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Colorado governor likely to grant clemency to election denier Tina Peters, lawyer says
Lawyer for Peters says he expects Jared Polis to commute nine-year sentence over voting breach in 2020 electionA lawyer representing Tina Peters said he expects the Democratic Colorado governor Jared Polis to commute her nine-year prison sentence, a move that could release the only person serving a sentence related to trying to overturn the 2020 election from prison.Peters was the county clerk in western Colorado's Mesa county in 2020 and allowed an unauthorized person to use a security badge and access her county's voting equipment. Passwords and other sensitive information related to the county's election equipment later became public and was used by election deniers to try and question the 2020 election results. Continue reading...
‘It’s a generous deal’: McIlroy’s surprise at Rahm not accepting DP World Tour offer
Senate votes down resolution to prevent Trump from continuing war with Iran
War powers vote broke along party lines with almost all Democrats in support and most Republicans opposed
Pam Bondi subpoenaed by US House in Jeffrey Epstein investigation
Republicans join Democrats to vote 24-19 to approve motion to compel US attorney general to testify
Lou Holtz, legendary college football coach and broadcaster, dies at age of 89
Tech firm fined $1.1m by California for selling high-school students’ data
GoFan penalized for breaching privacy laws after students used service to sign up for football games and school promThe California Privacy Protection Agency has fined tech company GoFan $1.1m for swiping and selling data from high school students across the state who used the service to sign up for events including football games, school plays and senior prom.Before signing up for school events, software by GoFan - a ticketing business owned by PlayOn, a media company that streams high school sports games - prompted users to accept conditions, including allowing the company to collect users' personal information and sell it to advertisers. Users could only proceed to buy their tickets if they hit a white agree" button. They did not have the option to opt out. Continue reading...
Bard faculty call for ‘transition’ plan for college president linked to Epstein
Faculty members stop short of calling for Leon Botstein to resign in wake of revelations about ties with sex offenderMembers of Bard College's faculty have called on the group's board of trustees to develop a transition in leadership" plan for Leon Botstein but stopped short of calling for the college president to resign in the wake of revelations about his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The board of trustees announced on 19 February that it had retained the outside lawfirm of WilmerHale to conduct an independent review" into communications between Epstein and Botstein, who has served as the college's president for 50 years.Do you have a tip on this story?
US submarine sinks Iranian warship as conflict spreads beyond Middle East
Frigate goes down off Sri Lanka as Washington and Israel step up their offensive and promise to hit deeper' targets in Iran
Blackout in Cuba leaves millions without power amid US oil chokehold
Latest outage darkens island facing dwindling oil reserves and increasing pressure from WashingtonA blackout hit the western half of Cuba on Wednesday, leaving millions of people in Havana and beyond without power in the latest outage to affect an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electricity grid.The government's Electric Union confirmed the outage on social platform X, saying it affected people from the eastern town of Pinar del Rio to the central town of Camaguey. Continue reading...
Gavin Newsom likens Israel to ‘an apartheid state’ and decries war on Iran
California governor, promoting his memoir in LA, was asked if US should rethink military partnership with Israel
Texas primaries: will pragmatism finally deliver Democrats a seat in the red state?
Democratic voters in Texas displayed a survival instinct in picking James Talarico as their US Senate candidate
California Democrats defy call from party to abandon crowded race: ‘Voters choose the next governor’
State party chair had urged candidates with no viable path' to victory to drop out to ensure Democratic win in November
Trump’s ‘quasi-dove’ era is over. Iran strikes expose his hawkish turn
Deploying the world's most powerful military seems to exert an almost erotic fascination for Donald Trump
The Guardian view on the US-UK relationship: Trump is pushing Britain closer to Europe | Editorial
An unreliable and volatile American president makes a compelling case for closer security and defence cooperation with continental alliesThere is truth to Donald Trump's declaration earlier this week that the UK-US relationship is not what it was", although there is no indication that he understands the reasons for the change.The US president is very disappointed" that Sir Keir Starmer has been uncooperative" in the war against Iran, offering only limited logistical support to American forces. The prime minister's concession that RAF resources can be involved in defensive operations does not compensate for the prior refusal to put Britain's military assets at American disposal. It came too late for Mr Trump, whose irritation turned to culture-war jibes about windmills" ruining British landscapes and a false claim about the prevalence of sharia courts.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...
