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Tennessee execution of man with heart device ‘result of pure cowardice’
Byron Black, 69, put to death after legal battle in which lawyers said defibrillator would shock heart repeatedlyTennessee has executed a man without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when a lethal drug took effect.Byron Black died at 10.43am, prison officials said. Shortly after the lethal injection started, witnesses said Black told a spiritual adviser in the room that he was hurting badly. Continue reading...
Trump administration cuts New York City’s anti-terrorism funding days after skyscraper attack
Federal Emergency Management Agency says city will receive $64m less this year from its urban area security fundThe Trump administration said it would cut terrorism prevention funding for New York City, according to a grant notice posted days after a gunman killed four people inside a Manhattan skyscraper.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) stated in a grant notice posted on Friday that New York City would receive $64m less this year from its urban area security fund. The amount was listed in a single line of an 80-page Fema notice on the grant program. Continue reading...
Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un-American’ actions in open letter
Screenwriters from Writers Guild of America, also including David Simon and Celine Song, call out president's authoritarian assault' on free speechMore than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America, including Spike Lee and Adam McKay, have signed an open letter decrying the actions of Donald Trump's administration that represent an unprecedented, authoritarian assault" on free speech.The letter, a combined effort from the WGA East and West branches, cites the US president's baseless lawsuits" against news organizations that have published stories he does not like and leveraged them into payoffs". It specifically references Paramount's decision to pay Trump $16m to settle a meritless lawsuit" about a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. The letter notes that Trump retaliated against publications reporting factually on the White House and threatened broadcasters' licenses", and has repeatedly called for the cancellation of programs that criticize him. Continue reading...
Montana manhunt continues as Tennessee murder suspect is arrested
Search for an army veteran in Montana stretches to day five, while Tennessee police arrest man linked to four deathsMontana governor Greg Gianforte on Tuesday signed an executive order freeing up more resources for local law enforcement as they searched a mountainous area for a former US soldier suspected of killing four people at a bar on 1 August.The search for Michael Paul Brown stretched into its fifth day with more than three dozen law enforcement agencies helping with an effort that Montana's top officials described during a news conference as the highest priority in the state. Continue reading...
Two people killed and six wounded in mass shooting at LA warehouse party
No details yet on suspect after police arrived to halt big party', with possibly armed person seen entering buildingTwo people were killed and six others were wounded in a mass shooting at a warehouse party in downtown Los Angeles early on Monday, officials said.Police first responded around 11pm on Sunday evening to shut down a big party" after officers saw a person possibly armed with a gun go inside a building in the city's warehouse district, Los Angeles police department spokesperson Norma Eisenman told the Associated Press. That person was arrested at the scene, she said.This article and headline were amended on 5 August 2025 to clarify that the shooting took place at a warehouse party that was not affiliated with an unofficial Hard Summer music festival afterparty, as initial reports suggested. Continue reading...
Trump administration to reinstall Confederate statue toppled in Black Lives Matter protests
Statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general, will return to Washington DC, National Parks Service saysA statue of a general in the Confederate army that was toppled and set on fire during social justice protests in 2020 in Washington DC will be reinstated, the National Park Service (NPS) has announced.The bronze statue depicting Albert Pike is being restored, the Park Service said in a statement on Monday, sharing a photo of the statue undergoing cleaning to remove corrosion and paint prior to repairs, with a view to reinstalling it by October. Continue reading...
Ex-NFL running back Leshon Johnson convicted in Oklahoma dogfighting case
Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published
New York Times reports on letters by Ehud Barak, Woody Allen and others written for Epstein's 63rd birthdayThe long-running scandal surrounding the disgraced late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein broadened on Tuesday after the New York Times published a trove of previously unseen letters to Epstein from numerous powerful figures as well as unseen photographs from inside his Manhattan mansion.The letters, written to Epstein by a number of high-profile individuals, were reportedly compiled as a birthday gift for Epstein's 63rd birthday in 2016. Their publication comes amid intense speculation around Donald Trump's ties to Epstein, who was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 and had long cultivated a celebrity social circle of the rich and powerful. Continue reading...
