Critics of the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor have called him everything from jihadist candidate' to terrorist sympathizer'On Thursday morning, hours after a combative final New York mayoral debate that failed to move the needle in his favor, Andrew Cuomo's attacks on progressive Democratic rival Zohran Mamdani resumed a familiar, racially charged theme.God forbid, another 9/11, can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?" the independent candidate and former governor told conservative radio talkshow host Sid Rosenberg, referring to the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City by Islamic extremists. Continue reading...
The US president's reversal was as capricious as his original plan. What if local billionaires had urged him to stick with it?This story was published in collaboration with Mission Local.The mayor of San Francisco said on Thursday that Donald Trump had simply called him - no go-betweens or consigliere required - and told him there would no longer be a deployment of federal agents or troops to the city.Joe Eskenazi is an editor and columnist for Mission Local. Io Yeh Gilman and Xueer Lu contributed reporting Continue reading...
Marco Rubio has pushed for a tough approach to Venezuela, while the president reportedly only cares about the oilIt was a solemn pledge at the heart of Donald Trump's America first" appeal.A Make America great again" (Maga) foreign policy would mean the end of military commitments that had in the past sucked the US into draining and drawn-out wars far from its own shores. Continue reading...
Russell Wilson built his career on faith, charm and polish. Now the NFL's perennial nice guy has become proof that sincerity can backfire in professional footballThey say you can't win football games with too many choir boys. One choir boy might be too many in the case of Russell Wilson, the NFL's would-be Mr Congeniality. From the off the New York Giants quarterback has gone to lengths to distinguish himself as the game's most likable star, the kind of player kids look up to and opponents look out for. And all it seems to do is breed resentment.Wilson's closest collaborators struggle to speak his name without spitting. Richard Sherman, the standout former defensive back turned Prime Video analyst, begrudges Wilson for the favoritism he received from management during their years together in Seattle. KJ Wright, another prominent member of that Legion of Boom defense, accuses Wilson of betraying locker room bonds. Marshawn Lynch, the delightful but famously reticent Seahawks running back who lined up behind Wilson for 56 Seahawks games, recalls having to ask someone in the team's front office for the QB's contact info - and Wilson calling him back from a blocked number. Russ was just a quarterback for me," Lynch said. Just the quarterback who led the Seahawks to their first ever Super Bowl title. Continue reading...
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Toronto's nine-run eruption turned an alleged mismatch into a statement, showing the Dodgers' empire of excess can be thwarted by patience, contact and beliefBefore the first pitch of the 2025 World Series on Friday night, it had been 32 years and one day since the greatest day in Toronto Blue Jays history and the last time that the franchise hosted a World Series game.On 23 October 1993, outfielder Joe Carter hit the second ever walk-off home run to clinch a World Series championship on a pitch that was being thrown to Philadelphia Phillies catcher Darren Daulton. On 24 October 2025, the first Blue Jays home run hit in a World Series game since Carter's was by outfielder Daulton Varsho, whose father, Gary, named his son after his former Phillies teammate ... Darren Daulton. Two innings later, outfielder Addison Barger hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, the keynote of a nine-run sixth inning, which was the highest-scoring World Series inning since 1968. Continue reading...
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This blog is now closed. Read our latest story hereThe US secretary of state has confirmed Donald Trump's announcement that all trade negotiations with Canada have been suspended.Marco Rubio spoke during a visit to a civil-military coordination centre in southern Israel. Continue reading...
Police say one person critical and one person in serious condition but no details on suspect or suspectsA shooting near Howard University has left at least four people shot, police in Washington DC said.The shooting happened as thousands descended on the campus for homecoming celebrations. Continue reading...
Show's leader, who resigned in April, says he was also pressured to apologize for edit of Kamala Harris interviewThe former executive producer of 60 Minutes, Bill Owens, said he faced intense internal pressure from his corporate bosses to avoid certain stories that had the potential to generate backlash for parent company Paramount, in his first public remarks since his sudden resignation in late April.In January, 60 Minutes ran a segment featuring former state department employees who had quit over how Joe Biden's administration handled the war in Gaza. The segment drew backlash from pro-Israel organizations and unnerved Paramount's controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, a strong supporter of Israel. Continue reading...
