Twenty-nine-year-old beat representative Diana DeGette in deep-blue Denver districtThe democratic socialist Melat Kiros unseated long-serving US representative Diana DeGette in Colorado's primary elections held on Tuesday, the latest in a string of high-profile victories for the party's insurgent left.The Associated Press reported that Kiros had defeated DeGette for the Democratic nomination in the deep-blue first congressional district centered on Denver. Kiros's triumph came a week after New York voters unseated two Democratic congressional incumbents and replaced a third who was retiring with candidates who had campaigned on standing up to Israel amid accusations that it was carrying out a genocide in Gaza. Continue reading...
Co-hosts Mexico reached the last 16 - where England potentially await - with a stirring win over Ecuador at Mexico City StadiumMexico's football culture dates back to the early 20th century, and the country has a place in history as participants in the first ever World Cup match, when they lost 4-1 to France on the opening day of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay.The following match against Chile they conceded the World Cup's first own-goal. Continue reading...
With her popularity flagging and a general election looming, the Italian PM sees a strategic advantage in the ruptureIf Giorgia Meloni thought that she could put her April spat with Donald Trump over the pope's criticism of the US war on Iran behind her, she had not banked on the US president's capacity to bear a grudge.Trump reignited tensions by telling an Italian TV journalist that the Italian PM had begged" him for a picture at the recent G7 meeting in France. The Spanish newspaper El Pais suggested that Trump's feathers had been ruffled by a video at the same meeting, showing Meloni appearing to scold him. In any case he doubled down on his tale in a Truth Social post, adding that Meloni wanted the photo to boost her flagging approval ratings, which he blamed on her failure to support the US in the Iran war.Riccardo Alcaro is head of research at IAI, Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome Continue reading...
President calls ruling too bad for our Country' but says Congress should start today' to end matter - key US politics stories from Tuesday, 30 June at a glanceThe US supreme court has upheld birthright citizenship, which provides nearly all people born in the country with citizenship, ruling against a central piece of Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda.Trump called the ruling too bad for our Country", but said the US Congress should now take up the matter legislatively, suggesting another avenue to keep the issue alive. Continue reading...
President unveils plans for Dallas summit, in break with tradition of conventions only in presidential election yearsDonald Trump has announced that Republicans will stage their first ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, a move aimed at energizing voters as the party fights to hold its narrow congressional majorities in November.The two-day gathering will take place in Dallas on 9 and 10 September, marking a break from the longstanding tradition of holding national conventions only during presidential election years. Trump confirmed the plans on Tuesday in a Truth Social post, describing Dallas as One of my favorite places in the World". Continue reading...
Justices to consider whether bans on AR-15s and similar semi-automatic firearms violate second amendmentThe US supreme court will consider whether bans on AR-15 rifles and similar semiautomatic firearms are constitutional.The justices said on Tuesday they will hear appeals challenging bans in Connecticut and the Chicago area in the next term. Continue reading...
Trump, who had signed an order to the effect, handed legal defeat after judge sided with Democratic-led statesA federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule stripping public service workers of eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness if it deems their employers to have a substantial illegal purpose".US district judge Myong Joun in Boston sided with Democratic-led states, cities and non-profits that argued the US Department of Education's rule would allow it to target groups supporting immigration rights, transgender healthcare and other causes the Trump administration disfavors, by disqualifying them from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Continue reading...
Williams fell just short on her return, Stan Wawrinka said goodbye to Wimbledon for the last time, while there first-round wins for Iga Swiatek, Alexander Zverev and Elena Rybakina, but exits for Ben Shelton and Elina SvitolinaNext no No 3: Alex de Minaur (5) v Roman Andres Burruchaga.Next on No 2: Otto Virtanen v Ben Shelton (4). Continue reading...
Hearing set to begin 6 July would mark the first time Kirk's family has been in the courtroom with the suspectCharlie Kirk's parents and his widow Erika Kirk are expected to attend a key hearing next week in Utah for the murder case against the man accused of slaying the conservative political activist, according to multiple news outlets.The preliminary hearing, set to begin 6 July, would mark the first time Kirk's family has been in the courtroom with Tyler James Robinson, the 23-year-old charged with aggravated murder related to Kirk's death. Continue reading...
