Three people reported injured after incendiary device allegedly thrown at building also housing ICE field officeAuthorities in New York City are investigating an explosion on Monday morning outside an FBI building in lower Manhattan that reportedly injured three people.Investigators said a person who allegedly threw an incendiary device at the scene was taken into custody. Continue reading...
Depression set to become tropical storm later on Monday as separate storm strengthens off Mexico's Pacific coastA tropical depression was continuing to develop along the US Gulf coast on Monday as Tropical Storm Fausto strengthened off Mexico's south-west Pacific coast.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said that the depression was expected to become a tropical storm later on Monday, prompting new watches for portions of the Gulf region. Continue reading...
Ex-Maine senate president is frontrunner to replace Platner, who ended his campaign after sexual assault allegationsTroy Jackson - a logger, longtime legislator and former president of the Maine senate - is now poised to become the Democratic nominee in Maine's US Senate race. His rise comes after the party's previous nominee, Graham Platner, abruptly ended his campaign earlier this month following allegations of sexual assault from a former partner.Platner's withdrawal set off a frantic scramble inside the Maine Democratic party. Several contenders filed paperwork to be considered at a 25 July special convention of 601 delegates tasked with selecting a new nominee. But over the weekend, Jackson's serious challengers dropped out one after another, clearing a swift and unobstructed path for him. Jackson, who lost the Democratic gubernatorial primary earlier this year, is now the presumptive choice. Continue reading...
HHS failed to respond to Foia request following claims of fraud against Somali childcare providers and DemocratsCivil rights groups have sued the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after the agency failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request regarding the Trump administration's restrictions on federal childcare and family assistance following claims of fraud against Somali childcare providers and Democratic state officials.The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Illinois, the ACLU of Colorado, the National Women's Law Center and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, are seeking correspondence between federal officials and far right social media influencer Nick Shirley. Continue reading...
Petulant reaction to a justified two-stroke penalty at the Open illustrates why the American is happier on the LIV tourThe potential for stigma was laid bare close to the conclusion of Saturday at the Open Championship. Bryson, ya cheat," a lone voice bellowed from the stand adjacent to Royal Birkdale's 18th green. This is an environment in which being unfaithful to one's spouse would be seen as preferable to breaching the sacred rules of a sacred game.By Sunday the world No 1, Scottie Scheffler, was riding to the defence of Bryson DeChambeau. I've known him for a long time and he's a lot of things, but he's definitely not a cheater," Scheffler said. Except in this case, nuance is required. No one in authority has actually accused DeChambeau of cheating for the incident which incurred a two-stroke penalty. The R&A's executive director of governance stipulated that DeChambeau's action when breaching the rules during round two was accidental". Continue reading...
Bald eagle found hurt in California after fight with other birds, says group, as eagle called Jackie not seen on camerasA beloved female bald eagle missing for several days in California's Big Bear Lake is believed to have been found alive but injured after a fight with other birds, according to the advocacy group that operates a live, viral nestcam.Friends of Big Bear Valley said on Facebook on Sunday that observers first spotted the eagle on the ground last Thursday, then witnessed it involved a short ground altercation with two other subadult eagles" on Friday. Continue reading...
US president says $400m plane will be maxed out' with appropriate protections but doesn't give further detailsDonald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that the Boeing jet given to him by Qatar cannot match the defensive armor of a true presidential aircraft, telling reporters it will soon be grounded and maxed out" with the protections it was never built with.The admission came as Trump touched down in Washington on the jet, fresh off a trip to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where he handed the World Cup trophy to Spain alongside Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, after the tournament's climactic final. Continue reading...