Rwanda agrees to take up to 250 migrants from the US
Deal follows deportations to South Sudan and Eswatini despite concerns about international law breachesThe Rwandan government has said it would accept up to 250 migrants from the US under a deal agreed with Washington but gave no details on who could be included.The Trump administration's deportation drive has included negotiating arrangements to send people to third countries, among them South Sudan and Eswatini. Continue reading...
NWSL says it has ‘no duty of care’ for women suing San Diego Wave over assault claims
‘Latinos deserve a district’: alarm as new Texas maps dilute voting power in Austin
Dramatic reshaping of district 35 will make it harder for candidates of color to win, civic groups sayWhen representative Greg Casar won his election last year, he became the first Latino to represent the Texas capitol city of Austin in Congress. A panel of federal judges had drawn his district's lines after a prolonged legal battle over racial gerrymandering.But under the map Texas Republicans unveiled last week, Casar would instead live in the modified version of his neighboring district to the west, which would swallow east Austin - a gentrifying but historically working-class area home to Mexican American and Black residents once forced by segregation laws to live on the east side of town. Continue reading...
Trump says treasury chief Scott Bessent no longer being considered for Fed chair
Trump may soon name pick for open Fed board seat and Fed chair nominee, but Bessent wants to stay in current roleDonald Trump said he would shortly" announce his pick for an open seat on the Federal Reserve's board of governors and possibly his nominee for Fed chair as well, but that he had removed the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, from consideration since Bessent wants to remain in his current job.In a CNBC interview, Trump called it a pleasant surprise" that the Fed governor Adriana Kugler had decided to leave her seat now instead of when her term ends in January, a move that appears to have accelerated Trump's decision on who to appoint to an open seat on the Fed board with possible plans to promote that person to the top policymaking role when the term of the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, ends in May. Continue reading...
Driver trying to set speed record at Utah salt flats race dies after losing control
Chris Raschke, 60, was going 283 mph in his rocket-like car at the Speed Week racing event at the Bonneville Salt FlatsA driver going 283 mph (455 km/h) trying to set a land speed record during a racing event at Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats died on Sunday after he lost control of his rocket-like vehicle called the Speed Demon, organizers said.Driver Chris Raschke lost control about two and a half miles into a run and was treated by medical professionals at the scene, but died from his injuries, according to the Southern California Timing Association, which has organized the popular land-speed racing event known as Speed Week since the late 1940s. Continue reading...
Pam Bondi seeks grand jury review of origins of Trump-Russia investigation
Investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election dogged Donald Trump throughout much of his first termThe US attorney general, Pam Bondi, is said to be ordering prosecutors to present evidence to a grand jury investigating the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia inquiry, according to the Associated Press.The criminal probe follows referrals from Trump administration intelligence officials and targets the investigation that established Moscow interfered in the 2016 election on Donald Trump's behalf, a source who spoke on condition of anonymity told the AP. Continue reading...
Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in New York City leaves two dead and 58 sickened
People in affected area of Harlem who are experiencing flu-like symptoms are advised to seek medical attentionTwo people have died and at least 58 have been sickened amid an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the Harlem area of New York City, according to health officials.Details about those who have died are not immediately available, but officials have tracked the outbreak since 25 July in the central Harlem area and bordering communities. Continue reading...
US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’
Exclusive: Andrea Velez and Adrian Martinez recount their capture by immigration officers and its effects on their livesAs two masked men dragged her into an unmarked SUV, Andrea Velez tried to focus on details she might later remember - one man's red shirt, the car's leather seats, a black backpack inside.At 9.20am on 24 June in downtown Los Angeles, the 32-year-old was heading into work at a footwear company when the men in gator masks jumped out of their car and started chasing vendors and other people on the street, she recalled. As people fled, Velez froze and held onto her bag. Continue reading...
