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Trump news at a glance: President authorizes sending national guard into Chicago as judge blocks Portland deployment
Illinois governor JB Pritzker calls move unnecessary and a manufactured performance' - key US politics stories from 4 October at a glanceDonald Trump has moved to deploy the national guard to Chicago, the White House confirmed on Saturday, even as a federal judge blocked his administration from deploying troops to Portland, Oregon.White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed that the president had authorized using Illinois national guard members, citing what she called ongoing violent riots and lawlessness" that local leaders have not quelled. Continue reading...
US envoys head to Egypt for Gaza ceasefire talks as Trump says ‘we are very close’ to deal
US president says he will push to finalize agreement in the coming days even as scores of Palestinians killed in latest Israeli attacksDonald Trump's son-in-law and a senior envoy are heading to Egypt to begin ceasefire negotiations, the White House has said, as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he hoped to bring all remaining hostages home in the coming days.A White House official said the US president was sending his envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, to Egypt on Saturday to finalise the technical details of a hostage release and discuss a lasting ceasefire deal a day after Hamas said it was ready to free hostages under Trump's plan to end the two-year-old war. In an interview, Trump said we are very close" to reaching an agreement. Continue reading...
Trump authorizes national guard deployment to Chicago, White House says, as border patrol there shoots woman
Illinois governor JB Pritzker says administration is escalating aggression against Illinois citizens and residents'Donald Trump has moved to deploy the national guard in another city by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, where the government said border patrol agents shot and injured a woman while firing at someone who tried to run them over.White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed that the president had authorized using Illinois national guard members, citing what she called ongoing violent riots and lawlessness" that local leaders have not quelled. Continue reading...
Judge blocks Trump administration from deploying national guard to Portland
US district judge agrees with Oregon assertion that deployment would likely inflame rather than calm protests in cityA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deploying the national guard to Portland, Oregon, according to court documents.Donald Trump had announced on 27 September that he would deploy troops to Portland, authorizing Full Force, if necessary", ignoring pleas from local officials and the state's congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or lying about the nature and scale of a single, small protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office. Continue reading...
Ex-NFL player and Fox Sports star Mark Sanchez arrested after being stabbed
Circumstances surrounding incident remain unclear with Sanchez still in hospital and not yet booked in detentionPolice have said that former NFL quarterback and Fox Sports television star Mark Sanchez has been arrested at the hospital he was taken to after being stabbed late Friday night in downtown Indianapolis.The Indianapolis metropolitan police department said in a statement that after investigation and consultation with prosecutors, Sanchez, now a television commentator, was arrested for battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication", all of which are misdemeanors. Continue reading...
Judge halts Trump administration from detaining immigrant children after they turn 18
Ruling temporarily prevents transfer to adult detention centers that advocates said were planned for this weekendA federal judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration initiative that would have kept immigrant children in custody after their 18th birthdays, preventing their transfer to adult detention centers that advocates said were planned for this weekend.On Saturday, US district judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington DC issued a temporary restraining order directing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to stop placing unaccompanied immigrant children into adult detention once they reached legal adulthood, reported the Associated Press. Continue reading...
US treasury considers special $1 Trump coin reading ‘fight, fight, fight’
US treasurer says officials looking at drafts for country's 250th anniversary featuring president with raised fistTo commemorate the 250th anniversary of the US's independence, the treasury department is mulling production of a $1 coin displaying Donald Trump with a clenched first under an American flag and the words fight, fight, fight".The words overtly reference what Trump said immediately after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt four months before he won a second presidency. Continue reading...
