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Claims that Maga is fracturing are overblown. But that doesn't mean Trump can't be defeatedThe fracas over the Jeffrey Epstein files - and declining poll numbers on every issue that won Donald Trump the 2024 election - indicate cracks in the Maga coalition and weakening support for the president's self-proclaimed mandate.But reports of Maga's death are probably exaggerated.Judith Levine is Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism Continue reading...

Exclusive: Robert Garcia and Summer Lee sent letter to Kristi Noem regarding masked immigration agents and concerns over constitutional protectionsDemocratic members of Congress are pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reveal information about immigration officers' practice of wearing masks and concealing their identities, according to a letter viewed by the Guardian.The letter marks another step in pushes by US lawmakers to require immigration officials to identify themselves during arrest operations, especially when agents are masked, a practice that has sparked outrage among civil rights groups. Continue reading...

PayZen's model relies on buying hospital debt at discount as Republican cuts set to leave millions without insuranceThe CEO of the artificial intelligence-backed medical debt purchasing company PayZen believes payment plans can be part of the solution to America's high-priced healthcare, even as consumer rights advocates warn third-party financial agreements lack transparency.The company is just one in a sea of healthcare financing companies, whose executives see acceleration" in conversations with cash-strapped hospitals facing historic Republican-led healthcare cuts. Continue reading...

In the past, US consumers have resisted their favorite foods changing to natural dyes. Attitudes might shift if Maha converts the entire industryThe Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement celebrated this month after the US dairy industry voluntarily pledged to remove all artificial dyes from ice-cream by 2028. In April, US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr prevailed upon the food industry to stop using artificial dyes, and many of the nation's largest food manufacturers, including Nestle, Kraft Heinz and PepsiCo, have already promised to comply. But the ice-cream pledge made Kennedy especially happy because, he said, ice-cream is his favorite food.Prepare to say goodbye to the brilliant pink (from red dye No 40) that signifies strawberry, the cool green (yellow 5 and blue 1) of mint chocolate chip, and the heroic combination of red 40, blue 1, and yellow 5 and 6 that makes up Superman. Continue reading...

Manufacturer cuts profit margin range for year as German car exports to US fall sharply

A collection of factors has brought home field advantage down to a level seen in the Premier League, making MLS feel more competitive as a result.For nearly two decades, Major League Soccer's home teams enjoyed a striking edge. When fans filled stands in cities from Miami to Vancouver, they could typically count on seeing their team win about 60% of the time. It's a notable mark. The Premier League saw home teams win just 45.7% of matches between the league's inception in 1992 up to the start of the 2024-25 season.But as 2025 unfolds, MLS home-win percentages have slumped to the mid-40s - putting the US and Canada league roughly in line with English and European norms. Rather than suggesting decline, though, the shift signals maturity: an American league evolving into a globally competitive, balanced championship. Continue reading...

The president's claims against his predecessor turn long-held ideals of American justice on their headAlmost every American knows that in our legal system, people accused of crimes are presumed innocent. The burden is on the government to overcome that presumption and prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.Those simple but powerful maxims were once a source of national pride. They distinguished the United States from countries where government officials and political leaders branded the opponents guilty before they were charged with a crime or brought to trial.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

Caitlin Clark is dazzling. Attendance is soaring. But the WNBA still faces questions: about refereeing, star power, media narratives and what progress really looks likeThe WNBA is one of those leagues that is perpetually at the crossroads. In the 1990s, the league saw off the challenge of the American Basketball League (ABL), which paid higher salaries but lacked the NBA's marketing muscle, but perhaps that victory gave the NBA and WNBA a dose of complacency. Attendance steadily dropped for several years, and went through revolving doors from city to city - or into permanent hiatus.Now, with women's sports in the middle of a growth spurt and the dazzling skills of Caitlin Clark on display, the WNBA has an age-old issue: More money, more problems - or, at least, more critics conjuring up more questions. Continue reading...