Chiefs reportedly trade All-Pro corner Trent McDuffie to Rams for first-round pick
In these troubled times, who isn’t loving the nostalgia of the Kennedys and Love Story’s 90s New York? | Emma Brockes
It's monstrously presumptuous? Unforgivably glib? Perhaps. But this stylised drama is the show we all need right nowIf you are looking for a break in the clouds from this terrible news cycle, can I direct you towards Love Story, the nine-part series executive-produced - but crucially, not written! - by Ryan Murphy, which documents the love and untimely deaths of John F Kennedy Jr and his wife, Carolyn Bessette. You might think this isn't for you, that it'll be too tabloidy or that you're not interested in JFK Jr. But while Love Story, which takes us back to a very particular version of early-1990s New York, might not seem like the show we want right now, it is exactly the show that we need.This probably sounds like a heartless summary of a true story that ends in the terrible deaths of two young people (in 1999, while flying his wife and her sister from New Jersey to Martha's Vineyard, Kennedy crashed his light aircraft, killing everyone on board). But that tragic end only suffuses the preceding nine hours of storytelling with a kind of pearly, nostalgic light, just the thing to see off the iron-grey wash of today's reality. The New York of Love Story isn't the city's current iteration, with its impossible rents and charmless finance bros ruining downtown. Nor is it the 1990s New York of, say, Home Alone 2, in which Donald Trump strides through the Plaza Hotel and Central Park is a crime-ridden disaster.Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnistDo 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 opens inquiry into Texas lawmaker over alleged affair with aide
Tony Gonzales allegedly had affair with Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, who later died after setting herself on fire
Pete Hegseth says Iranian regime is ‘toast’ as US expands military offensive
The Pentagon chief claims Tehran cannot outlast' US as strikes intensify and civilian toll climbsThe US will have complete, uncontested control of Iranian airspace within days, the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, declared Wednesday, saying Iran cannot outlast" American military power and that its capabilities were evaporating by the hour".The joint US-Israeli operation to attack Iran, which began on Saturday, had already delivered twice the air power of shock and awe of Iraq in 2003" and seven times the intensity of Israel's previous operations against Iran during the 12-day war", Hegseth claimed at a press conference alongside Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Continue reading...
Pete Hegseth says US is ‘investigating’ deadly strike on girls’ school in Iran
US defense secretary was evasive when asked about the airstrike that Iranian officials say killed at least 165 students
European stock markets rally after report of ‘secret outreach’ by Iran to try to end war
UK's FTSE 100 up by more than 50 points, while pan-European Stoxx 600 share index rises 1.2%
Half of Americans back abolishing ICE amid Trump crackdown, poll finds
YouGov poll shows 50% support as Kristi Noem defends terrorist' claim and shutdown drags onHalf of Americans support the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, a new poll has found, as opposition to Donald Trump's aggressive federal immigration crackdown continues to grow.The analysis by YouGov revealed that exactly 50% of respondents strongly or somewhat" want to see the agency dismantled, a 5% rise from a January poll taken between the deaths in Minnesota of US citizen protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti by immigration officers. Continue reading...
Trump administration’s bid to halt New York City congestion toll blocked in court
Judge notes New York legislature passed $9 fee and it was signed into law by governor before federal approvals
Small business owners: tell us how Trump’s tariff war has affected you
Trump's sweeping tariffs have left many businesses facing higher costs and uncertainty. We want to hear how smaller companies are navigating the falloutSmall businesses across the US are reportedly struggling to navigate the fallout from Donald Trump's global tariff wars and the legal battles surrounding them.Last month, the US supreme court struck down the president's so-called liberation day" tariffs, potentially opening the door to as much as $175bn in refunds for businesses that paid the import taxes but the process for claiming that money is complex and uncertain. Continue reading...
