It was a dramatic night in Tokyo, featuring gold again for Noah Lyles and a chaotic post-race scene in the men's 400m hurdlesWomen's heptathlon - high jump: Johnson-Thompson's second attempt at the 1.80m ... better run-up ... and a good clearance! O'Dowda's third and final chance to get 1.80m now and she manages it as well!Brooks though cannot match the GB pair and she groans as she fails in her final attempt. That is her out of the high jump. Disappointing given her personal best is 1.84m. Continue reading...
Committee cited inconsistency in proposed policy changes and it is not clear how they will proceed on the issueA revamped panel of US vaccine advisers appointed by the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Friday decided not to go ahead with a planned vote that would have delayed the first hepatitis B vaccine dose for newborns, citing inconsistency in the proposed policy changes.It was not clear how the committee would now proceed on the issue. Continue reading...
Mark A Welsh III steps down after student's complaint led to firing of teacher and dismissal of dean and department headThe president of Texas A&M University's main campus is stepping down less than two weeks after a student's viral complaint about gender ideology" in the classroom set off a chain of repercussions, including the firing of the teacher as well as the dismissal of a dean and department chair.Mark A Welsh III, a retired air force four-star general, has been leading the university since 2022. His career before higher education included time as a fighter pilot, service on the joint chiefs of staff, work as the CIA's associate director for military affairs, a term as commandant of cadets at the Air Force Academy, and a stint as dean of the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M. Continue reading...
Lyles pulled ahead of teammate Kenny Bednarek heading into the straight then held him off down the stretch to capture his fourth title in a much-awaited final. Lyles finished in 19.52 seconds for a 0.06-second winning margin over Bednarek, who led the final at the halfway point. Lyles has now matched Usain Bolt with four 200 titles at the world championships.
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The Migrant Education Program opened doors for the kids of seasonal farm laborers. The Trump administration wants to axe all its fundingWhen Regina Zarate-Garcia was a child, she recalled being uprooted from one school district and planted in another as often as the seasons changed.Zarate-Garcia, now 18, was born in Salinas, California, to farm workers from Mexicali, a city just south of California on the US-Mexico border. I remember my parents getting home and seeing their pants splashed in strawberries, mixed with that familiar smell of pesticides," she recalls. Continue reading...
Jerry himself has left the ice-cream company, alleging it had been silenced. He's yet another casualty of corporate kowtowingWhen the history of this era is written, there will be much to say about the behavior of large corporations. And none of it will be good.As the Trump administration has ramped up its assault on American democracy, many corporations have chosen to look the other way or to curry favor with the president. They have fired employees who were too outspoken in their criticism of Donald Trump - ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talkshow, after Kimmel's remarks about Maga's reaction to the killing of Charlie Kirk, is the latest example.Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, is the author or editor of more than 100 books, including Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty Continue reading...
Demartravion Trey" Reed, 21, was found hanging from tree on Delta State University campusThe death of a Black college student whose body was found hanging from a tree on a university campus in Mississippi this week was ruled a suicide after an autopsy, police said in a statement.Demartravion Trey" Reed, 21, was found dead early on Monday near the pickleball courts on Delta State University's campus in Cleveland, Mississippi, according to officials. Continue reading...
Cuban asylum seeker EC and others saw hard-won victories vanish as new rules upended immigration courtsThe Cuban asylum seeker referred to in court papers as EC could not believe his luck, and neither could his lawyers.They had come to immigration court in Miami in late spring expecting only incremental progress in a case that had been grinding away for more than three years. Yet here was the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lawyer telling the judge the government was dropping its deportation demands. It seemed EC had won, eligible at last for a green card and permanent residency in the United States. Continue reading...
Liz Uihlein sent staff email with cartoon of Trump saying I hold the cards' to which Xi says the cards are made in China'A top donor to Donald Trump and other Maga Republicans has privately mocked the US president's longtime position that he has an upper hand in trade negotiations with China, in a sign that even some loyal supporters have been uneasy with the White House strategy.Liz Uihlein, the billionaire businesswoman who co-founded the office supply company Uline with her husband, Richard, sent an email to her staff earlier this year that contained a cartoon in which Trump can be seen playing cards with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping. In the cartoon, Trump claims: I hold the cards", to which Xi responds: The cards are made in China." Continue reading...
