Former and current officials who bolstered claims of voter fraud in 2020 make fresh allegations of vulnerabilitiesProminent election deniers have spent recent weeks stoking fears over US election security before next month's midterms, echoing claims pushed by Donald Trump to justify asserting more control over voting.On conservative-friendly media outlets, former or current officials who tried to bolster the US president's false claims of mass voter fraud in 2020 have in recent weeks made fresh allegations of election vulnerabilities. Continue reading...
Klara Shuster said in court she imported mislabeled Botox illegally and dispensed it to clientsThe owner of a New York City med spa has admitted to illegally administering bootleg Botox, which authorities say led one client to develop botulism.Klara Shuster, also known as Klara Chrzuszcz, made those admissions in the course of pleading guilty in federal court recently to conspiracy to commit smuggling, among other charges. Continue reading...
Cornell University students staged a protest in solidarity with Jane Doe, a former classmate whose gang-rape allegations ignited a national uproar. Protesters demanded the school take firmer action against sexual violence on campus and called for an external inquiry into how the matter has been handled by Cornell's administration. In a civil lawsuit filed last month, Jane Doe alleged she was given drugs and alcohol and then sexually assaulted by several members of the campus chapter of the Chi Phi fraternity in October 2024 after she had become incapacitated. Doe named seven Chi Phi members as defendants in the suit, along with the fraternity chapter, a local bar, her own sorority and the university. Cornell, which has defended its response to the original report, shut down the Chi Phi chapter and imposed a range of disciplinary measures on the fraternity members involved, including expulsions and other sanctions. The men all denied any wrongdoing and none have been charged with a crime Continue reading...
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Congressional candidate Jim Desmond says he served to protect Americans, not write off American cities'A Republican candidate in San Diego has criticized Donald Trump after the US president suggested Iran could take out" the city or Los Angeles.Trump has faced a chorus of condemnation from Democratic leaders in California after his comments at a rally in Nebraska on Monday night. Republicans have largely remained silent. Continue reading...
Having seemingly written off the midterms, the Republican bigwigs are making their pitches for 2028. But the current commander-in-chief could be looking closer to homeThe US midterm elections are a month away and it's looking rough for the Republicans. I wouldn't discount devious schemes behind the scenes, but, on the face of it, the president and his entourage seem to be flailing. Donald Trump is desperately dangling money in front of voters and promising a big surprise". Meanwhile, the vice-president, JD Vance, and the GOP senator Ted Cruz seem more concerned with fighting over who will be Trump's heir than with the midterms.If the polls are to be believed, Vance is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2028. But while he may have great name recognition, Vance is also unlikable. According to the CNN analyst Harry Enten, he is one of the least popular vice-presidents in history. He's also apparently made enemies within his own party, largely because of his scepticism about the Iran war. His detractors include Cruz, who told MS Now in August that Vance wasn't a shoo-in for the nomination. The party, Cruz said, was still figuring out the best candidate and needed to decide who we are, what do we believe". Continue reading...
CBP says in response to lawsuit use-of-force cases are thoroughly investigated, reviewed, and presented'A US citizen who was shot one year ago by a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent during a sweeping immigration crackdown in Chicago filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Monday, alleging the agent lied about the shooting and fired into her vehicle from behind.Federal prosecutors initially accused Marimar Martinez, then 30, of using her vehicle to strike and box in agent Charles Exum's sport utility vehicle on Chicago's south-west side on 4 October 2025 during what the Trump administration named Operation Midway Blitz. Exum then exited his car and opened fire, leaving Martinez with seven gunshot wounds. Continue reading...
Officials file denaturalization actions' against people accused of crimes in what they call largest' such initiativeDonald Trump's justice department has moved to strip the citizenship of 40 naturalized citizens accused of crimes in what authorities describe as the largest" such initiative over a single period during his administration.US justice department officials on Monday announced the filing of denaturalization actions" against more than three dozen people alleged to have committed such offenses as acting as an agent for a foreign government, committing voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated sodomy against a specialneeds man". Continue reading...
