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Milford high school students walk out to support classmate Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, with teachers following: We are inspired by the brave young people'Students at Massachusetts's Milford high school staged a walkout on Monday to show support for their classmate Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, who was headed to volleyball practice when he was detained over the weekend by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents who were actually looking for his father.Gomes Da Silva, a Brazilian national, entered the US in 2012 on a student visa, according to a court document since filed by his lawyer. The filing states that Gomes Da Silva's student visa status has since lapsed - but that he is eligible for and intends to apply for asylum. Continue reading...

Rare intervention from former president urges people to call their senators to oppose Trump tax billBarack Obama has warned that Congress is putting millions of Americans at risk of losing healthcare coverage, in a rare intervention from the former president as the Republican party advances legislation that would gut major provisions of the Affordable Care Act.Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care," Obama posted on social media. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen." Continue reading...

Mississippi's Operation Good engaged teens in a range of programs, protecting them from violence - but that work is now in jeopardyMost days, Fredrick Womack and his team can be found scattered throughout Jackson, Mississippi, talking to groups of young Black men and teens - whether they're working, which bills need to be paid at home and if any brewing conflicts are at risk of turning violent. Through these conversations with young men, who are both perpetrators and victims of much of the city's violence, Womack hopes he can help steer them in a different direction.Womack, 51, is the co-founder of the non-profit Operation Good, which, in addition to this work on the streets, hosts a youth summer program and trash cleanups, and helps teen boys find odd jobs, like cutting lawns, so they can earn a few dollars instead of resorting to crime for income. It also offers critical resources for the community, like buying school clothes for kids and paying utility bills for families that can't afford them through its It Takes a Village program. That is the main underlying factor for violence," Womack said, people living in impoverished situations." Continue reading...

Family fallout. Two feuding brothers. An ambitious American actor wife ... the Beckhams certainly seem to have a lot in common with the SussexesSo long, and thanks for all the jam. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and queen of Montecito, recently announced that she is reimagining As Ever, her raspberry spread and flower sprinkle" business. In an interview with Fast Company, which Meghan conducted in fluent buzzword, the actor and entrepreneur said she is thinking bigger than jarred goods and partnering with Netflix to bring forth a vision in which content and commerce meet, not in a product placement way, but rather in an ideological way". (I think the ideology she is referencing here is capitalism). Meghan is now involved with so many different projects that she notes: If I had to write a resume, I don't know what I would call myself."It looks as though her husband, Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor, doesn't know what to call himself either. The big Harry news from recent days is that the Duke of Sussex had a moment where he considered changing his double-barrelled last name to Spencer", in a nod to his late mother and a middle finger to the rest of his family.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...

Authorities say Egyptian national took firearm class but could not make purchase because he is not a US citizenThe man accused of attacking a a pro-Israel peace parade with molotov cocktails in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday told authorities he planned to use a gun and took a concealed firearm class - but was denied the purchase because he was not a US citizen.Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national, is facing federal and state charges over the attack which wounded 12 people as they held a weekly demonstration calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. He had planned to target the demonstration with 18 molotov cocktails in his possession but apparently had second thoughts and threw just two, according to authorities. Continue reading...

The president wished his predecessor well but has since reverted to attacks - and dabbled in conspiracy theoriesAfter Joe Biden revealed his cancer diagnosis, Donald Trump offered an uncharacteristically empathetic and simple response.Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis. We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery," Trump wrote on social media. Continue reading...

The Israeli military acknowledged that its troops shot at Palestinians, in the third such instance in three days. Plus, US man charged for framing immigrant in fake plot to kill Trump

Trump blames attack on Biden's ridiculous open border policy' as Miller says attack committed by illegal alien'The immigration status of the man who allegedly attacked people with a makeshift flamethrower and other incendiary devices at an event for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, has become further fodder for the Trump administration's deportation agenda.Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old who came to the US in 2022 from Egypt and overstayed his initial tourist visa, according to the US government, allegedly planned his attack on the event specifically to target Zionists, federal authorities said. He shouted Free Palestine" while carrying out the attack, which the FBI has called an act of terrorism", and he was charged on Monday with a federal hate crime. Continue reading...