The Fourth of July marks a momentous occasion for the US - 250 years of independence - but somehow Donald Trump has managed to make it all about himself. The Guardian's Washington bureau chief David Smith analyses how Trump has hijacked America's 250th and how instead the event should have been cause for a unifying celebration
Officials say coach bus struck vehicle in Queens, triggering chain collision involving four other vehiclesTwo people were killed and 20 others injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway in Queens, New York, on Monday night.The deadly collision has prompted a federal investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after occurring at about 11.45pm. Continue reading...
What will Trump do now after justices' stunning rebuke?In a stunning rebuke to Donald Trump's aggressive anti-immigrant agenda, the US supreme court ruled against the president's highly contentious attempt to end the right to US citizenship for children born in the United States.The justices ruled that the Trump administration violated a provision of the 14th amendment, which was affirmed by the supreme court 128 years ago. Continue reading...
That's one way to spend a layover,' says gambling company after lucky traveler wins big on $10 stakeGenerally people want whatever happens in Vegas to stay there - but this might be an exception!A lucky traveler transiting through Las Vegas's Harry Reid international airport on Sunday won more than $3.3m from a slot machine there, prompting facility officials to write on X on Tuesday: Now that's one way to spend a layover. Continue reading...
Sir Keir Starmer cuts civilian investment while deepening reliance on American power. That doesn't feel like national renewalSince Brexit, Daphne du Maurier's final novel, Rule Britannia, has been seen as a prescient warning about the UK cutting itself adrift from Europe. After joining and then leaving the EU's predecessor, the Common Market, in a referendum, Du Maurier imagined the UK facing such economic instability that its prime minister submits to a US takeover. Britain is occupied by US forces, sparking an uprising that eventually forces them to leave. Sir Keir Starmer's defence investment plan (Dip) would not belong in Du Maurier's novel, but has the same nightmare logic: a Britain adrift from Europe told that fiscal necessity and national security require deeper incorporation into American power.It shows the strain inside Sir Keir's government that the plan took a year to move from strategic defence review to partial funding plan. John Healey, the former defence secretary, resigned after deciding that the Treasury's offer could not fund the strategy. His successor, Dan Jarvis, told MPs that the plan was worth 298bn over four years, which is 15bn above last year's spending review settlement. Mr Jarvis said that he had secured 1.5bn more than was on offer when he arrived. Against the defence ministry's demands, that looks less like a breakthrough than proof of why Mr Healey walked. Continue reading...
A warning from Latin America about US money, platforms, data and paranoid politics should not be dismissed lightlyWhen Colombia's leftwing presidential candidate, Ivan Cepeda, conceded defeat last week, he did so with notable grace. His ally, the outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, was much less composed. In a series of social media posts, Mr Petro argued that Donald Trump had interfered in the contest that brought the far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella to power. The claim should not be taken as proof of a stolen election. But nor should it be dismissed as paranoia.Mr Trump did publicly endorse Mr de la Espriella. His razor-thin win was in contrast to the scale of his alarmingly rightwing programme. He promises mega-prisons, a war on rebels, a shrunken state, renewed oil exploration, fracking and corporate tax cuts. This won't be easy. Mr Petro's Pacto Historico is the largest party in the country's congress. Unsurprisingly, Mr de la Espriella wants to govern through executive decree coupled with militarised state power. He aims to disembowel" the left.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...
Justices voted to overturn judgments issued by lower courts in favor of trans students who sued after being barred from competing in West Virginia and Idaho
Critics say the new focus could reshape LGBTQ+ healthcare, abortion access and vaccine policyThe Trump administration is moving religious freedom to the forefront of its health policies, a move that will likely affect reproductive health, LGBTQ+ healthcare, and vaccine policy.They are very much putting religious freedom front and center," said Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Law San Francisco. But it tends to privilege a conservative form of Christianity and, for example, protect discrimination against LGBTQ people." Continue reading...
