Restructuring comes after six quarters of falling sales and growing pressure from unions over working conditionsStarbucks will lay off around 900 staff and pull down the shutters on some 100 cafes across North America as part of a $1bn restructuring plan to revive the world's largest coffee chain.The business, which eliminated 1,100 corporate positions earlier this year, will also close many" open or vacant positions as it notifies affected employees affected by cuts on Friday. Continue reading...
Ana Reyes says firings likely violated federal law but do not justify reinstatement before lawsuit endsA federal judge refused on Wednesday evening to reinstate eight former inspectors general who filed a lawsuit after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation.US district judge Ana Reyes said that while Donald Trump likely violated the federal law governing the process for removing the non-partisan watchdogs from office, the president's firings didn't cause enough irreparable harm to justify reinstating the watchdogs before the lawsuit is resolved. Continue reading...
The budget measure will hurt poor people and boost rich people. It should really be called the Billionaires' Tax Cut ActJust a few months ago, Donald Trump sought to bamboozle the American people into believing that his One Big Beautiful Bill Act - with its trillions in tax cuts for the rich - was a legislative wonder stuffed with one marvel after another. But a Pew opinion poll in August found that millions of Americans have wised up about the measure and now view it as a big, unbeautiful monstrosity.Many Americans have come to realize that Trump's not-so-beautiful bill - instead of being filled with good things that benefit average Americans - is overflowing with big tax cuts for the wealthy as well as many unfortunate things that will hurt typical working families. As we saw in the town halls held across the US, many Americans are furious about some painful things that Trump and congressional Republicans inserted into the bill: cuts that will make health insurance more expensive, cuts that reduce food assistance, cuts that make it harder for students from working families to afford college. All this is bad news for working families who struggle to make ends meet.Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author, focusing on labour and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues Continue reading...
The Kansas City quarterback's greatness is not in doubt. But without a strong strong supporting case he is struggling to entertain ... and winPatrick Mahomes has never been here before. Lose to the Ravens on Sunday, and they'll sink to 1-3, falling further behind the Chargers in the AFC West, a division Kansas City have owned for nearly a decade.After three weeks of the season, it's clear: these are not the Chiefs of old. And Mahomes, while still dazzling in moments, is not the irrepressible force he was three years ago. Continue reading...
Exclusive: letter, led by Ro Khanna, has 46 signatories and calls for long overdue need to recognize Palestinian self-determination'Dozens of House Democrats have signed a letter to Donald Trump and secretary of state Marco Rubio, urging the administration to recognize Palestinian statehood.The letter, led by California Democrat Ro Khanna, has 46 signatures, and lawmakers will send it to the US president on Friday, according to plans first provided to the Guardian. Continue reading...
Ayman Soliman recalls isolation, abuse and fear of deportation and the community that fought for his releaseOn a recent rain-drenched fall afternoon, the mood at the Clifton Mosque in Cincinnati was one of elation and relief.Last Friday, Ayman Soliman, an Egyptian imam and hospital chaplain who had been detained at a county jail for more than 10 weeks, was released and is expected to have his visa status fully returned. Continue reading...
In the aftermath of Kirk's death, the far-right and Trump administration have turned up attacks on transgender peopleOn the day anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was shot, fear rippled through the left that the far right would seize the moment to consolidate power. Nowhere was that fear more acute than in the transgender community.Within hours, Republicans were already blaming trans people; one commentator even claimed the bullets carried transgender symbols", a claim investigators quickly debunked. But the deeper fear wasn't misinformation - it was the crackdown that would follow. With fragile rights hanging by the thread of court rulings and blue-state protections, trans people braced for the worst. And they were right: The right has seized on the shooting as its own Reichstag fire, accelerating a campaign to target transgender existence - now with the full weight of the Trump administration behind it.Erin Reed is a transgender journalist based in Washington DC. She tracks LGBTQ+ legislation around the United States for her subscription newsletter, Erin in the Morning Continue reading...
Public health leaders worry proposed 53% CDC slash would weaken disease prevention and pose a national security riskDonald Trump's budget would cut funding for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by 53%, eliminating 61 programs and laying off another 16% of health agency staff, according to a new report - moves that would drastically reduce disease prevention and fuel more chronic illness, public health leaders say.We cannot lose this," said Joseph Kanter, CEO of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). This is crucial to the health of every person in every community across this country, whether they realize it or not." Continue reading...