Karin Immergut to decide by Monday whether to lift her order blocking federalized troops from patrolling cityA federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Friday rejected the Trump administration's request to immediately lift her order blocking the deployment of federalized national guard troops to the city, saying that she would decide the matter by Monday.The hearing in Portland and one in Washington DC are the latest in a head-spinning array of lawsuits and overlapping rulings prompted by Trump's push to send the military into Democratic-run cities despite fierce resistance from mayors and governors. Troop deployment remains blocked in the Chicago area, where all sides are waiting to see whether the US supreme court intervenes to allow it. Continue reading...
Treasury accuses Gustavo Petro of allowing drug cartels to flourish' as president attacks Trump's oppressive regime'The US treasury department has announced sanctions on Colombian president Gustavo Petro, one of Donald Trump's harshest international critics.President Petro has allowed drug cartels to flourish and refused to stop this activity," treasury secretary Scott Bessent wrote in a post on X. Today President Trump is taking strong action to protect our nation." Continue reading...
USS Gerald Ford carrier and other warships will head to coast of Venezuela. Key US politics stories from Friday 24 October at a glanceThe Pentagon said on Friday that it was deploying the United States' most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, a serious escalation in the Trump administration's war against drug cartels that provides the resources to start conducting strikes against targets on the ground.The move will bring the USS Gerald Ford carrier, with dozens of stealth fighter jets and surveillance aircraft, in addition to other warships that accompany the carrier, to the coast of Venezuela as the carrier nears the end of its deployment in the Mediterranean. Continue reading...
Allegation raises further questions about death of Byron Black in execution lawyer says was 100% botched'A man executed on Tennessee death row showed signs of sustained cardiac activity" for nearly two minutes after he was pronounced dead, his attorney said in court on Friday.The allegation raises further questions about how the death of Byron Black unfolded and will increase scrutiny on capital punishment in Tennessee. Continue reading...
Justice department targets two Democratic states holding off-year elections after requests from state RepublicansThe Department of Justice is preparing to send federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections following requests from state Republican parties.The department announced it was planning to monitor polling sites in Passaic county, New Jersey, and five counties in southern and central California: Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Riverside and Fresno. The goal, according to the department, is to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law". Continue reading...
Use of USS Gerald Ford along with fighter jets comes as president plots strikes against alleged cartels on landThe Pentagon said on Friday that it was deploying the United States's most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, a major escalation in the Trump administration's war against drug cartels that provides the resources to start conducting strikes against targets on the ground.The move will bring the USS Gerald Ford, with dozens of stealth fighter jets and surveillance aircraft, in addition to other warships that accompany the carrier, to the coast of Venezuela as it nears the end of its current deployment in the Mediterranean. Continue reading...
Ontario premier says he plans to run ad featuring speech that sparked Trump's ire again during World Series but campaign will end MondayAfter the US suspended all trade negotiations with Canada over a 1987 speech by Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs that appeared to spark Donald Trump's ire, the premier of Ontario said he planned to run an ad featuring the speech again during the World Series on Friday.Doug Ford, whose government ran the Reagan ad in US markets this week, first posted on X that the two nations were stronger together", while Trump added his own string of social media posts trumpeting the supposed benefits of tariffs. Continue reading...
Despite president's promise to preserve it, the eastern section of the building is now completely destroyedThe East Wing of the White House has now been completely destroyed to pave way for Donald Trump's $300m planned gilded ballroom, just days after the administration announced it would happen and contradicting Trump's earlier promise that the existing building would not be touched.Satellite images on Friday showed the historic building's eastern section reduced to rubble, to the outrage of historians, former White House officials and much of the public. Continue reading...