Does anyone seriously think this kind of amplification is harmless?Elon Musk has long described himself as a centrist". He likes to pretend that he hasn't changed his views; it's the Democrats who have lurched to the left. He's merely a free speech advocate; a self-styled moderate" resisting the excesses of the woke mind virus".But when you pay attention to his actual digital footprint - the tweets, the retweets, the algorithmic amplification - a very different, much darker picture emerges. The world's richest person clearly isn't interested in cultivating a neutral marketplace of ideas; rather, he has turned Twitter/X into a platform where far-right and racist content is repeatedly rewarded and amplified. Continue reading...
Officials say 31-year-old woman's arm was severed in attack at a river in Seminole county's Little Big Econ forestA woman swimming in a Florida river was killed recently in a rare alligator attack that severed one of her arms, state officials said.The deadly attack took place at Seminole county's Little Big Econ state forest, about 25 miles north-east of Orlando, on Sunday as the 31-year-old victim was in the Econlockhatchee River. Continue reading...
Diocese officials in south Texas say a nun was released after members of Congress intervenedA Roman Catholic nun was released from the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the agency arrested her while she walked to mass in her habit in south Texas.Sister Leticia Ugboaja was walking to Our Lady of Sorrows church in McAllen, Texas, just a few miles from the US-Mexico border on Sunday when she was detained by ICE officers, the church said in a statement on social media. Continue reading...
El Tri have made a habit of qualifying from the group stage and then falling at the first hurdle. They are hoping the memory of 1986 will help end the curseIn Mexico, the phrase ya merito (almost there") is closely linked to the country's men's football team.In Mexican Spanish, it's a colloquial, almost affectionate expression; a way of describing something that's close enough to touch, but that can never quite be reached. Now the phrase seems to capture something more profound about Mexico's national team - shorthand for El Tri's habit of not exactly failing, but always just falling short. Continue reading...
Lisa Nandy to ask regulators to assess mega-merger involving Channel 5, CNN and TNT Sports on grounds of media plurality and competitionThe UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, intends to ask Britain's media and competition watchdogs to examine Paramount's $110bn (85bn) acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery.The WBD takeover deal will create a media powerhouse controlling assets ranging from: the Hollywood studios behind franchises including Superman, Batman and Top Gun; the UK's Channel 5; the news channel CNN; TNT Sports, which broadcasts Champions League, Premier League and the Olympics; and the Paramount+ and HBO Max streaming services. Continue reading...
Living historians' have stepped back into the spotlight as US prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial this weekIn 1972, a young man named Joe Ryan was teaching his middle school class in northern Westchester about the American Revolutionary when one of his students posed a question.Mr Ryan, were our ancestors stupid?" he asked. Continue reading...
The guard was once touted as the future face of the NBA. Now, after off-court problems and injuries, he has been hustled out of the city that made him a starWhen Ja Morant jumps into the air, he levitates past the natural apex of his arc, as if gravity decided to give him an extra half-second of respite. Men a foot taller or with 50 lbs more muscle don't have as much spring as is packed in his 6ft 2in frame. He can end up almost fully horizontal when he dunks. He is hardly a one-dimensional player though: he sees the game in higher definition than his peers too, zipping passes to teammates a beat before his opponents process the situation. Morant is rarely the best player on the floor at a given moment, but he often seems to be having the most fun. His highlights invite smiles. What could be cooler than a little guy outperforming giants with craft? Imagine if, in the NBA finals, Jalen Brunson had dunked over Victor Wembanyama. Morant knows what that would feel like, because he's done it.The Memphis Grizzlies drafted Morant second overall in 2019. They watched him blossom into 2020 Rookie of the Year and a two-time All-Star as the franchise player on a semi-reliable playoff team. In 2022, he scored 47 points in a playoff win against the Golden State Warriors, the eventual champions that year. As a young star with such a particular style, Morant figured to reach even greater heights, on the Grizzlies and as one of the faces of the league. Continue reading...
Explosive AP story based on whistleblower testimony suggests agents sat back and watched' in hopes of securing larger drug-trafficking bustDid the Drug Enforcement Agency break the law and gamble with public safety when it permitted large quantities of fentanyl pills to be trafficked in New Mexico in the hopes of getting a larger drug-trafficking bust?That is the question at the heart of an explosive story published in the Associated Press, based on information provided by a former DEA agent turned whistleblower; the whistleblower filed a complaint in 2023 that claimed agents had allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills into Albuquerque - a city still reeling from the opioid crisis while many others across the country are seeing overdose rates decline. Continue reading...