Jersey Mike's employee reportedly called county sheriff's office after finding note in store bathroom that read HELP'A Navarre, Florida, sandwich shop employee reportedly helped authorities save a domestic violence victim who had allegedly been kidnapped by her abusive, pro-wrestler boyfriend after the worker recently found a note in a store bathroom that read HELP!"At the center of the incident is Eleanor Coffee, who was at her job making sandwiches for a shop belonging to the Jersey Mike's chain when she noticed a little piece of crumpled up paper" that had been discarded next to one of the business's toilet paper dispensers, as she put it to the local news station WEAR-TV. Continue reading...

Efforts raise questions about the far right's place in the broader culture wars waged by the Trump administrationThe far right US publisher Passage Press is now part of Foundation Publishing Group and it is connected via a Foundation director, Daniel Lisi, to Network Press, whose only title to date is an effective accelerationist" manifesto by tech-right venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.Another rightwing publisher, science fiction publisher Ark Press, appears connected to Chapter House which Lisi, a literary scenester in Los Angeles, originally co-founded as an independent publisher of poetry, sci-fi and esoterica, but which now presents itself as a homeschooling resource. Continue reading...

Since Trump returned to the White House, the checks and balances of US democracy have proved remarkably resilientHave we reached peak Trump? Is it possible that we have arrived at a moment, a mere four months into his second term, when the president's capacity to do harm is diminishing?That is undeniably a provocative question. Like any US president, Donald Trump remains immensely powerful. It is early days; he can still cause plenty of damage - and certainly will.Trump's attacks on the restraints on his power should be viewed not in isolation, but as part of a deliberate scheme to build an autocracy. Each step matters. He is attacking not just big law or Ivy League universities but democracy.Early opposition is important because resistance becomes harder over time as checks on presidential authority weaken.The temptation to save one's own skin should be resisted because it plays into the autocratic strategy of divide-and-conquer. A collective defense works best.Appeasement may seem like a way to calm the bully, but bullies see it as weakness, an invitation to demand more.Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, is a visiting professor at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs. His book, Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments, was published by Knopf and Allen Lane in February Continue reading...

US, Mexico and Canada economies likely to be worst affected by ongoing tariff battles, says forecast

Man identifying himself as Antoine Massey, one of 10 who escaped in May and who is still at large, protests innocenceA man still at large after escaping from a New Orleans jail last month appears to have taken to social media to plead his case to the public.In a video that quickly went viral, the man identifying himself as Antoine Massey - one of 10 prisoners who fled from the Orleans Justice center (OJC) on 16 May - said he was wrongfully accused and held up papers he said corroborate his innocence. Continue reading...

This blog is now closed. Read our latest story hereThe attack in Boulder occurred as people with a volunteer group called Run For Their Lives was concluding a weekly demonstration to raise visibility of the hostages who remain in Gaza.Video from the scene shows a witness shouting, He's right there. He's throwing molotov cocktails", as a police officer with his gun drawn advances on a bare-chested suspect holding containers in each hand.She has spoken at our synagogues as well as other synagogues and schools just about her background and the Holocaust and from her own perspective.She is passionate about standing up for good things and she is an extremely exceptional person. Always a smile on her face. Continue reading...

Marcelo Gomes Da Silva must be in state for fair' chance for court to review merits on any contested issues, says judgeA Boston high school student who was detained by immigration agents on Saturday while he was on his way to volleyball practice must be kept in Massachusetts for at least 72 hours, a federal judge said on Monday.Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, 18, entered the United States on a student visa, according to a lawsuit filed on his behalf after his arrest. While his student visa status has lapsed, he is eligible for and intends to apply for asylum. Continue reading...

