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Recent polls show that American voters across the political spectrum are deeply dissatisfied with the Trump administration, and the upcoming midterm elections will provide them an opportunity to express how they feel. The Guardian's reporter Fabiola Cineas breaks down the four key issues that will drive voters to the polls Continue reading...
The raid is meant to cast an air of suspicion and criminality over Democratic candidates who, like Omar, are facing the voters in a matter of weeksOn Monday, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided the Washington DC area home of Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota congresswoman and a progressive Democrat, in the latest instance of Donald Trump's effort to weaponize the national security state to harass, punish and embarrass his political opponents.The raid, which was approved by a judge after a reportedly extensive back and forth with federal security officials, was nominally carried out in connection with a spurious criminal investigation into Omar's childhood immigration to the US.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
A fight over a datacentre in Utah has been a testing ground for citizens' assemblies, paving the way to oversightWhat's your (p)doom" - the percentage chance that rogue AI will create an existential catastrophe? Judging by their recent warnings, it is rising among tech bosses.On 25 September, OpenAI paused training of its latest frontier models as reports of AI agents going rogue mounted. A day later, Australia's Senate asked the bosses of OpenAI and Anthropic to appear before an inquiry after rogue OpenAI agents broke into US government websites and an Australian health portal. Both declined.Richard Wilson is the CEO of Iswe Foundation and Clara Long is the co-executive director of the Bloom Project Continue reading...
The once heroic boxer showcases a frankness in this compelling new series but also an unwillingness to take accountability for his darkest momentsMike Tyson never envisioned old age. And yet here he still is, having outlived his parents, Brooklynites of ill repute who died when he was a teenager, and the Brownsville tough guys who teased him for being scrawny and having a lisp. Here he is after doing hard time for rape in his prime, winning and losing great fortunes and battling addiction to drink, drugs and fame. Here he still is, 60 years old and a grandfather now, mixing it up with Jake Paul in the ring, opening up to manosphere-adjacent podcasters, bobbing into an impromptu White House press briefing - Mori face-tattoo unmistakably in the frame - while on a DC visit to buck up his old pal as his party faces a bleak midterm forecast. I don't have to exist," the champ says in Tyson, the latest four-part vanity project on his turbulent life and times. Some reason, something allowed me to exist."In his heyday, Tyson was a mesmerizing sporting event unto himself - the ruthless knockout machine who struck fear into opponents at first sight, felled them in seconds and looked back on the carnage with cool nonchalance. His darkest episodes - the combustive relationship with actor Robin Givens, the six-year prison sentence for rape, biting off Evander Holyfield's ear - only deepened the public fascination with him, adding to the lore of boxing's baddest man. In the winter of his life, Tyson's self-reflection, so deep it tips into self-parody, is the enthralling spectacle now. And if generations of Black comedians have proved anything, it's that the appetite for Mike Tyson impersonations is inexhaustible. Continue reading...
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In this episode of Guardian Australia's US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy take a look at the midterms, which are coming up in early November. All 435 house seats are up in this election as representatives only serve fixed two-year terms. In the Senate, 35 of 100 seats are up for grabs too, as senators serve six-year terms.There are many predictions of a blue wave - a big win for the Democrats, who are tipped to take back the House and Senate. But are pollsters being too optimistic? What are the factors that could instead allow the Republican party and the Trump administration to hold onto power in Congress? They also look at why the US ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, has been ousted from her job - and whether criticism of the new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is fair
Republican senator Dan S Sullivan is vying for re-election against Democrat Mary Peltola - and another candidate called Dan J SullivanDonald Trump has encouraged Alaskans to vote for the real" Dan Sullivan, as he sought a breakthrough for the Republican incumbent senator in a tightly fought Senate race complicated by a rival candidate with a near-identical name.Sullivan's re-election campaign this year against Democrat Mary Peltola, a former US House lawmaker, has turned into one of the most hotly contested battles of the midterm elections, in which Democrats are hoping to seize back control of Congress and hamper Trump for the final two years of his presidency. Continue reading...
