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Wanying Zhang surveilled Taiwanese president's son and family for China while in US, according to FBIThe FBI arrested a woman at Los Angeles international airport (LAX) as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying on the Taiwan president's family for China.Wanying Zhang, also know as Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president's son and his family for the Chinese government while in the United States, according to the FBI. Continue reading...

The vice-president's recent remarks seek to maintain a posture of strength while they inadvertently expose political realitiesJD Vance has parachuted into the midterm election campaign on a rescue mission in a new guise: a risk management consultant. Speaking in the flat language of the expert hired to identify threats, weaknesses and losses affecting a business' reputation, he has presented his executive summary for limiting vulnerabilities and a scenario for averting disaster.There's a lot of good that's been done, but there's a lot of work left to do," he informed his clients on 15 September about the words to use. Give us another chance, or give us another couple of years, to continue to work on the amazing things that we've been doing for the past two years." He turned the focus to harm reduction rather than total agreement and then shifted the equation to a negative binary choice. Even if you don't agree with us on every issue, the other party is consumed by craziness."Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln: A Self-Made Man, Wrestling With His Angel and All the Powers of Earth. He is a Guardian US columnist and co-host of the Court of History podcast Continue reading...

The post-World Cup youth movement has paid off with historic plays that, for the moment, feel natural, sustainable and neededFrom the outside, a moment like the one Cavan Sullivan produced Saturday seemed to be pulled directly from dreamland. Turns out, it pretty much was.I was amazed. I was excited," the 17-year-old said of learning he'd start for the US men's national team against Mexico, in what would become a 3-0 win. I texted my family right after, and after lunch, I took a nap. Before I go to sleep, I visualize and try to manifest good things for the night. Some things come to fruition, some don't." Continue reading...

Ex-lawyer for woman Tennessee attempted to execute says defense filings said she was at risk for exactly what happened'A former lawyer for Christa Pike says he was not surprised that Tennessee botched its attempt to execute her because attorneys had warned that problems accessing her veins could make the procedure dangerous and potentially cruel.James Crowson, who represented Pike during part of her post-conviction appeals, said he had followed the case from afar before the failed execution at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on 30 September. Continue reading...

Norma Bowe, 68, was flung to the ground at Delaney Hall, the infamous New Jersey detention center. She sees her lawsuit against ICE as one step towards justiceNorma Bowe pressed a stethoscope against the 10-year-old's chest, listening to her lungs.It was Memorial Day outside Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey. The child, worried about her father locked inside, was hyperventilating. Continue reading...

Amnesty International is calling for an end to the agency, whose record of violating human rights dates back decadesICE must be abolished.That's the conclusion we at Amnesty International have reached after documenting the chilling pattern of human rights violations across the US during immigration enforcement operations. Continue reading...

Kansas City beat the surprisingly feisty Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. They already look like a very real contender after a lost season in 2025The rivalry between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders goes back to the formation of the American Football League in 1960, when the Chiefs were the Dallas Texans, and the Raiders resided in Oakland. At no time in that rivalry had both teams faced each other with a record of 3-0 or better until Sunday's game at Las Vegas's Allegiant Stadium. An unbeaten record wasn't entirely surprising for the Chiefs with Patrick Mahomes, but the Raiders? The team won only three games in the whole of last season, but this new Raiders team under Klint Kubiak presents all kinds of challenges for opponents.At first, it appeared that the Raiders might go on to their first 4-0 start to a season since 2002, when they made it all the way to the Super Bowl, where they were vivisected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their former head coach, Jon Gruden. Kubiak's team held a 13-10 halftime lead on Sunday, and Kubiak told CBS's Tracy Wolfson at the half that his team was going to win the game. Continue reading...

