State election officials said they reviewed 185 records homeland security sent them and confirmed they were US citizensThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrongly identified 185 people on Nevada's voter rolls as non-citizens, state officials said this week, escalating concerns over the shoddy methodology the government is using to raise fear about non-citizen voting ahead of the midterm elections.In July, Donald Trump gave a speech saying DHS had found a combined 278,000 non-citizens on the rolls in Nevada, California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Follow-up letters to each of those states weakened the claim, saying there only could be as many as 278,000 non-citizens on the rolls, including up to 15,903 in Nevada. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California seek to prevent unlawful arrestsUS senators have introduced legislation aimed at cutting down warrantless or specious ICE arrests, and curbing the agency's ability to indefinitely detain immigrants who do not pose any danger to their communities.The new legislation, shared exclusively with the Guardian, would require immigration officers to obtain an administrative warrant from a supervisor outlining a probable cause for detaining someone. Such a warrant must also be presented to each person who is detained, the bill says, alongside notice of when the detainee must appear in immigration court. Continue reading...
Russian strikes in Kyiv, Netanyahu in New York, floods in Japan and the Asian Games - the past seven days as captured by the world's leading photojournalists Continue reading...
Forecasters say storm will cause heavy rains and large waves along the coast, near communities still recovering from extreme weatherHurricane Nolo is expected to bring potentially life-threatening and catastrophic flooding to Hawaii on Friday, affecting communities that are still recovering from devastating storms earlier this summer.The state activated more than 230 Hawaii national guard members and closed schools ahead of the storm. Nolo is expected to move west on Saturday and not directly hit the islands, but forecasters say it will still cause heavy rainfall, as much as 25in, as well as large and damaging waves along the coast. Continue reading...
The Chinese leader's visit to Washington appears to have done nothing to shift the stalemate in bilateral relationsWithin days, two high-profile Chinese visitors will arrive in the US - envoys of friendship, as Xi Jinping described them when he met Donald Trump at the White House this week. The giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, will be hosted at Atlanta zoo. Beijing dispatched the first panda pair to the US in 1972 following President Richard Nixon's landmark visit to China. It uses the animals toindicate satisfaction or displeasure with other nations. But it also charges heftily for their lease: reportedly, around $1m a year per pair. Americans' views of China have warmed from a pandemic nadir, but are unlikely to be shifted much by two animals, however charming.These days they are more of a token gesturethan a striking symbol.It is telling that the announcement was one of the main takeaways of Mr Xi's visit to Washington. Expectations were low after May's stalemate summit in Beijing, but this meeting still struggled to meet them. The US president gave Mr Xi a lavish welcome -unusually, travelling to meet the strong, vibrant andfit" Chinese leader off the plane. He insisted that they had never gotten along better". Continue reading...
The justice called out her colleagues in a speech she made at the UDC school of law, hours after Trump filed his latest requestUS supreme court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson acknowledged serious concerns about her colleagues' handling of emergency requests, the method Donald Trump often uses to seek approval from the court.Jackson, one of the three liberal members of the supreme court, criticized the justices' willingness to issue rulings via the shadow docket", saying it undermines the public's faith in the judicial system. Continue reading...
Trump's media ban resulted in an effective TV blackout of coverage of the president during the UN general assemblyThe primary White House television pool has resumed filming administration events after a court ruling temporarily overturned a Trump administration ban on CNN a day earlier.In an unprecedented move, the pool - which also includes NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News - ceased recording and transmitting White House footage on Monday, in solidarity with CNN, MS Now and Politico, which had been banned by Trump from the building over what he said was their constant reporting' FAKE NEWS." Continue reading...
Iran's seven-day timetable would restart nuclear talks, but will the US be willing to deliver on terms that include reining in Israel in Lebanon?Iran's seven-day timetable to reopen the strait of Hormuz and start talks on its nuclear programme has been pitched as a deal that could rapidly extricate Donald Trump from a political crisis but requires the US president to make difficult concessions.In the five days left before the proposed reopening of the strait, which is expected to relieve pressure on global energy markets, Trump would need to lift Iranian asset freezes, permit Iran to export its oil and, probably most difficult of all, order Benjamin Netanyahu to end Israel's attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, thus achieving the ceasefire on all fronts". Continue reading...
