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National guard deployment in Washington DC extended until February
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth gives approval for troops to remain in US capital past November end, CNN reportsNational guard troops sent to the nation's capital will reportedly remain there through at least February.The order was set to lapse at the end of November but was extended by Pete Hegseth, who leads the US Department of Defense. As of Wednesday, there are nearly 2,400 national guard troops in Washington DC, according to CNN. The network also notes that their presence costs about $1m daily. Continue reading...
Trump news at a glance: president’s effort to sue his own DoJ is ‘absurd’ and ‘frivolous’, expert says
The two justice department officials with power to sign off on the claims are Trump appointees and allies - key US politics stories from 29 October at a glanceWhat are the odds that the president can successfully sue his own government to recoup hundreds of millions in damages from past federal investigations? If he were any other claimant, it would be a long shot, according to a legal expert and a former Department of Justice official who handled damages claims against the government.Trump has asked the justice department to pay him $230m in damages, the New York Times reported last week. The amount is the total of two separate claims in which Trump argues he is entitled to compensation because of investigations into the links between Russia and his 2016 campaign as well as the 2022 search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and subsequent criminal prosecution. Continue reading...
Landry says LSU athletics director won’t pick next football coach after $95m fiasco
Top Senate Democrat blames ‘heartless’ Trump for food aid being cut off – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.On X, Adam Schiff, one of California's Democratic senators, criticized acting US attorney Bill Essayli, after a judge found that he was in the Los Angeles-based position illegally.Schiff wrote:Unlawfully serving" in his role. Acting illegally. But left in place? While this Administration continues to replace career professionals with illegitimate political allies eager to do Trump's bidding, Californians need better relief than this.I do the American People's bidding at the direction of their duly elected President. That's how our Constitution works. Try reading and abiding by it sometime. Continue reading...
Meta reports mixed financial results amid spree of AI hiring and spending
Tech company brings in record quarterly revenue but major tax bill dampens earnings per shareMeta reported mixed financial results for the third quarter of 2025. The company brought in record quarterly revenue but reported a major tax bill that dampened earnings per share, the company announced on Wednesday. The financial results come as Meta ends a multibillion-dollar hiring spree focused on artificial intelligence talent.The tech giant earned $51.24bn in quarterly revenue, beating Wall Street expectations and the company's own projections for third-quarter sales. However, it reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.05, far below Wall Street expectations of $6.70 in EPS. The major drop was due to a one-time non-cash income tax charge of $15.93bn. The EPS would have been $7.25 without this one-time charge, the company said. Continue reading...
Trump’s ‘absurd’ DoJ compensation bid would be rejected if he were anyone else, experts say
President's effort to win $230m in damages from Mar-a-Lago and Russia investigations criticized as frivolous'Donald Trump's effort to get his justice department to pay him hundreds of millions of dollars is based on specious legal claims that would likely be rejected if he were any other American, according to a legal expert and a former Department of Justice official who handled damages claims against the government.Trump has asked the justice department to pay him $230m in damages, the New York Times reported last week. The amount is the total of two separate claims in which Trump argues he is entitled to compensation because of investigations into the links between Russia and his 2016 campaign as well as the 2022 search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and subsequent criminal prosecution. Continue reading...
Trump’s blithe dismissal of climate science
The devastating consequences of ignoring the climate crisis
Illinois deputy found guilty of murder for shooting Sonya Massey after she called 911
Sean Grayson shot Massey in her home after confronting her about how she was handling pot of hot waterAn Illinois jury on Wednesday convicted a former sheriff's deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.Sean Grayson, 31, could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, or probation. Sentencing is scheduled for 29 January. Continue reading...
Democratic contender for Congress indicted over Chicago ICE protests
Progressive Palestinian American candidate Kat Abughazaleh, 26, decries gross attempt at silencing dissent'Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive candidate for Congress, has been indicted on federal charges related to her participation in protests outside an ICE processing facility near Chicago in September.The indictment, filed last week, alleges that the 26-year old Palestinian American candidate and five other individuals physically hindered and impeded" a federal agent who was forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators". Continue reading...