District court judge Timothy Kelly was ruling after the Trump administration blocked access to the three outlets in SeptemberA federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to continue allowing journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico to access the building as the media coalition's lawsuit against the Trump administration plays out.Timothy Kelly, a district court judge, had on 24 September granted a 14-day reprieve for the news organizations, which six days earlier had been banned by the president in an extraordinary move from entering the White House grounds as a result of their constant reporting' FAKE NEWS". Continue reading...
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The US were on the verge of losing two straight at home, but second-half goals from Ashley Sanchez and Mallory Swanson saved a drawIt was nearly time for the panic button. Maybe not to press it, but to look at it - to acknowledge that it's within reach. A listless, shorthanded US women's national team were struggling against Spain, down 2-0, and facing the ignominy of two straight decisive losses at home after Saturday's 2-0 drubbing in Washington DC.Then two players who had just returned to the team after long absences turned the tide. Ashley Sanchez and Mallory Swanson, after international scoring droughts of 1,648 days and 801 days, respectively, each scored in the second half to earn a 2-2 draw with the defending World Cup winners. Continue reading...
Microbiologist Aili Wang, 32, poisoned tea of colleague in Wyoming who had pending patents, prosecutors allegeA Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she did not get along, then tried to flee the country after police questioned her.Aili Wang, 32, was arrested 6 October at Los Angeles international airport, where prosecutors allege she sought to return to China. With her were laptops, electronic storage devices and documents now in the possession of police, who allege Wang was seen on surveillance video rummaging through the desk of the victim who specialized in technology for disease treatment - research similar to work she had done in China. Continue reading...
Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was a father of 10-year-old daughter, and overcame two bouts of cancer, his family saysPolice on Tuesday identified the victim of the fatal accident at Six Flags Over Georgia as 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta.Kariem fell to his death after being ejected from his seat and several others were injured in an incident involving a rollercoaster at the theme park. Continue reading...
Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affectedSouthern California coastal communities are picking up the pieces after a weekend of extreme weather brought flooding that overtook city streets and intense waves battered beachside homes.The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel hit Mexico's Baja California over the weekend as well as southern California and Las Vegas. While meteorologists noted that Rachel weakened into a post-tropical cyclone as it approached California, it still left a trail of destruction. Continue reading...
Governor Ron DeSantis says death toll sad' but praises work of local officials for helping to minimize storm's impactSix deaths have been confirmed in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaias.In a press conference on Tuesday, Florida governor Ron DeSantis praised the work of local officials for minimizing the impact of the storm, which made landfall late on Friday, bringing strong winds, rain, flash floods and tornado threats across parts of the US south-east, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power. Continue reading...
Katie Zacharia's maiden briefing was excruciating - at least her predecessor had delivered her propaganda hotWell, that was weird. Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, made her debut on the podium on Tuesday with all the warmth, wisdom and political dexterity of an AI avatar.Zacharia was all stilted delivery, nervous tics and lack of eye contact. With an eerie lack of emotion, she served up pro-Trump talking points, took only three questions and vanished after 14 minutes. It was like the West Wing had turned into uncanny valley. Continue reading...
District judge Ana Reyes halts tree-cutting at the East Potomac golf course until 26 October, and now requires advance notice before making course changesUS district judge Ana Reyes on Tuesday ordered a halt to tree-cutting at the East Potomac golf course until 26 October, putting a further pause on work at the historic Washington DC course that has been part of Donald Trump's plans to remake the country''s capital city.Reyes issued the order one day after a tense three-hour hearing in which she harshly criticized the government for having deceived her with its actions over the holiday weekend. Continue reading...