Demetric Scott admitted he wrote letters in the name of Ramon Morales-Reyes, who he was charged with assaultingProsecutors in Milwaukee have charged a man with four felonies for attempting to frame an undocumented immigrant he is accused of assaulting, by sending forged letters in the immigrant's name with a threat to kill Donald Trump.The handwritten, forged letters were mailed to Wisconsin's attorney general, Milwaukee police and US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (Ice). The story received a flood of media attention and was highlighted by the White House and Trump's allies, but appears to have been a hoax. Continue reading...

Mohamed Sabry Soliman charged with multiple felonies after allegedly shouting Free Palestine' as he attacked Boulder crowdA man has been charged with a federal hate crime and multiple other felonies after he allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and incendiary devices to attack a crowd of people who were raising awareness for Israeli hostages in Gaza, injuring 12 victims.Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is alleged to have shouted Free Palestine" as he attacked the crowd on Sunday. The FBI said Soliman told police he planned the attack for a year and had specifically targeted what he described as the Zionist group", the Associated Press reported. Continue reading...

Escalating war of words between world's two-largest economies highlights unstable trade detente - key US politics stories from 2 JunePresident Donald Trump had this May hailed a total reset" of US-China relations, but trade relations between the world's two-largest economies have faltered since, highlighting the fragility of the truce.The US is now complaining that China not delivered on its promises to roll back restrictions on the export of key critical minerals, with Trump saying on Friday that China had totally violated" the agreement. Continue reading...

Pardons signed for Tanner Mansell and John Moore Jr, who freed 19 sharks and giant grouper from fisherman's longlineDonald Trump has pardoned two south Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman's longline several miles from shore.Pardons for Tanner Mansell and John Moore Jr were signed on Wednesday. They had been convicted in 2022 of theft of property within special maritime jurisdiction. Continue reading...

Staff reportedly baffled after remark from David Richardson - but spokesperson says comment was a jokeStaff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the US disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.The US hurricane season officially began on Sunday and lasts through November. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast last week that this year's season is expected to bring as many as 10 hurricanes. Continue reading...

Democratic senator hits back at smear' after being accused of missing votes and skipping committee hearingsThe Philadelphia Inquirer's editorial board has issued a sharp rebuke of Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman in a new opinion piece, urging him to take his job seriously" and writing that it's time for Fetterman to serve Pennsylvanians, or step away."In a strongly worded piece published on Sunday, the editorial board of the Philadelphia Inquirer, which endorsed Fetterman during his 2022 Senate campaign, said the first-term Democrat has missed more votes than nearly every other senator in the past two years" and regularly skips committee hearings, cancels meetings, avoids the daily caucus lunches with colleagues, and rarely goes on the Senate floor". Continue reading...

Resident of homeless center arrested after incident at Union Gospel Mission-run facility in SalemA dozen people were stabbed at a shelter for the unhoused in Salem, Oregon, on Sunday evening, according to authorities.Salem police said they arrested a man in connection with the mass stabbing carried out at about 7.15pm local time at a facility run by an organization called the Union Gospel Mission. Continue reading...

Joni Ernst makes light of fears that Medicaid cuts could be fatal, later filming a reply in what appeared to be a graveyardSenator Joni Ernst triggered fierce criticism after making light of voters' fears that Republican Medicaid cuts could prove fatal, telling a town hall audience we all are going to die" and then filming a mocking response video over the weekend.The Iowa Republican, who is facing a possibly challenging re-election battle in 2026, was explaining at a Friday town hall how the Republican immigration and tax package would affect Medicaid eligibility when an audience member shouted that people could die if they lost coverage through the proposed cuts. Continue reading...

Politicians described the violent incident at a Boulder mall as targeting the Jewish community in America'Political leaders across the US have condemned what they describe as a horrific, antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, after a man allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and incendiary devices to target people at a rally calling for the release of the hostages held by Hamas.Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, has been charged with multiple felonies after allegedly shouting Free Palestine" as he attacked the crowd on Sunday. The incident occurred during an event organized by Run for Their Lives, a group that aims to draw attention to people taken hostage following Hamas's attack on Israel in October 2023. Continue reading...