By silencing staff who condemn Israel's actions while promoting themselves as champions of dignity and respect, businesses are failingI have been working in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for more than six years. This year, more than ever, I have started to question what the purpose of it really is. Though I've been celebrating companies that took a stand against Donald Trump's anti-DEI executive orders, under the radar I have noticed an insidious censorship rearing its head.Since 2023 we have been witness to one of the worst atrocities of our lifetimes. Livestreamed to our phones, we have seen the slaughter of at least 58,000 Palestinians, more than 17,000 of them children, and many of them in hospitals, schools, refugee camps and food queues. We have seen the denial of water, electricity and medical supplies, the obliteration of communities, mass manmade starvation, and continued calls by Israeli ministers for the permanent expulsion or eradication of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel's plans for a so-called humanitarian city to be built on the ruins of Rafah has been described by the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert as a concentration camp".Jinan Younis is the founder of diversity, equity and inclusion agency WeCalibrate and former assistant politics editor at gal-dem magazine Continue reading...

Hardhats and bad math as Fed chief shows president's complaint about $3.1bn cost has been jacked up with old spending. Key US politics stories from 24 July 2025It looks like it's about $3.1bn - it went up a little bit or a lot," said Donald Trump, handing Jerome Powell a piece of paper as they stood amid construction at the US Federal Reserve's Washington HQ. The usually unflappable Fed chief looked irritated, closed his eyes and shook his head. I am not aware of that," said Powell.Powell scanned the paper and pointed out the figure wrongly included the cost of renovations for a different Fed building that was done five years ago. It's not new," said Powell. Continue reading...

This blog has now closed. Read our story hereIn today's episode of Today in Focus, my colleague and Guardian Washington DC bureau chief David Smith reports on the Donald Trump's troubles over the Jeffrey Epstein case, and how the president risks alienating his own base.Trump has peddled many conspiracy theories in his time. From the baseless smear that Barack Obama was not a US citizen, to the claim that Trump did not lose the 2020 election, to ones even more far-fetched than that. Continue reading...

Wall Street Journal reports ex-president's letter, while New York Times reports Trump called Epstein the greatest'Donald Trump apparently isn't the only president that sent a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. The biggest name in the album" was Bill Clinton, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The ex-president's letter appeared alongside nearly 50 others, including other prominent celebrities and executives.Last week, the Journal reported that Trump had authored a bawdy" letter to Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 after he was arrested on federal sex-trafficking charges. The letter was included in an album Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell compiled on the occasion of his 50th birthday in 2003. Trump has sued Rupert Murdoch, two Wall Street Journal newspaper reporters and the newspaper's publisher Dow Jones for libel and slander over the reporting. Continue reading...

Maxwell lawyer says client answered every single question' as deputy attorney general plans another meeting on FridayThe Jeffrey Epstein files scandal swirling around Donald Trump and his administration continued to escalate on Thursday as officials from the Department of Justice met with the late sex offender's longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose lawyer said she answered every question ... honestly and to the best of her ability".Todd Blanche, the US deputy attorney general, arrived on Thursday morning at the office of the US attorney in Tallahassee, Florida, ABC News reported. The state prosecutor's office is based in the federal courthouse in the Florida capital and Maxwell's lawyers were also seen entering the building. Continue reading...

FCC approval of deal comes after Paramount paid $16m to settle Trump lawsuit over 60 Minutes interviewThe Federal Communications Commission approved the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media on Thursday, clearing the way for an $8.4bn sale of some of the most prominent names in entertainment, including the CBS broadcast television network, Paramount Pictures and the Nickelodeon cable channel.The FCC agreed to transfer broadcast licenses for 28 owned-and-operated CBS television stations to the new owners after Paramount paid $16m to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a 60 Minutes interview with former vice-president Kamala Harris that aired in October. Continue reading...

Order removes restrictions from municipalities and redirects funds toward rehabilitation and treatmentThe federal government is seeking to crack down on homelessness in the US, with Donald Trump issuing an executive order to push local governments to remove unhoused people from the streets.The order the US president signed on Thursday will seek the reversal of federal or state judicial precedents and the termination of consent decrees" that restrict local governments' ability to force people into treatment for mental health, and redirect funds to support rehabilitation and treatment. The order aims to restore public order", saying endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made our cities unsafe", according to the order. Continue reading...

