by Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Guardian staff on (#6XRQ8)
President's sweeping proclamation targets citizens of many countries and would dramatically reshape US border policyNearly five months into his second term, Donald Trump announced a new sweeping travel ban that could reshape the US's borders more dramatically than any policy in modern memory. The order, banning citizens of 12 countries, will come into effect at 12am ET in a move Trump said would protect the country from foreign terrorists".The proclamation represents one of the most ambitious attempts to reshape the US's approach to global mobility in modern history and potentially affects millions of people coming to the US for relocation, travel, work or school. Continue reading...
California governor made threat amid reports Trump is weighing huge federal funding cuts targeting stateThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has warned California governor Gavin Newsom that he would be guilty of criminal tax evasion" if he withholds his state's tax payments to the federal government amid threats of a funding cut by Donald Trump.Newsom had threatened to cut tax payments to the federal government two days ago after reports that Trump was preparing huge federal funding cuts targeting Democrat-dominated California, including its state university system. Continue reading...
Ed, a pet who went viral online during his disappearance, was airlifted after he was found safe in a pastureA runaway pet zebra that was on the loose for more than a week in Tennessee and became an internet sensation in the process was captured on Sunday, authorities said.Ed the zebra was captured safely after being located in a pasture near a subdivision in the Christiana community in central Tennessee, the Rutherford county sheriff's office confirmed. The sheriff's office said aviation crews captured the zebra. Continue reading...
Terry Moran to be evaluated after now deleted post said Stephen Miller is richly endowed with capacity for hatred'ABC News has suspended its senior national correspondent after he described top White House aide Stephen Miller as richly endowed with the capacity for hatred" on social media.In a now deleted post, Terry Moran, who recently conducted an interview with Donald Trump, said that the president and his deputy chief of staff, Miller, were both world-class" haters. Continue reading...
Critics see deployment of national guard as an authoritarian flex by a strongman who has relentlessly trampled normsDonald Trump walked out to a thunderous standing ovation as Kid Rock's American Bad Ass" boomed from the sound system. He watched martial artists slug it out behind a chain-link fence. A female champion let the US president try on her gold belt. It was a night of machismo, spectacle and violence.Shortly before he joined an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday night, Trump had signed an order deploying 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, where protests sparked by sweeping immigration raids led to clashes between authorities and demonstrators. Continue reading...
Top Democrat adds he would support tech billionaire sounding the alarm' to Americans on Trump bill amid feudA leading elected Democrat rejected the idea of taking campaign donations from tech billionaire Elon Musk, whose spectacular fallout with former ally Donald Trump has roiled American politics.Trump on Saturday said Musk will face serious consequences" if he moves to support Democratic political candidates in any upcoming elections, following a public rift between the two men over Musk's staunch opposition to the cost of US president's planned piece of landmark domestic legislation. Continue reading...
Senator says the future of the US rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better'Bernie Sanders warned of the US's slide into authoritarianism following Donald Trump's decision to deploy the national guard to Los Angeles over the city's protests against federal immigration raids.Speaking to CNN on Sunday, the leftwing Vermont senator said: We have a president who is moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism ... My understanding is that the governor of California, the mayor of the city of Los Angeles did not request the national guard but he thinks he has a right to do anything he wants." Continue reading...
Nick Stern to undergo surgery for wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protestersNick Stern, a British news photographer based in Los Angeles, is set to undergo emergency surgery for a wound sustained during the standoff between police and anti-Ice protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday.Stern told the Guardian he had been covering the protest near a branch of Home Depot in Paramount, where immigrants workers are typically hired for day work, when he felt a sharp pain in his leg. Continue reading...
Deputy marshal fit the general description of a subject being sought' and was briefly detained, Marshals Service saysA US marshal was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents in Arizona, after being mistakenly identified as a man that agents were looking for, according to a statement from the US Marshals Service.The deputy marshal matched the fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE" and was detained at a federal building in the Old Pueblo in Tucson. Continue reading...
Donald Trump authorised the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles on Saturday after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests for a second day and police in riot gear used teargas on bystanders. The protests pit Democratic-run Los Angeles, where census data suggests a significant portion of the population is Hispanic and foreign-born, against Trump's Republican White House, which has made cracking down on immigration a hallmark of his second term
Former House speaker and Clinton antagonist sidesteps his own dubious ethics and gushes over Donald TrumpOver 280 pages, Newt Gingrich, House speaker turned Republican presidential hopeful turned prolific author of historical (and critics would say political) fantasy, goes all out to flatter the man in the Oval Office.President Trump's reelection was the triumph of a man and a movement," Gingrich writes. Each needed the other if America was to be saved."Trump's Triumph is published in the US by Hachette Continue reading...