Lawmakers weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back against greater scrutinyKimbrelle Kyereh lives just a few hundred feet from the massive chemical storage tanks in St Rose, in south-eastern Louisiana. Oily fumes sometimes drift into her home, bringing headaches, nausea and insomnia. On one such night, she grabbed her son at 3am and fled to an all-night Ihop.In 2023, after years of coping with the noxious odors, Kyereh began collecting air samples in her yard for a local environmental justice group. But soon after, Louisiana passed an industry-backed law that sharply restricted how that kind of data could be used.Ten of Louisiana's heaviest air-polluting facilities, based on self-reported data shared with the EPA, operate without a single public air monitor within five miles.This list includes Dow Chemical's plastics factory in Plaquemine, which is about eight miles from the nearest air monitoring station. The station measures only ozone even though the plant releases an array of toxic pollutants including ethylene oxide, a known carcinogen.No public monitors measure ammonia - despite the fact that CF Industries' Donaldsonville plant emits more than 7m lb of the hazardous chemical each year, according to EPA data.The three chemicals that researchers have concluded together account for the large majority of total cancer risk" in the area - ethylene oxide, chloroprene and formaldehyde - aren't monitored by the state at all. Continue reading...
Experts warn election denialism could bubble up again in November, despite truce in bitter power struggleNearly six years later, Donald Trump remains fixated on his 2020 election defeat.That year, Republican officials in Maricopa county - Arizona's largest county and one of the most competitive election battlegrounds in the country - resisted Trump's efforts to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the state, enduring threats, harassment and enormous pressure from the defeated president. Continue reading...
As Todd Blanche, Erica Schwartz and Jay Clayton face the Senate, a fundamental disconnect becomes clearThere's been a lot of discussion in America this week about the meaning of integrity.You didn't hear the word used directly; it was alluded to indirectly - in wondering whether Lindsey Graham was an immoral opportunist or clever pragmatist; in suspecting Todd Blanche of being more loyal to Trump than to the nation; in distrusting Erica Schwartz, Trump's latest pick to lead the CDC, when she said she'll never compromise on the science; in doubting Jay Clayton, his pick for director of national intelligence, will tell Trump anything he doesn't want to hear.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...
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A tourist's death has boosted animal advocates' drive to end a trade supporters say provides jobs and treats horses wellNew York city's council chamber was packed, the debate wide-ranging and heated, but lacked one component - a talking horse. Many of the 200 people packed into the debating hall last week felt only they could speak for the interests of the equine species.In one passionate camp, stable hands and drivers who attend to 160 horses that draw 68 carriages in the park, a business, they say, that has been operating since Central Park was created in 1858. On the other, a vigorous gathering of animal rights advocates who voiced that the carriage horse industry was a representation of man's broad subjugation of animals. Continue reading...
OMB proposal would upend entire grant-making system - and put vast sums into hands of political appointeesIt was a late Friday afternoon in Boston when Harvard School of Public Health professor Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist, received an email that would reshape the next year of her life.It was from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - her nearly $1m grant to study how discrimination affects population health was canceled. Continue reading...
Jake Johnson grew up relying on government assistance. Now he's running for Tim Waltz's old seat in CongressHigh school math teacher Jake Johnson easily recalls the role government assistance played for his family in Stewartville, Minnesota, when he was growing up.His father was a garbage collector and his mother read meters for the local gas company. They relied on food stamps for groceries and Medicaid for healthcare. When it was time for Johnson to go to college, Pell grants and Stafford loans helped him pay the bill. Continue reading...
More than 100 Democratic lawmakers voted against arms for Israel. They're listening to the people - their bosses are behindThe Democratic party is in dire need of a mutiny.Top leaders at the party's helm are unprepared to navigate the political sea change about Israel. Last week, nearly half of House Democrats voted to block $3.3bn in weaponry and other aid to that country. A recent New York Times poll found that 74% of Democratic voters opposed providing additional economic and military support to Israel, including large majorities in all age groups".Norman Solomon is the director of RootsAction and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His latest book is The Blue Road to Trump Hell: How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy Continue reading...
Sergio Furnari said he thought the lifesize sculpture - which no one commissioned - would raise millions' of dollarsA New York sculptor has been left furious after spending $100,000 of his own money to build a lifesize statue of Charlie Kirk, only to find that no one wants to buy it.Sergio Furnari, originally from Italy, had hoped the statue of the deceased far-right activist, which he intends to display in Times Square, would raise millions" of dollars. Instead, he said he has been inundated by messages from people saying they intend to urinate on the sculpture. Continue reading...