The Latinos in Heritage Conservation group warns various sites are in danger of being lost forever due to lack of fundsNumerous historic landmarks across the US recognizing Latino history and culture are in danger of being lost forever, according to a preservation group that has published a list of what it finds to be the most vulnerable to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month.Many of the 13 sites named in the first Latinos in Heritage Conservation study have become rundown or fallen into disrepair through a lack of funds to maintain them, according to the group, which said they were largely left outside of the mainstream narratives of preservation". Continue reading...
The New York City mayoral candidate's petition blends progressive politics to an audience that's been near-monopolized by the rightIf Zohran Mamdani had not intended it as a campaigning opportunity, he probably wouldn't have worn a full suit - the universal candidate's uniform. But there he was, the 33-year-old Democratic nominee for November's New York City mayoral election; the upstart democratic socialist who has stormed on to the national stage with a wildfire campaign on an unabashedly progressive platform of affordability in one of the world's most expensive cities. Last Sunday, he mingled in an Arsenal bar in Brooklyn, flanked by fellow Gooner Spike Lee, peering at the big screen with a solemnity befitting the showdown with Manchester City.Mamdani is the overwhelming favorite in the race to run the United States' largest city, sitting 15 points clear of his nearest rival, Andrew Cuomo. Mamdani is potentially New York's first Muslim mayor. And also its first soccer mayor. Continue reading...
Governments have failed the people of Gaza. Now, ordinary people are taking humanitarian matters into their own hands - and putting their lives on the lineRight now - as presidential planes touch down in New York City for the UN general assembly - a fleet of civilian vessels is sailing to Gaza: the largest convoy in history to traverse the Mediterranean Sea with a mission to establish a humanitarian corridor to reach the starving people of Palestine.I am a member of that mission. Since the first batch of boats departed from Barcelona, I have been assigned to Family, the lead vessel of the fleet: a humble motor-cruiser carrying doctors and lawyers, journalists and parliamentarians, students and sea rescue workers from 10 countries across the world. Continue reading...
Latest snub is part of US president's attempts to delegitimise his predecessor with unproven claimsPresident Donald Trump has added a Presidential Walk of Fame" to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the previous commanders-in-chief - except for one.Instead of a headshot of Joe Biden, the Republican incumbent instead placed a photo of an autopen signing the Democrat's name - a reference to Trump's frequent allegation that the former president was addled by the end of his term in office and not really the one making decisions. Continue reading...
Club-tangling rough, narrow fairways and a tough workout lie in wait for USA and Europe in the 45th Ryder CupHow much of this hole players will actually see or remember is open to question. Ryder Cup nerves tend to trigger blurry sensations on the 1st tee. That area has been shortened slightly through necessity; namely the installation of a huge grandstand. There is a dog leg to the right from an elevated tee. Any drive leaking right will have an approach blocked out by trees. Those who cut the corner with drivers will have only a flick for their approach, towards a green that is well protected by bunkers. The putting surface is Bethpage Black's smallest, with a steep slope punishing any shot left short. Continue reading...
Keir Starmer has spent the best part of a year cosying up to the US president. It will be no surprise when he gets bittenFor all the ink shed on the subject of Donald Trump, hardly a word is said about his love of poetry. Yet there is at least one piece of verse he adores and regularly performs to cheering crowds. Last month, the White House even turned it into a short film. Called The Snake (and originally written as a song by Oscar Brown Jr), it is as close as this president gets to a credo.The poem begins with a half-frozen snake, all frosted with the dew" and begging to be taken into the warmth. His plea is heeded by a tender-hearted woman":Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
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This liveblog is now closed. You can find more of our politics coverage hereThe Kremlin on Wednesday brushed off a comment by US president Donald Trump describing Russia as a paper tiger", and said president Vladimir Putin valued his efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was a bear, not a tiger, and there is no such thing as a paper bear". Continue reading...
Obama said Donald Trump's claims linking paracetamol to autism in infants is violence against the truth'. Key US politics stories from 24 September 2025Barack Obama has said the US is in the middle of a tug of war" between two visions of the future, criticising progressives for becoming smug" and complacent" while populists pushed a conservative vision.The former US president said on one side was the progressive view in which change comes through democracy, while the other, driven by populists including Trump, see a return to an older, more conservative worldview. Continue reading...