Greg Steube's Flafo Act would require federal agencies to obtain warrants before accessing or sharing data from networked license plate readersA Florida Republican has introduced a bill that would bar US federal agencies from using Flock Safety's licence plate cameras and similar systems without a warrant, amid a nationwide backlash against the surveillance company.Greg Steube's Facilitating Liberty and Accountability for Flock Observations (Flafo) Act, introduced on Friday, would require a judicial warrant before federal agencies could buy, operate, access or share data with networked licence plate readers. It would also make US Department of Justice grants to local police conditional on their adopting similar rules. Continue reading...
Like many other families coping with a loved one's detention, Alma Ramirez and her children have faced financial struggles and mental health tollsA version of this story was originally published in La Opinion. Read the story in Spanish here.Every night, for months, as they settled into bed at their home in Watts, California, seven-year-old Jose, named after his father, would look over to his mother, Alma Ramirez, and ask her one question: Continue reading...
Forecasters say up to 40 million people in multiple US states could be affected by the early season northeasterly stormHigh winds and heavy rain were beginning to batter New England on Friday as a significant" nor'easter, the first such storm of the fall, threatened to disrupt weekend plans for millions.In the Pacific Ocean, meanwhile, three separate hurricanes, one threatening catastrophic flooding", including life-threatening flash floods, in Hawaii, were churning as a record-setting El Nino continued to amplify severe weather events on a global scale. Continue reading...
Messaging very telling', says Crump after grand jury said it found no evidence of criminal conduct in teen's deathCivil rights attorney Ben Crump released information from a forensic examination of Nolan Wells' cellphone as well as details of the official autopsy on Thursday, just days after a Mississippi grand jury said it found no evidence of criminal conduct in the teen's death.Attorneys representing the 18-year-old Black college student's family have called for transparency, asking that the grand jury investigative materials and the official autopsy report be publicly released. Continue reading...
Federal agencies told to prioritize recreational fishing and to reconsider scientific standards as well as regulationsDonald Trump's latest fishing order is raising new concerns about US marine protections, as it directs federal agencies to prioritize recreational fishing while reconsidering the scientific standards and environmental regulations that govern American fisheries.The National Marine Fisheries Service hailed last Thursday's order, Restoring American Saltwater Angling and Recreation, telling the Guardian: By addressing long-standing flaws in federal data collection, streamlining permitting, and expanding marine habitats, this action delivers long-overdue stability to America's $1.2tn outdoor recreation economy." Continue reading...
Israel and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests. The future is hereIn recent weeks, concerns about AI have forged unlikely alliances in the tech and policy worlds. Tech moguls such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis joined Dario Amodei, Satya Nadella and Bill Gates in sounding the alarm about the dangers of AI and called for a slowdown of the technology's development despite years of racing for dominance. The senator Bernie Sanders teamed up with Steve Bannon to urge Congress to regulate AI, which has become one of the very few issues to unite Americans across the political spectrum.The latest moves were sparked in part by the AI researcher Jacob Coxon's warnings on Twitter/X that AI companies are gambling with our lives" and believe that the technology could kill us all by the end of the decade". Continue reading...
More than 100 people arrested while Israeli PM claims war on Gaza is the opposite of genocide'. Plus a Guardian investigation reveals the extent to which some convenience stores fail to honor their pricesGood morning. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, delivered an inflammatory address to the UN in New York, decrying what he said was a global anti-Jewish conspiracy and taking aim at critics of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. He branded Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, a tyrant", described Zohran Mamdani as the antisemitic mayor of New York", and declared that Israel's war in Gaza was not a genocide, it's the opposite of genocide".Netanyahu delivered his address just hours after the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, said his delegation was unlawfully" denied visas by the Trump administration to attend the meeting. Dozens of delegates, inspired by a Palestinian call, walked out of the General Assembly Hall of the UN headquarters as Netanyahu took the stage.What was the reaction on the streets of New York? More than 100 people were arrested outside the UN headquarters as hundreds of Jewish, Palestinian, Iranian and Lebanese New Yorkers, among others, protested during Netanyahu's address. Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder were among those detained.What has rapper Macklemore announced? The US rapper, removed from Ed Sheeran's US tour after voicing his support of Palestine, has convened a Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations. The charity show will visit Dublin, Paris and London, with a North American run to be announced.What happened in the Senate about the war? Senate Republicans have blocked a Democratic effort to end the US war against Iran, voting down a House-passed war powers resolution. The measure, which passed the House last week with bipartisan support, failed in the Senate by a 49-50 vote, attracting some Republican support, but not enough to pass.What other developments have there been in the Middle East? Saudi Arabia says it intercepted six ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, with the latest attacks pushing oil prices to a one-week high over fears of spiralling supply disruptions. Continue reading...
