Enforcing civil rights without these reports will be difficult for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pushing US agency closer to Trump's agenda, experts warnThe US civil rights agency mandated to protect equal rights for workers is set to stop collecting data on the demographic makeup of companies - which for the past six decades has been used to enforce anti-discrimination laws.The move marks a fundamental shift for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Without this data, it will be much harder for the agency to identify widespread cases of discrimination in hiring and promotions, experts and former employees of the commission say. And, they warn, it will bring the Trump administration one step closer to reshaping the commission from an independent watchdog into an arm of the executive branch narrowly focused on advancing the political grievances of Donald Trump's base. Continue reading...
The far-right provocateur helped galvanize a movement that no longer needs him. Now his imitators are claiming victoryIt's been a long, slow decline for Milo Yiannopoulos. From the vantage point of 2026, it's easy to forget that he was once a big deal.The British-born far-right provocateur, who was arrested by ICE in Louisiana and deported from the US this week, was among the first media figures to ride the gamergate" controversy and ensuing rightwing populist wave that brought Donald Trump to office in 2016. An editor of the then ascendant Breitbart News from 2014 to 2017, Yiannopoulous was an early adopter of the media strategy of algorithm-optimized outrage bait, trawling the internet and a consulting large network of well-placed sources in search of stories he could use to fan the flames of online culture war discourses. He would write a story mocking a feminist, or fire off a tweet saying something racist about Muslims, and the ensuing firestorm of controversy would result in online arguments, media coverage, and his own promptly and decisively rising star. Rinse, repeat. Continue reading...
Sum of $500,000 has been increased as death toll passes 1,000 but specialists decry Trump dismantling of USAIDAid experts have denounced the US's embarrassing" and pitiful" initial response to the Nepal flood disaster after the US state department announced it was releasing $500,000 in emergency funds to help the relief effort.The modest sum - which has since been increased - allocated in response to the devastation caused by mudslides in the mountainous Asian country was mocked on social media, where users contrasted it with the amount spent on other Trump administration priorities. Continue reading...
Ten years after he helped shape the quarterback's anthem protest, the former NFL player and Army veteran says he still sees it as an act of patriotismNate Boyer was stunned. The former NFL long snapper and United States Army Green Beret had big plans for his MVP (Merging Vets and Players) foundation, an organization that helps veterans and NFL players address the challenges that await once they take the uniform off for good. MVP was all set for a season-long college football activation tour thanks to a five-figure sponsorship from a well-known brand that happens to be one of the NFL's longstanding partners. Boyer and his team were prepping for their trip to Columbus for Ohio State's home opener. Everything was ready to go. Thousands in upfront costs had been spent. Then the company pulled out.They suddenly stopped replying to emails," Boyer says. Finally, on that Thursday, when I was at the airport en route, I called our point person, also a veteran, who begrudgingly told me what was going on." Continue reading...
LA added Myles Garrett and brought Aaron Donald out of retirement to create the NFL's most menacing defense. A Super Bowl trip still isn't a guaranteeLast Saturday night, NFL Network premiered the 2025 edition of America's Game, the annual NFL Films-produced documentary on the reigning Super Bowl champions, this time starring the Seattle Seahawks.Less than 24 hours later, the Los Angeles Rams announced that they had lured Aaron Donald out of retirement and signed him to a one-year, $20m contract that could reach $30m with incentives. Continue reading...
For his latest in a series of work photographing people with red hair, photographer Kieran Dodds interviewed and made portraits of hundreds of people with ginger hair, with widely varying backgrounds and heritage, across the US between 2024 and 2026. Dodds asked each interviewee the same question at the end of the interview: What unites the states? We hear some of the responses
Attacks on Iran's Revolutionary Guard and reprisals against US bases in Middle East quash hopes that flare-up last weekend was limited in natureThe US has launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets, prompting counter strikes by Tehran targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, fuelling concerns about a wider renewal of hostilities.US Marine Corps base Camp Titin in Jordan was targeted for an intense ballistic missile attack", Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said early on Wednesday, according to Iranian news outlet Tasnim. Continue reading...