When asked about the decision to request US ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle's resignation, Donald Trump told the press she 'was doing a good job' but that the administration 'didn't like what we were reading', referring to allegations that Guilfoyle had asked a Trump donor to pay her credit card bill. Guilfoyle, who was once engaged to Trump's son, Donald Jr, was a longstanding political ally
Musk's midterm donations, mostly for rightwing candidates and causes, surpass his contributions to Trump in 2024Elon Musk has become the biggest political donor of the 2026 US midterm elections cycle, funneling about $366m into political groups and campaigns as he backs conservative candidates and rightwing causes. The world's richest person has poured more than $276m into politics since July alone, some of the most rapid political spending in US history. He's targeting key races that will determine which party controls the US Senate.The New York Times first reported the spending numbers, which will be released in a federal filing on Thursday. Musk's spending outpaces his 2024 presidential election contributions, in which he sunk nearly $300m into Donald Trump's re-election campaign. Continue reading...
Martin Shkreli's 2022 release conditions bar him from participating in the pharmaceutical industry, including ownership stakes or business decisionsThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and seven US states have alleged that pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli repeatedly violated a lifetime ban on participating in the pharmaceutical industry, and they are asking a judge to hold him in contempt.In a motion filed on Tuesday in US district court in New York City, the FTC and its state co-plaintiffs allege that 43-year-old Shkreli - nicknamed the Pharma Bro" - has traded stocks in at least 60 pharmaceutical companies and publicly commented on their businesses since his release from prison in May 2022. Continue reading...
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Democrats have described a raid on the home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar as deeply disturbing" and a rogue abuse of power" by the Trump administration. The Democratic representative for Minnesota has long been a target of highly personal attacks by Donald Trump, who claims he was not involved in ordering the Justice Department raid. Omar criticised the raid as an attempt to weaponize law enforcement" as part of a campaign of political intimidation" against her. Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian US political reporter Shrai Popat - watch on YouTube Continue reading...
The Maga member believes the 2020 election was stolen and seemingly her new boss is saving the world from a cabal of satanic paedophiles. She'll fit right in thenPoor Donald Trump. His (third) wife seemingly can't bear to be near him and his (fifth) press secretary recently abandoned him to be with a baby she had only recently met.She decided she loved her children more than she loved Donald Trump," the president lamented in August when Karoline Leavitt decided to step down a few months after giving birth. I'm very upset about this. She has to go home and spend time with her children. That does happen on occasion with some people - when they love their children." Continue reading...
Russian meddling probably didn't affect the referendum result - but the Kremlin's motives for wanting to undermine the EU still matterRussian territorial aggression against Ukraine didn't feature much in the Brexit referendum campaign. It made headlines briefly when Boris Johnson blamed Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea on the European Union.According to the Vote Leave frontman, Vladimir Putin's land grab was a consequence of Brussels making foreign policy on the hoof" and having pretensions to running a defence policy".Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
Theme park company Six Flags temporarily closed nine rollercoasters across six amusement parks on Monday after one person died and several others were injured in an incident involving a coaster in Georgia. Officials did not confirm how the person died, nor how the others were injured or their conditions. Witnesses who spoke to NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta said they saw a man fall from the Goliath rollercoaster. He fell and hit the car three different times," one witness told the station.
Sean Duffy targets bike lanes and immigrant truck drivers while steering funds away from addressing lethal US roadsBarbara McCann may have been the first person to notice that the Federal Highway Administration had removed several safety policies from public view.McCann worked on road safety policy at the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) for more than a decade across multiple administrations, retiring in January 2025 just before Donald Trump's second term started. After Sean Duffy, the president's ally and former Fox news host, took the wheel at USDOT, she became increasingly worried as the secretary appeared unmotivated to address pedestrian safety and regularly bashed bike infrastructure. Continue reading...
Latest fatality is unvaccinated woman, 39, with underlying conditions' but CDC still lists only two deaths nationwideA sixth death has been announced in Pennsylvania's measles outbreak, as new figures show cases in the state have risen above 1,100.The most recent fatality was reported in Franklin county on Monday in a statement posted to Facebook by its coroner. The victim was identified as a 39-year-old female who had several underlying conditions, including a past diagnosis of measles with treatment". Continue reading...