Alisa Petrov, 15, last seen on 21 April, walked into Colorado Springs police department and identified herselfA 15-year-old Utah girl, who vanished in April, has been located safe and in good health in Colorado Springs, authorities confirmed late on Sunday night.According to Sgt Shaun Becker, Alisa Petrov walked into the Colorado Springs police department earlier that evening and identified herself. Officials stated she appeared to be unharmed and physically well. Continue reading...

The attack by a man hurling molotov cocktails struck at the heart of one of Colorado's largest Jewish communitiesThe first 911 calls reporting the Colorado flamethrower attack were as horrific as they were unbelievable.There is a male with a blow torch setting people on fire," a dispatcher advised the city's police department, passing on the account of an eyewitness. Another official reported: Multiple burns, potential terror attack." Continue reading...

Manufacturing survey signals third monthly decline in output in a row amid uncertainty over tariffsUS manufacturers have warned that Donald Trump's trade war is hitting production, pushing the dollar close to a three-year low against sterling on Monday.The greenback suffered a fresh sell-off, after the closely watched ISM survey of the manufacturing sector signalled a third monthly decline in output in a row. Continue reading...

Correspondent for far-right outlet was fired after accusing defense secretary of clamping down on press accessA pro-Donald Trump journalist says she was fired from her job after criticizing the president's secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, over his attempts to restrict media access at the Pentagon.Gabrielle Cuccia, the former chief Pentagon correspondent for the far-right, Trump-friendly media outlet One America News (OAN), says she was terminated shortly after she published a Substack post accusing Hegseth's defense department of clamping down on press access. She had said the restrictions were disturbing, questioned the defense department's motives in tightening media restrictions, and noted that Hegseth has yet to hold a formal press conference since taking office. Continue reading...

Megha Vemuri gave speech the day before commencement, condemning the university's ties to IsraelMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) barred its 2025 class president from attending her graduation ceremony on Friday after she delivered a speech during a commencement event the day before condemning the war in Gaza and criticizing the university's ties to Israel.The student, Megha Vemuri, spoke at MIT's OneMIT commencement on Thursday in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wearing a keffiyeh over her graduation gown, she praised student protests against the war in Gaza and condemned MIT's ties to Israel. Continue reading...

Karol Nawrocki's win is a blow for prime minister Donald Tusk - and it symbolises a larger battle over the political narrativePolish voters returned to the polls on Sunday for the decisive round of a presidential election whose outcome reverberates far beyond Poland's borders. The race was a showdown between two candidates who represent the country's stark political and ideological divide: Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the far-right opposition party, Law and Justice (PiS), and Rafa Trzaskowski, the liberal and strongly pro-European mayor of Warsaw representing the Civic Platform (PO) party of the prime minister, Donald Tusk. The razor-thin victory for Nawrocki, who secured just over 50% of the vote, is a domestic setback for Tusk, but it also threatens wide and gloomy repercussions within the EU and beyond.Tusk's return to power as prime minister in 2023, after previously serving from 2007 to 2014, was widely seen as a bid to re-anchor Poland within the European project. His government promised reforms, especially in restoring the rule of law, after years of confrontational policies under PiS aimed at undermining the independence of the judiciary and the constitutional court. Those ambitions now face a significant institutional roadblock. While the Polish presidency is largely ceremonial, the president has significant powers: they can veto legislation and influence domestic, foreign and defence policy. The outgoing president, Andrzej Duda, who is also aligned with PiS, used his veto to block Tusk's reform efforts. With Nawrocki now set to occupy the presidential palace, such obstruction is expected to intensify rather than ease.Catherine De Vries is Generali chair in European policies and a professor at Bocconi University in Milan Continue reading...