Incumbent, 80, beats back challenge from Seth Moulton, who argued Markey was too old to be effective at his jobSenator Ed Markey won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts on Tuesday, beating back a challenge from Seth Moulton, a congressman who tried to unseat him by arguing to voters his opponent was too old to be effective at his job.Massachusetts is heavily Democratic, making the senator favored to win a third full term in the November general election, where he faces the Republican nominee John Deaton. Continue reading...
In a major LGBTQ+ rights victory, the justice department cannot force the state to ban trans girls from women's sportsA federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging California's policy of allowing transgender youth to play on sports teams that match their gender, a major loss for Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DoJ).The justice department had been fighting for a year to force California to ban trans girls from women's sports, with the president directly singling out one trans track and field athlete in online attacks and regularly mocking trans athletes in his speeches. Continue reading...
Acting secretary picked for top role as critics accuse president of overworking sailors during war with IranDonald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating acting navy secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job, giving the navy combat veteran the nod as concerns have emerged that some sailors have been stretched to the limit during the Iran war.Cao has been serving as acting navy secretary since John Phelan departed the job unexpectedly and without explanation in late April. Continue reading...
Government talks up pact but Venezuelan opposition alarmed that democracy yet to return after Maduro exitTrump administration officials on Tuesday defended a highly contentious deal giving the US control of a significant chunk of Venezuelan oil reserves, arguing that the sweeping agreement would help stabilize and rebuild democracy in the shattered South American country while giving Washington vital access to strategic crude reserves.Last week, Donald Trump announced a groundbreaking" deal that would give the US majority" control over 65bn barrels - roughly one-fifth - of Venezuela's oil reserves. Continue reading...
Fery could not repeat his Wimbledon odyssey as he lost in the first round to Musetti, while Fritz, Rybakina and Andreeva advanced in straight sets and Cobolli fought back to win in fiveNothing's going Cobolli's way at the moment, as he thwacks his own leg with his racket while trying to hit the ball, as he's taken to deuce once more on his serve. He recovers to get to his advantage, but then balloons another errant forehand well long, before finally getting on the board to reduce his deficit to 3-1.It was also a day when Stan Wawrinka played his final grand slam match, Carlos Alcaraz made his return from injury and Aryna Sabalenka, after a shaky summer, started her title defence with a comfortable victory. Continue reading...
Sudden departure of Daniel Driscoll comes after Pentagon chief removed senior officers and blocked promotions, prompting warnings of a leadership crisisA senior Senate Democrat accused Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth of having hollowed out" the army's senior ranks after its top civilian leader resigned after months of internal clashes with Hegseth.No official reason was given for army secretary Daniel Driscoll's departure after 18 months on the job, while thousands of US soldiers are deployed in the Middle East. In a statement on Monday night, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said Driscoll had been highly effective in advancing President Trump's agenda", citing his work on readiness and lethality" and his role in Russia-Ukraine negotiations. Continue reading...
Harold Lucas, sentenced to death over 1976 murder, killed by lethal injection as state continues execution rushA Florida man convicted of killing a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was executed Tuesday evening.Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was pronounced dead at 6.18pm following a three-drug injection starting at 6pm at Florida state prison near Starke, authorities said. Continue reading...
Proposal offers look at how state department could enforce Trump order targeting what it calls birth tourism'The US state department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of Donald Trump's latest effort to limit birthright citizenship.The draft guidance, reviewed by Reuters, is the first detailed look at how the state department could enforce Trump's 6 August executive order targeting what it calls birth tourism" and broadening historical exceptions to birthright citizenship. Continue reading...
Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old vice-president at the bank, was killed in Tuesday stabbing in New York City, officials sayA corporate vice-president at Bank of America was killed in a stabbing in New York City's Times Square, the second-biggest US lending bank said on Tuesday about a random incident that took place in broad daylight in the bustling heart of Manhattan.The incident had brought the streets of the crowded area to a halt on Monday as emergency vehicles swarmed between the skyscrapers. Continue reading...
British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was really, really terrified'Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right commentator who was arrested last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Louisiana and deported to the United Kingdom, has broken his silence about the experience, saying that for the first time I know what it feels like to be really, really terrified".Yiannopoulos on Tuesday appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored, a YouTube show presented by Piers Morgan, the British broadcaster and media personality. Yiannopoulos, 41, described the experience in the US as humiliating and disorientating", physically degrading" and frightening". Continue reading...