Indian Wells Open: Russians delayed after Middle East crisis travel disruptions
Donald Trump ‘really does not care’ if Iran play at World Cup 2026
Burner account or not, Kevin Durant is bitter, petty and entirely relatable
The future Hall of Famer's behavior over the years has been rash and erratic. But it's understandable given the scrutiny he finds himself underThey're calling the posts the KD Files". There's no definitive proof that Kevin Durant is the man behind the X account @gethigher77 (display name: getoffmydickerson), but if he isn't, somebody has done a phenomenal impersonation. In various screenshots splashed across the internet, getoffmydickerson took shots at Durant's teammates, as the player himself has done before. There was also creative and amusing trash talk, something Durant has shown a talent for. Some of it crossed the line: the account made a reprehensible joke about supplying drones (Durant invests in the company Skydio, which has provided the Israel Defense Forces with weapons) and called Durant's teammate Jabari Smith Jr retarded". When asked about @gethigher77, Durant said, I'm not here to get into Twitter nonsense" - far from a denial that he was behind it, and in the eyes of many, confirmation that he was. We've got people writing in-depth proofs that the account is real.Not that getoffmydickerson is Durant's only problem. Shortly after the tweets blew up, Boardroom, which defines itself as a sports, media, and entertainment brand" co-founded by Durant and his agent Rich Kleiman, laid off three of its staff writers, rationalizing the move as part of a pivot to video. (An aside: what's the point of having career earnings of half a billion dollars if you're not willing to invest some of it to protect your media company from financial headwinds?) Continue reading...
With or without Lionel Messi, Inter Miami’s Trump visit means something | Leander Schaerlaeckens
The MLS champions face a familiar conundrum: lend credence to a warmongering administration, or sit out and draw heatDonald Trump was not at the White House when the military he commands began bombing Iran over the weekend. He was at Mar-a-Lago, his estate in Florida, following the action from a makeshift situation room apparently built from those curtains that you can wheel away. That's also where he was when American forces kidnapped Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife a few weeks earlier.On Thursday, however, Trump will be at the White House for the really important business - namely, receiving Inter Miami as winners of the 2025 MLS Cup. Continue reading...
‘It’s not acceptable’: Foxborough board and World Cup officials spar over funding gap
At a meeting of the board that governs the Boston's World Cup stadium, promises were made if not acceptedTuesday evening's meeting of the Foxborough, Massachusetts, Select Board is still minutes from starting, but a local resident can't keep himself from approaching the bench. He has an urgent question for the five members, who in effect serve as the town's primary governing body. His tone isn't one of anger, more of concern.Do you think we're going to have the World Cup here?" Continue reading...
Louisiana mayor convicted of raping 16-year-old boy at her home while still in office
Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after July 2024 sexual assault at pool partyThe former mayor of a Louisiana city has been convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy during a party at her house while she was still in office.Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after a jury in the municipality of DeRidder on Tuesday found her guilty of two felonies: carnal knowledge - or statutory rape - of a juvenile as well as indecent behavior with a minor. Continue reading...
How Trump officials created ‘nuclear option’ against protesters in church
Critics say administration has overstepped authority in using 1994 law to prosecute protesters and journalistsWhen dozens of protesters interrupted a church service in St Paul, Minnesota, earlier this year, it revived a fierce yet enduring debate about whether places of worship are appropriate arenas for dissent.In demanding the resignation of a pastor who leads a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office, demonstrators chanted ICE out" and Hands up, don't shoot!" at Cities church on 18 January. Religious and political leaders condemned the action, fueled by the church's statement that protesters had frightened children and created a scene marked by intimidation and threat". Continue reading...