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The US press corps stood up to Donald Trump this week after he banned three organisations he doesn't like from the White House. But when it came to the leader of one of the US's oldest adversaries - China - well, Trump literally rolled out a very long red carpet. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian's Shrai Popat about why Trump seems weaker these days, but why it could be dangerous to underestimate him Continue reading...
A group of nations will gather on Friday to address the crisis. The only response to unilateral bullying is collective actionThe international legal order is in shambles. But from the ruins of impunity and lawbreaking, a group of nations is working to enforce accountability.On Monday, the UN general assembly's high-level meetings opened to news that Washington had drawn up sanctions against the international criminal court, targeting its bank accounts, software, insurers and staff. Continue reading...
After playing zero minutes at the 2023 World Cup, the attacker embraced a new club, a new mindset and a new position. Now she's making NWSL history in North CarolinaIt was a familiar sight: Ashley Sanchez running at the left post, controlling a lofted cross, deftly finding a window between defenders and taking a quick shot to the inside of the far post beyond the reach of the goalkeeper. It's how the North Carolina Courage winger has scored so many of her 19 goals this year. This would be her 20th, tying Temwa Chawinga's 2024 record for most goals scored in an NWSL season.But on Saturday against Gotham, it wasn't meant to be. As Sanchez celebrated with her teammates and fans in the WakeMed Soccer Park stands updated their handmade Sanchez Goal-O-Meter", the center referee was summoned to the VAR monitor, and the goal was called off; Sanchez's teammate Gianna Paul was a touch offside when the play began. No tied game, and no tied record. Continue reading...
The sprawling Philippine Arena hosts games in a country of fanatical basketball fans. Jamie Malonzo was lucky enough to play there in a Game 7Jamie Malonzo got there early, one of the first players to arrive. He knew this was a different thing altogether. He knew the 55,000-capacity Philippine Arena was something else.As Malonzo warmed up, the crowd began to file into the stands for Game 7 of the PBA Commissioner's Cup. Fans tried to get his attention, yelling and waving their arms madly. This game, Malonzo knew, would be unlike any other he had ever played in. Continue reading...
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A TV spot claims the US president is trying to sway October's presidential vote in favour of Lula's far-right opponentsLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva's presidential campaign has accused Donald Trump of wanting to colonise" Brazil in order to capture its natural resources by meddling in next month's presidential election.The accusation came in a campaign advert that was published on social media on Thursday night by Lula's team and will air on television on Friday amid growing fears over the impact alleged US interference could have on the vote. Continue reading...
Xi Jinping's visit heavy on symbolism but no sign closed-door meeting yielded breakthroughs on thorny issues such as AI, trade, Taiwan and IranDonald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday, with talks on AI, trade and a growing US-China strategic rivalry expected to feature on an elaborate state visit that critics say went big on style but lacked substance.Here are the key takeaways from Xi's first visit to Washington in more than a decade. Continue reading...
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Officials deny entry even after federal judge rules Trump administration must grant banned journalists accessJournalists for CNN and MS Now were denied access to the White House state dinner in honor of Xi Jinping, China's president, on Thursday evening, hours after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration must allow them in after imposing a ban last week.About an hour before Xi's arrival was scheduled, the White House said CNN could cover the event, but only with a photojournalist and audio technician, notably excluding the network's editorial team consisting of a reporter and producer," CNN reported. Continue reading...
Mikie Sherrill says Dale Caldwell engaged in serious, repeated violations' involving staffers and giftsNew Jersey's governor on Thursday called on the state's lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he violated the state's ethics and discrimination rules.The report published Wednesday found that Caldwell violated the state's policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace. It said he made an advance toward a staffer's friend and when he was rebuffed, he told the staffer: You young women are looking for young sperm." Continue reading...
Chinese president's proposals for lessening tensions come amid period of intense competition between the two countries over AI and tradeXi Jinping has called for extensive cooperation with Washington to avoid the Thucydides trap" that could put the US and China on a military collision course amid rising tensions over artificial intelligence, trade and Taiwan.At the start of his summit meeting with Donald Trump in the White House, the Chinese president laid out terms for a mutual understanding that he said could steer the two competing superpowers away from future military conflict and on to a road of mutual gain. Continue reading...