Outgoing congressman Thomas Massie urges justice department to launch immediate investigationAn outgoing Republican congressman accused billionaire Leon Black and David Copperfield, the illusionist, of being co-conspirators of the accused late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and repeated a call for the Department of Justice to launch an immediate investigation into the men, among others.Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who recently lost his primary to a challenger backed by Donald Trump, named several friends and associates of Epstein on the floor of the House in his bid to shame" the Department of Justice to investigate a group of men and one woman who Massie called perpetrators" of Epstein's crimes. He also noted that, nearly one year after Trump signed the Epstein Transparency Act, which led to the release of millions of so-called Epstein files", millions more have yet to be publicly disclosed.Additional reporting by Anna Betts Continue reading...
Experts say more bears are wandering into human's homes and shops in search of food, due to drought-driven food shortages across the US west Continue reading...
ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visaA 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in Tacoma, Washington.Federal immigration officials detained Loreto Javar during his US citizenship interview in Tukwila, Washington, in June. Javar, a Filipino national, moved to the US in 1995 and has lived in the country with his wife and daughter ever since. Continue reading...
PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bansPublic libraries in the US are at breaking point" because of an onslaught of political interference, harassment and ideological censorship, a new report published on Tuesday said.Book bans, cancelled story hours, attacks on librarians, funding cuts and the undoing of libraries' independent governance are examined by the free expression advocacy group PEN America in its study called Out of Circulation: Expanding Censorship in Public Libraries. Continue reading...
Girls Gone Bible is on tour in the US, touting a regressive ideal of femininity through discussions of abstinence and mental health strugglesAt first glance, the crowd gathering outside a music venue in Red Bank, New Jersey, could have passed for a group of sorority rush hopefuls - or Ella Langley fans on their way to the country star's show. Most of them were under the age of 30. They wore cowboy boots, maxi sundresses and soft, bouncy blowouts, scrolling on their phones outside the doors as they waited for friends to arrive.But one accessory gave them away: the Bibles they toted. These women were there to pray. Continue reading...
Questions over Trump's ballroom and other structures might not feel urgent. But when his reign ends, Trumpism must be repudiatedOn Monday, a majority on the supreme court found a technical way to overrule a lower court's imperative to stop work, while not taking a stance on whether the whole enterprise might be illegal to begin with. Preservationists, the majority held, appear to lack legal grounds for filing a suit blocking Trump's ballroom; that means construction will proceed, even if none other than John Roberts, in a dissent, held that those responsible" were breaking the rules in deciding what to build up at the People's House". The solicitor general John Sauer is on record claiming that 65% of the project is completed (of course, he might have exaggerated - such things are known to have happened in Trump administrations). Either way, it is thus likely that there will be a massive structure next to the original White House; and, given that the ruling will embolden the president dramatically to change Washington DC's landscape by spending money never approved by Congress, we might be cursed with a triumphal arch as well. All of which raises the question: what to do with a monstrous architectural legacy in post-Trump America?Some might dismiss the question as a bit of a luxury problem. After all, a war that also demonstrates the ongoing disempowerment of Congress keeps dragging on; ICE continues its cruel day-to-day work; Trump is trying every tactic to make the midterms go his way. But the built environment, and especially the civic landscape of a capital, is never just an afterthought. Buildings and monuments make values visible, as the philosopher Susan Neiman once put it. And the decision to leave Trump's structures in place as if his reign had just been another normal era in US history is not neutral - just like leaving Confederate monuments in place is not neutral.Jan-Werner Muller is a Guardian US columnist and a professor of politics at Princeton University Continue reading...
The president is lashing out at an NBC host. As the agency's former chair, I can only hope it stands up for free speechWill the FCC chairperson again abuse his authority over broadcast licenses to put a Band-Aid on Donald Trump's thin skin?Since the opening days of the Trump presidency, Brendan Carr has acted as the president's attack dog to coerce broadcasters to say things that please his client. Only days after taking office in January 2025, Carr revived a previously dismissed complaint against CBS for the editing of 60 Minutes that tracked candidate Trump's specious lawsuit on the matter. At the time, the FCC was considering the transfer of CBS licenses to Skydance, a decision that did not come until after CBS agreed to pay $16m to settle with Trump. In September, after Jimmy Kimmel's remarks about Charlie Kirk, Carr urged broadcasters to take action, saying we can do this the easy way or the hard way" - an attack even the senator Ted Cruz said sounded right out of Goodfellas". In March 2026, he threatened broadcasters over their coverage of the Iran war after the president complained on Truth Social. In April, he ordered Disney's eight ABC-owned television stations to submit their licenses for premature review, even though most aren't even halfway through their license term (Disney, ABC and the stations are suing).Tom Wheeler was chairperson of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017 Continue reading...