Trump claims teleprompter and audio issues, and a stopped escalator that UN says may be due to US delegation stafferDonald Trump alleged triple sabotage" at the United Nations, after the US president was plagued by a series of unfortunate events surrounding his address to the global body.A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday," Trump wrote Wednesday in a 357-word social media chronicle of Not one, not two, but three very sinister events!" Continue reading...
Europe's captain was roundly booed but took his chance to subtly highlight the issue of payment for the US team, tooTurns out that European is only the second-worst thing you can be at Bethpage this week. Luke Donald and his team may have been booed at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, but the reception they got from the tens of thousands of liquored-up golf fans who had hung around to watch was a warm welcome compared to the one they gave New York state's governor, the Democrat Kathy Hochul, who was jeered so loudly that her short speech was just about drowned out. Donald should maybe think about bringing her in as a lastminute vice-captain, just to draw the fire away from his team.Relax everybody, she's not Roger Goodell," said the master of ceremonies, Carson Daly, referencing the unpopular NFL commissioner. It didn't help. What should everyone coming here for the first time know about New York?" he asked Hochul. (She has no idea! She lives in Albany!" bellowed a man standing nearby, Get her outta here!" roared another.) Hochul, a rictus grin fixed on her face, said something about how we have the most friendly people you will ever meet" and was immediately shouted down by the locals. That went well," Daly said, deadpan, after Hochul beat a retreat from the stage. Continue reading...
Former president says successor's claims about drug branded Tylenol in US undermines public health that can do harm to women'Barack Obama has said Donald Trump's claims linking paracetamol to autism in infants is violence against the truth" that could harm pregnant women if they were too scared to take pain relief.Obama, who was being interviewed by David Olusoga at the O2 Arena, told the audience that Trump's claims about paracetamol - branded as Tylenol in the US - had been continuously disproved" and posed a danger to public health. Continue reading...
Edwin Cardona was waiting for an appointment with his wife and son outside the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement building when a shooter opened fire at the facility on Wednesday. Four people were reportedly shot, one fatally, in an attack which the FBI said was being investigated as an act of targeted violence'. The Department of Homeland Security said one detainee was killed and two others were in critical condition
Democrats say Trump allies are using incident for political points' against the left despite the victims being detaineesA deadly shooting at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in Dallas has been met with markedly different reactions from the political right and left.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed shortly after the news broke that detainees were the victims of the sniper attack on the facility and that no federal agents had been injured. The president and his allies, however, were quick to frame the shooting as an attack on Ice and place blame on the radical left". Continue reading...
Preliminary figures show 6.26 million broadcast viewers, despite not being aired on dozens of ABC affiliate stationsSo much for low viewership: Jimmy Kimmel's comeback monologue is now his most-viewed one on YouTube.The nearly 30-minute segment, in which Kimmel acknowledged his suspension by ABC owner Disney under pressure from the Trump administration, clarified his remarks on the killing of Charlie Kirk and passionately defended free speech, racked up more than 15m views in 16 hours. Continue reading...
Very mean' animal, appearing out of nowhere and clawing and biting people's legs, still on the loose in Bay Area cityResidents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room for medical treatment.Joan Heblack told ABC affiliate KGO-TV that she was walking in the Lucas Valley neighborhood of San Rafael when a squirrel seemingly came out of nowhere and attacked her leg, clawing and biting. Continue reading...
After the Turning Point USA CEO's killing, Candace Owens and other far-right stars are trying to persuade listeners of unfounded theories about Israel and federal involvementSince Charlie Kirk's killing, the rightwing podcast sphere has been in overdrive: eulogizing, grieving, praying, appointing blame and calling for retribution. Kirk's podcast, The Charlie Kirk Show, now No 1 on the podcast charts, has had a rotating cast of hosts including Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck, and JD Vance, who used his appearance to announce a crackdown on far-left" groups, promising to dismantle" them in Kirk's name.Manosphere" mainstay Joe Rogan was initially quiet on the Kirk shooting, releasing pre-recorded episodes while he was away elk hunting. On Tuesday he began challenging the official narrative of the killing, but has been more focused on the practicalities of the weapon used and the getaway than exploring the motivations of the killer, perhaps because Kirk was too much of an explicit rightwing partisan to chime with Rogan's libertarianism. Continue reading...
