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After Cornelius Taylor's death, the city made promises to change its homelessness policy - but his friends say it didn't follow throughFor the first time since she stopped calling it home, Lolita Griffeth set foot on Old Wheat Street, tucked behind Atlanta's historic Auburn Avenue.She gingerly walked down the alley, leaning on her walker, and pointed. Continue reading...
We would like to hear from pregnant women and medical professionals about their views on Trump's commentsPresident Trump has advised pregnant women not to take acetaminophen, usually branded as Tylenol in the US or paracetamol elsewhere, as he claims it heightens the risk of autism in children.Despite his assertion being contested by scientists internationally and contradicted by studies, Trump said: Taking Tylenol is not good ... All pregnant women should talk to their doctors about limiting the use of this medication while pregnant." Continue reading...
Disney saw hurricane-level blowback over the talkshow host's suspension, thanks in large part to consumersABC says Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will return to the airwaves next Tuesday - less than a week after Trump's henchman Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said on a podcast that Kimmel's remarks were part of a concerted effort to lie to the American people".Carr threatened that the FCC could do this the easy way or the hard way" - suggesting that either ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney, must remove Kimmel or the regulator would have additional work" to do. Continue reading...
Alfredo Juarez Zeferino spent a harrowing few months in Ice jail - and, under threat of deportation, chose to leaveAlfredo Lelo" Juarez Zeferino spends much of his days outdoors, harvesting bananas and hiking vast, bramble-laden trails. But for more than a quarter of 2025, he barely saw the sun. After being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in March, the farm-worker activist was placed in a detention center in Washington state, where he remained until he agreed to voluntarily leave the US.I probably would say five times, in the three months and a half I was in there, they offered me to go outside," he explained on a Zoom call from his family farm in Guerrero, Mexico, where he has been for over a month. Continue reading...
Influencer creep symbolizes a broader rot at the heart of the broadcaster as it attempts to stop interrogating the very sports it coversFor a certain segment of American sports fans, all change is automatically bad - especially when it comes to their favourite shows. Minor tweaks to beloved theme songs, shuffles to commentary booths and analysis teams, new scoreboard graphics, even changes to the duration and placement of ad breaks: all of these can trigger days, sometimes even years, of volcanic debate. For a certain type of sporting masochist it's possible to plug into corners of the online sportingverse that are still litigating, say, the chyrons from the 2010 NBA finals, or ESPN's decision - originally made in 2011, reversed in 2017, then reinstated in 2020 - to cut ties with Hank Williams Jr and his legendary All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night intro song for Monday Night Football.The outrage prompted by the latest upheavals at ESPN certainly fits the pattern of involuntary fan resistance to change, but on closer inspection this is more than a case of a few disgruntled cable TV subscribers reenacting the old man yells at cloud" meme. In August ESPN announced it was bringing on Katie Feeney, a recent Penn State graduate with 14 million followers across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, to produce sports and lifestyle content - offering a blend of on-site access, fashion, and culture", as the press release put it - for the network's main broadcasts and digital channels. Continue reading...
Claims of a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism have been repeatedly disproven - despite what the US administration suggestsI have treated more than 200,000 patients in almost 40 years of practising medicine. Autism is a complex disorder which can present in many different ways and in a spectrum of severity. Causation is a very important consideration and, as a paediatrician, I know that parents often ask why their child has autism.Particularly in the severe end of the autism spectrum, genetic disorders can present with autistic features; for example Angelman syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome, Williams syndrome and many others. However, for the majority of the children who are diagnosed with autism, no cause is found. We also know that the number of children diagnosed with autism in the developed world is increasing. There are many reasons for this, not least that we are better at diagnosing it. However, in my work I often heard the question why is my child autistic?" Continue reading...
For years, the EU followed the US's lead when it came to China. That is no longer an option and Beijing has other prioritiesEurope's relationship with the US is unmoored, but it has also lost its bearings with regard to China, caught by competing forces that pull and push in opposite directions.Europe's China policy used to be a function of Washington's. When Barack Obama tried and then failed to pivot to Asia in 2011, sucked into turmoil in the Middle East instead, Europeans lulled themselves into the belief that their relationship with Asia could continue to be driven by trade, with security an afterthought.Nathalie Tocci is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...