After years as a directionless collection of celebrity footballers, PSG are a true team now. But they still represent one of the sport's darkest trends

Saquon Barkley and other Philadelphia stars lent their names to Life Surge, a controversial faith-based financial seminar. What were they doing there?The thousands who gathered on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia weren't there for a basketball or hockey game. Instead, the 21,000-seat arena played host to a very different spectacle. The stage was bathed in lights, Christian pop thundered from the speakers and the congregation filed in to hear not just sermons, but also strategies: how to get right with God and get rich doing so.The headliners were five current and former members of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Head coach Nick Sirianni, star running back Saquon Barkley, second-year cornerback Cooper DeJean, and longtime fan favorites Brandon Graham and Brian Dawkins all appeared on promotional materials for Life Surge, a touring Christian financial seminar that promises attendees a blueprint to grow and use wealth for Kingdom impact". Ticket packages offering photo ops with the players sold out in advance. Continue reading...

The reproductive health giant is navigating a loss of federal funding and fresh threats from multiple directionsAt least 20 Planned Parenthood clinics across seven states have shuttered since the start of 2025 or have announced plans to close soon - closures that come amid immense financial and political turbulence for the reproductive health giant as the United States continues to grapple with the fallout from the end of Roe v Wade.The Planned Parenthood network, which operates nearly 600 clinics through a web of independent regional affiliates and is overseen by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, is facing a number of threats from the Trump administration. A Guardian analysis has found that Planned Parenthood closures have occurred or are in the works across six affiliates that maintain clinics in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Utah and Vermont. Continue reading...

Trial will move on to closing arguments without testimony from the former movie studio bossHarvey Weinstein doesn't plan to testify at his New York sex crimes retrial in a move that means jurors soon will get the case against the former movie studio boss who propelled the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.The trial will move on to closing arguments on Tuesday without testimony from Weinstein, his lawyer Arthur Aidala said on Sunday night. Continue reading...

Those injured in Boulder were taking part in an event to show support for Israeli hostages being held in Gaza

Morgan Akin, 84, has taken down his American flag - and taken to the streets in his conservative California communityEarlier this year, Morgan Akin took down the American flag that had flown for decades outside his home in deep-red far northern California. It was a small gesture, one that did not echo through the halls of the US Capitol or make headlines.But for the 84-year-old Vietnam-era veteran and retired game warden, it represented a monument shift, one his family immediately took note of. It was Akin's way of taking a stand in response to a country that had become increasingly unrecognizable to him. In the weeks before, masked officers arrested an international student who had co-authored a campus newspaper op-ed about Gaza in the street, the defense department temporarily removed Jackie Robinson's biography from its website, and the president planned to host a massive military parade to celebrate his birthday. Continue reading...

Firm behind opioid addiction treatment drugs quits London Stock Exchange after moving primary to US last year

Plan would give descendants of one of the worst racial attacks in US history scholarships and housing helpThe new mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Sunday proposed a $100m private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre scholarships and housing help in a city-backed bid to make amends for one of the worst racial attacks in US history.The plan by Monroe Nichols, the first Black mayor of Oklahoma's second-largest city, would not provide direct cash payments to descendants or the last two centenarian survivors of the attack that killed as many as 300 Black people. He made the announcement at the Greenwood Cultural Center, located in the once-thriving district of North Tulsa that was destroyed by a white mob. Continue reading...

Police allege man yelled Free Palestine' as he threw incendiary device. Plus, how the dark roof lobby may be making cities hotter

Exclusive: rampant anti-Asian hate in 2024 reflected divisive election season, survey findsAsian Americans and Pacific Islanders faced chilling levels of hate in 2024, a new survey has found, reflecting the impact of a divisive presidential election year that included historic representation and rampant anti-immigrant rhetoric.The report by Stop AAPI Hate, shared exclusively with the Guardian ahead of its release, shines a light on underreported incidents largely overlooked in government data and national news media. The coalition conducted its second annual survey with Norc at the University of Chicago, a nonpartisan research organization. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they experienced a race-based hate act in 2024, a small rise from 49% in 2023. Incidents ranged from bullying at school and workplace discrimination to harassment and physical violence. Continue reading...