The deadly outbreak in Pennsylvania is its largest in more than three decades, and confirmed cases in New York are upThe New York governor, Kathy Hochul, declared a state of emergency on Monday in response to a dramatic spike in measles cases in the state.Hochul's administration said the emergency declaration was in response to a growing number of measles cases across rural areas of New York and neighboring states", including Pennsylvania, which has been grappling with a deadly outbreak that is its largest in more than three decades. Continue reading...
What, exactly, about the drink is so distracting? The viral debate raises bigger questions about who defines professionalism'The great iced coffee debate of 2026 is the latest submission to the young-people-just-don't-get-it discourse and, of course, it's as polarizing as ever.Recruiters say you shouldn't bring iced coffee to interviews, while young people are (rightly) asking: what's the big deal? It's one of those conversations that makes me cringe, given just how eagerly it springs up from the generational divide plaguing mainstream culture. And as usual, gen Z are cast as the entitled morons who want to live life with no rules or responsibilities, all to the detriment of the millennials and gen X-ers who have to deal with them.Tayo Bero is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientistsAn 18-year veteran of the US Department of the Interior has resigned in protest from the sprawling federal agency, denouncing a deeply troubling assault on the rule of the law" that took place at the department under Donald Trump.John Murdock, an attorney and self-described conservative Christian, began working for the agency's legal office in 2002. In his resignation letter, first sent to his supervisor earlier this year and obtained exclusively by the Guardian and Public Domain, Murdock cites glaring legal flaws" he witnessed within the agency during the course of the Trump administration, as well as concerns over offshore oil and gas drilling, the aggressive push to expand fossil fuels and the flouting of environmental regulation. Continue reading...
California's leaders attack president after he suggests Iran could take out' Los Angeles or San Diego. Plus an auction of some of the most famous props in movie history
Trump's counter-terrorism czar', Sebastian Gorka, was scheduled to speak at conference but White House says he will no longer attendA National Conservatism (NatCon) conference beginning today in Jerusalem advertises a talk from the Trump administration's anti-terrorism czar alongside speeches from far-right Israeli politicians, European figures who have faced disciplinary action over alleged antisemitism, and Christian nationalist and far-right figures from the United States.The Jerusalem event is perhaps the most significant recent gathering to feature large contingents of Israeli nationalists alongside Christian nationalists and far-right European nationalists from a milieu sometimes shadowed by accusations of antisemitism. Continue reading...
While adherents to the racist theory condemn a shadowy global elite, Silicon Valley is working toward the replacement of humans with AIAcross the world, great replacement" theory has been employed again and again as the political foundation for fascism. Some of its fundamental tenets, such as the view that whites are a dying minority", have been amplified by tech billionaires and their platforms.According to the version of this theory most employed in Europe and the United States, white replacement theory, white populations are being replaced" by non-white populations, a replacement engineered by a shadowy global elite. For example, the need for skilled labor is supposedly being used by global elites as an excuse to bring in non-white immigrants to replace white workers.An AfD-led state government will develop a strategy for Saxony-Anhalt focused on technological upgrading, digitalization, and AI. This strategy is intended to help alleviate bottlenecks in the local labor market. Furthermore, it aims to avoid the immigration of skilled workers from culturally dissimilar backgrounds.Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures ... have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. Continue reading...
Polls show GOP candidates trailing Democrats in Senate races, and Republicans also struggling in House contestsThirty days remain until the midterm elections, and Donald Trump and his Republican allies are pulling out all the stops to maintain control of Congress.Super Pacs aligned with the GOP have already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising and voter outreach in races expected to decide the majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives, and plan to spend even more before the election is over. The president, vice-president JD Vance, and other top Republicans are fanning out across the country to stump for vulnerable lawmakers. Continue reading...
Bakker spent four and a half years in prison after being convicted in 1989 of defrauding followers in a scheme involving holidays at his Christian theme parkThe US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar empire and lived in opulence before being disgraced by a sex scandal, a conviction for defrauding followers and divorce from his television co-host Tammy Faye, has died aged 86.The death of Bakker, whose journey from the TV pulpit to a prison cell in the 1980s inspired comparisons to the corrupt character of the fictional preacher-huckster Elmer Gantry, was revealed on social media by his second wife, Lori Bakker. Continue reading...