Two sweeping federal indictments have implicated big names in basketball and raised uncomfortable questions about who benefits from legalized gamblingThe NBA gambling scandal is the biggest story of the year in US sports, a culmination of the years-long embrace between professional leagues and the multibillion-dollar gambling industry that has now crossed the line from synergy into scandal.In two sweeping federal indictments unsealed in Brooklyn on Thursday, prosecutors charged more than 30 people - including the Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player and assistant Damon Jones - with schemes that turned inside information and rigged card games into engines of profit for organized crime. Continue reading...
New York attorney general appears in court in Virginia in case brought after Trump called for her prosecutionThe New York state attorney general, Letitia James, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of bank fraud and false statements brought after Donald Trump publicly called for her to be prosecuted in a move widely seen as political retribution.Not guilty judge to both counts," James told the judge as she made her first appearance in federal district court in Virginia. The case has been assigned to Judge Jamar Walker, who was nominated by Joe Biden. Continue reading...
San Francisco's mayor, along with Silicon Valley leaders, managed to stop the president's law enforcement surgeDonald Trump rarely has kind words for Democrats, especially those who stand in his way. But on Thursday the president offered something unfamiliar: a compliment.As federal agents mobilized at a US Coast Guard base in the Bay Area, Trump credited San Francisco's new mayor, Daniel Lurie, for very nicely" persuading him to stand down from a planned immigration enforcement surge" in the city this weekend. Continue reading...
by Victoria Clayton in Inglewood, California on (#70ZZA)
Inglewood's program had been chain-sawed by financial challenges and the pandemic, but Joseph Jauregui built it back up - and his students are winning scholarshipsJoan Rosas says educators as early as kindergarten flat-out told him he wasn't capable. I got horrible grades," he said. I could barely read until eighth grade when I figured out how to teach myself."The Inglewood high school sophomore says he received little meaningful support for his learning challenges and, under the circumstances, grew to dislike school. Eventually, he started acting out, trying things like smoking. Continue reading...
Incident occurred after ICE agents arriving at Alameda base were met by hundreds of protestersLaw enforcement officers in California opened fire on Thursday night at a vehicle that authorities say attempted to back into the entrance of the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, where protests had taken place earlier in the day over the arrival of federal immigration agents.In a statement, the Coast Guard said that at around 10.00pm local time on Thursday, Coast Guard security personnel standing watch on Coast Guard Island observed a vehicle driving erratically and attempting to back into Coast Guard Base Alameda. Continue reading...
Cory Booker, Ed Markey and others urge Linda McMahon to step in amid violent crackdowns near Chicago schoolsA group of Democratic senators have demanded that the Department of Education to stop immigration enforcement activities from taking place close to schools, following several violent crackdowns near school grounds in Chicago.Although the raids are conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which is under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the senators are making an appeal directly to the education secretary, Linda McMahon. Continue reading...
His patience exhausted, the US president has taken action that could bite, but is unlikely to alter Moscow's course in UkraineFor once, a phone call with Vladimir Putin did not lead to a thaw.By imposing sanctions on Russia this week, Donald Trump broke from his usual pattern of easing tensions with the Kremlin after conversations with the Russian leader, when threats of pressure often give way to talk of renewed dialogue. Continue reading...
by Maanvi Singh in San Francisco and Oakland on (#70ZT6)
As president backs down on his federal surge', volunteers and demonstrators remain prepared to respondIt was a whirlwind, disorienting 24 hours in the San Francisco Bay Area for local leaders and organizers, who were expecting a major immigration enforcement operation in the region on Thursday.But by mid-morning, Donald Trump announced he was calling off a federal surge" - and telling residents to stay tuned" for what would come next. Continue reading...