James Talarico wins Democratic primary for US Senate in Texas
State lawmaker beats Jasmine Crockett in fiercely contested election marked by record turnout and confusion at pollsJames Talarico won the Democratic nomination for a US Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday, capping a remarkable rise from state lawmaker and seminary student to the party's standard-bearer in one of the key races of the 2026 midterm cycle.With his blend of faith-based populism, bipartisan appeal and generational energy, Talarico defeated Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, a firebrand beloved by the party's base but who struggled to dispel concerns that she could defeat a Republican in a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide in more than 30 years. Continue reading...
The US and Israel gravely underestimated Iran’s response – here in the UAE, we are seeing the consequences | Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi
My family is in Tehran; I am in Abu Dhabi. Across the region, ordinary people are paying the price for these attacksSince Saturday, my mind has been torn between the place I live, Abu Dhabi, and Tehran, which has been the focus of my work and research for more than 15 years, and where I still have family. When I saw that Israel and the US had attacked Iran, I started worrying for family, thinking about potential consequences. But I barely had time to consider that before Donald Trump announced that this was about regime change. At that moment, I knew this was going to be big - worse than last June - and that it would lead into a regional schism. Predictably, Iran's response started shortly after: first against Israel, then against states across the Gulf region, including the United Arab Emirates. It all followed the worst-case escalation scenarios we had been outlining since June, and especially since January, when - in the midst of protests - Donald Trump said help" was on its way.I kept on trying to reach family when the internet there was working, which is, at best, for a few minutes a day. Each conversation is short, practical: are you OK? Is your area affected?Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi is an associate fellow at the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa programme Continue reading...
Texas Republican candidates for US Senate head to runoff as Democratic candidates await results – as it happened
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Texas Senate seat fight heads to runoff after Republicans fail to secure required votes
Neither Ken Paxton or John Cornyn captured 50% of the vote in Texas, forcing another poll in MayA bitter primary contest between the four-term Republican US senator John Cornyn and the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, ended in a runoff on Tuesday.In Texas, a primary runoff is declared if neither candidate are able to capture 50% of the vote. Paxton and Cornyn will now face that election on 26 May. Continue reading...
US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking
US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves decisive action' against narco-terroristsUS and Ecuadorian forces have launched joint operations to combat drug trafficking, the US Southern Command said on Tuesday, but neither side gave more details.Southern Command, which encompasses 31 countries through South and Central America and the Caribbean, said in a statement on X that the decisive action" was aimed at combating illicit drug trafficking. Continue reading...
Trump news at a glance: Rubio and his boss can’t seem to agree on why US attacked Iran
Rubio said the US was reacting after learning that Israel planned to strike Iran, but Trump on Wednesday contradicted that explanation - key US politics stories from Tuesday 3 March at a glanceDonald Trump attempted to counter a simmering anti-Israel backlash in Congress and among his own Maga supporters on Tuesday by denying suggestions that he had been bounced into attacking Iran because Israel had already decided to do so.Amid growing criticism from opponents and allies, Trump rebuffed claims that he had struck Iran only because Israel had forced his hand, a suspicion fueled by comments made by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio. Continue reading...
North Carolina: Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley win primaries to set up Senate contest
Former Democratic governor Cooper to take on Trump-backed Whatley for seat held by retiring Thom Tillis
Pentagon names four of six US soldiers killed in Iranian strike on Kuwait base
Trump said service members killed were true American patriots' but warned more US deaths in Iran war likelyThe US Department of Defense on Tuesday identified four of the six American soldiers who were killed Sunday during a drone strike on a US base in Kuwait. Donald Trump said there will likely be more" service members killed before it ends".The soldiers were identified as Captain Cody Khork, 35; Sergeant Nicole Amor, 39; Sergeant Declan Coady, 20; and Sergeant Noah Tietjens, 42. Continue reading...
DHS launches investigation into Greg Bovino’s alleged remarks about Jewish lawyer – report
Homeland security department appears to be looking into comments made about Minnesota's top federal prosecutorThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has opened an internal investigation into allegations that Gregory Bovino, a senior border patrol official, made disparaging remarks about the Jewish faith of Minnesota's top federal prosecutor, the New York Times reported.Bovino, who became the public face of the heavily scrutinized immigration crackdown in Minnesota that left two US citizens dead at the hands of federal agents, allegedly mocked federal prosecutor Daniel Rosen during a January phone call with state prosecutors. According to the Times, Bovino allegedly made sarcastic comments about Rosen's observance of Shabbat - the weekly period of rest from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset - and used the phrase chosen people" in a derisive tone during the 12 January call. Continue reading...