Two Russians sentenced to 25 years for plot to kill Iranian dissident in US
Mobsters Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov plotted to assassinate Masih Alinejad at her New York homeThe two Russian mobsters convicted in an international assassination plot targeting the Iranian-American dissident Masih Alinejad were sentenced to 25 years in prison in a New York courtroom on Wednesday.Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov were found guilty in Manhattan federal court this March of charges including murder-for-hire and attempted murder in aid of racketeering. Continue reading...
DeSantis urges Florida universities to stop hiring foreign visa workers
Governor tells universities to end use of H-1B visas, though legal experts say states lack authority over federal programFlorida governor, Ron DeSantis, is urging the state's universities to stop hiring international employees through the H-1B visa program.DeSantis said he wants the Florida board of governors to pull the plug" on the practice. Nearly 400 foreign nationals are currently employed at Florida's public universities under the H-1B visa program, reported the Orlando Sentinel. Continue reading...
Met museum sued by family over allegedly Nazi-looted Van Gogh painting
New York museum under fire from heirs of Jewish couple allegedly forced to surrender artwork upon fleeing to USThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is being sued by the heirs of a Jewish couple over a Vincent van Gogh oil painting they say was looted by the Nazis.The suit alleges the couple, Hedwig and Frederick Stern, bought the painting, Olive Picking, in 1935, the year before they were forced to flee their home in Munich. Continue reading...
US could lose between $7bn and $14bn during shutdown, budget office says
Federal agency also estimates country's GDP will reduce by one to two percentage points over shrinking demandThe US is set to lose between $7bn and $14bn as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown, according to the congressional budget office.On Wednesday, the nonpartisan federal agency released its estimates in a new report to the House budget committee as the government shutdown reaches four weeks. Continue reading...
US military to reduce number of troops in Romania as start of European drawdown
Army says 2nd Infantry Brigade combat team of 101st Airborne to redeploy to Kentucky without replacement'The US military is reducing the number of troops it has stationed in Romania, scaling back Nato's deployment to countries along Europe's eastern border with Ukraine, US and Romanian officials have announced.In a statement on Wednesday, the US army said that the 2nd Infantry Brigade combat team of the 101st Airborne division would redeploy to its home-based unit in Kentucky without replacement" as part of a plan to ensure a balanced US military force posture". Continue reading...
EU carmakers ‘days away’ from halting work as chip war with China escalates
Industry body says reserves of Nexperia semiconductors are dwindling after Beijing bans exports of key componentsCarmakers in the EU are days away" from closing production lines, the industry has warned, as a crisis over computer chip supplies from China escalates.The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) issued an urgent warning on Wednesday saying its members, which include BMW, Fiat, Peugeot and Volkswagen, were now working on reserve stocks but supplies are dwindling". Continue reading...
MLS salaries: Son Heung-min deal pays $11m, second only to Lionel Messi
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump's order on subduing civil unrest
Lions to give Aidan Hutchinson non-QB record of $141m in guaranteed money
Obamacare insurance prices will jump up 26% next year, report predicts
Enhanced subsidies keeping premiums affordable for millions will expire, threatening to more than double what households pay out of pocketPeople in the US shopping for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces will face a steep 26% average price increase next year, according to new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation released just days before enrollment begins on 1 November.The jump represents one of the sharpest rises since the healthcare program launched over a decade ago, with consumers using the federal healthcare.gov platform set to see even steeper hikes of 30% on average. State-run marketplaces are also expected to experience a 17% increase. Continue reading...
Toyota denies promising to invest $10bn in US after Trump announcement
The US president claimed he had been told the carmaker was going to be setting up factories all over' the USThe Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor has denied Donald Trump's suggestion that it is poised to invest more than $10bn in the United States over the coming years.On a visit to Japan earlier this week, the US president claimed he had been told that the carmaker was going to be setting up factories all over" the US to the tune of over $10bn". Continue reading...