The Hall of Famer says his successful college career helped him and his family thrive. Now he appears to be backing legislation that would help othersLast week, journalist Rob Parker called Deion Sanders a sellout" for taking part in an advert promoting the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA). The sellout" label is harsh, but reflects how disappointing it is for many people to see Sanders stumping for a bill that will hurt athletes.The major points of contention around the PCSA, which the Senate passed last week and now awaits approval from the House, are a ceiling of around $49m that schools can direct to athletes, as well as a new transfer rule that would, except in a few specific circumstances, restrict players to one free" transfer (if they move schools again, they'd have to wait a year to play for their next team). Former NFL player Domonique Foxworth has said that the core of [the PCSA] is about reestablishing the power the NCAA had in the past - that the court system determined was illegal". Continue reading...
The allegations against seven men at Cornell University come amid a climate of belligerent sexismLast month, a young woman filed a lawsuit against Cornell University, alleging that two years ago the university had failed to protect her from being raped by seven men at a fraternity house near the university campus. She also sued the fraternity.The lawsuit has plunged the university into a crisis and invited criticism of the district attorney, Matthew Van Houten, who decided there wasn't enough evidence to bring criminal charges against the seven men.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now in the US and in the UK Continue reading...
The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native American-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team's move to Houston echoes centuries of erasure and displacementWhen the Connecticut Sun played their final WNBA game last month, fans at Mohegan Sun Arena came together in an act of collective celebration and grief. The beloved franchise was leaving after 24 seasons, sold to a new ownership group in Houston, in a process so controversial that the state of Connecticut is considering legal action. The end of the Sun is a loss for the entire New England region, which is now without a WNBA team.The Sun entered the league in 2003 and brought professional women's basketball to Connecticut, which is considered the Basketball Capital of the World" - at least, according to signs along the state's highways. The Sun were the first independently owned WNBA team, and the first Native American-owned pro sports franchise. Continue reading...
From the new Toni Kroos' to the US' next big hope, Cavan Sullivan, we select some of the most talented players born in 2009. Check the progress of our classes of 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 ... back to 2014. Here's our Premier League class of 2026 Continue reading...
Military families say Trump officials owe us an apology' after disparaging remarks by JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and othersOn the morning of 11 September 2001, Perry Chalmers was running drills for the Royal Canadian Regiment's specialised mortar platoon in New Brunswick when he heard the news: America was under attack. Word quickly spread across the base. I went inside to watch the news," the former corporal recalls. And there was a huge feeling of - and you're going to have to excuse me - holy shit. What the fuck just happened?"
November's midterms bring parallels with a moment in October 1988. But Pinochet's exit wasn't the end of his influenceA malignant, monomaniacal president, deeply unpopular, faces an election that could restrict his power and end his domination of his country.It is true that, to influence the outcome, he counts on a supine supreme court and his ability to legislate through executive decrees, as well as an onslaught of fake news accusing his opponents of being unpatriotic communists, true that he has colossal financial support from an entrenched oligarchy that has thrived thanks to his rightwing neoliberal policies, true that he has gone out of his way to limit the freedom of those who vote and true that he has absolute command of the armed forces. Continue reading...
Gavin Newsom calls comments deranged and dangerous' after president tells Nebraska rally: They can take out a city'Leaders in California have denounced Donald Trump as reckless" and deranged" after the US president suggested Iran could take out" Los Angeles and San Diego - two liberal cities in the blue state that has been a frequent target of his administration.At a rally in ruby red Nebraska on Monday night, Trump told supporters that he hoped to see a tremendous victory" in the fast-approaching November midterm elections. He then suggested high prices due to the war with Iran were a small price to pay for keeping the world safe - keeping our country safe". Continue reading...
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British banker Simon Andriesz helped to expose alleged ties between late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and US commerce secretary Howard LutnickA top UK regulator has launched an investigation into how it handled a whistleblower - who highlighted alleged ties between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick - after he took his own life.The British banker Simon Andriesz died late last month aged 57, the campaign group Transparency Task Force, of which he was a member, confirmed over the weekend. Continue reading...
President's U-turn comes after Democrats and Republicans condemned use of tax dollars for pro-Trump adsDonald Trump said on Monday he would pay for taxpayer-funded, pro-Trump ads with money I raised for MAGA, Inc.", a political action committee, after the television advertisements glorifying himself sparked a major backlash.In a social media post, Trump characterized the ads, which cost at least $1.5m in federal funds, as a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A." and called them a rather standard thing to do". Continue reading...
