Matthew James Ruth, 24, killed in altercation that left three officers dead and wounded two moreThe alleged gunman who killed three officers and wounded two more in southern Pennsylvania before he was killed by police was a 24-year-old being sought on stalking charges, according to court documents and law enforcement.The violence erupted in rural York county as officers sought Matthew James Ruth, who had also been charged with trespassing, loitering and prowling at night in a domestic-related investigation that began a day earlier, court documents show. Continue reading...
Kimberly Guilfoyle named as ambassador to Greece as Republicans change rules to clear backlog of positionsThe Senate has confirmed 48 of Donald Trump's nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats.Frustrated by the stalling tactics, Senate Republicans moved last week to make it easier to confirm large groups of lower-level, non-judicial nominations. Democrats had forced multiple votes on almost every one of Trump's picks, infuriating the president and tying up the Senate floor. Continue reading...
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Committee's action comes after Guardian investigation revealed rollbacks of anti-trafficking efforts; Trump administration says it is committed to fighting traffickingThe House foreign affairs committee unanimously passed an amendment to the US Department of State's budget late Wednesday that would require additional congressional oversight of the government's efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States and around the world.The bipartisan agreement came hours after the Guardian published an investigation that revealed the Trump administration had dramatically rolled back efforts to fight human trafficking across the federal government.Aaron Glantz is a fellow at Stanford University's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.Bernice Yeung is managing editor at the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley Journalism.Noy Thrupkaew is a reporter and director of partnerships at Type Investigations. Continue reading...
Critics say authoritarianism isn't coming - it's already here' amid widespread condemnation of talkshow's suspensionThe indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show has prompted impassioned calls for a boycott against Disney, ABC's parent company, and other major media conglomerates that have refused to air Kimmel's show.Boycott calls grew after ABC announced it would indefinitely suspend the popular show following complaints from the Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr. Carr's complaints stem from Kimmel's recent monologue in which he addressed the killing of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk by saying: Many in Maga land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk." Continue reading...
Brayan Ramos-Brito acquitted after US immigration officials were accused in court of lying about the incidentA Los Angeles protester charged with assaulting a border patrol agent in June was acquitted on Wednesday after US immigration officials were accused in court of lying about the incident.The not guilty verdict for Brayan Ramos-Brito is a major setback for the Donald Trump-appointed US attorney in southern California and for Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief who has become a key figure in Trump's immigration crackdown. The 29-year-old defendant, who is a US citizen, was facing a misdemeanor and was the first protester to go to trial since demonstrations against immigration raids erupted in LA earlier this summer. Continue reading...
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump held a press conference at Chequers on Thursday, on the second day of Trump's state visit. The UK and US leaders were quizzed over the recognition of a Palestinian state and on immigration and energy, on which they had differing viewpoints
Double defeat protects Venezuelans with temporary protected status and Guatemalan minorsThe Trump administration has been handed a double defeat by judges in immigration cases, barring the executive branch from deporting a group of Guatemalan children and from slashing protections for many Venezuelans in the US.A federal judge on Thursday ordered the administration to refrain from deporting Guatemalan unaccompanied immigrant children with active immigration cases while a legal challenge plays out. Continue reading...
Ashe county, North Carolina, and thousands of other school districts are scrambling after a freeze on nearly $7bnIn the time it took to read an email, the federal money vanished before Eisa Cox's eyes: dollars that supported the Ashe county, North Carolina, school district's after-school program, training for its teachers and salaries for some jobs.The email from the US Department of Education arrived 30 June, one day before the money - $1.1m in total - was set to materialize for the rural western district. Instead, the dollars were frozen pending a review to make sure the money was spent in accordance with the President's priorities", the email said. Continue reading...