The president's purges and attacks on his enemies have developed into a system in which injustice is made routineDonald Trump's voracious desire for retribution has quickly evolved into a regular and predictable system. In the year since his election his rage and whims have assumed the form of policies in the same way that Stalin's purges could be called policies. Figures within the federal system of justice who do not do his bidding are summarily fired and replaced by loyalists. Leaders who have called him to account or are in his way may face indictment, trial and punishment. Opponents have been designated under Presidential National Security Memorandum No 7 as Antifa": anti-American," anti-Christian," and anti-capitalist," and threatened with prosecution as a terrorist". Meanwhile, many aligned with him escape justice, whether through the hand of the Department of Justice or the presidential pardon power. Now, he demands compensation for having been prosecuted to the tune of $230m from the Department of Justice (DoJ) budget.Each of the cases involving prosecution of Trump's enemies and, on the other hand, the leniency extended to his allies has its own peculiarities of outrage. But whatever their unique and arbitrary perversities, they are expressions of what has emerged as a technique. These episodes are not isolated or coincidental. Trump's purge of DoJ prosecutors and FBI agents, accompanied by his installment of flunkies in senior positions, started in a rush, quickly assumed a pattern, but has now been molded into a regime. The justice department and the FBI have been remade into political agencies under Trump's explicit command to carry out his wishes. Injustice is made routine. It is the retribution system.Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume political life of Abraham Lincoln: A Self-Made Man, Wrestling With His Angel and All the Powers of Earth. He is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
The US secretary of state has confirmed Donald Trump's announcement that all trade negotiations with Canada have been suspended. Marco Rubio spoke during a visit to a civil-military coordination centre in southern Israel
Stephany Gauffeny says her husband, Miguel Garcia-Hernandez, had his arms restrained to the bed and handcuffs on his feet' as he lay dying in the hospital
Muslim New Yorkers have steadily become a political force amid post-9/11 Islamophobic sentiment. Mamdani is their most accomplished expressionLife was never the same for New Yorkers after the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001, with every resident coping with the trauma and devastation of that day.But for Muslim New Yorkers there was an added burden: the suspicion and sometimes physical harm now lurking around every corner. Continue reading...
by Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer on (#70ZQS)
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on historyOn 26 October, podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather on the steps of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History for a teach-in in defense of history and museums.The teach-in comes at a moment when the Smithsonian system faces unprecedented attacks from the Trump administration, which has threatened to bar funding for any exhibits that touch on the darker sides of US history. The threats against the Smithsonian are part of the administration's war against history and historians: interfering in history curricula at schools across the country, redirecting federal grants to projects that promote American exceptionalism, and yoking the country's 250th anniversary celebration to the Maga agenda.Kellie Carter Jackson is the Michael and Denise Kellen '68 associate professor and chair of the Africana studies department at Wellesley College. Nicole Hemmer is an associate professor of history and director of the Rogers Center for the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University Continue reading...
The Argentine has been as excellent as ever in his later years, but his presence and performance has yet to push MLS into the US mainstreamOK, show of hands. How many of you knew that Lionel Messi - a global superstar who has committed to spend his next three years in the United States - just completed the best individual season in Major League Soccer history?Be honest. Continue reading...
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It's the Toronto Blue Jays and the LA Dodgers in the 121st Fall Classic. Our writers assess how it will be decided, who will shine brightest and the eventual championHe is and it's hard to imagine that another player will even approach his accomplishments in this lifetime. In Game 4 of this season's NLCS, he struck out 10 hitters over six shutout innings and hit over a quarter-mile's worth of home runs. Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux may have summarized it best when said: He kind of reminds you of Nolan Ryan, and then he reminds you of freaking Barry Bonds." Gabriel Baumgaertner Continue reading...
The arrests of a prominent coach and player on Thursday were depressing but it is hard to have sympathy with a league that has embraced gamblingThe NBA scoreboard has turned into a stock ticker. Crowd chants, but half of them are watching their parlays instead of the play. Somewhere a coach calls timeout; somewhere else a bookmaker grins. This was always coming. The NBA invited gambling to the game when it signed lucrative sponsorship deals and paved the way for odds and offers to be splashed over our TV screens during games. So when the FBI finally showed up on Thursday, they were simply collecting the rent.Portland head coach Chauncey Billups, whose playing career ended with his induction in the hall of fame, and Miami guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday in connection with an FBI investigation into allegations of illegal gambling and rigged poker games. Former player and assistant coach Damon Jones, who allegedly provided inside information" about NBA games to bettors, was also taken into custody. Continue reading...