Nidal Hasan sentenced to death by military jury in 2013 for carrying out deadly shooting attack at army base in TexasDonald Trump has approved the execution by US army firing squad of Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a social media post.Hasan, who was an army psychiatrist, would become the first US soldier to be executed by the US military in more than 60 years. Continue reading...
President says I'm doing great' despite polls showing 32% approval rating and loss of support from 2024 votersDonald Trump's approval ratings reached a record low on Monday, according to new opinion polls.A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Trump's approval rating at a record-low 32%. That polling included the president losing support among independent voters and Latinos, who had backed him in 2024. The dip could prove dire for the Republican party a month ahead of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Continue reading...
Shavdon Gayden killed Eddimar Hernandez-Chacon in broad daylight while walking with her older sisterA woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a seven-year-old girl, with police describing it as an unprovoked attack on a sidewalk in Chicago.Shavon Gayden, 48, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, Chicago police said in a statement on Sunday. The killing happened just before noon on Saturday in the Chatham neighborhood. The victim has been identified by local media and the medical examiner's office as Eddimar Hernandez-Chacon. Continue reading...
Neighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the countryPennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials calculate, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades. The benchmark comes as neighboring New York declared a state of emergency about measles rates there.Pennsylvania's health department said Monday 1,004 cases of measles had been confirmed. Five Pennsylvania residents have died after contracting the disease, with 198 hospitalizations. Continue reading...
PepsiCo initiated class II recall of 28oz bottles last month over undeclared' yellow dyes, FDA notice saysAbout 122,000 cases of the popular sports drink Gatorade have been voluntarily recalled across 37 US states due to their having undeclared" food dye, according to an official federal notice.The varieties of the drink involved in the notice include 28oz bottles of Gatorade Lemon Lime, Lime Zero, Orange and Gatorade Orange Zero, the notice said. Gatorade's manufacturer - the soda giant PepsiCo - initiated its recall on 25 September, said the advisory, which was posted on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s website. Continue reading...
Authorities say crash in Winter Haven involved three vehicles, including bus filled with dozens of schoolchildrenA high school student and one other person were killed in a crash that caused a school bus to flip over on to its roof in central Florida early on Monday, according to authorities.About 26 students traveling on the public school bus involved in the crash were taken to the hospital, the Polk county sheriff's office said in a statement posted to Facebook. The bus had 39 occupants: 37 high school students, the bus driver and the driver's daughter, officials said. Continue reading...
A dozen B-1s stationed at Gloucestershire base redeployed over concerns about possible threat from IranDowning Street has insisted RAF Fairford is secure a day after the US air force suddenly withdrew a dozen B-1 bombers that had been stationed at the Gloucestershire base over security concerns about a possible threat from Iran.The prime minister's spokesperson, speaking during a scheduled briefing, said yes" when asked if the military site was safe - contrasting with the concern the US military revealed during the hasty redeployment the day before. Continue reading...
Medical transport plane flying from Bermuda to Boston crashed off coast of Massachusetts early SaturdaySix people are presumed dead after the US Coast Guard on Sunday suspended its search for survivors of a medical transport plane crash off the coast of Massachusetts early the previous day.The aircraft, which was flying from Bermuda to Boston, lost contact with ground authorities at about 2am on Saturday, and the Coast Guard located a debris field near the island of Nantucket later that day. Continue reading...
I don't control message or what we're doing,' scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private eventKen Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outside forces in Washington DC.Paxton, who is locked in a competitive race with the progressive Democrat James Talarico, told people at a fundraising event in September that he had never felt such little control over his campaign because of outside influence. Continue reading...
Maybe the key to life is being able to bench press 300lb at 75. But do we need more muscle-bound, angry guys around?I loathe going to the doctor.Not a controversial opinion, compared with some of the other ones in this section of the Guardian. I'm not exactly arguing for universal basic income or for Manchester City to be relegated to the Saudi Pro League here. No one looks forward to a doctor visit, with its recriminations for bad habits or various intrusive blood tests. People don't have cocktail parties to celebrate their yearly check-up, and yet, it seems like every day, there's a new reason to go get prodded by a stranger in a lab coat. Continue reading...
