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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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 says one person survived latest strikes, having killed 51 people in attacks on at least 13 vessels in recent weeks

As funding for food aid program is about to be exhausted, Congress fails for 13th time to advance Republican bill

Democracy Defenders Fund says Brooke Rollins is legally obliged to use $5bn SNAP contingency fund to continue benefits for 42 million Americans

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sixteen other states have sued the White House over the program, saying it's trampling on Congress's authority

Trump's immigration crackdown is upending the daily routines of US citizens and permanent residents of colorSleeping with a passport by your pillow. Bringing a birth certificate to soccer practice. Avoiding large gatherings and crowds. Grocery shopping for relatives too afraid to go outside.These are some of the ways that US citizens and permanent residents of color have altered how they move through the world as widespread immigration raids create a pervasive climate of fear. Continue reading...

He has floated the idea more than once - and his inner circle is already gaming it out. The US constitution might say no, but Trump has a habit of finding his way around even the biggest obstaclesLet me tell you a secret about the US constitution: it's just a piece of paper. It's not immutable law created by a higher being. It was made by men, it's been amended by men, and it can be destroyed by men. It's only as strong as the institutions that uphold it - institutions which Donald Trump has been systematically weakening as he expands his executive power.I say this because there are still lots of people who have faith that the constitution can stop the US from gradually turning into an electoral autocracy like Hungary. There are still people so drunk on American exceptionalism that they think it's ludicrous to believe Trump might seek a third term, because such a move is explicitly outlawed by the 22nd amendment of the constitution. Continue reading...

As one 23-year-old buys a house with his winnings, experts say risk-takers are fuelling an unsustainable marketIt was more than just a hunch, says Jacob Foot of his first foray into US tech stock investments back in 2020.The 23-year-old says he played around with artificial intelligence tools in his first job and thought to himself: this technology is going to be a big deal. Continue reading...

Tyler Avalos allegedly posted a video with crosshairs over Bondi's face and a $45,000 reward for her death, FBI saysA man from Minnesota with a history of past convictions has been arrested and faces federal charges for allegedly using social media to threaten the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, by suggesting he would pay $45,000 for her death.According to an FBI affidavit viewed by the Guardian, Tyler Maxon Avalos posted a TikTok video featuring a photo of Bondi with a sniper scope red dot" on her forehead, with text reading: WANTED: Pam Bondi. REWARD: 45,000. DEAD OR ALIVE (PREFERABLY DEAD)." Continue reading...

OpenAI's CEO has announced loosening the platform's safety restrictions. He seems not to understand how humans are wiredOn 14 October 2025, the CEO of OpenAI made an extraordinary announcement.We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive," it says, to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues."Amandeep Jutla MD is an associate research scientist in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute Continue reading...

Brian Kelly's departure from LSU is just the latest in a series of big money firings. It's also a jarring state of affairs for many struggling fansAt a time when millions are at risk of going hungry and losing their medical insurance benefits, struggling Americans can at least take solace in knowing that the nation's college football coaches are doing just fine - especially Brian Kelly.On Sunday LSU relieved Kelly of his coaching duties after his Tigers suffered a resounding home loss to Texas A&M that dropped them out of the AP's ranking of college football's top 25 teams. (This is after LSU was ranked as high as third in September and firmly in the top 10 for most of the season.) Kelly, who was in the fourth year of a decade-long contract worth about $100m, will be going home with more than just a box full of purple and gold office trinkets. Continue reading...

Arrest of criminal justice council's Linsey LaMontagne comes as 277 people have died on Nevada roads in 2025The director of a committee in Nevada tasked with solving criminal justice issues including aspects of DUI arrests now faces a charge of driving under the influence herself.Linsey LaMontagne, the director of the Clark County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), which covers the area encompassing Las Vegas, was arrested by a Nevada state police highway patrol trooper last April, the investigations team at the local TV news station KLAS revealed on Monday. Continue reading...

Six NFL teams played in London this month. The players were so jet-lagged they barely knew what day it was but they loved the experienceIt's 6.30pm on Sunday evening and LA Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is speaking to reporters in an unpleasant-smelling makeshift press room in Wembley Stadium when he is interrupted by a booming voice from behind a curtain. It's teammate Davante Adams shouting Whose house?" in delight after his three touchdowns in the romp over Jacksonville Jaguars.Adams knows what it means to score a hat-trick at Wembley but he is less certain about what day it is. I feel like I'm connected to the country and the people now," he says. With the game kicking off at 6.30am back home on the west coast, the Rams had taken the lead before most of their fans had settled on the sofa with their morning coffee. Adams and his teammates will soon be heading 5,400 miles home - just 36 hours after arriving. Welcome to the International Series. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Devastating consequences' now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says Antonio Guterres in sole interview before Cop30. Plus, lonely and unwell people are turning to AI chatbots for health adviceGood morning.Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned.What does the UN say about world's climate plans? Recently drafted climate plans from scores of countries fall drastically short of what is needed to stave off the worst effects of climate breakdown, analysis has shown.What do forecasters predict? Some parts of eastern Jamaica could receive up to a metre (40in) of rain while western Haiti could get 40cm (16in), the US National Hurricane Center said. Catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides are likely."This is a developing story. Follow our blog here. Continue reading...