Fed chair pushes back on Trump criticism of renovation costs as president presses central bank to cut interest rates

Donald Trump appeared to ambush Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, during his site visit to inspect the renovation of the central bank's historic headquarters in Washington. The president claimed the total cost of the renovations was $3.1bn, higher than previously reported. As Trump made this claim, Powell shook his head and said: 'I'm not aware of that. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed.' Trump said the figure 'had just come out' and handed papers from his coat to Powell. 'This came from us?' Powell asked. After Trump said the new figures were from his people, Powell found the discrepancy: 'You added in a third building ... [which] was built five years ago'

Experts warn half-baked' restructuring will further erode support for US farmers and hamper wildfire responseThousands of employees at the US Department of Agriculture will be forced to take salary cuts and relocate out of the Washington DC area, as part of a major restructuring that experts warn will further weaken support for American farmers and complicate wildfire response.In a memorandum issued on Thursday, the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, outlined the key pillars" behind the department's reorganization, focused on reducing its financial footprint, removing resources from the capital, eliminating management and consolidating workforces responsible for a range of functions, including freedom of information requests, tribal relations, grants and human resources. Continue reading...

Announcement comes as administration tries to pivot from questions about Trump's ties to the disgraced financierThe US justice department has formed a strike force" to investigate claims that the Obama administration carried out a treasonous conspiracy" by using false intelligence to suggest Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump.Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, announced the new force's formation Wednesday after the release of a trove of declassified documents from Barack Obama's national security team by the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. The announcement comes as the US president finds himself mired in scandal over the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and has tried to distract by pivoting conversation to retribution against his political enemies. Continue reading...

Trump's reluctance to call for documents' release rankles supporters who claim he has broken campaign promiseA trove of documents related to the child sexual abuse offender Jeffrey Epstein are at the center of a splinter between Donald Trump and his rightwing allies.While campaigning, Trump said he would release the so-called Epstein files", the documents about criminal investigations into his former friend, who died in jail by hanging in 2019. But since taking office, Trump has appeared to have broken that promise, rankling ardent Maga allies who have spent years calling for the documents' release. Continue reading...

Hulk Hogan, the wrestling star and vocal supporter of Donald Trump, has died at the age of 71, his manager confirmed. Chris Volo told NBC Los Angeles that Hogan, given name Terry Gene Bollea, suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida, and died surrounded by his family. Instantly recognisable from his blonde horseshoe moustache and bandannas, Hogan was one of the most popular wrestling stars of the 1980s and considered one of the sport's greatest of all time

Background check regime infringes on the fundamental right to keep and bear arms,' a judge wrote in the decisionA federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that California's first-of-its-kind law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks to buy ammunition is unconstitutional.In a 2-1 vote, the ninth US circuit court of appeals in Pasadena, California, upheld a lower court judge's permanent injunction against enforcing the law. Continue reading...

Men recently reunited with loved ones in their home country detail months of abuse at the facilityVenezuelan men who were deported by the US to a notorious prison in El Salvador without due process are speaking out about treatment they described as hell" and like a horror movie", after arriving back home. A total of 252 Venezuelan nationals were repatriated in the last week in a deal between the US and Venezuelan governments, with many able to reunite with family after their ordeal in El Salvador.Carlos Uzcategui tightly hugged his sobbing wife and stepdaughter on Wednesday morning in western Venezuela after he had been away for a year. Continue reading...

Show begins 27th season covering Trump's lawsuit against Paramount and cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show, depicting Trump in bed with SatanSouth Park has kicked off its 27th season with a blistering episode taking aim at Donald Trump and its newly minted parent company, Paramount, just one day after signing a $1.5bn deal with the network.The premiere episode, Sermon on the Mount, sees the US president in bed with series regular Satan and covers topics including Trump's lawsuit against Paramount, the cancellation of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, wokeness, Trump's attacks on Canada and more. Continue reading...