Shohei Ohtani had an off night at the World Series but he still breaks baseball logic
The Dodgers star pitched in Game 3 just 18 hours after setting records with the bat. It's a reminder of how he makes the miraculous seem mundaneEven Shohei Ohtani's teammates struggle to find the right adjectives to describe him; ones that express how good he is while emphasizing how unlikely his existence is in the first place.After Monday's Game 3, when Ohtani became the first player in postseason history to reach base nine times in a World Series game, Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman opted for unicorn," one of the more common Ohtani descriptors. Starting pitcher Blake Snell, meanwhile, put things simple and plain. Continue reading...
Boeing takes near $5bn hit due to delays in delivering first 777X jets
777X was central to long-term strategy, but certification and production delays have pushed back deliveries by years
Trump fires federal arts board in charge of reviewing White House ballroom and ‘Arc de Trump’
White House says it will appoint new Commission of Fine Arts members more aligned with ... America First Policies'Donald Trump has fired all six members of an independent federal agency responsible for reviewing his controversial White House ballroom and planned Arc de Trump" in Washington DC.The Washington Post first reported that all members of the Commission of Fine Arts were dismissed on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica and heads for Cuba | First Thing
Parish of St Elizabeth under water' after Jamaica's storm of the century'. Plus, Trump and Xi to meet for first time since 2019
Jared Kushner is back – and so are big questions about his financial ties | Mohamad Bazzi
Kushner's investment firm is backed by three Arab petrostates critical to the Gaza agreement. And the deals keep comingIn Donald Trump's first term, his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner was omnipresent. He worked on criminal justice reform, Covid-19 vaccine development and modernizing technology across federal agencies. His portfolio extended to foreign policy, as he brokered a new North American trade agreement and negotiated peace deals in the Middle East. But when Trump returned to the White House in January, Kushner stayed out of the limelight and declined to take a formal role in the administration.A few weeks ago, Kushner re-emerged as a central player behind Trump's peace plan for Gaza, which so far has achieved a ceasefire, an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory. Kushner took a victory lap, as Trump and others in the US administration gave him significant credit for helping negotiate a ceasefire after two years of Israel's brutal war on Gaza. Kushner is being hailed as the consummate deal-maker, a private citizen whose business acumen succeeded where career diplomats failed. Continue reading...
JD Vance did nothing as Trump cuts costs his Ohio home town millions. Will it reshape the city council?
Two progressives are running for seats on Middletown's non-partisan, yet Republican-leaning, council in next month's electionWhen the Middletown high school marching band performed at the presidential inauguration in Washington DC in January, they did so having called on parents, relatives and friends to empty their pockets to help pay for the trip.Despite his apparent nous and wealth, built from a former career in venture capital, Middletown native JD Vance declined to help the students and their supporters get to the capital on the day that honored and marked him as one of the most powerful people in the country. Continue reading...
Pitch Points: Are long throws changing soccer, and is Liverpool’s title defence over?
The world of soccer throws up no shortage of questions on a regular basis. In today's column, Graham Ruthven endeavors to answer three of themRory Delap was apparently ahead of his time. The spirit of Stoke City's legendary ball flinger lives on with the long throw-in enjoying a renaissance in the Premier League this season. Indeed, statistics show that the number of long throw-ins per match has more than doubled from last season, pointing to a very real and meaningful trend. Continue reading...