Arrests include 11 city officials who had demanded to see the conditions of an Ice intake facility on the 10th floorNew York lawmakers, immigrants' rights activists and religious leaders were arrested on Thursday at protests both inside and outside the complex in lower Manhattan where federal officials have been routinely detaining immigrants amid the Trump administration's anti-immigration agenda.At least 70 demonstrators staged a direct-action protest to block access to and from the underground garage used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to transport people arrested by the agency. The nature of the protest prompted the New York police department (NYPD) to begin arresting people sitting in front of the access ramp. Continue reading...
If approved as proposed, legislation would delay ban on toxic forever chemical'-laden firefighting foamRepublicans in Congress are attempting to gut hard-won health protections for service members against the US military's toxic PFAS forever chemical" pollution that has poisoned drinking water and likely sickened people around hundreds of bases.The repeals are included in the US House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). If approved as proposed, the legislation would indefinitely delay a ban on PFAS-laden firefighting foam set to go into effect next year, slash cleanup funding by $200m, lift a moratorium on incinerating firefighting foam and repeal a military ban on buying everyday goods that contain the chemicals. Continue reading...
The president's approval rating is underwater, with a new poll showing plunging Latino supportThe 2024 presidential election was a disaster for the Democrats. Donald Trump managed to shake loose the party's base. Latino voters, Black voters and young Americans swung away from Kamala Harris, resulting in Trump's first popular vote plurality in three tries. Less than a year later, the shifts may yet prove transitory. Looming cuts to healthcare, rising unemployment and sticky inflation may be yielding buyers' remorse. Whether the Democrats are up to the moment is an open question.Regardless, the new American Golden Age", promised by the president and his minions, is looking more like stagflation for the many and a booming stock market for the few. Topline youth unemployment stands at 10.8%, according to the Trump-maligned Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment rates for young men (11% ), Black youth (14.3%), and Hispanic youth (12.6%) are even higher.Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992 Continue reading...
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Claims are an unsophisticated, uneducated approach that demonstrates a lack of knowledge', says one professorUS law enforcement officials have claimed that the use of certain emojis could signal affiliation with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuelan gang, according to internal records reviewed by the Guardian.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the US army and other agencies have alleged in briefings, threat warnings and training materials for law enforcement that specific symbols used on social media are associated with Tren de Aragua, a group Donald Trump has regularly cited to support his immigration crackdown. Continue reading...
The president's claim that undermining his tariffs would literally destroy' the country gets the situation backwardsJust hours after an appeals court ruled that it was illegal for Donald Trump to impose his unpopular across-the-board tariffs on dozens of countries, he posted a frantic, over-the-top rant that declared: If allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America."So here the president of the United States was asserting that if the courts torpedoed his tariffs, then the US, the most powerful nation on earth, would be destroyed, would literally" be kaput. Trump seemed to suggest that court rulings that blocked his beloved tariffs would have the destructive power of, say, 100 hydrogen bombs.Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author, focusing on labour and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues
Kimmel's sudden defenestration may be a political success for Trump but it's a dire sign for free speech in AmericaIn Donald Trump's first term as president, he tried to get the mainstream media in line but largely failed. Yes, he ranted about the enemy of the people, insulted journalists and taught his followers to hate the press. But the guardrails mostly held and the spines of media owners stayed fairly stiff.This time, his project to keep the media on a tight leash - and therefore control the message - is going much better. At least from the point of view of a would-be authoritarian. Continue reading...
Council member Robert White says we need our strongest fighters' as he bids to take on Eleanor Holmes Norton, 88Washington DC's long-serving delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is under renewed pressure to step down after a city council member announced on Thursday he would challenge her in next year's election, saying the federal district needs its strongest fighters" as it faces unprecedented interference from Donald Trump and the Republican party.Robert White's decision to jump into the race for the non-voting role in the House of Representatives comes amid mounting concern over the 88-year-old Norton's ability to continue doing the job at a tense moment for the city. Trump in August ordered a temporary federal takeover of the Washington DC police department and dispatched national guard and federal agents onto its streets to fight what he called an out-of-control" crime wave, a claim city leaders disputed. Continue reading...