A summary of the report obtained by the Guardian found no specific issue with how the club handled a report of abuse but improvements could have been madeAn investigation commissioned by the National Women's Soccer League found that the San Diego Wave front office could have done more" to address a sexual assault allegation from a member of the club's staff, but ultimately found no specific issue with how the claim was handled because the alleged victim did not use the term sexual" when describing her experience.The finding is contained in a report summarizing the investigation, which had not previously been made public but was obtained by the Guardian US. Continue reading...

Bloc's steel exporters face catastrophic' Trump levy, says industry body - twice the rate for the UK

Some slammed the agreement with the Trump administration to reinstate $400m in federal funds while others praised it as an excellent outcome'Columbia University's long anticipated deal with the Trump administration after months of negotiations has drawn both condemnation and praise from faculty, students, and alumni - a sign that the end of negotiations will hardly restore harmony on a campus profoundly divided since the beginning of Israel's war in Gaza.The deal will reinstate $400m in federal funds the administration cut from the university after it accused it of allowing antisemitism to fester on campus. But it will cost Columbia some $220m in legal settlements, as well as a host of new measures that critics warn significantly restrict the university's independence and will further repress pro-Palestinian speech. Continue reading...

Southern California Edison announces program amid concerns state's wildfire fund will not be able to cover lossesLos Angeles's main utility company will compensate victims of January's deadly Eaton wildfire - even though investigators have yet to determine whether the company's equipment sparked the blaze.In a statement released Wednesday, Southern California Edison announced the establishment of the Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program, a voluntary fund it developed in consultation with Kenneth R Feinberg and Camille S Biros, the duo who designed the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Continue reading...

Starbucks' CEO already made 6,666 times more than his workers in 2024Starbucks' CEO, Brian Niccol, made 6,666 times more than his average worker last year, according to a report on the growing gap between top executives and their workers.The inequality gap between CEOs' pay and that of their median workers rose in 2024 to 285 to 1 from 268 to 1 in 2023, according to a report released this week by the largest federation of labor unions in the US, the AFL-CIO. Continue reading...

Speaking on a podcast, the actor compared the US president to a snake-oil salesman' and said he's everything that's wrong with not just America but with being a human being'The actor Jeff Daniels has said he hopes those who voted for Donald Trump's second term in the White House lose money as a consequence.Speaking to MSNBC's The Best People With Nicolle Wallace podcast, Daniels addressed the president's supporters, saying: I hope you're losing tons of money, those of you who thought this would be OK. My question is, What are you guys going to do about it?'" Continue reading...

The Israeli PM went on Full Send Podcast to reach young people'. After his appearance, its YouTube channel lost more than 100,000 subscribers in less than a dayGaza is starving. Nearly 100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, and a third of Gaza's population is going days without eating, according to an expert from the UN World Food Programme. Tons of food sits rotting in warehouses just outside Gaza but the government of Israel will not allow it to be freely delivered. Instead, starving Palestinians must contend with a real-life version of The Hunger Games to try and eat. Over 1,000 desperate Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli forces since the end of May trying to reach food distribution points run by the US - and the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian" Foundation.But enough about that, eh! Who wants to hear about starving babies who will either die painful deaths or never fully recover from the long-term consequences of malnutrition in early childhood? I'm sure what you really want to know is what Benjamin Netanyahu's favourite fast food order is. And, luckily, I've got some answers for you. Continue reading...

Since Trump's immigration crackdown, global perceptions of America have plummeted. Citizens and non-citizens alike are rethinking whether we still want US passportsIt starts with a quiz from a law firm: did your grandparents leave before or after 1951? Do you have their passports or marriage certificate?If I answer correctly, I will get another email from a lawyer who specializes in citizenship claims. If I do not, my file may be quietly marked as a long shot. The stakes are high: if successful, I could ultimately obtain an EU citizenship for myself and then perhaps for other members of my family. Continue reading...