Senator says Trump revisiting failed run against Biden distracts from important things' such as Iran warRather than continue fixating on the 2020 election defeat that ended his first presidency, Donald Trump could instead do something positive", including resolving the US war in Iran, Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman said in an interview on Sunday.I don't know why the president is dragging up all this stuff," Fetterman remarked on CNN's State of the Union, three days after Trump dedicated a televised, primetime address to claims about Chinese meddling in the 2020 White House race that he lost to Joe Biden. You're the president. Do something positive - and you are talking about 2020; that's been settled over six years ago. Continue reading...
Ferran Torres' extra-time goal gave Spain a deserved victory over a negative Argentina in New JerseyYou can also follow the build up on our news blog, which contains photographtic proof that things are livening up in NYCOne of the big questions for those of us in the UK is how to watch the final," writes David Wall. For all that has been made about ITV's coverage with their New York studio and one of two excellent pundits, I think their coverage has been less than the sum of its parts, as usual. They've not had people other than the commentators in the stadiums so all that studio showed was that it was quite windy in New York sometimes. Continue reading...
Our photographer has been at Royal Birkdale for the Open. Here are some of his best shots as Ryan Fox claimed his first major with a birdie at the final hole Continue reading...
Vice-president and second lady announce birth of Alec Neel Vance, their fourth child, in social media statementVice-President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, on Sunday announced the birth of their fourth child, the first born to a sitting vice-president in more than 150 years.Born on Sunday, Alec Neel Vance joins older siblings Ewan, nine; Vivek, six; and Mirabel, four. Continue reading...
Victims were Provo's fire captain, his wife and their three sons, who were hiking in Bicknell amid heavy rainsFive family members who had set out for a day of hiking were killed after a flash flood swept through canyons of southern Utah on Friday, law enforcement officials said.The victims were a captain in the Provo fire department, his wife and their sons, according to fire officials. A daughter who was not on the trip survived. Continue reading...
Southport local said the ovation he received on the 18th was incredibly special' after his title chances fizzle outTwo o'clock on a sunny Sunday afternoon, five hours or so to go in the 154th Open Championship, and here comes Tommy Fleetwood up the 1st fairway, five shots off the lead. A delay in one of the groups up ahead meant that Fleetwood has had to stand and wait 15 minutes at the tee box, which is maybe why, when he finally got up to play his opening shot, he pulled it left into the rough stuff behind a fairway bunker. It was the first time he'd missed that shot all week.From there, Fleetwood had caught his second shot a little thinner than he wanted. He shrugged as he followed its flight, twisted his lips into a grimace as he watched the ball drop and stop about 20 metres short of where it needed to be. Head up, kid!" someone cried out. Head up!" Continue reading...
R&A can quietly exhale as American's challenge fizzles out in front of the occasional barb from Royal Birkdale crowdDeep into the final round of the Open, and Bryson DeChambeau is almost legless in the last chance saloon. He's slipped to minus five, four off the clubhouse lead, with eight holes to play. Worse still, he has not made birdie all day. But there is a sliver of hope. After all, in 2017, Jordan Spieth made up four shots on the back nine here to take the Claret Jug. History couldn't repeat itself, could it?The loyal band of Brysonites cheer as he steps on to the tricky par-four 11th, and takes out a driver. Yet they, and Royal Birkdale's infamous rough, are about to turn viciously against him. Continue reading...
Tom Homan's comments come amid scrutiny over federal immigration agents' fatal shooting of two men in six daysUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will require its officers to record vehicle stops with at least one body camera, said Tom Homan, the Trump administration border czar", on Sunday. The action comes as the agency is under renewed scrutiny after ICE officers fatally shot two men earlier this month.They exonerate more law enforcement than they convict, and I want officers to wear body cameras because I want the American people to see what the officers saw when they took that action," Homan said on the Fox & Friends Weekend program. Continue reading...
Justice department files first-ever petition to Alien Terrorist Removal Court created in 90s, seeking removal of personThe Trump administration has filed a first-ever petition to a secretive and dormant court created 30 years ago to consider government requests to deport so-called alien terrorists" from the US.The Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) was established in 1996 but had never received a petition until Wednesday, when the US justice department filed an application seeking the removal of an individual whose name is withheld from the single-page document posted on the court's website. Continue reading...