Donald Trump has canceled plans for a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protestors flooding into the streets. The Bay Area region had been on edge after reports emerged the Trump administration was poised to send more than 100 Customs and Border Protection and other federal agents to the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, a city in the East Bay, as part of a large-scale immigration-enforcement plan. It prompted hundreds of protesters to mobilize outside the Coast Guard base
US president accuses Canada of egregious behaviour' after release of ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffsDonald Trump has said he is ending all trade negotiations" with Canada after the release of a television ad opposing US tariffs. The US president accused Canada of egregious behavior" aimed at influencing US court decisions.The Thursday night post on Trump's social media site came after Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said he aims to double his country's exports to countries outside the US because of the threat posed by Trump's tariffs. Continue reading...
by Robert Mackey, Shrai Popat and Tom Ambrose on (#70YWP)
This live blog is now closed.More than half of Americans, including about three in 10 Republicans, believe president Donald Trump is using federal law enforcement to go after his enemies, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that also found growing concern about US political divisions nine months into his second term in office.Some 55% of poll respondents in the six-day poll, which closed on Monday, agreed with a statement that the Republican president is using law enforcement to target his enemies, while 26% disagreed and the rest were unsure or did not respond. Continue reading...
Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, accused of starting devastating fire that destroyed more than 6,800 structuresThe Florida man charged with starting the Palisades fire pleaded not guilty in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday.Earlier this year, the Palisades fire killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,800 structures, turning swaths of western Los Angeles into a wasteland. Continue reading...
Anthony Boyd, 54, says I didn't kill anybody' as Justice Sonya Sotomayor writes excoriating dissenting opinionAn Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive was executed by nitrogen gas - a form of suffocation which defense lawyers have described as cruel and unusual punishment - on Thursday shortly after the US supreme court signed off on the seventh execution using the contested method.Anthony Boyd, 54, was sent to the death chamber at the William C Holman correctional facility on Thursday evening. Continue reading...
Donald Trump will travel to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea for the Apec and Asean summits. Will he meet Xi Jinping, and what tariff deals might be secured?Donald Trump is about to embark on a tour of Asia that many hope will ease trade tensions with countries in the region and repair damaged ties with China. Trump will begin his trip on Sunday at a meeting of south-east Asian nations in Malaysia, before flying to Japan to meet its new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, early next week.But the most important stop on his itinerary will come at the end of the month, when he is expected to discuss trade, and possibly Taiwan, with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Apec summit in South Korea. Continue reading...
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Protesters flood streets in show of resistance, as president calls off deployment after speaking with city's mayor and Silicon Valley leadersDonald Trump canceled plans for a deployment of federal troops to San Francisco that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protesters flooding into the streets.The Bay Area region had been on edge after reports emerged on Wednesday that the Trump administration was poised to send more than 100 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agents to the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, a city in the East Bay, as part of a large-scale immigration-enforcement plan. By early Thursday morning, hundreds of protesters had gathered outside the Coast Guard base, holding signs with slogans such as No ICE or Troops in the Bay!". Continue reading...
President says San Francisco mayor and Silicon Valley leaders asked him to give the city a chance' - key US politics stories from Thursday 23 October at a glanceDonald Trump has cancelled plans for a deployment of federal troops to the San Francisco Bay Area that had sparked widespread condemnation from California leaders and sent protesters flooding into the streets.The region had been on edge after reports emerged on Wednesday that the Trump administration was poised to send more than 100 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agents to the US Coast Guard base in Alameda, across the Bay from San Francisco, as part of a large-scale immigration enforcement plan. Continue reading...
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