The president's long-effective tactics are finally facing a test - especially when it comes to time managementThe problem with a successful playbook is that you eventually keep doing the same thing mechanically. Fresh from intimidating ABC and CBS with meritless lawsuits, Donald Trump is suing Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal reporters who broke the story of a lewd birthday message for Jeffrey Epstein. But, unlike with the frivolous allegations against the big broadcasters, there's clearly a fact of the matter here: an authentic letter either exists or it does not; and there is plenty to be revealed in the process of finding out. Trump's time-proven move - whatever happens, just counter-attack - is likely to keep the very story he wants to kill alive. Meanwhile, the other elements of his playbook - deny, deflect, distract - only work if journalists and Democrats play along. They, not the seemingly all-important Trump base, are the actors to watch.We still debate whether Trumpism is a substantial ideology or not; what we are missing is that Trumpism, for sure, is a set of tactics for exploiting weaknesses in the US political, legal and media systems. Some of these tactics were inherited from his mentor Roy Cohn and many are now being adopted by Trump's followers - one must never admit guilt; one must always swing back; and one must reject, or ideally entirely bury, defeats (such as Trump's case against Bob Woodward and Woodward's publisher being dismissed recently). Continue reading...

Court records show Pedro Arrupe, a candidate for sainthood, failed to stop Donald Dickerson being ordained. Plus, deadly clashes on Thai-Cambodian borderGood morning.The former worldwide leader of the Jesuit religious order Pedro Arrupe acknowledged he was warned that one of his aspiring priests had been accused of sexually molesting two children and had admitted making sexual advances on a third, court documents reveal.What is the claim in the Louisiana case? The lawsuit claims Dickerson raped a 17-year-old student at a Jesuit-run university in New Orleans.Should we expect further developments? Yes. On Wednesday, the House oversight committee voted 8-2 to subpoena the justice department to release files related to Epstein, and subpoenaed Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition. Continue reading...

A narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel's history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonanceWhy is it so difficult for some to accept that the Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza? The case for genocide is compelling, but some governments and members of the public resist acknowledging it. The reason lies in not only Israel's history as a haven for the Jewish victims of genocide but also an unduly narrow understanding of the meaning of the term, by both the public and the international court of justice (ICJ).Israel benefits from a halo effect associated with the Holocaust. Because the state of Israel was founded in response to the Nazi genocide, it is harder to accept that the Israeli government in turn would commit genocide. One obviously does not preclude the other, but Israel benefits from the cognitive dissonance.Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch (1993-2022), is a visiting professor at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs. His book, Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments, was published by Knopf and Allen Lane in February Continue reading...

Pedro Arrupe is a candidate for sainthood, but an abuse victim's lawsuit turned up evidence that he didn't prevent child molester Donald Dickerson from being ordained after learning of allegationsPedro Arrupe, the late, former worldwide leader of the Jesuit religious order and a candidate for Catholic sainthood, acknowledged in records produced as part of a New Orleans court case that he was warned about how one of the group's aspiring priests had been accused of sexually molesting two minors and acknowledged making sexual advances on a third.The man was ultimately ordained, and there is no indication in records in the court case in Louisiana state court that Arrupe - who coined the Jesuits' slogan men for others" - took steps to prevent him from becoming a priest. The man was later accused of molesting other minors he met through his ministry. Continue reading...

Most people wouldn't dream of traversing LA without a vehicle - yet Ayda Gragossian's beautiful images, taken while walking through the city, invite us to slow down and take it all in Continue reading...

Demonstrations to be held in Aberdeen and Edinburgh amid US president's visit to Turnberry and Menie golf resortsProtest organisers anticipate a wave of resistance to Donald Trump from Ayrshire to Aberdeenshire this weekend as Scots take to the streets to express widespread anger" at what they termed the US president's increasingly extreme policies.The US president is expected to arrive in Scotland on Friday for a five-day private visit to his luxury golf resorts at Turnberry in Ayrshire and Menie in Aberdeenshire. Continue reading...

Lionel Messi's absence from a traditional showpiece occasion raises questions about who Major League Soccer's midsummer classic exists to serveThe MLS All-Star game is what you make of it. Want to see it as yet another benchmark by which we can measure the US and Canada's top professional league against Mexico's? The current format, pitting a team of MLS stars against Liga MX's own selection, will provide that (however flimsy the conclusions may be from MLS's 3-1 win).Want it to be nothing more than a good time? The tenor of play, and that of the previous night's very fun but very silly skills competition won by MLS, will do that. Sam Surridge's first-half opener, the confirmation of which was somewhat hilariously delayed by a VAR check, came after an impressive display of speed and skill from LAFC's Denis Bouanga, who picked the pocket of Necaxa's Agustin Palavecino before bursting through on goal. The Philadelphia Union's Tai Baribo finished off a well-worked second off a super through ball from Columbus' Diego Rossi. All four of those involved in the goals are among the league's best attacking stars, and they shone brightly. Continue reading...