Letter signed by 95 demands to know how many people protected under Daca have been arrested or deportedA group of 95 members of Congress have written a letter to Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, condemning the arrest of protected immigrants known as Dreamers and demanding to know how many have been detained and deported in recent months.In a letter shared with the Guardian and submitted to Noem on Wednesday morning, Democratic representatives denounced the recent rise in the wrongful detention and deportation of immigrants residing in the US under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program. Continue reading...
The US president has praised ABC's decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air, saying the late-night television host had said 'a horrible thing' about the political activist Charlie Kirk and also had 'bad ratings'. During a news conference with Keir Starmer, Trump said: 'Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person. He had very bad ratings, and they should have fired him a long time ago. So, you know, you can call that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of talent'
The late-night show getting pulled indefinitely' after relatively mild commentary about the right is another worrying sign of where Trump's America is heading
Collin Kebinatshipi of Botswana stormed to victory in the men's 400m, while USA's Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone looked unbeatable in taking the women's eventBack on the track, Yamamoto leads from Tanaka, with Battocletti of Italy third and Chebet fourth.Oli Goldman reminds me that, when reminiscing about the 1991 worlds, I neglected to mention the GB 4x400m quarter changing up their order and Kriss Akabusi taking out Antonio Pettigrew, the individual champion, in the final few strides. I was actually looking for and failing to find photos of the t-shirts made thereafter, featuring Roger Black's post-race line, We kicked their butts", then got distracted. Continue reading...
All the pomp and circumstance can't distract from the hate and division. Starmer must summon the courage to actAs Donald Trump met with a grinning Keir Starmer and senior royals on his UK state visit this week, I found myself needing a Daily Mail body language expert.Did Starmer's hand wave suggest he wanted to ask about the migrants currently being jailed surrounded by alligators in Florida? Did King Charles's lip shape mean he was wondering about the women who've accused Trump of sexual assault?Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
When faced with a crisis, presidents can inflame divisions or unify the nation. Trump is taking the path of Johnson and not LincolnOver the course of American history, presidents have not been judged by whether violence occurred on their watch but by how they responded to it. Each crisis poses the same test: will the person who holds the office use it to steady the republic, or to further polarize it?The oath of office exists for precisely this moment. It binds the president to something larger than self-interest and party, the constitution and the rule of law. In the wake of rightwing political activist Charlie Kirk's death, Donald Trump has forsaken this oath, instead choosing to wield his immense power to further divide an already polarized nation, not unite it. History will not soon forget this grave act of political opportunism.Corey Brettschneider is a professor of political science at Brown University. He co-hosts the podcast The Oath and the Office, and is the author of The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It Continue reading...
Marlon Wayans hams it up as a quarterback looking to crown the new Goat in an unsubtle and increasingly meaningless critique of a broken systemHim, a Jordan Peele-produced splatter film in the psychological mold of Us, deviates from the schmaltzy, feel-good formula that has defined American sports movies since Charlie Chaplin in The Champion. Tackle football, notorious for eating the young, is recast as a genuine meat grinder for Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers) - a generational college quarterback touted as an heir apparent to Marlon Wayans's Isaiah White, the Tom Brady of this world. But when a trippy, blunt force head injury endangers Cameron's professional aspirations and multimillion-dollar payday, he agrees to train and rehab at Isaiah's desert-based cement compound - a haunted house of vice and duplicity that threatens to swallow Cameron whole.Him is not a subtle critique of America's pastime. It opens with Isaiah breaking his leg on a championship-winning drive, and young Cameron taking in the gruesome injury from his living room floor while his father drills the mantra no guts, no glory" into his psyche. It reintroduces football, quite rightly, as a veritable meat market where players are poked, prodded and scrutinized like chattel. Director Justin Tipping even switches to X-ray vision to bring out the underlying damage that can result from football's incessant collisions, one of many stylish visual touches. Continue reading...