Dear Donald Trump, here’s how you can win that Nobel peace prize | Mehdi Hasan
Make Israel release Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian Mandela'. The future of peace in the region depends on itDear Donald Trump,You still want that Nobel peace prize, right? You believe you deserve it, don't you? Even as you send the world's biggest warship towards Venezuela, promise to just kill people that are bringing drugs into our country ... they're going to be, like dead", and threaten further national guard invasions of Democratic-run cities here in the United States.Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster, author and a former host on MSNBC. He is also a Guardian US columnist and the editor-in-chief of Zeteo
From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles | Owen Jones
We're watching the Orbanisation of the US - and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating powerDemocracy may be dying in the US. Whether the patient receives emergency treatment in time will determine whether the condition becomes terminal. Before Donald Trump's return to the presidency, I warned of Orbanisation" - in reference to Hungary's authoritarian leader Viktor Orban. There, democracy was not extinguished by firing squads or the mass imprisonment of dissidents, but by slow attrition. The electoral system was warped, civil society was targeted and pro-Orban moguls quietly absorbed the media.Nine months on, and Orbanisation is in full bloom across the Atlantic. Billionaire Larry Ellison, the Oracle co-founder, and his filmmaker son, David, have become blunt instruments in this process. Trump boasts they are friends of mine - they're big supporters of mine". Larry Ellison, second only to Elon Musk as the world's richest man, has poured tens of millions into Republican coffers. Shortly after the 2020 election, he joined a call that discussed challenging the legitimacy of the vote. His son, David, has a history of backing Democrats - but at one time, so did Trump, his daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner.Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
Trump and Xi talks could end months of global economic chaos
High on agenda for the leaders of the US and China will be rare earths and tariffs, with a chance of a relationship resetAhead of Thursday's long-awaited first meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping since the US president's return to office, officials from both sides have been hammering out the contours of what a trade deal between Washington and Beijing might look like, an agreement that could bring an end to months of global economic chaos caused by the US-China trade war.The two leaders have not met in person since 2019. Since then, the war in Ukraine and increasing concern in Washington about China's technological advances, as well as longstanding issues about the imbalanced US-China trade relationship, have strained the bonds between the two superpowers. Continue reading...
Too bad I can’t run, but we’ll see what happens, says Trump on unconstitutional third term
Trump says he has read about constitutional two-term limit preventing him from running for president in 2028 and it was pretty clear', but that he would love to do it'Donald Trump said it's too bad" he is not allowed to run for a third term, conceding the constitutional reality even as he expressed interest in continuing to serve.If you read it, it's pretty clear," Trump told reporters on board Air Force One from Japan to South Korea on Wednesday. I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad." Continue reading...
Guerrero homers off Ohtani as Blue Jays see off Dodgers to level World Series
Court to reconsider ruling that allowed Trump to send troops to Portland
President remains barred from deploying national guard as appeals court agrees to en banc' rehearing of caseThe Trump administration remains barred from deploying the national guard in Portland, Oregon, following a federal appeals court ruling.The ninth circuit court of appeals agreed on Tuesday that it would rehear a case over the president's authority with a broader court of 11 judges. The appeals court also vacated a ruling from a three-judge panel last week that sided with the Trump administration. Continue reading...
Trump news at a glance: senators pass measure that would scrap Brazil tariffs in rare fightback against trade war
Bipartisan measure would terminate sweeping tariffs on coffee, beef and other products - key US politics stories from 28 October at a glanceThe Republican-led US Senate has passed a measure that would terminate Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in a rare bipartisan show of opposition to the president's trade war.The vote passed 52-48. The resolution was led by Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat of Virginia, and seeks to overturn the national emergency that Trump has declared to justify the levies. Continue reading...
Border patrol leader told to go to court every weekday to report on Chicago enforcement
Federal judge gives orders to Gregory Bovino in exceptional bid to impose oversight over Trump officials' raids in cityA federal judge has ordered Gregory Bovino, a senior border patrol official leading the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Chicago, to appear in federal court each weekday to report on the day's incidents in an exceptional bid to impose oversight over the government's militarized raids in the city.The order came following a terse hearing on Tuesday morning. Continue reading...
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Nobel laureate and Trump critic, says US visa revoked
Soyinka, 91, who recently compared US president to Idi Amin, says I have no visa - I am banned'The Trump administration has revoked the visa for Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed Nigerian Nobel prize-winning writer who has been critical of Trump since his first presidency, Soyinka revealed on Tuesday.I want to assure the consulate ... that I'm very content with the revocation of my visa," Soyinka, who won the 1986 Nobel prize for literature, told a news conference. Continue reading...
Blue Jays’ Schneider teases not pitching to Shohei Ohtani for rest of World Series
US Senate passes bill with Republican support to rescind Trump’s tariffs on Brazil
Republicans break ranks as vote passes 52-48 in rare bipartisan rebuke of US president's trade policiesThe US Senate on Tuesday approved a measure that would terminate Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in a rare bipartisan show of opposition to the president's trade war.The legislation passed in a 52-48 vote, with five Republicans - senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and the former Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky - joining all Democrats in favor. The vote took place on day 28 of the federal government shutdown with both sides at loggerheads over spending legislation. Continue reading...