Appeals court's verdict echoes decision from federal judge blocking president's executive order nationwideDonald Trump's effort to repeal birthright citizenship has hit another a stumbling block, with a federal appeals court in San Francisco declaring the president's attempt unconstitutional.The three-judge ruling panel in the 9th US circuit court of appeals echoed a district court in New Hampshire that blocked the executive order earlier this month. Continue reading...

The 2-1 ruling from the ninth US circuit court of appeals brings issue one step closer to coming back before supreme court. This blog is now closed.Lawmakers are calling for the release of an Afghan interpreter, who worked with the US military for years in his home country, who was seized by armed, masked Ice agents after a routine appointment for his green card.The former wartime interpreter, identified only as Zia for his safety and that of his family, aided American troops in Afghanistan for about five years during the war and fled the country with his family after the Taliban resumed power in 2021.Zia has done everything right. He's followed the rules. He has no criminal history.Following the rules are supposed to protect you. It's not supposed to land you in detention. If he is deported, as so many of the people have articulated today, he faces death.What happened to him is the worst kind of abhorrent violation of basic decency. Put aside the legal causes and the issues here for unmasked agents to snatch someone off the street with no warning, no counsel, no opportunity even to know who is doing it while it's in process is un-American.To Zia, we have your back. We're going to fight for you. We're going to leave no stone unturned.Our credibility is at stake. We have families who have risked everything not just for themselves, but for their entire family. They have risked their health and safety. And in the name of standing up for the promises of our American democracy, that could not have been easy at the time. So this betrayal has to be that much more difficult in this moment.This isn't about one person. This is about thousands of people. This is about our veterans. If their word means nothing when they're on the battlefield, risking their lives, and being saved in so many instances by the support of people like Zia who are giving this services as their family and their own lives are being threatened and tortured, then what does that mean for our word going forward?In June this year, average daily arrests were up 268% compared with June 2024.Ice is increasingly targeting any and all unauthorized immigrants, including people who have no criminal records.Despite Trump's claims that his administration is seeking out the worst of the worst", the majority of people being arrested by Ice now have no criminal convictions.Detention facilities have been increasingly overcrowded, and the US system is over capacity by more than 13,500 people.The number of deportations, however, has fluctuated as the administration pursues new strategies and policies to swiftly expel people from the US.The US government has deported more than 8,100 people to countries that are not their home country. Continue reading...

President's spokesperson hits out at Democrats and liberal media' after report claiming Pam Bondi told Trump in May he was named in Epstein files. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 23 JulyDonald Trump is facing a widening crisis amid a report claiming that his name appears in US justice department files about Jeffrey Epstein as Congress subpoenas testimony from Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.The White House sought to downplay the relationship between the US president and the disgraced financier while Trump's spokesperson denied an account in the Wall Street Journal that the president was told in May by attorney general Pam Bondi that he is named in the Epstein files. The report says the president was told that many other high profile figures were also named and states that being mentioned in the records isn't a sign of wrongdoing. Continue reading...

Crackdown would streamline the building of datacentres and remove environmental protectionsDonald Trump on Wednesday signed a trio of executive orders that he vowed would turn the United States into an AI export powerhouse", including one targeting what the White House described as woke" artificial intelligence models.During remarks at an AI summit in Washington, Trump decried woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models", before signing the orders on stage at the Mellon Auditorium. Continue reading...

Deal falls short of starkest measures, including consent decree and overhaul of university's governance structureColumbia University announced a much-anticipated deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220m, an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat of massive funding cuts to the school, but certain to rankle critics given the extraordinary concessions made by the Ivy League university.Under the agreement, the school will pay a $200m settlement over three years to the federal government, the university said. It will also pay $21m to settle investigations brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Continue reading...