Jury took about three hours to reach verdict in case that relied heavily on confessions from the defendant. Plus, the woman who lived with and loved Freddie Mercury as her fianceGood morning. A Las Vegas jury has found the former South Side Compton Crips gang leader Duane Keith Davis guilty of the murder of Tupac Shakur, bringing the case to a close nearly 30 years after the rapper was gunned down. The jury took about three hours to reach a guilty verdict in a case that relied heavily on multiple confessions from Davis himself.The 63-year-old, who was accused of instigating the deadly shooting but not pulling the trigger himself, had spent years telling investigators and interviewers alike of his direct involvement before he was arrested in 2023.Who was Tupac Shakur? Shakur was born in 1971 in East Harlem, New York, and rose to fame in the early 90s with lyrics that doubled as a sharp commentary on social injustice including systemic racism and police brutality. He was 25 when he died, is regarded among the greatest rappers to ever live, and continues to be celebrated around the world years after his life was cut short.How have his family reacted to the trial? We've been waiting 30 years to grieve properly," Zayd Akinyela, Shakur's cousin, told reporters outside the courtroom when the trial was under way. A lot of people don't get to grieve until they understand what happened to their loved one and how it happened."Why have authorities been so heavily criticised over the case? Las Vegas police faced criticism that they had bungled the investigation and failed to pursue crucial leads, including from a member of Shakur's entourage who claimed he could identify the shooters. That witness died weeks later in a separate shooting. Continue reading...
Mike Rogers isn't merely campaigning alongside a controversial supporter. His campaign put an extremist on its faith leadership teamHasan Piker.Turn on cable news. Pick up a newspaper. Log on to Twitter. It doesn't seem to matter where you get your political news: for the past month, the leftist Twitch streamer has become one of the dominant subjects of coverage, conversation and controversy surrounding the crucial Michigan Senate race between the Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and the Republican Mike Rogers. Continue reading...
Inquiry come after conservative thinktanks claim unions are using member dues to support Democratic causesHouse Republicans are investigating several US labor unions based on claims from far-right nonprofits alleging union dues are being used for illegal political funding.Republicans on the House's education and workforce committee opened the investigation this summer after multiple reports from the conservative thinktanks targeted unions and their spending, claiming that unions are using member dues to support Democratic causes. Continue reading...
Age on the agenda in Massachusetts but octogenarian leftwinger leads younger rival Seth Moulton in primary pollDemocrats have spent the summer ousting long-serving incumbents in primaries across the country. On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters will decide whether that generational revolt extends to the 80-year-old Ed Markey, whose younger Democratic rival has argued that the incumbent is simply too old to serve another term.But the Senate primary in this heavily Democratic state flips a central dynamic of previous contests, where youthful progressive insurgents have targeted - and in several cases, toppled - older incumbents they derided as avatars of an outmoded cautious establishment. Continue reading...
The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action nowFor millennia, the high peaks of the Himalayas were held together by an invisible, frozen cement - permafrost and glacial ice that bound ancient rock into seemingly unshakable fortresses. But as the planet continues to warm, this alpine glue is liquefying.The glacial collapse and deluge in Nepal and Tibet was not a freak weather event; it was the structural failure of a mountain itself, nature's latest commentary on the deadly consequences of human-caused planetary warming. And it was the exclamation point on a summer of extremes, illustrating with a sole unnatural disaster the apocalyptic future that lies in store if we fail to take dramatic climate action. Continue reading...
The non-profit Leaving Maga is built on the premise that abandoning the Trump-built movement is like fighting a disease or breaking an addictionStephania Messina kept birthing boys. In the Quiverfull conservative Christian church she belonged to outside Detroit, Michigan, that made her a community celebrity. Your quiver, as the church taught it, is your womb, meant to be filled with as many arrows - a metaphor for children - as you can shoot unto the Lord. She shot five. They treated me like I was Mother Mary, like I was this gift to the church," she said.But while she was quickly pushed into leading worship and Bible study groups for women and children, she wasn't permitted to talk about politics. Continue reading...