Our writers reacted to all the news ahead of the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and ArgentinaWatching England against France - though, of course, defensive intensity was lower - it was still noticeable how dangerous Saka and Marcus Rashford were on the counter. Had Tuchel sent them on against Argentina soon after England scored, Lionel Scaolini's men would've had to respect it and might well have feared it, forced, at the very least, to leave defenders back to mark them, while their own team would've had out-balls and a serious threat, meaning when they cleared their lines, it wouldn't have simply been to face yet another attack.It find it strange that, given his team struggled for control and also to break down tight defences, Tuchel didn't give Mainoo a single second on the pitch - and seemed to have decided as much by the Panama game, when he brought on Henderson in preference. England desperately lacked midfield balance, control, poise and craft, a problem that eventually cost them - and is the main reason I'd have given them little chance of beating Spain had they made the final. Anderson and Rice are fine players, but given Bellingham is essential, I'd want only one, with the trio completed by a more technical and cerebral type - which needn't be Mainoo, he was just the only one in the squad. Continue reading...
Startling new research shows that in many countries - including old US allies - the public prefers Beijing to WashingtonEarlier this year, a spate of western TikTok and Instagram creators announced that they were at a very Chinese time in my life" - drinking hot water and wearing slippers around their homes. The Chinamaxxing phenomenon primarily reflected the constant need of influencers for novel content. But social media trends also reflect a growing fascination with China, as the economic historian Adam Tooze has noted.While it broods over China's economic, military and technical advance, the Trump administration is accelerating Beijing's diplomatic progress, as striking new polling by the Pew Research Center shows. For the first time, China and Xi Jinping are seen more favourably than the US and its president in most of the 36 major countries surveyed - including Canada, Mexico and Australia. Only in six countries did people rate the US more highly. While Beijing has seen significant improvements in some places, the slump in Washington's standing is more dramatic. Across 20 countries, the median percentage with a favourable view of China rose from 32% to 46% between 2023 and this year; for the US, it fell from 58% to 36%. Views of China were much more positive in Latin America, Africa and parts of south and south-east Asia than in wealthier European and east Asian countries. Continue reading...
Rates may rise, but don't be too concerned - a small increase is unlikely to change major decisions on investment or hiringWith the appointment of a new Federal Reserve chair, the latest concern is that interest rates will go up in the next few months. That decision will depend on many factors, including inflation, jobs and the economy's overall growth. But when that happens, watch out! The media will go nuts and the president will go ballistic. Everyone treats every Fed meeting as an economic earthquake. But for most small businesses, it isn't.A 25-basis-point increase doesn't meaningfully change borrowing costs for most established businesses. In fact, it changes nothing at all. Continue reading...
Investigation continues after college freshman was found dead on Mississippi island after 4 July boat trip with friendsTwo weeks after Nolan Xavier Wells was found dead, his family is still searching for answers.On 4 July, Wells, an 18-year-old Mississippi college freshman, and a group of friends took a boat out to Horn Island, a barrier island a few miles off the Mississippi Gulf coast. Continue reading...