US president was next to Princess of Wales while Rupert Murdoch had the ear of Starmer's chief of staffBuckingham Palace has disclosed a wealth of detail about the state banquet at Windsor Castle hosted by the king for Donald Trump - from the 139 candles to the 1,452 pieces of cutlery, all lovingly polished by hand - but all that anyone really wants to know about is the seating plan.In Windsor Castle's St George's Hall, the 50 metre-long table runs the length of the room, offering a tantalising indication of a pecking order among the 160 guests. Continue reading...
The seven-time Super Bowl champion has a prominent position at both Fox and the team he co-owns. It's getting harder for those two things to exist togetherIt's time for Tom Brady to pick. Or better yet, for the NFL to make him choose.Brady's twin roles as a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and the lead voice for the NFL on Fox can no longer coexist. The lines are too muddled, the potential for scandal unnecessary. Continue reading...
Critics condemn reopening of Camp J' unit at Angola in service of Trump's nationwide immigration crackdown, noting its history of brutality and violenceThere were no hurricanes in the Gulf, as can be typical for Louisiana in late July - but Governor Jeff Landry quietly declared a state of emergency. The Louisiana state penitentiary at Angola - the largest maximum security prison in the country - was out of bed space for violent offenders" who would be transferred to its facilities", he warned in an executive order.The emergency declaration allowed for the rapid refurbishing of a notorious, shuttered housing unit at Angola formerly known as Camp J - commonly referred to by prisoners as the dungeon" because it was once used to house men in extended solitary confinement, sometimes for years on end. Continue reading...
Even in comparatively liberal spaces, such as my high school, girls who wince at locker room talk risk exclusionSince Donald Trump returned to office, I have noticed a phenomenon at my high school that I call the new chill girl". A group of kids is talking casually about something. Seemingly out of the blue, one of the boys makes an off-handed joke. Maybe it's racist or sexist or homophobic, but whatever the poison, they inject it and the group dynamic shifts ever so slightly. As a general rule, the boys continue as usual while the girls - who tend to be more politically progressive - face a choice: they can speak up, which usually results in them getting the reputation as annoying and unable to take a joke, or they can let it pass and be regarded as a chill girl who isn't angry or woke. Since November 2024, the latter reaction has become far more common.This kind of fearful silence is becoming more common outside of high schools, too. In December of 2024, Disney removed a transgender character from a new series. This April, the New York Times reported that a new Trump administration regulation bars government employees from adding pronouns to their email bios. Two days after that, Gannet, one of the US's largest newspaper chains, cited Trump's opposition to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion when announcing that it would no longer publish statistics on employee diversity. Continue reading...
The two largest Hollywood unions voiced support for Kimmel. Plus, Bernie Sanders becomes first US senator to say Israel committing genocide in GazaGood morning.Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been suspended indefinitely" after comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk, ABC has announced, hours after the Trump-appointed chair of the broadcast regulator threatened broadcasters' licenses if action was not taken against the late-night host.What did Kimmel say? During his opening monologue for Tuesday night's show, Kimmel said: Many in Maga-land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk." He accused the US vice-president, JD Vance, of blaming the left for Kirk's death without evidence. Here's a question JD Vance might be able to answer: who wanted to hang the guy who was vice-president before you? Was that the liberal left? Or the toothless army who stormed the Capitol on January 6?" Kimmel said.How are people reacting? Donald Trump celebrated the suspension on social media, calling it great news for America". But the two largest Hollywood unions - the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild - as well as several Democratic lawmakers voiced support for Kimmel.What's the context? It comes after an independent UN commission of experts concluded that Israel's actions meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide convention". It said: Explicit statements by Israeli civilian and military authorities and the pattern of conduct of the Israeli security forces indicate that the genocidal acts were committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group."What's the latest in Gaza City? The Israeli ground operation, which began on Tuesday morning, continues, with Israeli troops pressing ahead yesterday - making further efforts to force more people to flee their homes and travel to overcrowded and unsafe areas in the south of the devastated territory. Read our coverage here. Continue reading...