Alex Eala has become the Philippines' biggest sporting star since Manny Pacquiao. Now the 21-year-old's traveling army of fans have descended on Flushing MeadowsThe crowd began to swell in Louis Armstrong Stadium a half hour before 2pm. A fair number of fans were probably there to see Taylor Fritz and Terence Atmane practice, but it was the session after theirs that was the headline attraction on the Friday of the US Open's fan week. The blue, red and white throughout the stands, spotted on bucket hats and posters and basketball jerseys and flags, signaled who these people were here to see.This has been the year of Alex Eala, the 21-year-old sensation who has taken the tennis world by storm. At No 18, she is the Philippines' highest-ranked player ever, its biggest sports celebrity since Manny Pacquiao. The country's president hosted a reception to celebrate her success, and called for a national celebration after she won her first tour-level title this month at the DC Open. Forbes estimates Eala's off-court earnings for the past year to exceed $5m, plus $1.7m in prize money, and her agent predicts she will be the world's second-highest-paid female athlete by 2027. Continue reading...
Comments signal president prepared to use dispute to push UK to raise defence spending and Nato contributionsDonald Trump has suggested he is reconsidering US support for Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, in a move likely to strain the special relationship" between Washington and London.I always review every position - that's just one of many," the US president told reporters in the White House, in response to a question about whether he was reviewing the US's position over the South Atlantic islands, an archipelago whose status has long been disputed by Argentina, which claims sovereignty. Continue reading...
A decade after Kaepernick's quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followedAmerica likes nice round numbers, perfect for anniversaries and reflections, and it has, suddenly, been 10 years since Colin Kaepernick first protested police killings - more accurately, police killings of Black people that went unpunished either internally or by the courts - by taking a knee during the national anthem for the entirety of the 2016 NFL regular season. He never played in the league again.Ten years covers a lot of ground, especially in these years of American darkness, and many of the important details surrounding Kaepernick, his banishment and significance have disappeared, time replaced by more time and more darkness - time moving faster than ever, at internet speed, where nothing matters, where nothing sticks. We consume by clip, by click, by meme, and knowledge by meme is not knowledge at all. Continue reading...
A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga - and why it would never happen to NasaA year has passed since I and thousands of colleagues lost our jobs at USAID. Asking myself Why us?" I have come to the conclusion that the American public had very little idea of what we were doing and why.Doge, the department of government efficiency", began its work in January 2025, with USAID as its first target, in a reckless campaign that even Elon Musk has said he would not repeat. At that moment of chaos, Americans lacked the knowledge that could contradict the false narrative presented by Musk, who called the agency a criminal organisation" and a viper's nest of radical left-marxists who hate America". Continue reading...
Officials say one person still unaccounted for as forecast heavy rain and thunderstorms threaten further floodingA second death was confirmed by National Park Service officials on Monday after a flash flood sent a surge of water and debris through an area of the Grand Canyon over the weekend.Dozens of visitors had to be evacuated by helicopter during the deluge, which consumed trails and infrastructure. Nearly 80 people were rescued and one person is still unaccounted for, as more heavy rain and thunderstorms in the forecasts threaten additional debris flows, flash floods or rock falls, the NPS said in a statement. Continue reading...
Pamela Cisneros, 49, was wielding two knives when she stabbed a woman, who died in the hospital, and a manNew York City police shot and killed a woman Monday after she stabbed two people in Times Square, city authorities said during a press conference.Jessica Tisch, the New York City police commissioner, described the stabbings as random and unprovoked" acts carried out by a woman with previous mental health problems. Continue reading...
Company is offering cash reward for 40,000lb stolen cargo, and turns theft into lighthearted social media promotionPabst is offering a reward after tens of thousands of cans of its Blue Ribbon beer were stolen from the company's southern California warehouse two weeks ago - if it is all safely returned.In Instagram posts, Pabst put the weight of the stolen cargo at 40,000lb (18,000kg) and started a countdown seeking its return. Continue reading...
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