Author Natasha Lennard discusses how to disrupt the certainties' that don't serve us and how to fight backAt the onset of the Covid pandemic in 2020, journalist Natasha Lennard started noticing a constant thrum of collective apprehension, epitomized in the phrase in these uncertain times". The expression acknowledged we didn't have solutions for many of society's problems: a globally spreading virus, the rise of the far right and stark haves v have-nots" inequalities. In the years since, that uncertainty" hasn't gone anywhere, risking enabling paralysis - not knowing where to start to fix things and therefore giving up before trying.In her new book, On Un/Certainty: The Uses of Doubt in Dangerous Times, Lennard, who also was an organizer in the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement, deconstructs the problematic nature of giving in to uncertainty. She also uses the Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's 1969 book On Certainty to question what is held as certain" in today's world, and who gets to make those calls. Continue reading...
Trial could see white supremacist who killed 10 people in New York state store get the death penaltyJury selection is set to begin on Tuesday in the trial that could see the white supremacist who killed 10 people in a 2022 Buffalo supermarket get the death penalty.The attack is believed to be the deadliest shooting targeting Black people in modern history. Continue reading...
The Getaway Driver brings Katherine Ann Power's story to stage, and amplifies a lesser heard voice: Clare Schroeder, daughter of officer who was killed in 1970 by activist groupIt is not every day that you can buy a home from a realtor who was a notorious fugitive.Katherine Ann Power, a 77-year-old grandmother in glasses and grey bob, is more than an agent who can cut you a deal for a condo in Boston: She spent 23 years on the run from the FBI, from 1970 until 1993. The longest of any woman in American history. Continue reading...
The pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness - but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for himThere is a manic quality to Donald Trump's desperate dash to do something, anything, ahead of November's midterm elections to convince beleaguered Americans that he can make the pressures his policies have imposed on their livelihoods go away.The US president offered to lower barriers against beef imports to limit surging meat prices, only to consider backtracking under pressure from the cow lobby. He offered to stop diesel exports, only to find oil companies were not interested. He weakened fuel efficiency standards, claiming this would trim the price of a new car (and forgetting to point out it will also raise spending on gas.) In early October he started mailing $500 checks to nearly a million people touting his healthcare wins". Oh, and he promised adult Americans a $5,000 check if Republicans maintain control of Congress. That, too, will go nowhere. Continue reading...
Minnesota congresswoman criticized raid as attempt by Trump administration to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement'. Plus what is to be done about the world record in the women's marathon?
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Away from the public eye, deportation planes at Youngstown-Warren and Akron-Canton airports carry hundreds of immigrants daily amid Trump's ICE crackdownJust after 10.30am on a recent weekday morning, a Bombardier CRJ200 Air Wisconsin aircraft landed at Youngstown-Warren regional airport.Having made the 75-minute flight from Milwaukee, the 50-seater came to a halt and its twin engines fired down next to another Air Wisconsin plane and a larger Eastern Air Express Boeing 737, planes that flew in the evening before from Alexandria, Louisiana. Continue reading...
Trump's reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per monthIt is a date keeping US healthcare providers up at night: 1 January 2027.As the midterm elections loom, everyone from hospital leaders and to patient advocates are focused on the New Year, when Republicans scheduled the most controversial elements of their healthcare reform law to go into effect. Continue reading...
Police used recently discovered DNA to pin murder of eight-year-old girl on Thomas McInerney, who died in 2006Chicago police on Monday said they recently used newly discovered DNA evidence to tie the 1960 murder of an eight-year-old girl to one of its own former homicide detectives.Thomas McInerney had been dead for 20 years by the time authorities issued a statement identifying him as the killer of Gloria Kowalewicz - well after retiring from the Chicago police department (CPD) and two federal public defender's offices in Nevada where he worked as an investigator. Continue reading...
The winger is 28, and younger teammates are rising into the high-pressure spots he has usually occupiedUsually, the second weekend of October sees Christian Pulisic flanked by compatriots as the Star-Spangled Banner plays. Last year, he was involved in US friendlies against Ecuador and Australia. But this year, with Fifa having folded the October window into September, Pulisic didn't have the chance. On Sunday, his prescribed pre-match music was O Generosa, the Serie A anthem, which he observed with a soft smile.Mark Twain's first visit to Italy left him describing the country as a vast museum of magnificence and misery," and it's a fitting summary of Pulisic's three-plus years with Milan. The magnificence: 43 goals and 28 assists in 138 appearances. The misery: just one trophy since he arrived in July 2023, a 2025 Supercoppa Italia held in Saudi Arabia. Continue reading...