I’m a perinatal psychiatrist. The US is promoting misinformation on SSRIs and pregnancy | Sunny Patel
A recent FDA advisory panel discussion contained falsehoods and overstated risks. That's dangerous for mothers-to-beLate last month, the FDA advisory panel - on the heels of the president's make America healthy again" executive order scrutinizing psychotropic medications - raised debate around the safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in pregnancy. Commonly called antidepressants, these medications are used to treat a range of disorders, and earlier this year a consortium of major mental health organizations pushed back on the administration's stance.As a perinatal psychiatrist who sees pregnant and postpartum people struggling with conditions such as depression and anxiety every week, I'm deeply concerned that this public discussion - chaired by the controversial FDA commissioner Marty Makary - shared significant misinformation about mental illness and the treatment modalities (with overly simplified statements denouncing chemicals" during pregnancy). Continue reading...
Jeans, controversy, used bathwater: Sydney Sweeney’s selling it all. A showbiz masterclass, if you ask me | Marina Hyde
Five years ago, she'd have been doing feminist stunts - but times change and Sydney has captured the zeitgeist. She might flog that to you tooSORRY FOR HAVING GREAT TITS AND CORRECT OPINIONS." Not my words, readers (although, having said that ...), but the words of a sweatshirt worn across the aforementioned acclaimed rack of Sydney Sweeney last year, shortly after some madly overheated controversy or other involving the Euphoria/Anyone But You star. I forget which controversy. Like Marvel movies, too many Sydney Sweeney controversies were made, and they all seemed to connect to each other in ways no one but the truly initiated could understand, so now only the saddos turn out for each and every one.You might dimly be aware there's another one going on at the moment, following Sydney's participation in an American Eagle denim advert - a fashion retail event which obviously spiralled into some fatuous blue jeans/red state flame-war that has seen deranged TikTokers claim something about eugenics", the president trouser-rubbingly decide he likes Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle shares climb 23% in a week. Tell me the US will still be Earth's dominant superpower in 30 years because I simply DON'T want to hear anything else. This is the behaviour of a culture with legs. (And a perfect ass, sorry if you can't handle it.) Continue reading...
Texas governor vows to arrest Democrats who fled to block redistricting vote | First Thing
Lawmakers leave state to deny Republicans quorum needed to hold votes. Plus, why audio of Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson is being used to scare wolvesGood morning.The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, has threatened to arrest Democratic lawmakers after they left the state to prevent Republicans from pushing through plans to aggressively change Texas's congressional map, a move that is likely to see them gain seats in the next election.Why did the Democrats leave? By breaking quorum, the Democrats have temporarily blocked the controversial plan sought by Donald Trump to redraw the state's congressional maps, a move that would probably give Republicans five more seats in Congress.Why were the protesters arrested? Just after 8pm, the group began walking to the Trump International hotel. They gathered in front of the hotel, sitting in the street, singing and chanting. At about 8.15pm ET, New York police department officers began arresting protesters for blocking the street. Continue reading...
The Mamdani effect: how his primary win is inspiring young progressives to run for office
US group geared at mobilizing young leftist candidates saw a record 10,000 people sign up after Mamdani's NYC victoryIn mid-July, Erik Clemson signed on to a Zoom call from Honolulu, Hawaii, energized by a mayoral candidate in a city far across the country, to hear how he could run for office himself.Clemson, a 39-year-old machinist instructor who has a YouTube channel where he explains the economy, had long considered a political run some time in the future, but Zohran Mamdani's upset victory provided a push off the sidelines. Continue reading...
Trump’s new gilded age: fearmongering, mass deportations and self-enrichment – video
Donald Trump's second presidency has led to allegations of pervasive self-dealing. From the acceptance of a luxury jet from the state of Qatar, to the creation of a Trump cryptocurrency, the president has been accused of monetizing the White House while enacting a swath of extreme policy. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel across south Florida, visiting Turning Point's student action summit, meeting the Republican strategist Steve Bannon, and witnessing events at the harsh new detention centre "Alligator Alcatraz". Continue reading...