How Democrats are trying to bust Republican lies about healthcare for undocumented immigrants
At the centre of the government shutdown is the issue of healthcare for Americans being stripped by Trump's big, beautiful bill'Leading up to the government shutdown on Wednesday, congressional Republicans and Donald Trump have repeated misleading claims that Democrats were trying to pass a resolution that would provide free healthcare for illegals". It's become a well-rehearsed refrain fueling GOP lawmakers as government funding lapsed this week.At the White House on Wednesday, the vice-president JD Vance said the Democrats' spending plan would have undone" the work of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) - which ended the eligibility of many types of lawfully present immigrants to access federally funded health coverage, like Medicaid, Medicare and Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies for private health insurance. Continue reading...
Kristi Noem warns immigrants away from Super Bowl: ‘We’ll be all over that place’
Homeland security chief also excoriates NFL for selecting Bad Bunny to perform during game's half-time breakKristi Noem, Donald Trump's homeland security secretary, has said that only Americans should attend next year's Super Bowl and warned that Ice agents will be all over" the event.Speaking to the rightwing podcaster Benny Johnson on Friday, Noem also said the NFL will not be able to sleep at night" over its decision to choose Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican rapper who has criticized the Trump administration's aggressive immigration policies, as its half-time performer. Continue reading...
Costco to sell weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy at half-price
The move comes as GLP-1 drug prices have soared as supply continues to be increasingly limitedCostco has struck an agreement with drugmaker Novo Nordisk to make anti-obesity GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy available to its members at roughly half the usual cost.Through the store's prescription program, members with a valid prescription can buy a four-week supply of the injectables for $499. The offer is available only to those paying out of pocket, since many insurers still do not cover these medications. Continue reading...
Two children killed and two critically injured in shooting near Houston
A 13-year-old and a four-year-old died in shooting as police say all parties involved have been detainedTwo children were killed and two more were critically injured in a shooting early on Saturday near the Houston suburb of Angleton, Texas, authorities said.The Brazoria county sheriff's office said in a Facebook post that deputies responded to reports of the shooting and found two children, ages 13 and four, fatally shot. Two other children, aged eight and nine, were flown by medical helicopter to a hospital and were in critical condition. Continue reading...
White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland
Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cell phone while in MinnesotaA senior White House official accidentally leaked details of plans to send an elite army unit to Portland, in the latest intelligence leak by the Trump administration.Anthony Salisbury, a top deputy to Stephen Miller, the influential White House policy adviser, was observed using Signal in a public place to discuss a plan to deploy the army's 82nd airborne division to Portland, the Democratic-run Oregon city which Donald Trump has repeatedly castigated as being war-ravaged". Continue reading...
The rise of digital money poses significant challenges for regulators
Bank of England is at crossroads over the use of crytocurrencies and establishing a financial framework for transactionsThere are those among us who like the idea of swiping and tapping their way through life, armed with a lifetime of digital information as they enter buildings, book online appointments and take train rides to work.Others are not so keen, fearing that big brother databases chock full of personal details will one day control their movements, if that is not happening already. Continue reading...
Judge says prosecution against Kilmar Ábrego García for human smuggling may be illegal retaliation
Salvadorian national successfully sued White House over his deportation before charges were filedA federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice's prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human-smuggling charges may be an illegal retaliation after he successfully sued the Trump administration over his deportation to El Salvador.The case of Abrego, a Salvadorian national who was a construction worker in Maryland, has become a proxy for the partisan struggle over Donald Trump's sweeping immigration policy and mass deportation agenda. Continue reading...
Arthur Jones, Super Bowl-winning lineman with Ravens, dies aged 39
Pete Hegseth fires US navy chief of staff
Jon Harrison, appointed in January, had been key to broad changes in military branch's policy and budgeting officesPete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, abruptly fired the navy chief of staff on Friday, removing an aide who had been key to the Trump administration's efforts to reshape the Pentagon.Jon Harrison, who was appointed in January, had been key to broad changes made to the navy's policy and budgeting offices. Together with John Phelan, a Trump mega-donor who was confirmed as navy secretary in March, Harrison had reportedly sought to limit the influence of the navy under secretary, who typically has a key role in managing that military branch's budget. Continue reading...