In today's newsletter: As Americans get ready to vote on whether the Republican party remains in control of Congress, our Washington editor talks about the disconnect between Trump and his supportersGood morning. Later today, Donald Trump will be in the state of Nebraska to rev up supporters as he kicks off a campaign blitz of rallies ahead of the midterm elections on 3 November.If his early speeches are anything to go by, cornhuskers can anticipate poll denial, accusations of veganism and an expletive ratio that my nine-year-old would love. And Nebraskans may love it, too: aside from one blue dot" district in Omaha, Republicans argue their support is steady in the state that has easily backed Trump three times.UK politics | The Greens in England and Wales have formally adopted a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state.Schools | Lawyers and campaigners have condemned the horrifying" scale of child-on-child sexual abuse in schools after a Guardian investigation revealed thousands of sexual offences against under-13s are reported to police each year.Brazil | Brazil's presidential race will go to a second round after the far-right candidate, Flavio Bolsonaro, beat the incumbent leftwing president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but failed to secure the outright majority he needed to avoid a runoff.Environment | A study of Europe's summer paints a grim picture for the future, with doctors and climate scientists calling on governments to stop burning fossil fuels, shade buildings, green cities, and install air conditioning in hospitals, schools and care homes.US military | The US Air Force has pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford following an investigation into an alleged planned terror attack at the base.Tuesday | ABC News is suing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its licence review, and on Thursday its hearing will take place. The broadcaster claims the review, ordered by Donald Trump in April over comedian Jimmy Kimmel's comments about the US president, is a retaliatory campaign" in violation of its first amendment rights.Wednesday | Kemi Badenoch is to speak at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham. This day also marks the third anniversary of the 7 October attacks by Hamas. In London, the Met are asking organisers of a pro-Palestinian student march to move the event.Thursday | Holborn and St Pancras will hold its byelection. The seat belongs to former prime minister and Labour party leader Keir Starmer, who held it from 2015 until his resignation in September. Continue reading...

Kenneth Walker's 177 yards and two scores led the Chiefs to a 30-27 win over the Raiders while the 49ers beat the Broncos 24-14 at homeTOUCHDOWN! Chargers 3-7 Seahawks 9:55, 1st quarterS Darnold to E Wilson for 23 yardsK Cousins to I Thomas for 27 yards Continue reading...

Beni Rae Harmony, 24, has been a trusted voice for the MAGA movement as a White House correspondent', White House saysThe White House has defended a newly hired press aide who posed for a holiday photograph in 2021 wearing a Fuck Joe Biden" T-shirt and holding a rifle.Beni Rae Harmony, the new assistant White House press secretary, revealed on Friday that she was going to work for Donald Trump just days after covering him as a correspondent for Real America's Voice, a partisan rightwing outlet originally created as a video podcast platform for the president's former adviser Steve Bannon. Continue reading...

Aircraft leave Gloucestershire base to return to US following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central LondonThe US Air Force has pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford following an investigation into an alleged planned terror attack at the base.The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the US, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorised to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke on Sunday on condition of anonymity. Continue reading...

A fast-growing wildfire in the Angeles national forest north-east of Santa Clarita, California, has triggered evacuation orders and warnings in the area. Firefighters battled the blaze, which had spread to 1,000 acres by Saturday evening, from the ground and air, while authorities ordered residents in surroundings areas to leave as the fire spread quickly across the rugged terrain. The cause of the fire was not immediately reported Continue reading...

In a district shaken by deaths of 11 workers, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces a stiff challenge to keep her seatOn a misty morning in May in south-west Washington state, Laura Oltmann, a 41-year-old dietitian, had barely clocked in when an unfamiliar overhead announcement echoed through the hospital.We get overhead pages for different types of emergencies. But this one, we don't get very often," recalled Oltmann. Continue reading...

How will the Chiefs and Raiders fare today? Here is what to know, including kick-off time, TV channels and live stream optionsDisorienting as it may sound given the past 12 years of Chiefs-Raiders matchups, their game Sunday in Las Vegas is one of the blockbusters of the young NFL season. Kansas City have used Las Vegas (and before that, Oakland) as a doormat since the 2015 season, when Patrick Mahomes was a sophomore at Texas Tech. The Chiefs took both games from the Raiders that year and began a run of 18 wins in the teams' last 22 contests, an unusual run of AFC West dominance in a league that adores parity.The Chiefs are favored again this week, but by less than a touchdown. The Silver and Black come in sporting a matching 3-0 record with their Missourian visitors. Kirk Cousins has found the fountain of youth at 38, keeping No 1 draft pick Fernando Mendoza in an understudy's role for at least a while longer. The 38-year-old has averaged at least 7.5 yards per pass attempt in each of the team's three wins, two of which came on the road. The Raiders have benefited from a light opening schedule, taking advantage of games against the moribund Dolphins and Saints. Now comes a stiff test in the desert. Continue reading...

At least 25 injured at block party shooting in Georgia and three wounded in Baltimore park shooting, officials sayTwo people were killed and at least 25 others injured when a shooting erupted at a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia, early on Sunday, according to authorities.In another high-profile mass shooting in the US over the weekend, a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed and three others were wounded after gunfire evidently broke out over a parking spot in a Baltimore park on Saturday, officials said. Continue reading...