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This blog has closed. Read our latest story herePer my last post, it's important to underscore that autism has been a focus for Kennedy. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Kennedy planned to announce that use of Tylenol by pregnant women was potentially linked to autism spectrum disorder. Kennedy has claimed that the US is in the grip of an autism epidemic" fuelled by environmental toxins".A reminder that the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) says there's no clear evidence" linking prudent" use of acetaminophen to issues with fetal development. Continue reading...
Doctors call president's warning that pregnant women should limit use of acetaminophen - also known as paracetamol - highly concerning' and irresponsible'Medical experts are raising alarms after Donald Trump warned pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol, baselessly linking the painkiller - also known as paracetamol - with a rise in autism among children.From the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), doctors have endorsed the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy after Trump said pregnant women who can't tough it out" without the painkiller should limit their intake. Continue reading...
New York mayoral candidate had withdrawn from WABC event in protest at network's suspension of talkshow hostZohran Mamdani, the New York Democratic mayoral candidate, said on Monday evening he was willing to appear at a town hall hosted by a local ABC station after the national network said it would reinstate Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show.Mamdani had announced his withdrawal from the televised town hall hosted by a local ABC station in protest of the network's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's talkshow. Continue reading...
Having now won four successive 200m world titles, Noah Lyles has expressed a desire to surpass Usain Bolt's record with a fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in 2027. But when asked about the future of the sport, Lyles said: 'The future of sprinting is hazy right now. There is so much talent, there is so much room for growth and there are so many new personalities coming up, but I feel the way that the sport is right now, nobody knows which direction to go in.'
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists hits back at linking of key painkiller, known widely as Tylenol or paracetamol, to autism - key US politics stories from 22 September 2025Donald Trump announced on Monday that pregnant women should limit their use of acetaminophen, usually branded as Tylenol in the US or paracetamol elsewhere, which he claimed heightens the risk of autism when it used by pregnant women, an assertion hotly contested by scientists internationally and contradicted by studies.The president said he had waited for 20 years for this meeting" and added: It's not that everything's 100% understood or known, but I think we've made a lot of strides." Continue reading...
White House proclamation announcing new visa fees has prompted questions and confusion - here's what to knowDonald Trump's administration has announced an annual $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, a type of US visa that allows companies to hire foreign workers in skilled occupations such as IT, healthcare and engineering.The new proclamation, signed on Friday, brought a mixed bag of emotions for hundreds of thousands of workers on H-1B visas, as well as many question. Here's what you need to know. Continue reading...
President's announcement latest move in campaign that seeks to valorize the natural' - often at women's expenseDonald Trump has, allegedly, found the answer to autism": Tylenol.On Monday, Trump announced that pregnant women should dramatically limit their use of acetaminophen, known by the brand name Tylenol or internationally as paracetamol, because, he claimed, it raises the risk of autism. Continue reading...
Executive order revives controversial pledge from Trump's first presidency in wake of Charlie Kirk's killingDonald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that designates antifa as a domestic terrorist organization", reviving a controversial pledge from his first presidency in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing on 10 September and yesterday's memorial service.Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law," the order reads. Continue reading...
More than 22,000 people report feeling early-morning quake, which occurred east-south-east of BerkeleyAn earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 rocked the San Francisco Bay Area early on Monday, waking up many people in the northern California region.The quake hit just east-south-east of Berkeley, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, and more than 22,000 people said they felt it. Continue reading...
President says acetaminophen - also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by researchThe Trump administration unveiled highly contentious conclusions about the causes of autism, together with a push for research purporting to find a possible cure" for the condition on Monday.After months of widely trumpeted investigations spearheaded by the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump announced that pregnant women should limit their use of acetaminophen, usually branded as Tylenol in the US or paracetamol elsewhere, which he claimed heightens the risk of autism when it used by pregnant women, an assertion hotly contested by scientists internationally and contradicted by studies. Continue reading...