Mike Johnson hasn’t sworn in this new Democrat. Is it because she wants to release the Epstein files?
Adelita Grijalva of Arizona came to Washington DC this week, but returned two days later, a little confusedCongress's newest member, Adelita Grijalva, came to Washington DC this week, expecting to be officially sworn in by the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.Two days later, she returned to her southern Arizona district disappointed, if not a little confused. No swearing-in ceremony had been organized, meaning Grijalva, a Democrat who easily won a special election last month to replace her late father, Raul M Grijalva, was not able to start her new job. Continue reading...
US prosecutors keep charging women with ‘pregnancy-related crimes’ | Arwa Mahdawi
In the two years after Roe v Wade was overturned, hundreds were charged amid growing acceptance of fetal personhood'Every 74 seconds, someone in the US is sexually assaulted. And every nine minutes that someone' is a child, according to statistics collated by the anti-sexual violence non-profit Rainn.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening?
Jackson enters her fourth year on the supreme court on Monday. As its fiercest liberal voice wary of Trump's growing power, she faces an intense battle aheadHer sharpest words were not in the body of her opinion. They were tucked away in a footnote.That subtle placement speaks volumes about Ketanji Brown Jackson, the supreme court's newest member and already its fiercest liberal voice.See E. Fraenkel, The Dual State, pp. xiii, 3, 71 (1941) (describing the way in which the creation of a Prerogative State' where the Executive exercises unlimited arbitrariness ... unchecked by any legal guarantees' is incompatible with the rule of law) Continue reading...
A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoodsRobert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has avoided meetings with top health officials, even as deadly outbreaks unfolded, and pushed to make unprecedented changes to the childhood immunization schedule, according to a recently ousted leader of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Debra Houry, the CDC's former chief medical officer, spoke with the Guardian after testifying before a Senate committee about her eight months serving under Kennedy, offering insight into a health secretary who has been criticized as shunning expertise in favor of spreading misinformation, denigrating science, and dismantling institutions crucial for Americans' health. Continue reading...
‘He wasn’t this national hero’: US college students voice concern over Charlie Kirk’s idolization
Black, brown and LGBTQ+ students across the US are puzzled by all the praise the far-right commentator has received after his killingAlana*, a student at Utah Valley University, was taken aback by the deification of Charlie Kirk in the wake of his assassination on 10 September. As an Afro-Latina genderqueer senior at DC's Howard University, she found it off-putting when she saw an image on Instagram of Kirk hugging Jesus. He wasn't this national hero or politician," Alana, who is using an alias, said. He was just a white man with a loud opinion."The sentiment on the historically Black university's campus, she said, is that Kirk's rhetoric about marginalized communities was hateful and that they are being unfairly blamed for his death. Continue reading...
Every American should read this judge’s stirring rebuke to Trump | Austin Sarat
The court's opinion in a case on immigrants' right to free speech is a powerful lesson in civicsDemocracy requires that we do more than look out for our own interests and defend our own rights. Ever since the birth of this nation, its citizens and leaders have echoed Benjamin Franklin's admonition that we must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."In Donald Trump's America, hanging separately seems to be the order of the day. This seems especially true when it comes to his treatment of this country's millions of non-citizen residents. Continue reading...
Body slamming, teargas and pepper balls: viral videos show Ice using extreme force in Chicago
A facility in Broadview, a mostly Black suburb, has become the site of escalation and targeted attacks' on protestersKristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, and Gregory Bovino, a border patrol sector chief, were seen at an Ice facility in suburban Chicago on Friday where law enforcement has been cracking down on protesters.In recent weeks the Broadview facility has become the site of escalations by federal agents against protesters and journalists. Videos of agents deploying tear gas, pepper balls and roughly throwing protesters to the ground have gone viral, amidst the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Continue reading...