Spirit Airlines pilot ‘removed from duty’ after being arrested on stalking charges
Dominic Cipolla was arrested at New Orleans's international airport on stalking charges out of Kansas, officials sayA Spirit Airlines pilot has been removed from duty" after being arrested at work at New Orleans's international airport on stalking charges out of Kansas, according to officials.Dominic A Cipolla, 40, was charged with stalking two different people in a criminal complaint dated 11 July, records in the Johnson county courthouse in Olathe, Kansas, show. Officials haven't released much information about the charges against Cipolla, but the dates of birth listed in court documents for his alleged victims indicate that they are approximately 12 and 17 years old. Continue reading...
I was the US labor secretary. Trump’s latest firing undermines a key agency | Robert Reich
The firing of Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, destroys the credibility of essential informationI spent much of the 1990s as the secretary of labor. One unit of the labor department is the Bureau of Labor Statistics.I was instructed by my predecessors as well as by the White House, and by every labor economist and statistician I came in contact with, that one of my cardinal responsibilities was to guard the independence of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading...
At least 40 arrested at protest against Gaza war at Trump hotel in New York – video
Hundreds of people gathered in New York to protest against Israel's war on Gaza and demand that the Trump administration put pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The protest, organised by IfNotNow, a Jewish-American anti-occupation group, began at Columbus Circle and ended outside the Trump International hotel, where several people were arrested for blocking the road. Palestinian officials have said 175 people have died from hunger in Gaza since the beginning of the war, 93 of them children
NFL preseason storylines: Cowboys chaos, the Browns‘ QB circus and Aaron Rodgers’ last dance
With the start of the regular season almost in sight, we take a tour of the league's most compelling plotsLeave it to Jerry Jones to stink up the most optimistic time of year. The Cowboys owner has once again fumbled a contract negotiation with one of his stars. Despite fellow 2021 draftees Penei Sewell, Patrick Surtain II and Ja'Marr Chase signing long-term extensions, the Cowboys have allowed talks with Parsons to drag on. Continue reading...
How Palestine’s Wessam Abou Ali earned a head-turning move to MLS’s Columbus Crew
After a winding career path, Abou Ali now faces the pressure of being a designated player for one of the league's best teamsAs soon as I stepped on the field on the King Abdullah II Stadium in southeast Amman in June, Wessam Abou Ali stepped off. Palestine had just had their dreams of the 2026 World Cup ended by a last-minute Oman penalty that was as soft as they come. While some players in white fell to their knees or collapsed crying into the arms of coaching staff, the 26-year-old, with scrunched-up shorts, exited stage left to head to the United States and the global stage of the Club World Cup with Egypt's Al-Ahly, after impressing so much on the African and Asian one.Now, after this busiest of summers, the Danish-born star has signed for Columbus Crew - a No 9 for one of MLS's best teams in need of one, and one who takes up one of the team's allotment of designated player spots, to boot. Continue reading...
Poland is sliding back towards populism. Democrats elsewhere should heed our mistakes | Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz
Donald Tusk has failed to offer a positive vision for the future. Without one, liberals will just be an interval between populist actsWe were travelling across Poland by train the day after the country's sensational parliamentary elections in autumn 2023. When news of the results came through, passengers in our compartment fell into each other's arms, rejoicing as though a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders. Hard as it was to believe after eight years, the national populists of the Law and Justice party had been ousted from power on a record turnout of 75% of voters. We felt the potential of democracy to change things for the better as a physical sensation.Less than two years have passed but this enthusiasm has disappeared without trace. The Law and Justice-backed candidate Karol Nawrocki won the presidential election run off in June with 50.89% of the vote, securing the admiration of Donald Trump in the process. Days before Nawrocki's swearing in on Wednesday [6 August] a new poll suggested that almost half of voters would like the prime minister, Donald Tusk out. The ruling coalition is wobbling. Tusk's liberal democratic government may turn out to be nothing more than an intermezzo, a pause between rightwing populist governments.Karolina Wigura is a Polish historian and co-author of Post-Traumatic Sovereignty: An Essay (Why the Eastern European Mentality is Different). Jarosaw Kuisz is editor-in-chief of the Polish weekly Kultura Liberalna and the author of The New Politics of Poland: A Case of Post-Traumatic Sovereignty Continue reading...