James Copenhaver, 76, left with lingering injuries after gunman opened fire from rooftop at 2024 Pennsylvania rallyJames Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76.Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop, grazing Trump's right ear with one bullet. Copenhaver was struck in the arm and in the abdomen, wounds that left him with lingering injuries and walking with a cane. Continue reading...
Actor Susan Sarandon, whistleblower Chelsea Manning and comedian Caleb Hearon are detained by NYPDMore than 100 people were arrested outside the United Nations' headquarters in New York City on Thursday as Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the general assembly, a speech that also prompted dozens of UN delegates to walk out in protest.The protest outside the UN, one of several this week against the embattled Israeli prime minister, drew hundreds of Jewish, Palestinian, Iranian and Lebanese New Yorkers, among others, as well as several elected officials and candidates in the November election, and a number of celebrities. Continue reading...
Actors detained at Jewish Voice for Peace demonstration against Israeli prime minister's address to the UN general assemblyOscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and Hacks star Hannah Einbinder were among people detained by police in New York on Thursday as they moved in to break up a protest against Benjamin Netanyahu.Agence France-Presse footage shows NYPD officers cuffing Thelma & Louise star Sarandon at the demo in the city as the Israeli prime minister was readying to address the United Nations general assembly. Continue reading...
Country says US must lift sanctions on its oil exports and end the war on all fronts, including in LebanonIran said it has told Donald Trump it is willing to open the strait of Hormuz in six days, and to start talks on its nuclear program the day after, so long as the US lifts sanctions on Iran's oil exports in return, ends the war on all fronts - including in Lebanon - and releases some of Iran's frozen assets.The proposal is designed to accelerate the steps first laid down in the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran in June, particularly by helping the talks on Iran's nuclear program start much more quickly than previously agreed. Continue reading...
Alaska Democratic nominee in pivotal Senate race struggled to deal with her grief' after death of husband and mother, spokesperson saidMary Peltola's campaign on Thursday downplayed a report that the Democratic nominee in Alaska's pivotal Senate race shoved a staffer and used slurs, saying the article exaggerated her behavior, but acknowledging she struggled following the deaths of her husband and mother.The New York Times article published on Wednesday is based on text messages and interviews with nine former employees of Peltola, who served in the House of Representatives from 2022 till the beginning of last year and is now set to face the Republican senator Dan Sullivan in the 3 November midterm elections. Continue reading...
Attorney general Todd Blanche requests that justices overturn lower court ruling that halted such removalsThe Trump administration has asked the US supreme court to allow it to deport immigrants to countries other than their own, the latest effort to seek approval for a controversial policy that fulfils Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda.Todd Blanche, the US attorney general, said on Thursday morning that the Department of Justice would ask the conservative-majority supreme court for help, nearly a week after a lower court judge rejected the policy. Continue reading...
I refuse to play host to a man who has overseen the slaughter or injury of more than 64,000 children in Gaza with American taxpayer dollars. I refuse to be complicit in genocideBenjamin Netanyahu belongs at The Hague; not in the streets of New York City, and certainly not before the United Nations general assembly. The international criminal court has a warrant out for his arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The UN's own commission of inquiry has found that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and named Netanyahu as its chief architect.As the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th congressional district, I refuse to allow a war criminal to roam the streets of our city unchallenged. I refuse to play host to a man who has overseen the slaughter or injury of more than 64,000 children in Gaza with American taxpayer dollars. I refuse to be complicit in genocide.Darializa Avila Chevalier is the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th congressional district Continue reading...
GAO documents array of costly problems as ICE pursues controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacityUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity - and the total will likely rise due to continuing mismanagement, congressional investigators warned on Thursday.The US government accountability office (GAO) documented costly problems in several initiatives ICE has pursued since Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025 and ordered the mass arrest and deportation of people his administration has deemed should be forced out of the country. Continue reading...
Dozens of delegates left the room in support of Palestine as the Israeli prime minister walked to the podium on Thursday. Other delegates clapped and chanted 'Am Yisrael Chai' or 'the people of Israel live' in support of the prime minister
CNN senior reporter Betsy Klein gained access to the White House on 24 September, hours after a federal judge ruled against Donald Trump's media ban. The ban had barred reporters from CNN, MS Now and Politico from accessing the White House Continue reading...