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The US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford after an investigation into an alleged planned terrorist attack on the base. At least 10 B-1 bombers used by the US military in the Iran conflict flew out of Fairford on Sunday, suggesting US officials were taking the threat seriously. Last week, five men in three vans near the military base were arrested, followed by a sixth British-Iranian national. All were released on bail, drawing criticism from the Pentagon. Lucy Hough speaks to Dan Sabbagh, the Guardian's defence and security editor - watch on YouTube Continue reading...
Family of Virginia Giuffre criticizes Colorado's Jeff Crank for voting to block a vote to release the Epstein filesTwo relatives of Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent Jeffrey Epstein victims who died last year, appeared in a political attack ad targeting the Colorado Republican congressman Jeff Crank, accusing him of refusing to meet with them.Sky Roberts, Giuffre's brother, and his wife, Amanda Roberts, expressed disappointment that Crank had voted to block a vote to release the federal investigative files relating to Epstein. Continue reading...
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Youngest press secretary in White House history left earlier this year after the birth of her second childKaroline Leavitt, who stepped down as White House press secretary in August, is joining her former boss's favorite network, Fox News, as an on-air contributor, the channel announced on Monday.Considering that two of her predecessors from Donald Trump's first administration, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kayleigh McEnany, had also joined Fox after leaving office, Leavitt was seen as a logical fit for Fox, on which she will begin providing commentary on 1 November. Continue reading...
The Republican, who was sent to prison in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to the allegations, died over the weekendDennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House speaker, died over the weekend, a coroner said on Monday. He was 84.Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007, died of natural causes at his home, according to Jacquie Purcell, the Kendall county coroner. Continue reading...
Texas tops list with 8,100 bans while Stephen King is again most banned author, PEN America findsThe US saw almost 12,000 book bans in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, the highest number in a single year, according to the free-expression non-profit PEN America.In a report released on Monday, PEN America said that there had been 34,000 instances of book bans since the organization started tallying the increasing book censorship crisis" across US schools in 2021. Continue reading...
Karen Bass is fighting for her political life as progressives battle to lead the US's second-largest cityKaren Bass has never lost an election. But this fall, she faces the fight of her political life.Bass has roughly a month to convince voters that she should be elected to a second term as the mayor of Los Angeles. Given Angelenos' broad dissatisfaction with the direction of the city, approval ratings on par with Donald Trump's and a wave of anti-establishment sentiment sweeping American politics, she has a formidable challenge in city council member Nithya Raman. Continue reading...
Ryo Uchimiya was sleeping in his car waiting for his shift to begin when a 16-year-old crashed into himA longtime chef for the famous Japanese restaurant chain Nobu was killed over the weekend in Malibu, California, when a teen driver crashed into his parked vehicle, where he was sleeping while waiting for his shift to start.The 51-year-old chef, named by the Los Angeles medical examiner's office as Ryo Uchimiya, had arrived at work at Nobu Malibu early on Saturday when his vehicle was hit by a 16-year-old boy driving a Range Rover at 6.50am. Continue reading...
Wanying Zhang surveilled Taiwanese president's son and family for China while in US, according to FBIThe FBI arrested a woman at Los Angeles international airport (LAX) as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying on the Taiwan president's family for China.Wanying Zhang, also know as Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president's son and his family for the Chinese government while in the United States, according to the FBI. Continue reading...
The vice-president's recent remarks seek to maintain a posture of strength while they inadvertently expose political realitiesJD Vance has parachuted into the midterm election campaign on a rescue mission in a new guise: a risk management consultant. Speaking in the flat language of the expert hired to identify threats, weaknesses and losses affecting a business' reputation, he has presented his executive summary for limiting vulnerabilities and a scenario for averting disaster.There's a lot of good that's been done, but there's a lot of work left to do," he informed his clients on 15 September about the words to use. Give us another chance, or give us another couple of years, to continue to work on the amazing things that we've been doing for the past two years." He turned the focus to harm reduction rather than total agreement and then shifted the equation to a negative binary choice. Even if you don't agree with us on every issue, the other party is consumed by craziness."Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln: A Self-Made Man, Wrestling With His Angel and All the Powers of Earth. He is a Guardian US columnist and co-host of the Court of History podcast Continue reading...
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