More than 40 arrested at protest against Gaza war at Trump hotel in New York
Protest led by Jewish American group IfNotNow demand White House pressure Israel to let more aid into territoryMore than 40 people protesting the war and worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza were arrested outside the Trump International hotel in New York City on Monday evening.The protest, organized by IfNotNow, a Jewish-American anti-occupation group, had begun earlier in the evening at Columbus Circle. Hundreds gathered under the banner Trump: Jews Say No More" to demand an end to the war in Gaza and that the Trump administration pressure Israel to allow greater humanitarian aid to enter into territory, as health officials there continue to report deaths from starvation and malnutrition. Continue reading...
Texas Democratic lawmakers rally outside Governor’s Mansion to protest redistricting of maps – as it happened
This liveblog is now closed.As he boarded Air Force One on Sunday, the president told reporters that a new leader for the Bureau of Labor Statistics would be announced over the next three to four days". Trump added that he had no confidence" in commissioner Erica McEntarfer, who he fired on Friday.The director of the White House Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, defended the president's decision in an interview with NBC on Sunday. He wants his own people," Hassett said. Despite not being able to offer evidence that suggested the jobs data McEntarfer published was, in fact, rigged". Continue reading...
Trump news at a glance: political battle in Texas escalates and president under fire for firing labor statistics chief
Governor Greg Abbott orders arrest of Democratic legislators who fled state; ex-leaders of statistics bureau say firing of commissioner undermines credibility' - key US politics stories from 4 August 2025Texas governor Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the department of public safety to arrest and return any House member who had left the state and abandoned their duty to Texans", as Democrats thwarted plans to redistrict the state along lines that would favour Republicans.There are consequences for dereliction of duty," Abbott said in a statement on Monday, after the Republican-dominated House issued civil arrest warrants in an attempt to compel the return of the members who fled the state in order to deny the legislature a quorom. Continue reading...
Texas House pushes forward on redistricting as Democrats vow to fight
Lawmakers travel to Illinois, New York and elsewhere to stop vote on Republicans' redistricting plan
Eagles star Saquon Barkley declines invitation to serve on Trump’s sports council
Jim Acosta interviews ‘made-up’ AI avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver
Artificially generated video of Oliver, one of 17 victims of the shooting, addresses Acosta in one of a kind interview'Jim Acosta, former chief White House correspondent for CNN, stirred controversy on Monday when he sat for a conversation with a reanimated version of a person who died more than seven years ago. His guest was an avatar of Joaquin Oliver, one of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.The video shows Oliver, captured via a real photograph and animated with generative artificial intelligence, wearing a beanie with a solemn expression. Acosta asks the avatar: What happened to you?" Continue reading...
Trump officials look to block abortion services at veterans affairs hospitals
Rollback on Biden-era policy would prohibit abortions for veterans, even in cases of rape, incest or health threatsThe Trump administration is seeking to block veterans from receiving abortions at hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs in cases of rape or incest, or when a veteran's pregnancy has imperiled their health, according to new paperwork filed by the administration.The administration is seeking to roll back a Biden-era policy that, for the first time, permitted the VA to counsel veterans and their eligible family members about abortion, as well as offer the procedure to veterans in limited circumstances, even in states that banned abortion after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022. At the time,veterans affairs secretary Denis McDonough called the move a patient safety decision". Continue reading...
Speaker Mike Johnson visits occupied West Bank to support Israeli settlers
Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Republican visit for undermining efforts to stop the war and cycle of violence'Mike Johnson became the highest ranked US official to visit the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Republican House speaker drawing measures of praise and condemnation for his trip in support of Israeli settlements amid a worsening starvation crisis in Gaza.The excursion followed Johnson's arrival in Israel on Sunday on an unannounced visit with other Republican lawmakers, and his meeting with Israeli defense minister Israel Katz and foreign minister Gideon Saar. Continue reading...