Court grants justice department request to block judge's order that shielded Rebecca Slaughter from being dismissedThe US supreme court on Monday let Donald Trump fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, for now, while agreeing to hear arguments in the case in December, setting up a major test of presidential power over government agencies designed by Congress to be independent.The court granted a justice department request to block a judge's order that had shielded Rebecca Slaughter, who sued to challenge Trump's action, from being dismissed from the consumer protection and antitrust agency before her term expires in 2029. Continue reading...
Tom Homan alleged to have taken $50,000 cash from undercover FBI agent in return for political favoursDemocrats have urged treasury watchdogs to investigate reports that Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan accepted a $50,000 bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent in return for political favours.In the alleged scheme, Homan promised immigration-related government contracts when he joined the Trump administration in exchange for the money, according to unnamed sources quoted by multiple media outlets. The justice department subsequently shut down a bribery investigation. Continue reading...
Rand Paul, a Kentucky senator, also said Disney and ABC have no obligation to employ the late-night hostRepublican US senator Rand Paul broke with Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr for seemingly putting his finger on the scale in the ongoing dispute between suspended talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel and his employer, Disney-owned ABC.Paul, Kentucky's junior senator, spoke Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press about the Donald Trump-appointed communications regulator who recently threatened to pull ABC affiliate broadcast licenses if Disney did not take action against Kimmel over his comments suggesting that Republicans were trying to characterize the alleged killer of far-right commentator Charlie Kirk as anything other" than part of the president's Maga gang". Continue reading...
The president's admission is more than bravado. By blurring truth and criminalising dissent, he is dismantling the US's free-speech order from withinAt Sunday's memorial for the rightwing activist CharlieKirk, Donald Trump paid a peculiar tribute. Having quoted Mr Kirk's words of forgiveness, he put aside the script. That's where I disagreed with Charlie," he said. I hate my opponents, and I don't want the best for them." It was a stark and clarifying admission. Mr Trump does not seek to criminalise hate speech so much as to criminalise speech he hates.The US is being dragged into a state of emergency. Speech is framed as terrorism. Satire is rebranded as enemy propaganda. Employers punish workers for personal posts. The predictable result is a chilling climate of surveillance and reprisal, in which citizens learn to keep quiet. The assassination is not just being used to police manners; it is being used to reconstruct the public square so that dissent equals disloyalty, and disloyalty is treated as a security threat. Continue reading...
Democrats trod carefully in responding to event attended by nearly 100,000 that blended politics with religionDemocrats maintained a wary silence on Monday as Donald Trump's Republican party appeared galvanised by a memorial service for the late rightwing activist Charlie Kirk that was part religious revival, part political rally.Nearly 100,000 people filled an American football stadium and overflow arena in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday to pay tribute to Kirk, according to his his organisation Turning Point USA. The 31-year-old staunch Trump ally was shot dead on 10 September. Continue reading...
Robert Steven DeCesare was dining at country club in Nashua and faced the shooter to protect his wife and familyThe wife and mother of a man who was killed during a shooting at a New Hampshire country club carried out over the weekend by a former facility employee say the victim sacrificed his life to protect his family.Robert Steven DeCesare, 59, was fatally shot on Saturday night at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, about 45 miles (72km) from Boston, where relatives say he had been dining with his wife and family to plan his daughter's upcoming wedding. Continue reading...
What is happening to Judith Butler - a Jewish intellectual - in the name of fighting antisemitism' is outrageousAmid all the other breaking news consuming the United States this month, the University of California, Berkeley, arguably the nation's most elite public university, gave the Trump administration a list of 160 names of faculty, staff and students, as part of an investigation into alleged antisemitic incidents".While all the names on this list are significant, one name in particular that UC Berkeley handed over to the Trump administration stands out: Judith Butler, the eminent queer theorist, literary theorist and philosopher, and one of the most famous public intellectuals in the United States today.Joel Swanson is professor of Jewish studies at Sarah Lawrence College Continue reading...