How Maga cheerleaders have infiltrated the White House press corps
Trump administration has transformed tone and tenor of media interactions by centering rightwing voices and reporter sycophancyI've often said: Trump could cure cancer and people would still criticise him," observed Brian Glenn, a rightwing reporter standing in the Oval Office.It's true," replied a gratified Donald Trump, sitting behind the Resolute desk. Continue reading...
Gaël Monfils, tennis’s great showman, prepares for his final bow
The Flying Frenchman thrilled crowds for two decades with acrobatics, charisma and pure joy. As he heads for retirement in 2026, the sport loses a rare entertainerThe curtain call has come for another beloved tennis star: the veteran French player Gael Monfils will retire at the end of the 2026 season, his 22nd year on the men's tour. In a social media post announcing the news on Wednesday, Monfils struck an upbeat tone, thanking family and fans while doffing a cap at the range of opponents he was privileged to face during the game's golden age"; prominent among his mentions were Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic - the only one in that group who is still playing. And while history is likely to remember the 39-year-old Monfils - whose resume includes nearly 600 match victories, a career-best No 6 singles ranking and more than $24m in on-court earnings - as one of the more unfortunate victims of the Big Four epoch, he makes a compelling counterargument for style over stats.Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic may have all the titles. But while they were stifling three generations' worth of tennis muscle, Monfils emerged as the era's most dazzling performer. For years US tennis commentators groused about the home federation not doing enough to steer the country's best young athlete away from other stick-and-ball sports and make American tennis great again. But it's obvious now that the player they were constructing in their minds was Monfils: a 6ft4in skein of fast-twitch sinews, with the devil's own forehand tacked on for good measure. In his own social media post, the estimable coach Patrick Mouratoglou framed his compatriot's retirement as a mighty blow to the sport. Tennis needs players like him," he wrote. They are so rare." An athletic prodigy since elementary school, Monfils underscored his special talent after claiming victories in France's under-13 and under-14 100m championships. His athletics coach at the time thought he could make an Olympics sprint final on that potential alone. Continue reading...
From cage to screen: The Smashing Machine and Mark Kerr’s second act with The Rock
Mark Kerr's rise and fall was captured in a cult MMA documentary. Now Dwayne The Rock' Johnson has brought his story to Hollywood with A24's The Smashing MachineIt started with an affirming nod of heads between two tough guys at a Santa Monica Gold's Gym in the summer of 1997. One-time Olympic wrestling contender Mark Kerr was training for his first Ultimate Fighting Championship fight, having dominated in a three-fight, one-night tournament in Brazil two months earlier. Dwayne Rocky Maivia" Johnson, a former NFL prospect sidelined with a knee injury suffered during his second year with the WWE, approached him.Can I take you to lunch?" Johnson asked Kerr, who obliged him at the Firehouse restaurant in Santa Monica. The conversation inevitably drifted to mixed martial arts, as Johnson peppered the 1992 NCAA champion with pointed questions about the unregulated sport. MMA was gaining popularity in Japan, where multiple promotions hired pro wrestlers for crossover" fights. Continue reading...
‘This is real progress’: airlines on sustainable aviation fuels and the chances of net zero flying
The EU and UK have imposed mandates, and investors see its value - but the industry has mixed viewsOne hundred years ago, the Italian aviator Francesco de Pinedo was attempting the unprecedented feat of crossing the Indian subcontinent in a flying boat. He later splashed down on the Tiber in Rome to national acclaim, having flown via Asia to Australia and back over seven months, taking off and landing in water 80 times.Aviation has been marked by stop-start journeys on hitherto uncharted courses to unlikely, if not unreachable, destinations. Today's collective act of faith - amid much scepticism - is in following an uncertain path to sustainability, through green fuels that are yet to be widely produced. Continue reading...