US institutions have been doing Trump's bidding before he even comes after them. Here's the counterstrategyDuring the first 100-plus days of his presidency, Donald Trump has done his damnedest to remake the US in his image. Fearing Hurricane Donald, a host of universities, law firms, newspapers, public schools and Fortune 500 companies have rushed to do his bidding, bowing before he even comes calling. Other institutions cower, in hopes that they will go unnoticed.But this behavior, which social scientists call anticipatory compliance", smoothes the way to autocracy because it gives the Trump regime unlimited power without his having to lift a finger. Halting autocracy in its tracks demands a counter-strategy - let's call it anticipatory noncompliance. Continue reading...
John Maynard tells Guardian the US must consider new rules on betting ads as operators lobby against federal crackdownThe US gambling industry has become a highway without speed limits", according to a top state regulator, as the nationwide gambling boom continues at pace.Jordan Maynard, chair of the Massachusetts gaming commission, urged lawmakers in Washington to consider nationwide rules on advertising by betting firms. Operators have spent years lobbying against a federal crackdown. Continue reading...
The UK's strategic defence review risks normalising nuclear warfare. Don't believe the PR hype: these weapons are immoral, irrational and catastrophicPlans by Keir Starmer's government to modernise and potentially expand Britain's nuclear weapons arsenal, unveiled in the 2025 strategic defence review (SDR), seriously undermine international non-proliferation efforts. They will fuel a global nuclear arms race led by the US, China and Russia. And they increase the chances that lower-yield, so-called tactical nukes will be deployed and detonated in conflict zones.This dangerous path leads in one direction only: towards the normalisation of nuclear warfare.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...
by Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles, Maya Yang, Diana Ra on (#6XTTZ)
California governor calls move purposefully inflammatory' and says it will escalate tensions' amid immigration crackdown Explainer: How can Trump use the national guard on US soil?Donald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests for a second day and police in riot gear used teargas on bystanders.The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said in a statement on X that the federal government was moving to take over" the California national guard. Newsom said the mobilization was purposefully inflammatory" and warned that it would only escalate tensions". Continue reading...
Trump sends in national guard as aides talk tough; Vance says he's had bigger outbursts than Musk. Key US politics stories from Saturday 7 June at a glanceDonald Trump's homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, on Saturday pushed back against the protesters opposing immigration raids in Los Angeles: A message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down. @Icegov will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner and the White House deputy chief of staff, described the protests as a violent insurrection". During protests at a federal detention facility in downtown LA, David Huerta, a senior union official, was arrested in a police response that included teargas and flash-bangs. Hospitalised for his injuries, Huerta released a statement: Hard-working people, and members of our family and our community, are being treated like criminals. We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice." Continue reading...
US president says he's too busy doing other things' to try to reconcile with erstwhile ally and campaign backerDonald Trump warned Elon Musk on Saturday that he faces very serious consequences" if he funds Democratic candidates following the pair's epic public bust-up this week.The warning, delivered in an interview with NBC News scheduled to broadcast on Sunday, follows days of feuding and threats after Musk called Republicans' budget legislation an abomination". Continue reading...
City mayor Karen Bass joins governor Gavin Newsom and others in denouncing arrests of at least 45 peopleThe Department of Homeland Security conducted raids on multiple locations across Los Angeles on Friday, clashing with the crowds of people who gathered to protest and prompting widespread criticism from California leaders.Masked agents were recorded pulling several people out of two LA-area Home Depot stores and the clothing manufacturer Ambient Apparel's headquarters in LA's Fashion District. Immigration advocates said the raids also included four other locations, including a doughnut shop. Continue reading...
Dogs discovered with skin and dental issues include toy poodle mixes, pomeranians, chihuahuas and yorkiesMore than 100 dogs were rescued from an apparent puppy mill in North Carolina where they were kept in egregious conditions", an animal shelter said.The SPCA of Wake county on Wednesday removed 101 dogs from a home that appeared to have been functioning as a puppy mill. In a statement online, the shelter said that the dogs had been surrounded by their own waste, packed 5 or 6 to a cage and stacked floor to ceiling, or free roaming in cramped quarters and filth". Continue reading...