Elizabeth Warren sends letter to Swiss watchmaker asking if it was trying to curry favor' with the presidentRolex is facing scrutiny over its concerning" decision to host Donald Trump in the Swiss watchmaker's corporate box at the US Open final earlier this month - weeks after the White House imposed steep tariffs on Switzerland.The US senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat for Massachusetts, asked if the luxury conglomerate was seeking to curry favor" by inviting the US president to the event, which it sponsors. Continue reading...
From claims about sharia law to warnings on renewable energy, US president's address was highly critical of Britain. But do his arguments stand up?Donald Trump used a 55-minute incendiary speech to the UN on Tuesday to attack London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, the state of the city and the UK's record on oil production and climate change.Critics said the US president was using his international platform to spread racist lies and environmental myths about the UK for political gain. Continue reading...
Having exhausted a failed policy of appeasement, the US president may at last be ready to put pressure on MoscowThe judgment of a man who fails to distinguish between aggressor and victim when describing the Russia-Ukraine war is not worthy of respect. Unfortunately, when that man is the US president, hisopinion cannot be ignored.Earlier this year, Donald Trump asserted that Vladimir Putin had all the cards" and urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make peace in terms that resembled surrender. This week, Mr Trump declared that Kyiv might achieve total victory, liberating all territory currently under Russian occupation.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications Commission, is fulfilling the authoritarian's dream' he once decriedWho's the comedian? Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission chairperson, pressured the Disney company to indefinitely suspend Jimmy Kimmel, the late-night talkshow host on ABC, for a remark he made about the right wing's attempts to shape perceptions about the murderer of the far-right political operative Charlie Kirk. (Kimmel is now back on the air). It was the opening riff of Carr's stand-up routine.Carr's choice of venue to issue his threat - a hard-right podcast - indicated the kind of media of which he approves. His pressure against Kimmel is no isolated gesture, but the execution of a calculated plan he himself helped hatch to eradicate critical political speech. But Carr's exploitation of the death of Charlie Kirk to serve as the trigger for Trump's repression only succeeded in turning Jimmy Kimmel into a free speech symbol ahead of his return to television on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Less than a week after his state visit, the president launched a surprise attack on the UK - and sent a clear signal about US powerTrying to pin down the real Donald Trump is a mug's game. Doubtless, some will have persuaded themselves that the real Trump was the one we saw in Windsor a week ago, fawning over the royals, treating Keir Starmer with respect, and claiming that Britain and the United States were two notes in the same chord. Well, maybe.Perhaps the more plausible version was actually the one who went to the United Nations this week. This Trump went not to fawn but to boast and trash, whingeing about everything from the UN's supposed failure to back his claims to have ended seven un-endable" wars, to its refusal to award him a renovation building contract - I said at the time that I would do it for $500m, rebuilding everything, it would be beautiful" - for its New York headquarters complex.Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Former captain says exponential' investment has made this the best prepared European team in competition's historyIt started with some stern words. The US trounced Europe 19-9 at Whistling Straits four years ago. Paul McGinley found himself under scrutiny as part of a European Ryder Cup committee that also includes Damon Buffini, Richard Scudamore and Ian Ritchie.The narrative was that this was a tired European team and there were no players coming through the ranks to change things against young, dynamic Americans who have figured out how to win Ryder Cups," McGinley recalls. Continue reading...
Conservative youth group chapters will counter woke indoctrination', says Ryan WaltersThe state superintendent in Oklahoma announced plans to put Turning Point USA chapters in every high school in the state, saying it would counter radical leftist teachers' unions" and their woke indoctrination".After far-right activist Charlie Kirk was killed on a college campus earlier this month, requests to start chapters of his conservative youth group, Turning Point, at colleges and high schools have surged, the organization has said. Continue reading...
