter on Wednesday.Matthew Scott Alder, 43, was charged with one count of manslaughter. Alder opened fire during the protest on 14 June after seeing another man, Arturo Gamboa, carrying a rifle. Alder told investigators that he believed Gamboa, 24, was about to commit a mass shooting, so he fired three shots, wounding Gamboa but killing a bystander, Arthur Afa" Ah Loo. Ah Loo was recording video of protesters in the street when he was fatally shot. Continue reading...
Trump news at a glance: Hegseth remains in hot seat over Signal chat leak, boat strikes
Pentagon report concludes defense secretary endangered troops as some Republican lawmakers scrutinize Caribbean operations - key US politics stories from 3 December 2025A long-awaited Department of Defense report found that US defense secretary Pete Hegseth violated departmental policies and put troops in danger when he shared secret information in a Signal messaging chat, a source familiar with the report said.The report centers on Hegseth's conduct before and during a planned airstrike in Yemen against Houthi fighters back in March. The Signal chat was disclosed after a reporter for the Atlantic was accidentally added as a member. The group also included JD Vance; the CIA director, John Ratcliffe; and the then-national security adviser, Mike Waltz. The report did not examine the conduct of those officials, since they do not work at the department of defense. Continue reading...
Trump officials say second strike aimed to destroy suspected drug boat instead of crew
Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on boardTrump administration officials have defended carrying out a follow-up strike on a drug boat that killed survivors on 2 September by arguing that its objective was to ensure the complete destruction of the boat, an action the Pentagon had internal legal approval to conduct.The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said in a briefing on Monday that Adm Frank Bradley, who oversaw the operation and gave the order for the second strike, directed it to sink the boat. Continue reading...
Federal agents launch immigration crackdown in New Orleans
Gregory Bovino, border patrol chief and face of Trump's mass deportation efforts, seen patrolling French QuarterFederal agents descended on New Orleans on Wednesday, making Louisiana's most populous city the latest front in the Trump administration's sweeping crackdown on immigrant communities.Masked agents patrolled a heavily Latino suburb in marked and unmarked vehicles, and a resident told the Associated Press he watched agents arresting men outside a home improvement store in New Orleans - a familiar scene that has played out in several major cities in recent months. Continue reading...
Pentagon report concludes Hegseth put troops in danger with Signal chat
Report says defense secretary violated policies in sharing secret information in March on planned airstrike in YemenA widely awaited Department of Defense report concluded that the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, violated departmental policies when he shared secret information in a Signal messaging chat in March that included details of a planned airstrike in Yemen against Houthi fighters, said a source familiar with the report.The Signal chat was disclosed after a reporter for the Atlantic was added as a member. It also included JD Vance, the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, and the then-national security adviser, Mike Waltz. The report did not examine the conduct of those officials, since they do not work at the Department of Defense. Continue reading...
$700 for a bed? San Francisco startup plots ‘sleeping pod’ expansion
Brownstone firm buys building with plan for 400 pods in city where median apartment rent tops $3,000 a monthCan't afford to rent an apartment in San Francisco? No problem. Now you can rent a bed.Brownstone Shared Housing, a Bay-Area based sleeping pod" startup, recently bought a six-level building in downtown San Francisco with the intention of housing up to 400 pods. The deal, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, represents a huge expansion for the company, which is currently operating about two dozen sleeping pods at a much smaller location in the city. Continue reading...
Bari Weiss to moderate CBS News town hall with Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika Kirk
Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on grief, faith, politics, and more', according to internal filesBari Weiss, the editor-in-chief of CBS News, is scheduled to moderate a network town hall event with Erika Kirk, the widow of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Guardian has learned.The event will air on 13 December at 8pm and will focus on grief, faith, politics, and more", according to internal marketing materials. Continue reading...
The Clippers’ chaotic unravelling leaves Chris Paul as its most painful casualty
Los Angeles have turned a feelgood reunion into a late-career humiliation for one of their greatest players - and exposed a franchise stumbling into a darker new eraPull out your Los Angeles Clippers bingo cards. Anyone have the square marked owner and star player accused of skirting the salary cap through improper means"? Go ahead and stamp that one. How about losing 14 of 16 after a hopeful 3-2 start"? Mark it. And yes, you can fill in other star averaging nearly 27 a night at age 36 - including a 50-piece against the Detroit Pistons, one of the league's best teams". The box reading Clippers fans tearing out their hair at alarming rates and contemplating shameful, fairweather defections" is probably safe to cross off, pending review. And after the wee-hours media cycle on Wednesday morning, everyone gets to tick the most dispiriting square of all: beloved, decorated veteran unceremoniously kicked to the curb in his final season".The Clippers had posted a winning record every year since 2010-11, building a reputation as one of the NBA's most reliable playoff fixtures. Twenty-one games into this young season, that identity has dissolved into something hazy around the edges - and unmistakably sinister. Continue reading...