Move is high-risk and potentially unlawful amid Trump's deportation push since military lawyers lack immigration expertiseThe Trump administration has started recruiting hundreds of military lawyers to sit as immigration judges, presiding over what are often life-and-death federal decisions for immigrants in the US, as experts warn the White House strategy is high-risk and arguably unlawful.The judgeships are temporary, but renewable, and the government's goal is to fill an acute need for more immigration judges amid Donald Trump's mass deportation mission - which is now happening even as experienced immigration judges seemingly deemed to have fallen foul of the president's agenda are being purged from the courts. Continue reading...
Ryan Easley operated Growler Pines preserve, which called accident painful reminder' of unpredictability' of natureA tiger fatally mauled its handler at a preserve in Oklahoma, officials at the facility say.Ryan Easley, the operator of the Growler Pines Tiger Preserve near Hugo, Oklahoma, was mauled to death on Saturday in what the site portrayed as an accident" with a tiger under his care. Continue reading...
Irishman does not fear the New York crowd and wants to avenge heavy loss the last time the match was in the USRory McIlroy nudged Shane Lowry at a recent European Ryder Cup team gathering as footage of the 2006 football World Cup final was shown. We watched that match together,'" Lowry says McIlroy reminded him. I was like, What?' He said, Yeah, European Youths' Team Championships. Sotogrande.' From that to sitting at a Ryder Cup dinner, 19 years later is pretty cool." Next stop, Bethpage.Lowry has told his close friend that he envies him, in the nicest possible sense. The 38-year-old looked on with smiles, but green eyes, as McIlroy claimed the Masters - completing a career grand slam - and produced heroics to win a second Irish Open this month. I said to him the other day, I am starting to get really jealous," says Lowry. I also said to him that I hope Irish people realise how lucky they are to have Rory at that level, coming back to play the Irish Open every year. Continue reading...
Worker groups oppose move, citing studies finding health risks and decline in cognitive skills with increase in ageTed Cruz, the Texas Republican who heads the US Senate's commerce committee, has urged Donald Trump to support international efforts by an airline trade group to raise the mandatory pilot retirement age to 67 - despite opposition from a pilots association, which says such a move could increase travel risks.In a letter first reported by Reuters on Sunday, Cruz asked Trump to support efforts the upcoming opening of a United Nations aviation meeting in Montreal. Continue reading...
Chicago's quarterback has done very little to justify his No 1 overall selection since he was drafted last year. On Sunday things changed for the betterCaleb Williams needed this. Ben Johnson needed this. The Chicago Bears, more than anyone, needed this.The Bears dismantled the Cowboys on Sunday, 31-14, with an offense that finally resembled the one fans had imagined when Williams was drafted first overall and Johnson was hired to orchestrate a rebuild. It was fast. It was explosive. It was bruising. It was fun. Continue reading...
The wealthiest New Yorkers are desperately to rally support - and millions of dollars - for Andrew Cuomo to defeat the democratic socialistZohran Mamdani has had to overcome a lot during his campaign to be New York City's next mayor.His age, relative lack of experience and his self-stated democratic socialism could have held him back. Yet the 33-year-old, a relative unknown 12 months ago, sailed through all challenges as he became the favorite to win the election in November. Continue reading...
The disappearance of America's leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leadersAs Trump and his goons strip Americans of our constitutional rights, the silence of the nation's leadership class is deafening.I'm old enough to remember when, during the Vietnam war, university presidents utilized their bully pulpits to remind America of its moral center.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...
FBI announces $10,000 reward to find suspect who disappeared after Sid Wells was fatally shot in 1983The recent death of Robert Redford brought renewed interest to an unresolved search for a murder suspect - the one accused of killing the boyfriend of the acclaimed actor's daughter in Colorado decades earlier.As local outlets recounted in the aftermath of Redford's death, his daughter Shauna was attending the University of Colorado Boulder when her boyfriend and fellow student, Sid Wells, was fatally shot in his apartment. Redford was gearing up to film his classic The Natural at the time of the 1 August 1983 murder, yet he was at his daughter's side in the wake of Wells' death and was present for his funeral. Continue reading...