Though Democrats have a strong edge heading into the midterms, some races have openings for RepublicansWhile marquee races from Maine to Michigan get all the attention, and draw in a ton of money, a significant batch of lower-profile contests across the US could result in upsets.Democrats have a strong edge heading into November's US midterm elections, polls show. In recent days, election prognosticators have shifted even more races in favor of Democrats. Continue reading...
France's always-cool winger has crowds hanging on his every move - adulation that means more than any title couldWhen I was younger, I wanted to be the captain on my football team because back then, I assumed that the armband was given to the best player. It was a goal of mine for so long that, even as my youth teams won tournaments and trophies, and I won top scorer and best player awards, I still felt unsatisfied because someone else always had the armband. Whenever I saw another teammate sprinting around with the armband on, I took it as an indictment.I had forgotten this childish way of thinking until France v Belgium in the Uefa Nations League last week. Ousmane Dembele, who was wearing the armband for France, was particularly active. Had it not been for the wastefulness of his teammates, he would have had several assists during his time on the field. Continue reading...
Six Flags says nine rollercoasters across six amusement parks temporarily closed after reported fatal incident on Goliath ride in GeorgiaTheme park company Six Flags temporarily closed nine rollercoasters across six amusement parks on Monday after one person died and several others were injured in an incident involving a coaster in Georgia.A spokesperson for the park said they closed similar attractions across their parks out of an abundance of caution" after the incident at Six Flags Over Georgia, about 15 miles (24km) north-west of Atlanta. Continue reading...
Timothy Broglio says Catholics on army firing squad should ask to be excused since it clashes with church teachingsThe archbishop who oversees the spiritual care of Catholics serving in the US military condemned the Pentagon's proposed plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan later this year.Archbishop Timothy Broglio also stipulated in a Monday statement that any Catholic soldier assigned to the US army firing squad should ask to be excused from that duty, which he described as contrary to the teachings of the church. He joins other Catholic leaders in speaking out against the death penalty and the live stream plans. Continue reading...
Top House Democrats question the corrupt weaponization' of federal government against Trump's adversariesIlhan Omar's Democratic colleagues have condemned federal agents' search of the Minnesota congresswoman's home on Monday morning, describing it as deeply disturbing" and emblematic of the Trump administration's corrupt weaponization" of the US government.House Democratic leaders, including minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, party whip Katherine Clark and caucus chair Pete Aguilar, issued a joint statement excoriating the president for the search. Continue reading...
Runners in Moab 240 successfully evacuated from race route after flooding from remnants of tropical storm RachelAbout 70 runners participating in Utah's Moab 240 ultramarathon were successfully evacuated from the race route on Sunday after being stranded by flooding stemming from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel.The event's host, Destination Trail, addressed the emergency rescue effort in a social media statement which confirmed that all runners were safe and accounted for. Continue reading...
Ana Reyes demands Trump officials explain East Potomac tree cutting and says it will likely cause irreparable harm'US district judge Ana Reyes on Monday ordered a 24-hour halt to tree cutting at the historic East Potomac golf course while she decides on an emergency order from plaintiffs concerned that Donald Trump's plans for the course are moving forward despite a pending court case challenging them.Tree removal for routine maintenance is not exempt from this order," Reyes' wrote. Plaintiffs are likely to suffer immediate and irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief. Continue reading...
Trump and key allies have accused Omar of immigration fraud, and have called to expel her from the countryFederal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar's home on Monday morning as part of a criminal investigation, according to the Department of Justice and reports in the Associated Press and Fox News.In a social media post later on Monday, Omar criticized the raid as an attempt by the Trump administration to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement" and said she would not be silenced". Continue reading...
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