Rubio tries to backtrack after Israel comments later contradicted by Trump trigger criticism – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on US politics, you can follow our US midterms blog here.In a late night post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said that the US munition stockpiles at the medium and upper medium grade" have never been higher or better".He added that the US has a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons", meaning that wars can be fought forever'". Continue reading...
Can’t win? Drop out: California Democrats plead with governor hopefuls as party fears Republican surge
Party worries crowded field to replace Gavin Newsom - and quirk of primary system - could open door for Republicans in NovemberIt's been three decades since Democrats last had a wide open contest for the California governorship, one of the most visible and most powerful positions in the US. Instead of relishing in the competition of a crowded field, though, party leaders worry that the race to succeed Gavin Newsom could blow up in their faces.On Tuesday, the state's Democratic party chair, Rusty Hicks, wrote in an extraordinary open letter to the candidates: If you do not have a viable path to make it to the general election, do not file to place your name on the ballot for the primary election." Continue reading...
Trump denies that Israel forced US’s hand in launching strikes against Iran
Democrats have decried Marco Rubio's briefings as inadequate in articulating the goals of warDonald Trump attempted to counter a simmering anti-Israel backlash in Congress and among his own Maga supporters on Tuesday by denying suggestions that he had been bounced into attacking Iran because Israel had already decided to do so.Amid growing criticism among opponents and allies alike, Trump rebuffed claims that he had struck Iran only because Israel had forced his hand, a suspicion fueled by comments made by Marco Rubio, the secretary of state. Continue reading...
Kristi Noem refuses to retract statement calling Minnesotans killed by federal agents ‘domestic terrorists’
Homeland security secretary was grilled in Senate hearing over immigration enforcement crackdown in Twin Cities
Cardinals to release former No 1 overall pick Kyler Murray with QB still owed $36.8m
US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges
Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify warUS military commanders have been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about biblical end times" to justify involvement in the Iran war to troops, according to complaints made to a watchdog group.The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) says it has received more than 200 complaints from service members across all branches of the armed forces, including the marines, air force and space force. Continue reading...
Epstein-linked Leon Black waged bid to ‘silence’ law firm and accusers, suit says
Wigdor LLP accuses billionaire of trying to destroy those who seek to hold him to account for alleged sexual assault'A law firm that represented multiple women who accused former Jeffrey Epstein associate Leon Black of sexual misconduct alleged in a Manhattan civil suit on Monday that the powerful financier deployed multiple frivolous and malicious lawsuits" as retaliation for representing these accusers.Wigdor LLP claimed Black, who co-founded and formerly chaired Apollo Global Management, tried to use his billions to buy his own form of justice" and to weaponize the civil justice system to silence and destroy those who seek to hold him to account for alleged sexual assault". Black has emphatically denied all wrongdoing. Continue reading...
Howard Lutnick agrees to appear before US House panel on Epstein network
Donald Trump's commerce secretary has acknowledged visiting convicted sex offender on private island in 2012
Trump rebukes Starmer again for not letting US attack Iran from UK bases
US president criticises prime minister for third time 24 hours, describing him as not Churchill' over initial refusal
Third victim dies as Austin bar shooting investigated as potential terrorism act
Jorge Pederson, 30, had been on life support after weekend attack which left more than a dozen others wounded
'They were going to attack first': Trump gives update on Iran – video
Donald Trump has insisted that Israel did not put pressure on the US to launch the initial strikes over the weekend, telling reporters that Iran 'was going to attack first'. The US president also threatened to cut off all trade with Spain after the Nato ally refused permission for two jointly operated bases to be used in US strikes on Iran
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