Gauff claimed her first Roland Garros title, her second Grand Slam to deny the world No 1 in an epic three setsThe roof is open and the wind is blowing in, which adds a variable. It could get a bit swirly.Via the BBC, plucky Brit news:Teenager Hannah Klugman was unable to become the first Briton in almost 50 years to win a French Open juniors title after losing in the girls' singles final.The 16-year-old, competing in her first junior Grand Slam singles final, was beaten 6-2 6-0 by Austria's Lilli Tagger. Continue reading...
Rupa Marya, a doctor and professor at the university's San Francisco campus, says her free speech rights were violatedA professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, says the university violated her freedom of speech rights by suspending her for her online comments about Israel's war in Gaza in a new lawsuit.The suit was filed by Rupa Marya, an internal medicine physician and professor at UCSF, identified as an expert in decolonial theory. Marya was placed on leave in September 2024 and had her clinical privileges briefly suspended by the UCSF executive medical board following comments she made on X that questioned the impacts of Zionism as a supremacist, racist ideology" on healthcare. Continue reading...
Vice-president was interviewed by comedian Theo Von, who also asked him if he got high' on election nightJD Vance said Elon Musk was making a huge mistake" going after Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling-out between the two men.But the US vice-president, in an interview released on Friday after the very public blowup between the world's richest person and arguably the world's most powerful, also tried to downplay Musk's blistering attacks as an emotional guy" who got frustrated. Continue reading...
A prosecuting attorney warns women to get ahead of law enforcement in a state where abortion is all but banned911. What's your emergency?"Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
The older I get, the harder it is to maintain ties - and a series of unhinged social media posts probably wouldn't helpI have a hard time maintaining male friendships these days. The older I get, the less time I have for the sorts of activities stereotypical American males enjoy: sporting events, competitive binge drinking and collecting rare coins in a dark basement. OK, maybe that last thing isn't nearly as common anymore, but what is common (if you believe various trend pieces in newspapers and magazines) is the increasing rarity of long-lasting male friendships. Most of my guy friends keep in touch with me through group chats or the occasional solo check-in text. I have, by my count, at least 10 group chats with different circles of friends. All of them are organized around a unifying theme - Star Trek, movie industry gossip, the Los Angeles Dodgers, hating that one guy who wore flip-flops to my wedding. My whole social life revolves around screens now. I watch a show or a baseball game and then immediately retreat into my other, smaller screen to discuss what I just witnessed with people I almost never see in real life. I will give myself credit for at least trying to be social in between working and taking my son to karate lessons, but it is, in fact, the bare minimum effort that I'm exerting. It's almost like a welfare check, these text messages: He responded, therefore he is not dead or in a Salvadorian supermax prison awaiting a trial that will never happen."Maybe this is a superior way of maintaining relationships, though. By only seeing my friends on very rare occasions, I can't get sick of their personality quirks, their peculiar habits or their need to wear flip-flops to black-tie events. Seriously, no one wants to see your toes at a wedding, man. Cut it out.Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist Continue reading...
Carla Hayden, first woman and African American to serve in role, details firing by Trump administration to CBSThe first woman and African American to serve as the US librarian of Congress before Donald Trump fired her in May has not heard from the president's administration beyond the 31-word email it sent her with word of her dismissal, she has revealed in her first interview since her ouster.No one has talked to me directly at all from the White House," Carla Hayden says in an interview airing on the upcoming CBS News Sunday Morning. I've received no communication directly, except for that one email. Continue reading...
New York's once-bustling immigrant neighborhoods are chilled as Trump administration cracks downTwo months after fleeing death threats in Colombia, Juan landed a construction job in New York. But on his first day, the bulky GPS monitor strapped to his ankle caught the manager's attention. It wouldn't fit inside standard work boots. The boss shook his head. Come back when you've resolved your status," he said.Since arriving in the US with his teenage daughter to seek asylum, Juan has lived in a state of constant anxiety. It feels like I committed a crime, like they're going to arrest me at any moment," he said, speaking near the migrant shelter where they now live in Queens. Juan started wearing oversized pants to hide the monitor, a style he finds uncomfortable. I'm paranoid all the time," he said. Continue reading...
Small farmers face two personalities' as Trump team slashes $1bn in resources despite Kennedy's vow to protect themIndependent and organic farmers say chaos created by the Trump administration's cuts have hurt their businesses, even as the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, praises small farms and regenerative agriculture.The split-screen for small and organic farms - which one described as talking out of both sides of their mouth" - comes on the heels of the release of the Maha" report. The White House document mentions farms, farmers and farming 21 times, and argues conventional agriculture has led to more ultra-processed foods. Continue reading...