‘The most aesthetic line’: how Kilian Jornet climbed the 73 highest US mountains in 31 days
The mountain-running legend has just completed States of Elevation, scaling every fourteener in the contiguous US in a single month, powered only by his legsAs I waited for the sun to crest over Colorado's Front Range, adjacent to the sprawl of Denver-Boulder-Fort Collins, a west wind gusted, sending a shiver down my spine. With temperatures around freezing on a rocky ledge at 13,700ft, I searched for reprieve on the lee side of a boulder. I could see the city lights in the distance, but was more concerned with two headlamps approaching quickly, a few hundred feet below.Between us lay a slab of coarse granite, known as the Cables Route. It's the most direct way to the summit of Longs Peak, but is less travelled because it's rated a class 5 rock climb and often carries a river of verglas - black ice - running down it, which climbers must navigate. Continue reading...
Unyielding Aces rally late to edge Mercury in WNBA finals opener
Trump says Hamas response to peace plan means ‘peace in the Middle East’ is ‘very close’ – as it happened
US president welcomes Hamas response to his Gaza plan despite group saying further negotiations are required over details. This blog is now closed.
California measure brings rideshare drivers one step closer to unionizing
Governor Gavin Newsom signs measure opening path to more than 800,000 drivers to bargain for wages and benefitsMore than 800,000 ride-hailing drivers in California will soon be able to join a union and negotiate for higher wages and better benefits under a measure signed Friday by the governor, Gavin Newsom.Supporters said the new law will open a path for the largest expansion of private-sector collective bargaining rights in the state's history. The legislation is a significant compromise in the years-long battle between labor unions and tech companies. Continue reading...
Kansas deputy pressed knee into cuffed Black man for 86 seconds, records show
Richard Fatherly was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Charles Adair, arrested a day before his deathA white Kansas sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the death of an incarcerated Black person shoved his knee into the cuffed man's back for 1 minute and 26 seconds after he was wheeled back to his cell from the infirmary, newly released court records show.Richard Fatherly was charged last month with second-degree murder and an alternative count of involuntary manslaughter in Charles Adair's 5 July death in the Wyandotte county detention center in Kansas City, Kansas. Adair had been arrested one day before his death on misdemeanor warrants for failure to appear on multiple traffic violations. Continue reading...
Trump news at a glance: Hamas says it has approved parts of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end war in Gaza
President says Israel must stop the bombing of Gaza' while Palestinian group says it wants further negotiations over plan - key US politics stories from 3 October at a glanceHamas said on Friday it approved parts of Donald Trump's ultimatum to end the war in Gaza, agreeing to a hostage exchange and to surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, but insisted on further negotiations over aspects of the plan.The group did not say whether it would lay down its arms - a key part of Trump's proposal - and kept its response vague to other parts of the 20-part proposal unveiled on Monday. Continue reading...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison and given $500,000 fine – as it happened
Combs, who was convicted of transportation to engage in prostitution', sentenced in New York. This blog is now closed.The prosecution submitted several victim impact statements to the court ahead of sentencing, including one from Ventura.While the jury did not seem to understand or believe that I engaged in freak-offs because of the force and coercion the defendant used against me, I know that is the truth, and his sentence should reflect the reality of the evidence and my lived experience as a victim" Ventura wrote. Continue reading...
Trump administration to offer unaccompanied minors $2,500 to self-deport, memo reveals
Voluntary departure has always been an option, but astonishing' decision to incentivize children to leave is newThe Trump administration wants to offer immigrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to a memo obtained by the Guardian.The memo, sent by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to legal providers representing unaccompanied children and reviewed by the Guardian, says that immigration officials have identified unaccompanied immigrant children 14 years of age and older in government custody who have expressed interest in voluntarily departing the US. Continue reading...
Stunned Combs holds head in hands as judge unmoved by pleas for mercy
Mogul appeared shocked after sentence read out to hushed courtroom but prosecutors disappointed by 50-month termSean Diddy" Combs held his head in his hands and appeared to be stunned when a judge handed down a 50-month sentence in a New York courtroom on Friday for prostitution-related offenses.It was a sentence far less than the life term he potentially faced at the start of his sex-trafficking conspiracy trial back in May, but Combs appeared shocked by the outcome. The judgment came just minutes after Combs had pleaded with Judge Arun Subramanian that he took full accountability and responsibility" for his actions, and stating that he was a changed man who would, if released, devote himself to his family and community. Continue reading...