The former New England Revolution midfielder came up through the US system, but felt a pull toward his parents' homelandEsmir Bajraktarevi's uture offered two options with little overlap.Born and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin, a Midwestern river town where Harry Houdini also came of age, Bajraktarevi's development took him from the nearby Chicago Fire's academy to the New England Revolution. He began representing the United States at youth levels, first the U-19s and then the U-23s. He was included in Gregg Berhalter's squad camp in January 2024, making his senior debut against Slovenia. He was involved at Olympic level too, helping the US qualify for Paris 2024. Continue reading...
Democratic socialists need to do more than win in the big American cities. And they can, with the right messageI joined the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in April 2007 at the age of 17. DSA back then was a small group with an ageing membership and an almost negative amount of buzz. If you'd told me its candidates would someday sweep primaries across New York City, I would have been surprised to say the least.Last week, they did. Darializa Avila Chevalier, an organizer in her early 30s, beat the five-term incumbent Adriano Espaillat in a Harlem-and-Bronx seat. Claire Valdez, another socialist, took the open seat Nydia Velazquez is leaving in Brooklyn and Queens. Add the state races, and DSA will seat at least 15 of its endorsed candidates in Albany next year. The movement that made Zohran Mamdani mayor is starting to look less like a pressure campaign and more like a bloc that can govern.Bhaskar Sunkara is a Guardian US columnist. He is the president of the Nation, the founding editor of Jacobin, and the author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
Trump administration faces an escalating controversy over handling of Jane Doe 4' documents in Epstein files. White House has called her allegations completely baseless'A woman known as Jane Doe 4 in the Jeffrey Epstein files is staying off the grid" and lives in fear of retaliation from the Trump administration amid an escalating controversy over its handling of her case, according to a family member.Trauma is brutal. Chronic trauma destroys," said the relative, who described the woman's life as layers of abuse dating back to early childhood. She's coping as best she can." Continue reading...
The Trump v Slaughter decision allows the president further influence over agencies Congress itself createdWhat is Congress for? According to the supreme court, not very much. On Monday, the supreme court overturned Humphrey's Executor, a 91-year-old precedent, nullified the Federal Trade Commission Act, a 112-year-old law, and presumed to settle a 250-year-old debate on the scope of presidential authority when it reapportioned power away from the people's representatives in the House and Senate and gave it instead to Donald Trump. In Trump v Slaughter, the court ruled that that the heads of independent agencies that Congress created cannot be protected from arbitrary firings by laws that Congress passed. Instead, Donald Trump is now free to fire agency heads at will and to replace them with political loyalists, regardless of what Congress has said about it.The ruling has one key exception: Donald Trump does not, according to the justices, have the ability to fire members of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve without cause and without proper procedure. A separate decision found for Lisa Cook, the Joe Biden appointee who was the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, and who was fired via social media post by Donald Trump last year. In addition to Cook's job, the decision protects the independence of the Federal Reserve and the health of financial markets, to say nothing of the considerable personal wealth of the justices themselves.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
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The last thoroughbred racetrack in New York City went dark after its final races on Sunday, closing the book on 132 years of history and one of the city's last great communal spacesFor the better part of a century, the subway ride to Aqueduct Racetrack followed a familiar rhythm. The closer the train drew to Ozone Park, the more animated the conversations became. Men with folded racing forms debated trip notes, overlays and bombs. Regulars swapped tips while newcomers eavesdropped, hoping to catch a profitable whisper. By the time the doors opened at the Aqueduct-North Conduit Avenue stop, thousands of New Yorkers had arrived at what many considered the city's most democratic sporting venue.That ritual took place for the last time on Sunday. After 132 years, Aqueduct hosted its final day of thoroughbred racing before closing for good, marking the end of the last racetrack within New York City limits and a fixture of city life that had endured since the Gilded Age.Pictured above: A towering 60ft-by-80ft mural depicting Secretariat, painted by renowned Los Angeles street artist David Flores, has welcomed visitors to Aqueduct for years. Pictured below: Scenes from around Aqueduct on Sunday's closing day. All photographs by Lauren Caulk. Continue reading...