The president won't prevail in court. But his cases against media companies have a potential chilling effect on criticism of the governmentDonald Trump has sued the New York Times for, well, reporting on Trump.Rather than charging the Times with any specific libelous act, Trump's lawsuit is just another of his angry bloviations.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now Continue reading...
Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be suspended 'indefinitely' after comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk, ABC has announced, hours after the Trump-appointed chair of the US broadcasting regulator threatened broadcasters' licences if action was not taken against the late-night host. ABC, which has aired Kimmel's late-night show since 2003, moved swiftly after Nexstar Communications Group said it would pull the show starting from Wednesday. Kimmel's comments about Kirk's death 'are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse,' said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar's broadcasting division. Nexstar operates 23 ABC affiliates
I was the envy of the friends I'd left behind. Now it seems prudent to assess how much that nativism will truly take root hereThis time last year, I had just moved back to Britain from the US and was enjoying the almost universal envy of American friends. While they were looking down the barrel of a second Trump presidency with its guarantee of chaos and division, we had elected Keir Starmer by a landslide and were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves. I remember people congratulating me on the prescience of my move, which I absolutely took even though politics hadn't been part of my decision (not least because, for most of 2024, I had assumed Trump would lose). Anyway, here we are a year later and who's laughing now?I guess the answer to that is Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party, which has somehow managed to harness the anger, disappointment and shame felt by large numbers of people who voted for and were then let down by Brexit, and are now in search of another fire to light. To this extent, the roots of the rightwing march last weekend and the rise of Reform generally feel broadly of a piece with their US antecedents: a case, at least in part, of people clutching at anything that promises to rip up a system that has serially failed to reward them. What has felt shocking to many of us this year, however, is how quickly the political landscape seems to have changed in this country, and how a leader as frivolous as Farage could get anyone to follow him anywhere, let alone in the direction of No 10.Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
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This live blog is now closed, you can follow the latest on the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and our latest US politics coverage on a new liveblog hereDonald Trump has claimed his administration has reached a deal with China to keep TikTok operating in the US, amid uncertainty over what shape the final agreement will take, with suggestions from the Chinese side that Beijing would retain control of the algorithm that powers the site's video feed.We have a deal on TikTok ... We have a group of very big companies that want to buy it," Trump said on Tuesday, without providing further details. Continue reading...
Lawyers say pro-Palestinian activist remains protected from immigration enforcement while separate federal court case proceedsAn immigration judge in the US state of Louisiana has ordered the deportation of pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil to Algeria or Syria, ruling that he failed to disclose information on his green card application, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.Khalil's lawyers said they intended to appeal against the deportation order, and that a federal district court's separate orders remain in effect prohibiting the government from immediately deporting or detaining him as his federal court case proceeds. The lawyers submitted a letter to the federal court in New Jersey overseeing his civil rights case and said he will challenge the decision. Continue reading...
It is unclear how anti-fascists, an umbrella term for far-left-leaning groups rather than a single entity, will be labeledDonald Trump said early on Thursday that he plans to designate antifa as a major terrorist organization".
Exclusive: London bureau of Australia's national broadcaster informed accreditation removed for logistical reasons'The ABC has been barred from attending Donald Trump's press conference near London this week after a clash between the broadcaster's Americas editor, John Lyons, and the president in Washington DC over his business dealings.The Australian broadcaster said its London bureau was informed by Downing Street that its accreditation to attend the press conference had been withdrawn for logistical reasons". Continue reading...
Trump was kept out of reach of critics as he met Britain's king and queen, amid furore back in US over suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! show - key US politics stories from 17 September 2025Donald Trump was treated to royal pomp and pageantry - including processions, gifts and a flypast - during the first day of his second state visit to the UK while thousands of people joined protests against his presence.As protesters voiced their anger in London at a Stop Trump Coalition protest, Trump was escorted by the king and queen through a first day that ended in a state banquet but kept him out of reach of his critics. Continue reading...