Current students, recent students and parents, tell us your recommendations at thefilter.us@theguardian.comWe're putting together a guide to dorm room essentials - and we need your help.Students and parents alike, we want to know the must-have items that got you (or your child) through college. What small gadget made living in a tiny space more manageable? What do you wish you'd brought from home? Continue reading...

A 45-year-old man, named as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, was arrested on Monday in Boulder, Colorado, after he allegedly threw an incendiary device at a crowd gathered to support hostages held in Gaza. 'It is clear that this is a targeted act of violence and the FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism,' Mark Michalek, an FBI special agent, told a press conference.Those injured were aged between 67 and 88, police said. Four were taken to a local hospital and two were airlifted to a hospital in Aurora

Frustration and anger mount as Trump administration contemplates new trials and restrictions for Covid vaccinesAs the Trump administration contemplates new clinical trials for Covid boosters and moves to restrict Covid vaccines for children and others, parents whose children participated in the clinical trials expressed anger and dismay.It's really devastating to see this evidence base officially ignored and discarded," said Sophia Bessias, a parent in North Carolina whose two- and four-year-old kids were part of the Pfizer pediatric vaccine trial. Continue reading...

The big, beautiful bill' has reaffirmed that a pledged golden age is really just a windfall for the uber-wealthyThe blush is off the rose, or, rather, the orange. The erstwhile First Buddy" and born-again fiscal hawk Elon Musk recently said he was disappointed" by Donald Trump's spendthrift budget currently under debate in the US Senate. Squeaking through the House of Representatives thanks to the capitulation of several Republican deficit hardliners, this big, beautiful bill" certainly increases the federal debt bigly - by nearly $4tn over the next decade.Equally disappointed are those who have been busy burnishing Trump's populist veneer. Steve Bannon had repeatedly promised higher taxes for millionaires, but he has confessed he's very upset". That's because the bill would cut taxes by over $600bn for the top 1% of wage-earners, also known as millionaires. It amounts to the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history. Continue reading...

The word has lost all meaning, we are told. Could my favourite dad-jectives replace it?Vogue has spoken: chic is dead. Not being it, but the word. Chic has, Lauren O'Neill argues, lost its essence, co-opted to cover whatever glazed-doughnut-skinned influencers on TikTok decide it should, from monogrammed lip balm to iced matchas. Chic has come to be mistaken for certain monied strains of taste, rather than the sort of unique je ne sais quoi that I think the word at its purest actually means."Baudelaire - the 19th century's Nicky Haslam, given how many things he disapproved of: photography, Belgium, Victor Hugo - would have agreed. He called chic an awful and bizarre word". Are he and Vogue right? Continue reading...

PSG left little doubt as to who the best team in this season's Champions League was, but there was individual brilliance on plenty of other squadsGianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain) Continue reading...

A new book explores the impact of birth order, but how we measure up against our brothers and sisters can be complexA new book about sibling relationships, The Family Dynamic by Susan Dominus, examines how things like birth order and the specific achievements of your siblings affect a person's life trajectory. As such, some of my favourite research is back in the public eye: the studies that suggest that I, as the eldest of three children, am the cleverest.I'm kidding. I don't actually think this is true in my own sibling group, but sure, I'll take it, and say so in the national press: I'm smarter than you guys, science confirms. I am very interested in siblings and their influences, though. So much so that I wrote my first novel about a brother-sister relationship. Siblings shape you in ways that are less deliberate than parents, which means their influence is less discussed, though just as important. That said, birth order has remained a public fascination, with parents agonising over whether a middle child is overlooked or eldest is overburdened.Imogen West-Knights is a writer and journalist Continue reading...