Considered Republican frontrunner for presidential election, Vance is cozying up to the movement - as it splitsJD Vance, widely considered to be the Republican frontrunner for the presidential election in 2028, is aligning himself with the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement as some say it is shedding its grassroots supporters in favor of political and corporate interests.The US vice-president has positioned himself as the inheritor of Make America Great Again (Maga), and attaching himself to Maha, which many in the Trump administration believe helped to win the 2024 election, signals a greater overlap between the two movements as the administration's popularity plummets amid the war in Iran and rising prices. Continue reading...

The idea of universal health coverage in the US is embraced by party's left but is often considered a liability by centristsLast week, 1,500 unionized nurses gathered in a large conference room at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco to cheer for a cause they've championed for years: Medicare for All.Considered a radical and even fringe idea for decades, interest in sweeping healthcare reform has surged as progressive Democrats have won a series of primary victories ahead of November's crucial midterm elections. Most prominent among its advocates is Democratic US Senate nominee from Michigan Abdul El-Sayed - who took the lectern before these nurses. Continue reading...

A standard business practice offsets future costs by funding a reserve for returns - but many small businesses don't do itIn my 30-plus years of being an accountant I have learned many business lessons from people who were much smarter than me. Jerry Crawford was one of those people. Jerry taught me about product returns.Jerry - who sadly passed away a decade ago - sold carpets wholesale from a nondescript little building in south Jersey. He employed about 50 people and counted many local and national carpet retailers as his customers. When I reviewed Jerry's books, I noticed a large reserve for returns". Continue reading...

Six passengers and crew onboard still unaccounted for after medical plane vanished off coast of MassachusettsResearches found debris from a medical transport plane that was carrying six people when it vanished over the Atlantic early on Saturday during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, the US Coast Guard said.A statement from the Coast Guard issued on Saturday evening said crews searching off the coast of the Massachusetts island Nantucket located a debris field confirmed to be from the aircraft", described as an air ambulance. Continue reading...

Suspect allegedly killed woman at hotel in Okinawa as prime minister calls crime exceptionally brutal and vicious'A US marine stationed on Japan's southern island of Okinawa is accused of murdering a Japanese woman and has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said on Sunday.The suspect allegedly killed [a] 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stole her wallet" as well as her backpack, local police told news media outlets. Continue reading...

A recent arrest suggests that underground invaders of city's sewer system are lured by the promise of lost valuablesThere's been one thing in particular that has been intriguing New Yorkers this summer: the existence, and whereabouts, of so-called mole people" - a mysterious group of individuals who spend at least some of their time wading about in the city's sewers.New Yorkers learned a bit more about the phenomenon this week, when two men were caught red - or perhaps another color - handed, after allegedly emerging from a tunnel in Manhattan. Their arrests have shed some light on a slew of instances where people have been witnessed lifting manhole covers and clambering underground. Continue reading...

As he prepares to face his home nation, the Canada manager reflects on his adopted country's soccer, its prime minister, and its place in the worldPeak leaf hasn't yet arrived in Montreal but the bursts of gold and butterscotch up on the hill that gave this place its name still mushroom out by the hour.Sitting in a glass-panelled hotel mezzanine at the foot of Mount Royal, Canada men's coach Jesse Marsch has his mind on another harvest. When this extended autumnal international window ends he will decamp to Italy, where the olive crops at his Tuscan villa are ready for reaping. Continue reading...

Efforts to consolidate the Black vote here were frustrated, handing the Democratic nomination to a white party insiderA major plot line of the hyper-partisan, mid-decade redistricting arms races - launched at the urging of Donald Trump - has been the elimination of traditionally Black congressional seats in the south. In the midst of that battle, a subplot emerged: a challenge to one of those Black seats from inside the Democratic caucus itself as the veteran congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, whose own district was splintered, chose to seek re-election in Florida's 20th congressional district, which had been represented for decades by a Black legislator.Her candidacy and primary win raise prickly questions about the value of lived experience as a prerequisite for effective representation of minority communities, about how Black Democratic candidates should deal with friendly fire from non-Black opponents, and about internal economic vulnerabilities of so-called Black seats which are in districts where candidates generally raise less money than others. Continue reading...

Alito, 76, delivers comment in rare interview with CBS News scheduled to air on MondaySamuel Alito, the conservative US supreme court justice, has said I think I have to" contemplate retiring every year at his age.Alito, 76, delivered that comment in a rare interview with CBS News scheduled to air on Monday, a little more than six months after a widely publicized hospital visit invited speculation about his potential retirement. Continue reading...