Midfielder on being left out of France's Euro 2025 squad, her exit from Aston Villa and a new lease of life in San DiegoI had hard times and this team really gave me back my love and motivation for football," Kenza Dali says of San Diego Wave as she prepares to open up on a turbulent year.Over the course of a refreshingly honest conversation, the midfielder reveals why she left Aston Villa to move to the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in January, details why she is enjoying working under Jonas Eidevall and discusses, for the first time, the grief that affected her participation in the Olympics. There is, however, one topic on which she is not quite ready to go into details yet. Continue reading...
Tehran condemns Donald Trump's order barring 12 countries' citizens from entering US as violation of fundamental principles of international law'Tehran has denounced the US travel ban on Iranians and citizens of 11 other mostly Middle Eastern and African countries, saying Washington's decision was a sign of a racist mentality".Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday reviving sweeping restrictions that echo the US president's first-term travel ban, justified on national security grounds after a firebomb attack at a pro-Israel rally in Colorado. Continue reading...
Every time my mind goes down the optimisation' route, I'm reminded of my job as a public health scientist, looking into the factors that affect how long we will live
Grant Hardin, nicknamed Devil in the Ozarks', had escaped from prison after impersonating a corrections officerA former police chief who is also a convicted killer and rapist nicknamed the Devil in the Ozarks" was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles north-west of the prison he escaped from following a 13-day manhunt in the mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities announced on Friday.Grant Hardin's identity was confirmed through fingerprinting, the Izard county sheriff's office said in a Facebook post. Continue reading...
No peace in sight for Trump and former confidant as president also tells reporters I'm not even thinking about Elon' - key US politics stories from Friday 6 June at a glanceDonald Trump appeared in no mood to patch things up with former top adviser Elon Musk on Friday, doubling down on his new hostility towards the Tesla and Space X tycoon with a number of disparaging statements.The US president appeared to deny reports of a potential peacemaking phone call with Musk, telling ABC News he was not particularly" interested in talking to his former confidant right now. Continue reading...
Key player in Trump's drive to slash federal workforce keeps access to sensitive records including family court and mental health recordsThe US supreme court on Friday allowed members of the so-called department of government efficiency" (Doge) to access the sensitive records kept by the Social Security Administration while legal challenges play out.The conservative-majority court, in an unsigned order with the three liberal justices dissenting, sided with the Trump administration in the appeal involving Doge, the team spearheaded by the billionaire Elon Musk. Continue reading...
Instructors Steven Hubbard and Amy Baack had sued after a city ordinance restricted such activities on the beachYoga classes are back on at San Diego beaches this week after a federal appeals court ruled that a city ordinance restricting such activities was unconstitutional and that teaching yoga was protected speech".The three-judge panel of the US ninth circuit court of appeals on Wednesday overruled a San Diego judge and decided in favor of two instructors who had sued over a law that San Diego passed in 2024 banning yoga classes of four or more people at shoreline parks and beaches. Continue reading...
Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador indicted on counts of illegally smuggling undocumented people, says BondiKilmar Abrego Garcia, the man whom the Donald Trump administration mistakenly deported from Maryland to El Salvador in March, returned to the US on Friday to face criminal charges.In a press briefing on Friday, the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, said that a federal grand jury in Tennessee had indicted Abrego Garcia on counts of illegally smuggling undocumented people as well as of conspiracy to commit that crime. Continue reading...
Ex-leader of far-right Proud Boys and three others whom Trump gave pardons or commutations sue governmentEnrique Tarrio, the former national leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, and four other members convicted of orchestrating the deadly 6 January 2021 US Capitol attack are suing the federal government for allegedly violating their rights.A lawsuit filed on Friday in federal court in Florida alleges that FBI agents and prosecutors acted with personal malice when they investigated and charged the five, who were all granted pardons or commutations when Donald Trump returned to office in January. Continue reading...
More than 200 actions held across US today, organizers said, as VA officials claim cuts won't affect healthcare or benefitsA flurry of red, white and blue American flags fluttered across the National Mall on Friday as more than 5,000 military veterans and their allies descended on Washington to protest against the planned elimination of 80,000 jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the cancellation of hundreds of contracts for veterans services with community organizations.I hope that in the future veterans will be able to get their benefits," said David Magnus, a navy veteran who decided to travel from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after his doctor told him she was quitting during a recent mental health appointment. Before Donald Trump returned to office in January, the VA was good", he said, but since then medical staff had faced harassment that puts the entire system at risk. Continue reading...
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