Man left bloodied and hurt after immigration enforcement agents tried to arrest him in Evanston, a Chicago suburbAn eyewitness has described how two federal immigration agents allegedly beat and badly injured a US citizen in a botched arrest attempt in Illinois, and left the man dazed and bleeding on the ground as they walked away after realizing their apparent mistake.Bystander Ryan Garton told the Associated Press that he saw the agents pinning down the man, who is Black, on the side of the road as he was driving home on Sunday in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago. He said he pulled over to record what was happening on video. Continue reading...
Increase comes after Fed decision to raise interest rates, as Americans struggle with high prices and stagnant wagesUS mortgage rates surpassed 7% for the first time since January 2025, according to federal lender Freddie Mac, aggravating a housing market that has endured years of high interest rates and low supply.The increase comes after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates, which directly affect mortgage rates, for the first time since 2023, citing high inflation. Continue reading...
Democrats must show links of climate shocks to kitchen table' issues, California governor saysIt's a mistake for Democratic politicians not to talk about climate change, and the reason they don't is because they don't know how to talk about it", the California governor, Gavin Newsom, said on Wednesday in an interview with the Guardian and the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now.Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting and New York Climate Week, Newsom also predicted that the midterm elections in November would bring the end of Donald Trump's presidency as we know it". To prevent Trump from stealing those elections, voters must turn out in such overwhelming numbers that he couldn't possibly contest" the outcome. If the US president nevertheless declares a national emergency or otherwise attempts to invalidate the results, Newsom said, then we the people have to step up. The courts have to intervene. Congress has to do its job and stand up for the rule of law." Continue reading...
Senators' report says taxpayers face higher bills after bargain' between president and major pollutersThe fossil fuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump's pre-election call for major campaign donations, leaving American taxpayers to shoulder higher bills and public health costs associated with pollution, according to a new report.Released on Thursday by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, ranking member of the Senate environment and public works committee, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, the report details what the senators describe as the fossil fuel industry's expansive influence over the Trump administration. Continue reading...
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Guardian investigation: 7-Eleven and Circle K stores often fail to honor advertised prices - charging more at pump and register for gas, snacks, and other itemsMarco Cruz pulled off a four-lane road into the parking lot of a Circle K convenience store in McAllen, Texas, 12 miles north of the US-Mexico border. It was 1.20am on a mild November night in 2025, and Cruz was looking for a bedtime snack after a day of visiting family and friends. He grabbed a pack of beef and jalapeno cheese sticks from the shelf, where they were priced at $3.99. At the counter, though, they rang up at $4.19.Cruz asked the cashier to charge him the lower shelf price. The employee refused, he said, and threatened to call the police when Cruz grew more insistent. All I'm asking you is honor the price," Cruz told the attendant before leaving the store and, later, filing a complaint with the Texas attorney general. Continue reading...
Conservatives long promoted a politics of sexual prohibition. Now such morals have been shed in favor of male dominationUnder Kash Patel, the FBI will now hire you even if you have a history of hiring prostitutes, or of having sex with animals. The rightwing Maha influencer Alex Clark had a guest on to her talk show to discuss the idea that wives should provide sex for their husbands on demand. A new ad for a sports gambling website is being hailed as a victory for the political right, because it features a nude Sydney Sweeney clutching footballs to her breasts. The Tate brothers, who encourage their male followers to pursue compulsive sexual conquest and who have been accused of sex trafficking and violence in the operation of their online cam porn business, have reportedly been friendly with members of Trump's circle. A dizzying array of elites on both sides of the aisle - conservatives very much included - seem to have been socializing with a pedophile financier, and were so unfazed by his constant coterie of underaged girl companions that one begins to wonder whether they were habituated to such scenes. A prominent conservative writer, best known for her opposition to gender transition care for children, has announced a new book claiming to tackle the problem of young women who are supposedly unwilling to have enough sex. And the women of the president's members club, Mar-A-Lago, are so well known for their dramatic facelifts, and their lips so stuffed with filler that they cannot quite close their mouths, that their faces are now a shorthand in the world of plastic surgery.Raunch, vulgarity, a boorish entitlement to women's sexual service, and the aesthetics - and, indeed, the business - of pornography are being embraced by the right.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
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