Air traffic controllers receive $0 paychecks as government shutdown stretches
Nearly 11,000 air traffic controllers, deemed essential workers, did not receive wages for two weeks of workAir traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration employees have missed their first paycheck as the federal government shutdown rolls through its fourth week. They remain required to work.Nearly 11,000 air traffic controllers, who are deemed essential workers, received a $0 paycheck on Tuesday, equating to two weeks of unpaid work. Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, warned at a Tuesday press conference that another missed paycheck could be financially catastrophic for employees. Continue reading...
Potentially diseased lab monkey on the loose after truck crash in Mississippi
Several rhesus monkeys escaped after the interstate crash, but all but one were reportedly destroyed' by late TuesdayA group of potentially diseased lab monkeys escaped after a vehicle crash on a main interstate highway in Mississippi.A truck carrying rhesus monkeys was involved in a wreck on Interstate 59 on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Facebook post from the Jasper county sheriff's department. Continue reading...
Man deported to Laos despite US court order blocking his removal, attorneys say
District judge told Ice to keep Alabama man in US while he showed what judge called substantial claim' to citizenshipImmigration officials have deported a father living in Alabama to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the US on the grounds he has a claim to citizenship, the man's attorneys said on Tuesday.US district judge Shelly Dick last week ordered US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to keep Chanthila Shawn" Souvannarath, 44, in the United States while he presented what the judge called his substantial claim of US citizenship", court records show. He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand but was granted lawful permanent residence in the US before his first birthday, according to court filings. Continue reading...
US military kills 14 in attacks on vessels in the Pacific, according to Hegseth
US says one person survived latest strikes, having killed 51 people in attacks on at least 13 vessels in recent weeks
Shutdown stretches into 28th day as Senate again fails to pass spending legislation
As funding for food aid program is about to be exhausted, Congress fails for 13th time to advance Republican bill
Agriculture secretary accused of unlawfully refusing to use emergency fund to prevent food stamp disruption – US politics live
Democracy Defenders Fund says Brooke Rollins is legally obliged to use $5bn SNAP contingency fund to continue benefits for 42 million Americans
Gio Reyna deflects blame for USMNT controversy, aims for World Cup return
Two dozen states sue White House over food stamps suspension amid shutdown
Federal food assistance benefits for low-income families set to expire on 1 November due to government shutdownA coalition of more than two dozen states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its decision to suspend food stamps during the government shutdown.The lawsuit, co-led by New York, California and Massachusetts, asks a federal judge to force the US Department of Agriculture to tap into emergency reserve funds to distribute food benefits to the nearly 42 million families and children who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap). The USDA has said no benefits will be issued on 1 November. Continue reading...
Gavin Newsom tells Prop 50 supporters to ‘stop donating’ after war chest swells
California governor launched redistricting effort to counter Texas's gerrymander and has out-raised oppositionWith just one week before California voters are set to head to the polls to decide on the state's redistricting proposal, Gavin Newsom sent an unexpected message to would-be donors: keep your money.We have hit our budget goals and raised what we need in order to pass Proposition 50. You can stop donating," the California governor said in an email. Continue reading...
Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania
Ninth-century manuscript for Easter services remained out of sight' for years in hands of private collectorResearchers in Pennsylvania have uncovered what they believe are some of the earliest written notes in western musical history - on a ninth-century manuscript they say remained hidden in plain sight" for years in the hands of a private collector.The notations - characters and dots similar to shorthand outlines - appear above the word alleluia" on the document, a vellum manuscript leaf from a Latin sacramentary, a Catholic liturgical book used in western Europe during mass from the mid- to late 800s. Continue reading...
Lionel Messi just had the best season in MLS history. But does anyone care? – video
The Argentinian has been as excellent as ever in his later years, winning the Golden Boot and tying for most assists despite missing a quarter of the season, as well as setting new records for non-penalty goals and goal contributions. However, Messi's presence and performance has yet to push MLS into the US mainstream. Continue reading...
Trump demanded trans issues be excluded from sex education. 11 states complied
Sixteen other states have sued the White House over the program, saying it's trampling on Congress's authority
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