FBI director Kash Patel appeared not to recognise the name of the white supremacist murderer Dylann Roof, who killed nine Black congregants at a US church in 2015, during an appearance before the House judiciary committee. At the start of a series of questions on violent extremism coming from both sides of the partisan divide, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a Democratic representative from Los Angeles, asked Patel to tell her whether he disagreed with the characterisation that several violent extremists were motivated by rightwing views
People of color, renters and children among most affected, as child poverty more than doubles since 2021A new report shows California has the highest poverty rate in the US, alongside Louisiana, and rates have shown little improvement.Despite the abundant wealth in the state - more billionaires live in California than anywhere else in the US - in 2024 about 7 million people, or 17.7% of residents, could not afford to cover their basic needs. In 2021, California's poverty rate reached a historic low of 11%, but as pandemic-era policies came to an end, rates surged in the state and across the US, according to the report from the California Budget and Policy Center released last week. Continue reading...
Questions mount after Delta State University staff found body of Demartravion Reed near campus pickleball courtsThe family of a Black student who was found hanging from a tree on a college campus in Mississippi has retained the civil rights attorney Ben Crump as questions continue to mount around the death.On Monday, staff at Delta State University found the body of Demartravion Trey" Reed near campus pickleball courts. Michael Peeler, the Delta State police chief, has said Reed appeared to have died by suicide and that there were no signs of foul play, but concerns have grown and the case has brought up painful memories of the state's history of racist violence. Continue reading...
The president and his wife were treated to the full array of British pageantry, including a banquet at Windsor Castle hosted by King CharlesDonald Trump hailed the so-called special relationship between the US and Britain as he paid a gushing tribute to King Charles during his historic second state visit, calling it one of the highest honours of his life, even as thousands of protesters voiced their anger in London.It was a day of rarely seen pomp for a foreign leader. The president and his wife, Melania, were treated to the full array of British pageantry. Continue reading...
Governor says we grieve the loss of life of three precious souls' as two injured in critical condition in hospitalThree police officers were killed and two were injured in a shooting on Wednesday in the southern part of Pennsylvania, state police said.We grieve for the loss of life of three precious souls who served this county, served this commonwealth, served this country," governor Josh Shapiro said. Continue reading...
Susan Monarez spoke alongside ex-chief medical officer Debra Houry about vaccines, Kennedy and threats to US healthTwo former Centers for Disease Control (CDC) leaders testified at a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday - taking aim at Robert F Kennedy Jr's sweeping changes to the agency and the country's public health system.Susan Monarez, the CDC director who was fired after less than a month, and Debra Houry, the chief medical officer who resigned after a decade at the agency, faced lawmakers on the Senate health, education, labor and pensions (Help) committee. Continue reading...
A selection of the best images from the second state visit of President Trump to the UK, from his arrival on Tuesday evening to his visit to Windsor Castle for a ceremonial welcome with the the king and queen. A state banquet with the prime minister is scheduled for Wednesday evening Continue reading...
With US president hidden from public view, media focuses instead on peripheral sideshow of clowns drawn by state visitNever in its long and august history has the No 10 bus from Windsor to Staines (via Datchet and Wraysbury) received a welcome like this. Its passage secured by police escort, its progress followed by the world's media, the orange single-decker trundles regally up Windsor's high street, while onlookers crane to get a glimpse of the single pensioner conveyed within. It's not him," one man mutters, a little superfluously.It was that kind of a day on the banks of the Thames: lots of excitement over very little, a sideshow that felt largely peripheral to the pageantry unfolding within the sealed castle grounds. I'm afraid nothing's going to happen, madam," a police officer informed a woman filming a Facebook Live video from the kerb as he shooed her a safe distance back towards the pavement. Continue reading...
Trail closes after 29-year-old man suffers non-threatening injuries in backcountry encounter with possible grizzlyA Yellowstone national park trail remained closed on Wednesday after a possible grizzly bear attacked a hiker, leaving him with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.The 29-year-old man suffered injuries to his chest and arm in Tuesday's attack on the Turbid lake trail north-east of Yellowstone Lake. Continue reading...