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republican party has lost touch with its base
Georgia congresswoman says she has no plans to leave Republican fold but urges party to support America first'Marjorie Taylor Greene, historically one of the most prominent voices in Donald Trump's Maga movement, has declared in an interview that she feels that the Republican party has lost touch with its base, but she said she has no plans to leave the party.After telling the Daily Mail this week she was questioning whether she still belongs in the Republican fold, the Georgia congresswoman told the Guardian she would not become independent or seek a third party option. Continue reading...
US man stabbed bakery owners over sandwich bought years ago, police say
Suspect allegedly stabbed New Jersey brothers Abed and Mohammed Assad because they gave him eggplant not eggA knife-wielding man recently slashed and stabbed two bakery owners because they gave him the wrong sandwich four years earlier, authorities in New Jersey said.Brothers Abed and Mohammed Assad were attacked at their store in Paterson on 31 July after the disgruntled customer complained that the sandwich they served him made him ill, according to Moneer Simrin, a friend of the victims. Continue reading...
Trump firing of labor statistics chief ‘undermines credibility’, ex-leaders say
Former commissioners call on Congress to act after Trump fires Erika McEntarfer over rigged' employment dataThe former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioners and non-partisan economic groups have criticized Donald Trump's shock firing of BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the July jobs report data revealed jobs growth stalled this summer.Trump, without any evidence to back his claims, alleged McEntarfer faked" employment numbers in the run-up to the 2024 election to boost Kamala Harris's chances and said that the recent data was rigged" to make Trump and Republicans look bad. Continue reading...
Trump envoy to visit Moscow this week before deadline for ending Ukraine war
Steve Witkoff to travel to Moscow before US president's Friday deadline after which new sanctions could be imposedDonald Trump's special envoy is expected in Moscow days before the US president's deadline on Friday for Russia to make progress on ending the war in Ukraine or face increased US sanctions.Trump said Steve Witkoff would visit Moscow on Wednesday or Thursday. When asked what message Witkoff would take to Russia and what Vladimir Putin could do to avoid new sanctions, the US president answered: Yeah, get a deal where people stop getting killed." Continue reading...
‘It’ll be carnage’: why Sydney Sweeney’s risky political moment may backfire
Hollywood star's more is best' attitude to commercial tie-ins is one thing, but politics and celebrity rarely mix wellIt is one of the questionable perks of Donald Trump's wall of sound" approach to communication that the slightly icky moment when the world of Maga and one of Hollywood's hottest young stars connected was broadcast live and uncut.As the US president boarded Air Force One, a reporter asked whether he had any thoughts on Sydney Sweeney, a very hot actress right now", being a registered Republican. Of course he did. Continue reading...
Trump loyalist Nancy Mace announces bid for governor of South Carolina
The congresswoman in an interview called herself Trump in high heels' and promised to be a super Maga governor'Congresswoman Nancy Mace, a once moderate Republican turned Trump loyalist, officially launched her bid for governor of South Carolina on Monday.Currently serving her third term in Congress, Mace, 47, was once a Trump critic. Now, per the Associated Press, she calls herself Trump in high heels" and promises to be a super Maga governor" in the largely Republican state. Continue reading...
Analyzing preseason friendlies is maddening, but right now it’s all we have | Jonathan Wilson
Every team enters preseason at a different stage of readiness and with different goals, making results hard to decipher
Illinois governor says Texas Democrats who left will be protected amid arrest threats
JB Pritzker said lawmakers are doing the right thing' after a group left Texas to prevent House vote on redistrictingThe Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has vowed to protect the Democratic members of the Texas house of representatives who left the state in an attempt to block Republican efforts to redraw Texas's congressional maps.We're going to do everything we can to protect every single one of them and make sure that - 'cause we know they're doing the right thing, we know that they're following the law," Pritzker said at a press conference on Sunday in Illinois alongside some of the the Texas Democratic lawmakers. Continue reading...