Bobby Pulido has a strategy: show up at the 15th birthday parties that are a rite of passage in the Texas borderlands - and flip a key House district for DemocratsIt took all of two minutes for Bobby Pulido's electoral stealth weapon to come into play. The Tejano music star turned Democratic congressional candidate had barely begun canvassing in the high school football stadium in Edinburg, Texas, when a 15-year-old girl came rushing up to him.Senor Pulido! Senor Pulido!" she cried. A few months ago, she told him, he had made a surprise appearance at her quinceanera, the coming-of-age girls' 15th birthday party that is a rite of passage in these US borderlands. Continue reading...

Sullivan became the youngest-ever goalscorer in USMNT history, while Mexico self-implodes with mistakes and a red card. Read Alexander Abnos' play-by-play.The players are in the tunnel. The lights are flashing. The little kids are getting high fives. It must nearly be kickoff time.A really interesting note from Pardeep Cattry at CBS Sports: This will be the first time Gio Reyna has started six consecutive matches for club or country since 2020. Continue reading...

The plane was undertaking a medical evacuation from Bermuda with six people onboard when it lost contactThe US Coast Guard said late on Saturday it had found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts' Nantucket Island and was searching for the six people who were on board.The jet lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a flight from Bermuda to Boston on Saturday morning. In a statement to the Guardian, an FAA spokesperson said that the agency issued a search-and-rescue alert notice for a Gulfstream G-100 at about 1.20am local time Saturday. Continue reading...

US president urges Americans to call Tom Cotton to support bill to make daylight saving time permanentDonald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of his fellow Republican and the chair of the Senate intelligence committee.The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House in July, but it faces roadblocks in the Senate, where some Republicans are strongly opposed to it. Proponents, including the president and his administration, argue that the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. Detractors said permanent daylight saving time would lead to darker and potentially more hazardous winter mornings when children will be waiting for school buses and parents will be driving to work in darkness. Continue reading...

Mariann Budde gained national attention for calling on US president to consider immigrants and LGBTQ+ peopleRev Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington DC who gained national attention when she called on Donald Trump to have mercy" on the country's immigrants and LGBTQ+ community after his second inauguration, is resigning.Budde shared in her resignation letter that she will be leaving her post on 3 June 2028 after the consecration and ordination of the new diocesan bishop. Continue reading...

How will the USA and Mexico fare today? Here is what to know, including kick-off time, TV channels and live stream optionsMauricio Pochettino's youthful revolution continued with a 4-2 win for the US men's national team over Chile in St Louis just a few days after an even more complete 4-2 victory against Peru. A high standard has been set by the next generation.A clash with Mexico, however, will be something the likes of Cavan Sullivan, Mathis Albert and Julian Hall have never experienced before. There is no such thing as a friendly match when the USA and El Tri meet. Continue reading...

Life onboard the aircraft carrier near the strait of Hormuz as it conducts military operations against Iranian targets Continue reading...

Frank Strada leaving position as state launches independent investigation into what went wrongTennessee's top prison official is stepping down in the aftermath of the failed execution of death row prisoner Christa Pike, the state's governor Bill Lee announced Saturday.Frank Strada, the department of correction commissioner, will leave his position later in October as the state launches an independent investigation into what went wrong during Wednesday's botched execution of Pike, according to Lee. Continue reading...

Roger Fortson was shot by deputy when he opened door with gun in hand after a false domestic disturbance callA Florida jury recently found former sheriff's deputy Eddie Duran not guilty of manslaughter with a firearm in the fatal shooting of Roger Fortson, a Black US air force airman who was killed inside his apartment after authorities responded to an unfounded report of a domestic disturbance.An Okaloosa county jury acquitted Duran, 38, on Thursday after about two hours of deliberations. He had faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Continue reading...

Eaton county prosecuting attorney's office had said court ruling forced removal of Nassar's name - but he wasn't on list because he was imprisoned out of stateMichigan has removed more than 20,000 entries from its sex offender registry, but convicted serial abuser Larry Nassar is not one of them - the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor was not in that system, as a local prosecutor's office claimed, because he was serving an out-of-state federal prison sentence, according to state police.On 9 September, the Michigan supreme court ruled that the state's Sex Offender Registration Act (Sora) cannot be applied retroactively to cases involving offenses committed before the law's relevant date. Michigan's state police, as a result, removed more than 20,000 people whose offenses occurred before 1 July 2011 from the agency's online sex offender database.Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organizations. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html Continue reading...