I appear to be the first attorney targeted in a scheme that calls on federal agencies to accuse lawyers of unethical conductOn Memorial Day weekend 2025, a woman frantically called to tell me her husband was being removed to Laos late that night, with only hours of notice. Though I'm a solo practitioner with limited resources, I took the case pro bono because my values drive me to help indigent clients. I was aware of the government's catch-me-if-you-can scheme to move detainees around without notice to escape court oversight, but I felt prepared for the challenge because I'm also an independent legal scholar who published a practice guide to help lawyers navigate habeas corpus actions for immigrant clients.Though I secured an order from the northern district of Texas explicitly preventing my client's removal from the United States, he was nevertheless put on an international flight around 1am on Memorial Day. After a restless night making calls and sending emails, I went on a hike to refresh. My client surprised me with an exasperated call from Guam, where he had been deplaned and detained, possibly because of my actions that night. It was a small victory - he remained in a US territory. I rushed to file for a new order in the district of Guam to help ensure my client was not going to be made stateless, indefinitely imprisoned or removed in a way that defied human rights treaties.Joshua Schroeder is a first amendment attorney Continue reading...
Oscar-winning actor Angelina Jolie has said 'I don't recognise my country' amid the threats to free speech in the US. 'Anything anywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms from anyone, I think, is very dangerous,' she said at Spain's San Sebastian film festival. Jolie added: 'These are such serious times that we have to be careful not to say things casually. These are very, very heavy times we are living in together'
In a packed arena in Phoenix, Arizona, Trump officials and prominent members of the Make America Great Again (Maga) movement gathered to remember the late rightwing activist Charlie Kirk. His widow, Erika Kirk, as well as Donald Trump and many of his cabinet members gave speeches weaving politics with evangelical conservative Christianity. We need to bring back religion to America,' the US president told the crowd, while vice-president JD Vance said: I always felt a little uncomfortable talking about my faith in public. I have talked more about Jesus Christ in the past two weeks than I have my entire time in public life'
Musk, who bankrolled Trump's presidential campaign and later became an advisor to him, greeted the president at the memorial for Charlie KirkDonald Trump met with billionaire Elon Musk, his once trusted adviser with whom the president had a spectacular public falling out, at a memorial event for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, raising speculation that the two could be reconciling.Trump shook hands with and chatted to Musk, who once led the president's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which took a hatchet to the US federal workforce and agencies in the early months of Trump's second administration. Continue reading...
President says I hate my opponents'; Kirk's widow forgives shooter; Murdochs could be part of TikTok deal - key US politics stories from 21 September at a glanceDonald Trump gave a rambling, freewheeling address at the Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona on Sunday, taking aim at Joe Biden and trailing a major announcement on autism as well as praising Kirk, who was shot dead on 10 September.In front of a crowd of tens of thousands, Trump said Kirk was a great American hero" and martyr" for freedom. During the event he sat side-by-side with billionaire Elon Musk, a once trusted adviser with whom the US president had a spectacular public falling out. Continue reading...
Vice-president was in confessional mode as he eulogized his friend in Arizona - but speech could have political utility tooJD Vance went into confessional mode. I was telling somebody backstage that I always felt a little uncomfortable talking about my faith in public," he said. As much as I love the Lord, and as much as it was an important part of my life, I have talked more about Jesus Christ in the past two weeks than I have my entire time in public life."The crowd at rightwing political activist Charlie Kirk's memorial service at a football stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday rose to its feet and roared its approval. Continue reading...
Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro says US stands at inflection point' after Charlie Kirk killing and urges unity over divisionPennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro has said Americans must universally condemn political violence, no matter where it is" after the killing of rightwing youth organizer Charlie Kirk as well as a deadly shootout in Shapiro's state that left three police officers dead and two others injured.Hours before Kirk's funeral, Shapiro said that the nation stands at an inflection point" and urged Americans to choose shared values over division, pointing to the solidarity shown by Pennsylvanians in the aftermath of the officers' killings in York county last week. Continue reading...
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