Woman who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh jailed for eight years
Sophie Roske pleaded guilty in April to attempted assassination and faced potential sentence of life in prisonA California resident who admitted trying to assassinate the US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to eight years and one month in federal prison.Sophie Roske, who was charged under her birth name Nicholas Roske but now uses female pronouns, was sentenced at a hearing before US district judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland. Continue reading...
US supreme court allows Trump to strip temporary status from Venezuelans
Justices' order puts on hold lower-court ruing that found officials had wrongly ended temporary protected statusThe US supreme court on Friday allowed Donald Trump's administration to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.The justices issued an emergency order, which will last as long as the court case continues, putting on hold a lower-court ruling by US district judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that found the president's administration had wrongly ended temporary protected status (TPS) for the Venezuelans. The three liberal justices dissented. Continue reading...
FBI cuts ties with two advocacy groups that track US extremism after rightwing backlash
FBI director Kash Patel said agency would sever ties with Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation LeagueKash Patel, the FBI director, says the agency is cutting ties with two organizations that for decades have tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias, a move that follows complaints about the groups from some conservatives and prominent allies of president Donald Trump.Patel said on Friday that the FBI would sever its relationship with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), asserting that the organization had been turned into a partisan smear machine" and criticizing it for its use of a hate map" that documents alleged anti-government and hate groups inside the US. A statement earlier in the week from Patel said the FBI would end ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a prominent Jewish advocacy organization that fights antisemitism. Continue reading...
All the US campus protesters have been released – except for her: ‘Most days I feel helpless’
Leqaa Kordia has been held since March for overstaying a visa, after participating in multiple pro-Palestinian protestsGrowing up in the West Bank, Leqaa Kordia was separated from family in Gaza by Israeli restrictions on movement between the territories. So aunts and uncles in Gaza would call from the beach there, allowing Kordia to share her cousins' laughter and glimpse the waves.Now many of those relatives are dead, killed in the war that has destroyed much of the Gaza Strip. And more than 200 days after Kordia was swept up in the Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters, she despairs over being unable to give her family a voice. Continue reading...
Nature, books and naked bike rides: Portlanders push back on Trump claims that city is ‘like living in hell’
On the ground in the Oregon city, with rich fall colors and leafy hiking trails, things look different than on Trump's TVIn Portland, Oregon, a city Donald Trump claims to have seen burning down to the ground" on his television, residents are pushing back on the US president's false depiction of their tranquil city as a war zone.Trump, who refuses to accept firsthand accounts from Oregon's governor and the Portland mayor that the widespread unrest he thinks he's seen on television is not actually happening, has ordered the military in to the Pacific north-west city. Continue reading...
US government shutdown continues as Senate funding bills again fail to pass
Democratic and Republican proposals fail to cross 60-vote threshold as impasse persists and Trump plots more cuts
Trump administration freezes $2.1bn in funds for Chicago transit projects
OMB director Russ Vought presented the pause as a move against diversity efforts in latest jab to Democratic-led cityThe US government has put $2.1bn in funding for infrastructure projects in Chicago on hold, Russ Vought, the office of management and budget director, said on Friday, in another jab at a Democratic-led city during the federal government shutdown, presented as a move against diversity efforts.Vought said the money for major projects on Chicago's subway mass transit system - including extensions of the Red Line route and modernizations have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting". Continue reading...