Some tourists and business travelers may face up to $15,000 bond to enter US
US state department has plans to issue bonds for some tourism and business visas, according to a federal noticeThe US state department has prepared plans to impose bonds as high as $15,000 for some tourism and business visas, according to a draft of a temporary final rule.The bonds would be issued to visitors from countries with significant overstay rates, under a 12-month pilot program. Continue reading...
Talking politics has bartenders on edge in Trump’s Washington DC
In many watering holes, avoiding politics is an unspoken rule. Staying neutral is getting harder under this regimeDeke Dunne relocated to Washington DC from Wyoming in 2008 to pursue a career in politics. Though a progressive himself, he worked as a legislative aide for Republican senator Mike Enzi and spent many nights at local watering holes, guzzling $10 pitchers and eating wings with fellow broke staffers from both sides of the aisle. Long before he began moonlighting as a bartender, he learned that talking politics in DC bars was always a recipe for disaster.When I used to work in politics, I would spend a lot of time in bars near Capitol Hill," said Dunne, so I was exposed to more political professionals. In those spaces, you often find yourself witnessing knockdown, drag-out arguments about politics." Continue reading...
An Illinois non-profit helps ease trauma inflicted by gun violence. Now it may close due to lack of funding
An innovative program providing crisis support for gun-violence survivors has closed, and the organization that ran it is now at riskYvonne Miller was beside herself with grief when her 23-year-old son, Christopher B Kelly, died from gun violence in August 2020. She connected with the Trauma & Resilience Initiative, a Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, mental health non-profit, and executive director Karen Crawford Simms soon showed up at her door to help her process her trauma.Every week, Simms encouraged Miller to cherish the memories of her son and offered her a space to cry. At Simms's suggestion, Miller kept a diary in which she documented the ebb and flow of denial and anger. Continue reading...
Kenny Bednarek criticizes Noah Lyles after 200m shoving match: ‘It’s not good character’
Now’s the time for Democrats to hammer Trump on the economy | Lloyd Green
With inflation and unemployment rising, Democrats must speak out - and show they care about the average voterEconomic Growth Shatters Expectations as President Trump Fuels America's Golden Age," the White House announced on Wednesday. But within 48 hours, the data told a very different story, giving the Democrats a badly needed opening if they can muster the competence and focus to seize upon it.On Thursday, the US commerce department announced that inflation had ticked up to 2.6%. A day later, the labor department reported that unemployment had risen to 4.2% in July, and that the US had actually gained 258,000 fewer jobs than previously reported. Continue reading...
Third girl dies after barge collides with Miami sailing camp boat
Death of 10-year-old came nearly a week after accident, with eight-year-old girl still in critical conditionThe US coast guard says a third child has died nearly a week after a barge struck and sank a boat during a sailing camp near Miami.Six people on the sailboat were pulled from the water after the 28 July collision, and four children were hospitalized before two girls were pronounced dead.The Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading...
The conviction of Colombia’s ex-president is a sign of hope amid autocracy’s rise | Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno
Alvaro Uribe was convicted of bribery in a development that would have seemed inconceivable a decade agoOn 25 October 1997, paramilitary groups descended upon the remote 300-person farming town of El Aro, in the Colombian state of Antioquia. Over the next five days, the drug-running paramilitaries slaughtered 17 people, raped multiple women and burned the town down, forcing the remaining townspeople to flee.The attorney Jesus Maria Valle had been pleading with the state governor, Alvaro Uribe, for over a year to stop the paramilitaries' brutal takeover of the countryside and collusion with the military. Instead, Uribe labeled Valle an enemy of the armed forces". In a statement to prosecutors after the El Aro massacre, Valle asked for a full investigation into what he described as an alliance" in Antioquia among paramilitaries, the military and Uribe to kill civilians and seize their land, in the name of fighting the country's leftwing FARC guerrillas. Within days, two men in suits strode into Valle's law office in downtown Medellin and shot him dead.Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno is CEO of RepresentUs and the author of the award-winning book There Are No Dead Here: A Story of Murder and Denial in Colombia. She spearheaded Human Rights Watch's work on Colombia during most of Uribe's presidency Continue reading...
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