Former goalkeeper and US Soccer general manager is hosting the Spain team at his training camp in ChattanoogaAt the foot of Signal Mountain on a bend in the Tennessee river, over the little level crossing like a postcard of America, past the sheriff at the gate and through an avenue of pines, the perfect pitch awaits Lamine Yamal, Rodri and the rest. So does a man. He's 6ft 3in, 78 years old, his name is Bill Nuttall, and he's here every day.I've got nothing else to do," he says, laughing. He's done it all: he cleaned out Pele and got cleaned out by Gordon Banks, coached Gerd Muller and built a US national team from scratch, the hosts making history in 1994. He also brought Spain here, an even better host now than he was back then. Continue reading...
The Ecuador manager is a beautifully manicured buzz of energy with Bolivarian liberation in his heart. The tournament is all the better for himAn underrated pleasure for spectators at every World Cup is observing the managers. If club football, an increasingly regimented domain of set pieces and systems, is all about structure, international soccer is much more a matter of style - and at this tournament, the theatrics of the sport's touchline strutters have been rich with emotion and figurative power.Didier Deschamps patrols his technical area with the watchful pride of an outer-arrondissement charcutier. Luis de la Fuente is a veteran wealth manager at Banco Santander. Japan's Hajime Moriyasu is about to go postal at his dreary office job in a Kiyoshi Kurosawa film. Socceroos coach Tony Popovic looks like he's on his way to MC a wedding at Sydney's King Tomislav Croatian Club. And Carlo Ancelotti is ... well, he's just Carlo Ancelotti, a man with Champions League-winning eyebrows whose fierce allegiance to his three-piece suit, even through the worst of a North American summer, suggests he's somehow in command of his own climate. Continue reading...
Carl Rinsch requested $11m for never-finished sci-fi series but diverted money to personal account, prosecutors saidHollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11m for a never-finished sci-fi series. Supporters including Keanu Reeves had asked the court to show him leniency.Rinsch, best known for the 2013 samurai fantasy film 47 Ronin, was convicted in December of federal wire fraud and other charges. According to prosecutors and trial testimony, he told Netflix he needed $11m to finish a show called White Horse but diverted the money into a personal account and ultimately spent whopping sums on luxury cars, watches, clothes and household goods, including $638,000 on two mattresses. Continue reading...
The 2023 verdict found Trump liable for sexually abusing writer and then defaming her - key US politics stories from Monday 29 June at a glanceThe US supreme court on Monday declined Donald Trump's request to review a New York jury's 2023 verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing writer E Jean Carroll, and then defaming her.The justices did not provide an explanation or reasoning, and no public dissents were noted. The decision leaves intact the $5m civil judgment against Trump that was returned by the jury after the two-week trial in 2023. Continue reading...
Challenger Dan Sullivan had been booted from ballot, but supreme court ruled he can compete against senator of same nameA man with the same name and party affiliation as Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, is qualified to run for the seat and ordered election officials to place him on Alaska's primary ballot in August, the state supreme court ruled Monday.The ruling came hours after arguments on Monday and just days after state court Judge Thomas Matthews found the division of elections had abused its discretion" in booting the challenger Sullivan from the ballot. The supreme court, in a brief ruling, affirmed Matthews' decision but sent back to the division the issue of how the challenger should be listed on the ballot, within the confines of existing Alaska ballot design law". Continue reading...
Sonderling is filling in as acting secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced she was leaving in AprilDonald Trump announced he is nominating Keith Sonderling to serve as US secretary of labor, a role he is currently filling as acting secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer's announced her departure in April.It is my Great Honor to announce that I am nominating Keith E. Sonderling, the outstanding Acting United States Secretary of Labor, to be permanent," Trump wrote on Truth Social. Keith previously served as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer and, during my First Term, worked at the U.S. Department of Labor as the Acting and Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division." Continue reading...
Settlement requires archbishop to write apology letter to each survivor and implement child protection reformsThe San Francisco Catholic archdiocese has agreed to pay $395m to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs' attorneys said Monday.Salvatore Cordileone, the San Francisco archbishop, will have to write an apology letter to each survivor as part of the settlement. Continue reading...
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