The Javier Mascherano-led side has an outside chance of repeating as Supporters' Shield winners, but MLS Cup remains the ultimate goalMuch about Tuesday night in Fort Lauderdale was typical. The weather was sticky and humid. The crowd at Chase Stadium was lively. And on the field, Lionel Messi assisted Jordi Alba, and vice-versa, in a 3-1 win for Inter Miami. That the victory came against the Seattle Sounders, the side that beat Miami in a contentious Leagues Cup final two weeks ago, gave the squad a measure of revenge. But there are bigger factors at play.It was important to regain positive feelings," Miami head coach Javier Mascherano told reporters afterward. Continue reading...
Ex-president says US in dangerous moment', after White House response to killings of Kirk and Melissa HortmanBarack Obama addressed the recent killing of Charlie Kirk and told a crowd in Pennsylvania on Tuesday the country was at an inflection point", but that political violence is not new" and has happened at certain periods" in US history.Obama added that despite history, political violence was anathema to what it means to be a democratic country".This article was amended on 17 September 2025. A previous version misspelled the name of Melissa Hortman. Continue reading...
Xp Lee beats Republican Ruth Bittner for vacant seat after Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in JuneDemocrat Xp Lee won a special election to fill the state house seat of the former Minnesota house speaker Melissa Hortman, who was killed in June alongside her husband in what officials described as a politically motivated assassination".Lee, a health equity analyst, former Brooklyn Park city council member and a mentee of Hortman's, triumphed over Republican Ruth Bittner, a real estate agent, in a heavily Democratic, suburban district. His victory restored a legislative tie in the state house, with each party controlling 67 seats. Continue reading...
Erika McEntarfer says Americans should be concerned about independence of key economic institutionsThe former chief US economics data statistics who Donald Trump fired last month called her sudden removal dangerous" and said Americans should be concerned about the independence of key economic institutions.Markets have to trust the data are not manipulated," said Erika McEntarfer, former head of the Bureau Labor of Statistics, on Tuesday in her first remarks since her firing. Firing your chief statisticians for releasing data you do not like, it has serious economic consequences." Continue reading...
LAPD report shows use of force, including a day in June, against demonstrators protesting Trump's Ice raidsLos Angeles police officers fired more than 1,000 projectiles at protesters on a single day in June as demonstrators pushed back against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and decision to deploy the national guard to the country's second largest city.The police department released a state-mandated report on Monday on use of force against protesters that included numbers on bean bags, rubber and foam rounds, and tear gas deployed during days of protests in Los Angeles. Continue reading...
Justice department asks judge to shut down superfund' law that requires major polluters to pay for carbon emissionsDonald Trump's justice department has asked a judge to shut down a Vermont law which holds major polluters financially responsible for climate damages.In a brief filed on Monday in a federal court in Burlington, the administration said the policy is unlawful on its face" and pushed the court to end Vermont's lawless experiment". Continue reading...
Career experts warn of decades of progress lost as administration fires staff, slashes budgets and buries dataDonald Trump's second presidency has spelled upheaval or worse for multiple spheres of US government. But for science - long a key driver of the US's global preeminence - it has heralded the perfect storm.In public health, climate science, environmental protection and nuclear safety, seasoned career specialists have been left bewildered and often jobless under a ferocious onslaught from the president, apparently aimed at gaining control over a sector about which he has displayed strongly-held views, if frequently flawed understanding. Continue reading...
Governor Abbott called for expulsion, and the university said the video trivializing or promoting violence' was reprehensibleTexas State University has ended the enrollment of a student who appeared to mock the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a campus memorial event earlier this week.A video posted to social media Tuesday morning shows the student in the crowd slapping his neck multiple times, calling himself Charlie Kirk", and imitating Kirk when he was fatally shot in the neck on 10 September at Utah Valley University. Continue reading...
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