Rhonda Jewell was sentenced to 17 years for forgetting 10-month-old Ariya in car's back seat, leading to child's deathA state appeals court in Florida reversed the felony murder conviction of a woman who accidentally left a baby in her car, resulting in the child's death.In July 2023, while babysitting four children from two different families, 46-year-old Rhonda Jewell forgot 10-month-old Ariya Paige was in the back of her car, and went inside to care for the other kids. Strapped into her carseat in the Florida summer heat, Ariya died of hyperthermia before Jewell realized her mistake. Jewell was convicted the following year of third-degree felony murder, predicated on the underlying felony of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle. She was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Continue reading...

President says payments, to be sent in early October, are meant to offset cost of monthly insurance premiumsDonald Trump has said the US government will send a one-time $90 payment to more than 20 million Americans enrolled in Medicare, the health insurance program for elderly people, to help offset the cost of their monthly medical insurance premiums.The president said on social media late on Friday that the payments would come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, which he said was given $2bn by Congress to improve the Medicare fee-for-service program. Continue reading...

Temperatures expected to hover around 100F in downtown LA and even hotter inland, raising concerns about wildfiresSouthern California faced scorching heatwaves this summer that made locals wonder what happened to their famed Mediterranean climate.Now, the fall is bringing heatwaves too. Continue reading...

Fuel costs are biting for crop growers, trucking firms and a host of other industries as Iran war stokes record pricesJoe Hamilton farms corn and soybeans on 2,500 acres in Indiana's Delaware county. Next week, when his soybean harvest kicks off, four tractors, two combine harvesters and five semi-trucks will roar to life.And with that, a record bill for about 9,000 gallons of diesel awaits him. Continue reading...

Black voters reveal a generational divide, with younger voters drawn to the Democratic Socialists of America, and older voters focused on what can realistically be achievedOne of the most heated debates in the Democratic party is how left it should go - especially after a year that has seen several democratic socialists win their primary races. Moderate Democrats worry that left-wing candidates will struggle to win general elections, while progressive voters want fresh solutions to healthcare and the rising cost of living. But largely left out of this debate is one of the most critical bases of the party: Black voters.A Pew Research Center study found that among Democrats, only 21% of Black voters are likely to positively view candidates who align with democratic socialists, compared to 40% of white, 30% of Asian, and 20% of Hispanic voters. Continue reading...

President's popularity has plummeted in solidly Republican state - will his presence at midterm rallies help or hinder?Kelly Savage-Radich grew up in a Republican-supporting Ohio family and voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. But today the mother of three, who lives in a Montgomery county suburb of Dayton, is facing the prospect of having to sell one of her family's vehicles due to the high cost of gas. Her grocery bill has gone up about $100 a week.She lays the blame squarely at the Trump administration's door. Continue reading...

The US defense secretary who hates beardos, weirdos and wimps' has announced an Office of Religious Affairs at the PentagonApart from money and McDonald's, there's nothing Donald Trump seems to love more than a big, beautiful" wall. The government is currently spending billions of taxpayer dollars to fulfill the president's fantasy of lining the US-Mexico border with 30ft steel bollard walls and high-tech surveillance.What the Trump administration is apparently not so keen on is the wall of separation between church and state. While the president may hawk bibles as a side hustle, he is not exactly devout; he serves only mammon. The top levels of his government, however, are stuffed full of religious fanatics who appear hellbent on remaking the country as a Christian theocracy.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Congress members say pricing practices at 7-Eleven and Circle K stores underscore everyday Americans' affordability strugglesFive US House members have called out pricing practices at the US's two largest convenience store chains in response to an investigation by the Guardian.The Guardian found that 7-Eleven and Circle K stores frequently charge customers more at the register or pump for snacks, gas and other items than the prices they promise on the shelf or on outdoor fuel signs. Continue reading...

As the Illinois governor seeks a third term, his growing national profile has fueled speculation about a possible White House bid

Frank Strada facing mounting questions after Pike survives injection with lethal drugs in TennesseeTennessee's prison chief is under fire for the failed execution of Christa Pike, which lawyers say was the fifth botched" execution under his leadership across two states since 2022.Frank Strada, the commissioner of the Tennessee department of correction, has faced mounting questions about the state's highly secretive death penalty protocols since Wednesday evening when Pike became the first death row prisoner in the US to to be injected with lethal drugs and survive. Continue reading...