Ohio city's economic fortunes spiral and local businesses suffer as Haitians leave due to administration's anti-immigrant rhetoric and policiesEvery morning, Alicia Mercado makes the 50-minute drive from her home in Columbus to Springfield, where she runs the Adasa Latin Market store. She opened the business next to a Haitian restaurant in 2023, having spotted a gap in the market for Caribbean and Latin foods - the neighborhood's Haitian population was booming at the time.But over the past year, she says her business, which includes an international money transfer kiosk, has taken a major hit. Continue reading...

Trump's threats against the country and attacks on nearby boats cannot be justified under international lawWe should not be surprised that Donald Trump, having had no problem aiding and abetting Israel's genocide in Gaza, is willing to flout the law when it comes to his bellicose threats to Venezuela and his lethal attacks on nearby alleged drug-running boats. Living up to the No Kings" fears expressed by protesters across the United States, Trump acts as if he is above the law. The only way to rein in such criminality is to show his followers the dangerous implications of his conduct.Despite his administration's vow to launch no more open-ended conflicts", Trump has summoned an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean Sea and is already sending military helicopters provocatively near the Venezuelan coast. The Trump administration denies that its goal is regime change, but that certainly seems to be the purpose, as some officials privately concede. Ousting Venezuela's autocratic leader, Nicolas Maduro, has long been a goal of Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state. Continue reading...

Emmy award-winner Mario Guevara warns administration has the power' after he was arrested and sent to El SalvadorMario Guevara has said he may have been the first" immigrant journalist whom Donald Trump's administration deported from the US while working - but the Emmy award-winner added: I don't think [I'll] be the only one."Just be careful because [immigration agents are] very aggressive," Guevara recently said from El Salvador in a virtual interview with the US Freedom of the Press Tracker, during which he was asked whether he had any message for other immigrant colleagues in the industry. They showed they are - they don't care about journalists. They don't believe in the media." Continue reading...

Democratic party leaders like Chuck Schumer refuse to endorse Mamdani. And The New York Times wrongly cautions against him. Both are wrongThe only upside to living through this dark time is it pushes us to rethink and perhaps totally remake things we once thought immutable.Like the Democratic party. Continue reading...

The former Raiders quarterback's career was shortened by off-field issues. In his new book, he looks back at a complicated lifeMarcus Allen knew, and tried to help. So did Howie Long. But many of Todd Marinovich's teammates on the Los Angeles Raiders of the early 1990s had no idea their young quarterback was using drugs.Marinovich had come to the Raiders from USC, where he had guided the Trojans to a Rose Bowl victory as a freshman. By that time, he had accumulated two nicknames: Robo Quarterback," after the legendarily demanding training regimen instilled by his father, former Raiders player and assistant coach Marv Marinovich, intended to foster excellence in athletes. The other nickname was far more unflattering: Marijuana-vich," for his pot-smoking, which became a taunt from opposing fans in high school. When Marinovich reached the NFL, it wasn't just marijuana he was abusing. Continue reading...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, Mikey Madison and the director himself tell Jay Glennie how they made the Oscar-winning movie The Making of Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood by Jay Glennie is published by Titan Books Continue reading...

The convention to stay out of allies' internal affairs does not apply. What happens in America does not stay in AmericaWhat do you do when you discover your best friend is abusive to their partner at home? That question, or something similar, should be addressed to European leaders - and indeed to all of us in the European public space, who are watching, often speechless, as Donald Trump takes a cudgel to the institutions of American democracy.For the last nine months, European leaders have bitten their tongues, looked the other way and engaged in flattery, appeasement and wild promises to keep the US president sweet and engaged in European security. The overwhelming imperative for Trump to stand with Europe against Russia over its war on Ukraine - or at least not against us and alongside Vladimir Putin - has led them to swallow unrealistic defence spending targets and unbalanced trade terms. For what gain?Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre Continue reading...

Talks on Thursday will centre on tariffs as Trump seeks to end a bruising trade war with Beijing, while Taiwan and Russia are also likely to be discussedDonald Trump is scheduled to meet China's Xi Jinping in South Korea this week for high stakes talks amid a bruising trade war and tense geopolitical backdrop.Trump is expected to meet Xi on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit on Thursday on the final day of his Asia visit, which includes stops in Malaysia and Japan. Continue reading...

Donald Trump has given conflicting answers to whether he will attempt to run for a third term in 2028. At first he said he hadn't really thought about it, but then went on to say he would be allowed to run as vice-president in 2028 if he wanted to. When pressed by a reporter asking whether he would rule out running for a third term, he said cryptically: I mean you'll have to tell me.' Later in the interview, however, he said he would rule out running as vice-president, saying: 'I think it's too cute. I think the people wouldn't like that'

President has not definitively ruled out seeking to extend time in office. Key US politics stories from Monday 27 October at a glance