Texas man faces hate-crime charges for spray painting anti-Israel graffiti on side of church
Raunaq Alam and two others were arrested in connection with graffiti on wall of non-denominational churchA Texas man facing hate-crime charges for spray painting Fuck Israel" on to the wall of a non-denominational church was sentenced to six months in jail after a judge overruled a jury recommendation that he only receive community supervision.Raunaq Alam, 32, and two other people were arrested in 2024 in connection with the graffiti on the wall of Uncommon Church. The church was flying the Israeli flag and has published several social media posts about their support for the Israeli government and military, which many experts say is committing genocide in Gaza. Continue reading...
The Guardian view on Conservative party conference: Kemi Badenoch’s last shot at relevance | Editorial
The Tory leader's warped analysis of why her party is unpopular has lead her into strategic misjudgments and terrible policy choicesLast year's Conservative conference, held in the aftermath of a crushing election defeat, was billed as a parade for leadership candidates to set out their recovery plans. The talent pool was shallow. The contest winner, Kemi Badenoch, said nothing to suggest she was equipped for the challenge of renewing her party as a potential force of government. So it has proved.Mrs Badenoch goes into her first party conference as leader with the Tories in worse shape than they were in a year ago. Their opinion poll rating is consistently lower than the 23.7% they managed under Rishi Sunak in the general election. One MP has defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK. More will follow if they don't see a route back to power under their current leader. Continue reading...
‘Time for Democrats to exercise what power they have’: readers on the US shutdown
Guardian readers said they agreed with the Democrats' position - but some shared concerns about their tacticsThe US federal government shut down on Wednesday after Democrats opted against voting for a Republican funding plan in order to seek concessions on healthcare and other priorities.It is the Democrats' first major opportunity to make a stand in Congress since voters re-elected Donald Trump last year and relegated them to the minority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Yet it comes with risks - previous shutdowns have not accomplished much for whichever party instigates them, and the Trump administration has threatened to use the funding lapse to intensify its campaign of laying off federal workers. Continue reading...
When will US generals stand-up to Trump? | Moustafa Bayoumi
The president has been rapidly intensifying military operations on United States soil during his second term. Generals need to say somethingAt what point will the US's top military brass decide that enough is enough, that loyalty to the constitution and the rule of law supersedes blind fealty to job and Donald Trump?The question is hardly academic. The president has been rapidly intensifying military operations on United States soil during his second term. In April, he began expanding the military presence along parts of the US's southern border by establishing so-called national defense areas". Troops are now authorized to search, question and detain people in those zones, dangerously muddling the line between military rule and civilian law enforcement.Moustafa Bayoumi is the author of the award-winning books How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America and This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror. He is Professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York Continue reading...
Trump administration will ‘enable human trafficking’ by freezing funds for survivors, groups warn
Plea to Congress from 74 legal, religious and advocacy groups comes in wake of Guardian reporting on cuts to federal efforts to combat human traffickingAnti-trafficking groups across the US have sent Congress a letter raising alarms about the Trump administration's failure to release $88m in funding to protect survivors of human trafficking.The letter from 74 legal, religious and advocacy groups says that the US Department of Justice has frozen funding for more than 100 service organizations across the country that help victims escape their traffickers" and gain access to the services and support that they need to survive". Continue reading...
Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after 100 days in Ice custody
Removal comes after Emmy-winning Salvadorian reporter was arrested while covering No Kings Day' protestJournalist Mario Guevara's imprisonment by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) ended with deportation to El Salvador on Friday, his family announced on social media.Guevara has been a media mainstay in the Atlanta area for about 20 years, after fleeing El Salvador to escape leftwing militias in 2004. Though he has a work permit and two of his children are American citizens, he has operated under the administrative closure" of deportation orders for much of that time. Continue reading...
RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint
Jeanne Marrazzo's complaint reportedly involved the Trump administration's hostility toward vaccinesThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has fired a top scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just three weeks after she had filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump administration relating to its hostility towards vaccines, according to a report.Jeanne Marrazzo has been removed from her NIH job, the New York Times reported. She had already been demoted in March from her senior position as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Continue reading...
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