When this is all over, people will tell us to move on. But those who perpetrated this reign of terror must be held accountableOne day, when Maga is out of power and the conditions of political possibility have changed, there are going to be people who tell you that the best thing for the country is to move on. There are going to be people who tell you that attempts to hold the purveyors of Trumpism accountable are petty, vindictive, engaging in a kind of petulant recrimination and score-settling. There are going to be people who tell you that there must not be investigations, that it would be a waste of time to have trials. There are going to be people who tell you that it is not wise to change the law to allow for prosecutions and lawsuits; that too great an emphasis on the past will only divide the country, and keep us from looking toward the future. This argument was made after Watergate; it was made after the civil war. It was wrong back then, and it will be wrong again when it is delivered, with piety and smugness, after Trump.When Maga leaves power, all of the officers, bureaucrats and leaders of ICE - from the uniformed thugs in masks on the streets, to the contractors guarding concentration camps, to the suited vultures directing the operation in Washington and drafting legal memos to justify it - all of them must be held accountable. Their immunity from criminal prosecution and civil suits must be eradicated, and their liability must be made retroactive. They must be investigated, tried, fined, punished and ostracized. Needless to say, ICE must be abolished - attempts to merely reform it must be resisted as betrayals of democratic values. But it is not enough to abolish ICE. Those who are responsible for ICE must be driven from public life.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
The murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo shook Magnolia Park, but strengthened bonds in a barrio grappling with gentrification and a history of police violenceThe vigil on Canal Street has grown every night since 7 July. It began when two neighbors nailed white roses to a utility pole. Within hours, streams of people brought candles and carnations. By the seventh night, the sidewalk was enveloped by votive candles painted with the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexican flags flapping alongside Texas ones, and a wooden cross ringed with photographs of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old husband and father who was shot and killed by ICE on this corner of Houston's Magnolia Park neighborhood.Magnolia Park is a tight-knit community. Neighbors know each other and they help each other," said JoAnna Rodriguez, co-founder of the non-profit Magnolia Park Arts and Community, housed two blocks away from the site of the shooting. So when we heard what had happened, our first reaction was, Who was it?'" Continue reading...
The showcase library's centenary was celebrated by thousands who filled the still-relevant public institutionThe central library in downtown Los Angeles has seen its fair share of colorful moments.The architectural gem, which turned 100 this week, has been the backdrop to the epic street battle between Pacino, De Niro et al in Heat, and was where the original Ghostbusters came across their first ghost, a friendly older lady librarian who was anything but. Television shows such as Moonlighting, Murder, She Wrote and LA Law filmed there too, when characters were researching or investigating a case. Continue reading...
The president no longer treats the people who defeated him as voters. He treats them as suspectsThere is a version of this country in which Donald Trump tells Americans the truth he has been handed: that their elections are secure. Once, he apparently wanted to.The Atlantic reported after Thursday night's address that a February 2020 election-security briefing pleased Trump so much he wanted to announce the news himself. The press conference never happened. The election did, and Trump lost it. Continue reading...
Expectations that prioritize privileged identities keep women and people of color from even running for officeSince Kamala Harris's defeat to Donald Trump in 2024, Democrats have chased candidates who exude an ever-elusive authenticity". For many on the left, the answer was Graham Platner, a military veteran turned oyster farmer with a gravelly voice and deep hostility toward the political establishment.Even as controversy after controversy emerged - racist, sexist, homophobic online posts; a tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, which he later covered up; sexually explicit messages sent to other women while he was married; and allegations from former partners of toxic and threatening behavior, which he denied - Platner's momentum didn't slow. It was only after a woman accused Platner of rape - which he denies - that his political support collapsed. Continue reading...
She was the young girl in that infamous photograph with Prince Andrew, and the best-known survivor of Jeffrey Epstein. As Virginia's explosive posthumous memoir continues to reverberate, her brother Sky Roberts and his wife, Amanda, talk about her final tragic monthsA British prince was arrested at 8am and was stripped of his title; ambassadors, politicians and numerous other high-profile men lost their prestigious jobs; millions of files relating to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released and a US president remains under scrutiny. So much has happened since the death of Virginia Roberts Giuffre in April last year, and the posthumous publication of her memoir Nobody's Girl six months later, detailing for the first time the full story of her abuse by Epstein and his associates. This year has been extraordinary," says Sky Roberts, Giuffre's younger brother. I just wish Virginia was here to see it."He is determined that there will be many more advances to come. Giuffre had become one of the most recognisable survivors of Epstein; in the midst of grief, Sky and his wife, Amanda, have become accidental advocates. She paved the way, and we want to keep paving that road forward for other survivors out there," says Sky. Continue reading...
Taylor Farms does not specify where products were served or sold, as US braces for weeks more of outbreakTaylor Farms recalled potentially contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce in 27 states on Friday, including lettuce distributed as recently as Thursday, as cases of cyclosporiasis continue rising in the US.The US is likely to see at least another two weeks of possible cases, since infections may have happened in recent days. And the expanding outbreak investigation could point to other products in coming days. Continue reading...
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