Protesters gather outside Disney HQ after decision to indefinitely suspend the popular show. Plus, California records highest national poverty rate alongside LouisianaGood morning.The late-night show hosts Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon and the former host David Letterman have rallied behind Jimmy Kimmel after ABC's decision to indefinitely suspend his popular program after his comments about the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed this month.How did Donald Trump respond? He celebrated, while suggesting TV networks that cover him negatively" could be punished by the government.How did Jon Stewart react? He did his entire monologue in an all-gold studio saying only positive things about Trump in a mock-terrified tone, and interviewed the Nobel prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa, who was imprisoned in the Philippines for her work and told Stewart Americans were deer in the headlights" in the face of Trump's authoritarianism.Where else have we seen crackdowns on comedy? In his attacks on some of the most prominent satirists, Trump has joined a cadre of illiberal leaders in countries such as Russia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.What did Trump say about Russia's actions? Putin has let me down", he said. He's killing many people, and he's losing more people than he's killing. The Russian soldiers are being killed at a higher rate than the Ukrainian soldiers."What's the latest on the frontline? Ukrainian forces had pushed back some of the gains Russia made over the summer, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He called the operation an important success" after months of battlefield setbacks.What's the latest on sanctions? The EU is expected to announce a new package of sanctions on Russia today, targetting banking and energy. Continue reading...
The trophy for the best regular season record has numerous contenders, which of which have reasons to think they'll lift it (or not)Are you a Cup or Shield person? For those who choose the latter, this part of the season is for you. The race to claim the title for best regular-season record is coming to a head with several teams still in serious Supporters' Shield contention - it's shaping up to be the wildest finish in recent memory.As evidence of this: The standings are led by a team who lost their most recent match 7-0. Behind them - by just one point - are an expansion side. Then it's a team who have won just two of their last six games followed by an outfit on a record-tying nine-game winning streak. And then there's the team lurking in the shadows, boasting the greatest player of all-time, still within striking distance thanks to games in hand. Continue reading...
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to IndiaThe exiled Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has experienced firsthand how intolerant governments can silence political satire. And he had a short message this week for those living in an age of Donald Trump's free speech clampdown: My Fellow American Citizens," he wrote on X. Welcome to my world."In his attacks on the most prominent of American satirists, the US president has joined a cadre of illiberal and sensitive leaders around the world who will not tolerate a joke. Continue reading...
US president Donald Trump suggested that TV networks which cover him 'negatively' could be punished by the government, after celebrating ABC suspending late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Speaking to reporters on his flight back to the US from his state visit to the UK, the president said major US networks were '97% against me', though he did not offer evidence to prove this figure or detail how this conclusion was evaluated
Demonstrators condemn CEO Bob Iger and fellow executives for bending the knee' to Trump administrationThe Mickey Mouse logo is all over Walt Disney's headquarters in Burbank, California. But on Thursday, those famous ears were also on display outside the studio on protest signs, including one labeling Disney executives as cowards" for suspending Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talkshow in response to pressure from the Trump administration.Disney, which owns ABC, indefinitely" suspended Kimmel's show on Wednesday night, following threatening remarks by Trump's Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr about possible regulatory consequences for comments Kimmel made about Trump and the Maga movement's response to Charlie Kirk's killing. Continue reading...
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President says Jimmy Kimmel was not a talented person' as critics decry show's suspension as an attack on free speechDonald Trump suggested on Thursday that TV networks which cover him negatively" could be punished by the government after his celebration of ABC suspending late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.On Air Force One, the president spoke to reporters on his flight back to the US from his state visit to the UK. The president said major US networks were 97% against me", though he did not offer evidence to prove this figure or detail how this conclusion was evaluated. He said he read the statistic someplace". Continue reading...
Donald Trump suggests networks that carry critical coverage should lose licenses, amid calls for boycott of ABC owner Disney - key US politics stories from 18 September 2025Donald Trump suggested on Thursday the TV networks that cover him negatively" could lose their licenses after he celebrated ABC suspending late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.The president said major US networks were 97% against me", though he did not offer evidence to support this figure. They give me only bad press. I mean they're getting a license. I would think maybe their licenses should be taken away." Continue reading...
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...
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