At least four people were reportedly shot at a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating the shooting as an act of 'targeted violence' and that bullet casings found near the shooter's body 'contained messages that were anti-Ice in nature'. The Department of Homeland Security said no federal agents were wounded and the only confirmed victims have been detainees
Allegations against Hud are latest sign of administration's plans to transform enforcement of US civil rights lawsFor 57 years, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) has used a landmark civil rights law to bring lawsuits against discriminatory lenders, landlords and realtors, with the goal of fighting residential segregation.That work has largely ground to a halt since Donald Trump returned to the White House, two attorneys in the department's anti-discrimination division said in interviews, as well as a whistleblower report sent to Congress and a lawsuit filed this week. Continue reading...
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Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday, from his insistence he had 'ended seven wars' to a statement that European countries were 'going to hell' for their immigration policies. The Guardian reporter Robert Tait analyses these statements and outlines the actual facts
This was Trump unfiltered and unleashed - as he has been since the start of his second term, with no restraint and no need for even the mildest nicetiesFor almost an hour on Tuesday, Donald Trump stood at the podium of the UN general assembly, where presidents, kings and statesmen have delivered some of the most important and moving speeches in modern history. But Trump delivered a long and humiliating rant, filled with personal grievances and attacks on the UN, European leaders, migration policies and clean energy.Trump set a low bar with his often rambling and incoherent campaign speeches, but it was still an embarrassing performance for the US president on the global stage. In his past appearances before the general assembly, Trump generally stuck to his prepared remarks and did not hector US allies sitting in the audience. But this was Trump unfiltered and unleashed - as he has been since the start of his second term, with no domestic or international restraint on his power and no need for even the mildest diplomatic niceties.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor, at New York University Continue reading...
There is a huge gap between investment and revenue from LLMs. Investors wrongly assume everyone will be a winnerBy the end of this year, the tech industry will have invested about $717bon over three years into large language model (LLM) AI and the infrastructure needed to support it. While estimates for next year vary, it is possible that industry will invest a comparable amount. This suggests that the industry is receiving more capital than has been invested in the rest of the tech industry since the modern era began in 1956, the year the justice department's consent decree with AT&T gave birth to Silicon Valley.In a technology investing career that now spans 43 years, I have never seen a phenomenon remotely like large language model AI. Big Tech, journalists, politicians, CEOs and investors are all convinced that AI is an inevitable Next Big Thing that will change everything in our economy and society for the better. Continue reading...
Area along Guadalupe River will not reopen but another part that wasn't damaged will resume welcoming campersThe owners of Camp Mystic say they plan to partially reopen next summer the all-girls camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed during catastrophic floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country in July.The area of the camp along the Guadalupe River that was destroyed by the floodwaters will not reopen next year, the owners said in a letter to Camp Mystic families, some of whom have criticized the nearly century-old camp over its safety measures and preparedness in wake of the tragedy. But another part of the camp that wasn't damaged will resume welcoming campers. Continue reading...
President's attendance could lead to Brookline levels of excitement at an event that is invariably febrileBAAAH-BA-BAAH! It had just gone nine in the morning when the speakers started blasting out Village People's YMCA at Bethpage. Scottie Scheffler, the world No 1 had arrived on the putting green and everyone was whooping and hollering at him. Scheffler bumped fists with one of his coaches, wrapped another up in a hug and, BAH-BA-BADA-BADA-BAH!, walked on up and across the bridge to the practice ground where there was a crowd of 500 or so people waiting.They started chanting. YEW-ESS-AY! YEW-ESS-AY!" Scheffler's a big man. By the time he made it on to the range he seemed to have swelled twice the size. Continue reading...
In my 15 years of incarceration, I've seen women's bodily needs disregarded constantly. One solution could grant us back some dignityThis story was published in partnership with Prison Journalism Project, a national non-profit organization that trains incarcerated writers in journalism and publishes their work. Sign up for PJP's newsletter, follow them on Instagram and Bluesky, or connect with them on LinkedIn.It truly is a man's world, even in a women's prison. Continue reading...
Driver called police after seeing that delivery order to motel room included zip ties, hatchet, bleach and trash bagsA driver for an delivery service recently helped police in west-central Texas foil a hostage situation after reporting that he had delivered zip ties, a hatchet and other suspicious items to a motel room as part of an order, according to authorities and media accounts.In a news release published on social media, police from the city of Sweetwater said they had been called to a local motel on Monday morning by a delivery service worker who became suspicious over certain items that he delivered to a room there at the behest of a platform customer. Continue reading...
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