Lawmakers decry Trump’s immigration halt for 19 countries: ‘scapegoating entire nationalities’
Crackdown on applications from countries also under travel restrictions comes after shooting of two national guardsImmigration groups and lawmakers are sharply criticizing Donald Trump's latest move to halt immigration applications from 19 countries already under US travel restrictions, a decision that comes amid reports that naturalization ceremonies for people on the travel ban list are also being canceled.On Tuesday US Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a policy memo that announced an immediate adjudicative hold" on all asylum applications regardless of the alien's country of nationality", as well as a review of individuals from high-risk countries" who entered the US following Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021. Continue reading...
Celtic confirm Wilfried Nancy’s arrival as Martin O’Neill signs off with victory
Judge blocks widespread immigration arrests in DC made without warrants or probable cause
Injunction was sought by civil liberties groups in lawsuit against Department of Homeland SecurityA federal judge late on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation's capital without warrants or probable cause that the person would be an imminent flight risk.The US district judge Beryl Howell in Washington granted a preliminary injunction sought by civil liberties and immigrants' rights groups in a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security. Continue reading...
The Guardian view on US-Russia talks on Ukraine: a warning to Europe to move faster on security cooperation | Editorial
Washington's betrayal of its allies has been averted for now, but preparations must be made for a world where its support cannot be relied onDonald Trump's desire to end the war in Ukraine might be sincere, but his motives are selfish. He wants the glory of having brokered a deal and does not care whether it is fair or not. As for Vladimir Putin, he only wants peace on terms that achieve things which the Russian army has failed to manage with force. The Kremlin demands territory not yet won on the battlefield and limitations to Ukraine's capacity to act as a fully sovereign state.Mr Trump has never shown much natural aversion to giving Mr Putin what he wants. He has not applied serious pressure on the Kremlin to end its aggression, nor rebuked the Russian president for starting the war. He sees nothing wrong with a process that discusses the fate of a country, including de facto partition of its territory, without representatives of that country at the table.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
House Democrats release new images of Epstein’s private Caribbean island
Images and videos taken in 2020, a year after he died in jail, show the late sex offender's home
Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries
Pause, including Afghanistan and Somalia, indicates plan to tie US security to increased focus on legal immigrationImmigration applications from 19 countries subjected to a travel ban by the Trump administration earlier this year have been paused indefinitely because of national security concerns, the US government agency that processes visas and green cards has said.A policy memo posted on Tuesday to the website of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), part of the homeland security department, also places an immediate adjudicative hold" on all asylum applications regardless of a person's nationality, and directs a review of aliens from high risk countries of concern" admitted to the US after 20 January 2021, the first day of the Biden administration. Continue reading...
Trump pardons Democratic representative charged with bribery and conspiracy
President claims Henry Cuellar was targeted by Joe Biden for being critical of his immigration policiesDonald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic representative Henry Cuellar and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case on Wednesday, citing what he called a weaponized" justice system.Trump, who has argued that his own legal troubles were a partisan witch-hunt, said on social media that the congressman and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, were prosecuted because the representative had been critical of Joe Biden's immigration policies. Continue reading...
Terence Crawford dethroned over $300k fee, handing Britain’s Sheeraz title shot
‘I’ve held this in my whole life’: ex-Big Brother contestant testifies about childhood sexual abuse by New Orleans priest
Renny Martyn revealed in archdiocese bankruptcy proceedings that priest abused her at school when she was six years oldA woman who Big Brother fans might recognize as a contestant on an earlier season of the unscripted television competition has spoken out as a victim of New Orleans' decades-old Catholic clergy abuse scandal.Renny Martyn, 71, told her story toward the end of a Tuesday hearing in the federal courthouse where the Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans has been in bankruptcy protection proceedings since 2020 amid the financial fallout of the scandal. Continue reading...
Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store
Store employee found masked bandit sleeping off a bender after invading booze store and tippling a tad too muchA liquor store employee in Virginia was startled on Saturday to discover smashed whisky bottles on the floor of the shop and, upon entering the bathroom, an apparently drunk, sleeping and spread-eagled raccoon.He fell through one of the ceiling tiles and went on a full-blown rampage, drinking everything," Samantha Martin, a local animal control officer, told the Daily Mail. Continue reading...
Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition | Moira Donegan
The Republican party is far from moving beyond Trump - but signals of his waning influence are everywhereThe sharks can smell blood in the water. After a decade in eerie command of the Republican party, with primary voters in his cult-like thrall and down-ballot elected officials feeling they have no choice - and often no inclination - to diverge from him, Donald Trump suddenly seems not quite in control of his own political machine.Fractures have emerged in the Maga coalition; Trump's approval is sinking; the Democrats, long anemic and risk-averse in the opposition, showed signs of life in elections last month; and the cumulative effect of a series of long-running scandals, most particularly the Epstein affair, seem to have alienated core components of the Trump faithful. Trump has faced some rebukes from a once largely compliant federal judiciary: his personal attorney, Alina Habba, was recently declared ineligible to serve in the US attorney role Trump had appointed her to, and his signature tariffs seem likely to be struck down by a conservative supreme court majority.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
Family of victim of Trump boat airstrikes files complaint against ‘extrajudicial killing’ | First Thing
Alejandro Carranza Medina's relatives say he was a fisher, not a drug trafficker. Plus, Putin says Russia ready' for war with Europe as Ukraine talks stall
‘The Mamdani effect’: wealthy New Yorkers show renewed interest in Miami’s Billionaire’s Beach
Sales spike at the Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons and Cipriani as luxury buyers weigh moves from ManhattanThere is a short stretch of prime waterfront real estate in Miami that has come to be known as Billionaire's Beach. It contains a mix of famous old art deco hotels such as the Delano and Raleigh, both undergoing extensive upmarket refurbishments, and the construction of exclusive new residential tower blocks with high-end apartments running into the tens of millions.It is here on the sun-filled shores of South Beach, more than a thousand miles from the chills of a Manhattan winter, where realtors and developers are beginning to see the first shoots of what they call the Mamdani effect": the predicted exodus of wealthy New Yorkers in the wake of socialist democrat Zohran Mamdani's election as mayor. Continue reading...
Trump is using a tragic shooting to demonize millions | Mohamad Bazzi
The administration is heightening its anti-immigrant crackdown - and punishing people from a country the US helped destroyAfter two national guard members were ambushed in Washington DC last week, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, Donald Trump went on a hate-filled social media rant and vowed to permanently pause migration from all Third World countries."Trump's late night Thanksgiving posts devolved into a fury, evidently because the suspected gunman is an Afghan national. He had worked with the US government, including the CIA, and was evacuated to the US in 2021 after the American military withdrew from Afghanistan.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New York University Continue reading...
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices - charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted FlakesOn a cloudy winter day, a state government inspector named Ryan Coffield walked into a Family Dollar store in Windsor, North Carolina, carrying a scanner gun and a laptop.Inside the store, which sits along a three-lane road in a county of peanut growers and poultry workers, Coffield scanned 300 items and recorded their shelf prices. He carried the scanned bar codes to the cashier and watched as item after item rang up at a higher price. Continue reading...
Chris Paul ‘sent home’ by reeling LA Clippers in stunning late-night move
Leaked memo reveals US veterans affairs officials vetting non-citizen workers
Exclusive: Compilation of data to be shared with appropriate agencies' prompts fears of immigration crackdownThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is in the process of creating an urgent and massive new internal database of non-US citizens who are employed or affiliated" with the government department, a sensitive memo leaked to the Guardian has revealed - prompting alarm within the sprawling agency over a potential immigration crackdown.A VA spokesperson confirmed to the Guardian that the department would share some of the data it is now gathering with other federal agencies, including for immigration enforcement purposes. Continue reading...
Pete Hegseth says he ‘didn’t stick around’ to watch second strike on alleged drug boat as Democrats slam administration over attacks – as it happened
Defense secretary says he moved on to my next meeting' as sensitive military operation was under way; top Democrat calls Hegseth spineless' and a national embarrassment'. This blog is now closed.
Republican Matt Van Epps wins US House special election in Tennessee
Van Epps defeats Aftyn Behn in congressional election closely watched for signs of Republican weaknessRepublican Matt Van Epps defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in a congressional special election in the western Nashville suburbs, which was being closely watched for signs of Republican weakness going into congressional midterms next year.The Associated Press called the race at 9.47 EST with Van Epps holding a 52% to 46% lead. Continue reading...
Trump claims to void all documents signed by Biden, citing autopen use
Presidents of both major parties have used the device and experts called into question legality of Trump's moveDonald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden signed using an autopen - an unprecedented attempt to rollback a previous president's actions using what legal thinkers view as a flimsy pretext.The autopen is a device used to replicate a person's signature with precision, typically for high-volume or ceremonial documents. It has been employed by presidents of both major parties to sign letters and proclamations. Continue reading...
‘Iconic swamp king’: San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator dies aged 30
Claude, the de facto mascot for a local museum, was the subject of a children's book and regularly received fan mailClaude, the beloved albino alligator who called the California Academy of Sciences home for the better part of two decades, has died at age 30.The San Francisco museum announced his death on Tuesday and said that the reptile had in recent weeks received treatment for a suspected infection". Claude, with his unusual white scales, had become a sort of mascot for the academy and the city. He was the subject of a children's book and regularly received fan mail and gifts from around the world, the museum said. Continue reading...
San Francisco sues food giants over ultra-processed products
City argues corporations profit while communities bear the cost of diseases linked to ultra-processed foodsSan Francisco filed the nation's first government lawsuit against food manufacturers over ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on Tuesday, arguing that local governments have been shouldering the costs of treating diseases that stem from public consumption of the companies' products.The city's attorney, David Chiu, sued 10 corporations that create some of the country's most popular food and drinks, from chicken nuggets and frozen pizzas to potato chips and sugary breakfast cereals - but also foods like breads and granola bars that are marketed as healthy". Continue reading...
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