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Trump turns trial into circus as Biden tries to focus minds on economy

25by Chris McGreal in New York / 4h

As a slew of Republicans went to the hush-money trial to show their fealty to their boss, the president tried to rise above it Donald Trump last week turned his New York fraud trial into a political circus and a platform for his election campaign while Joe Biden struggled to persuade voters that they’re wrong about the economy. Trump engineered a parade of leading Republicans to demonstrate their

America’s approach to China’s rapid growth has lessons for us all | Larry Elliott

Biden accuses China of cheating

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by Larry Elliott / 3h

Protectionism in the form of tariffs is justified but the focus will be on whether Beijing retaliates The global economy is fragmenting and a new era of protectionism has dawned. Dreams by free marketeers of a frictionless world in which goods and services moved seamlessly from country to country are dead. That was the clear message from Joe Biden’s decision last week to target China with a range

Florida’s other big November vote: will the state legalize weed?

by Richard Luscombe in Miami / 1h

A ballot measure on the legalization of recreational marijuana has been overshadowed by the vote on abortion rights The push to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida ramped up this week. Campaigners bankrolled by dominant players in the cannabis and CBD marketplace launched a $5m advertising blitz in support of a ballot measure in November’s election that has so far been overshadowed by publ

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‘Such a hot mess’: turmoil inside the world of US beauty pageants

by Edward Helmore in New York / 3h

A Miss USA winner has handed back her crown, and another champion has resigned – is the lustre of the pageant starting to wear off? The US beauty pageant industry, in a concise summation made last week, is “such a hot mess”. Two reigning beauty queens have stepped down in as many weeks, and there may be more turbulence to come to an area of showbusiness that promotes a sheen of perfection – at le

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I haven’t tried Ozempic but I know how it feels | Megan Nolan

by Megan Nolan / 4h

Our desires are an essential part of who we are – as I discovered when I lost my appetite for six months Mostly, walking down New York streets in spring sunshine is the cinematic, euphoric ideal of what it is to be alive. It’s the thing I looked forward to for decades. It meant to me, back then as a kid in Ireland, listening to songs about Lexington and 14th Street, freedom: an almost deranged am

US voters are increasingly polarised over politics, but Brits are far less stubborn | Torsten Bell

by Torsten Bell / 5h

Pundits say rising negative feelings to other parties threatens democracy. Apart from in America, new research tells a different story The frontrunner to be the next US president is spending his weeks in court, charged with a criminal offence related to an alleged sexual encounter with a porn star. This would normally be suboptimal from a campaign perspective, but to date is having no effect on s

Grinding our bums, flashing our boobs: the internet is making juveniles of us all | Martha Gill

43by Martha Gill / 7h

When people were offered a window between New York and Dublin, puerile behaviour beat bridging worlds How will technology change us as a species? In Silicon Valley, all prophesies seem to have converged into one: that it will usher in some sort of planetary Buddhist revolution. To read its mission statements and watch its Ted Talks is to hear phrases such as “connectedness”, “common understanding

Jürgen Klopp brought not only victories but a fan’s passion for the game | Kenan Malik

72by Kenan Malik / 7h

The Liverpool manager, who bows out today after nine years, knew football was ‘the most important of least important things’ ‘It’s not so important what people think when you come in,” Jürgen Klopp observed on being unveiled as Liverpool manager in October 2015. “It’s much more important what people think when you leave.” Today is the day Klopp leaves. It is the final day of the Premier League se

Rishi Sunak’s scare tactics aren’t going to work against a soothing Keir Starmer | Andrew Rawnsley

45by Andrew Rawnsley / 7h

As he demonstrated at the launch of his pledge cards, the Labour leader has succeeded in de-risking perceptions of his party Who scares wins. That has been the motto of many, often successful Conservative election campaigns. Fear may not be an edifying strategy for securing power, but the Tories have repeatedly demonstrated that it can be highly effective. Time and again, they have persuaded vote

The Observer view: it’s up to Israel’s allies to persuade Netanyahu to stop standing in the way of peace

44by Observer editorial / 7h

Even his defence minister knows that there can be no military solution to the war with Hamas The emotional vow by Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, to “destroy” Hamas after it massacred about 1,200 people on 7 October 2023 was understandable. But in practice it was never a realisable aim. Eight months into the ensuing conflict, more than 35,000 Palestinians are dead, yet Hamas is still

WNBA investigating Aces’ sponsorship deal with Las Vegas tourism authority

LVCVA sponsors Aces players $100k

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by Associated Press / 9h

WNBA looking into if group can sponsor Aces for $100k each Aces coach Hammon says team has nothing to do with deal The WNBA is investigating whether the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $100,000 annual sponsorship to each Aces player for this season and next is allowed. A league spokesperson confirmed Saturday that there is an open investigation looking into the deal. The sponsorship

PJ Washington’s free throws send Dallas Mavericks past Thunder into West finals

Mavs beat Thunder

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by Associated Press / 10h

Mavericks edge Thunder 117-116 in Game 6 of West semis Dallas reach West finals for second time in three years PJ Washington Jr made two free throws before an intentional miss with 2.5 seconds left, lifting the Dallas Mavericks to a 117-116 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night and into the Western Conference finals for the second time in three seasons. Washington was fouled by

Simone Biles soars as Gabby Douglas scratches at historically gilded US Classic

Gymnastics clash at Core Hydration

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by Agencies / 11h

Biles looks Paris-ready with all-around win in Hartford Comebacking Douglas pulls out after two falls on bars Simone Biles certainly looks ready for Paris with more than two months to go before the Olympic games begin. The gymnastics superstar began her bid for a third Olympic team looking as dominant as ever at the US Classic on Saturday, posting an all-around score of 59.500, nearly two points

Seize the Grey, owned by thousands, wins Preakness to thwart Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid

Torres rides Seize the Grey

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by Guardian Staff / 12h

Seize the Grey wins middle jewel of Triple Crown Colt owned by 2,570 people via MyRacehorse group D Wayne Lukas worked his way to Seize the Grey after his horse won the Preakness Stakes and kept getting interrupted by well-wishes offering congratulations. “I think they’re trying to get rid of me,” Lukas said. “They probably want me to retire. I don’t think that’ll happen.” Continue reading...

Morikawa and Schauffele end third day of US PGA at top as Lowry equals record

Golfers overcome challenges at PGA

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by Ewan Murray at Valhalla / 14h

Californian Schauffele looking for his first major Shane Lowry races up leaderboard with a 62 It was only going to take something special to switch discussion around this US PGA Championship away from Scottie Scheffler and his brush with Louisville law enforcement. The world No 1 unravelled on day three here, which was entirely understandable given the strain associated with four charges, includi

Police arrest six student protesters at University of Pennsylvania

Pro-Palestinian protests at US universities lead

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22by Edward Helmore / 19h

Pro-Palestinian students were attempting to take over a university hall to protest school’s refusal to negotiate in ‘good faith’ More than a dozen pro-Palestinian activists, including six students at the University of Pennsylvania, were arrested after attempting to occupy a hall on the university campus late Friday. The protesters were arrested around 9pm after trying to take over Fisher-Bennett

US PGA Championship 2024: third round – live

PGA Championship 2024 tee times

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by Scott Murray / 20h

Day three updates with Xander Schauffele in overnight lead Scheffler shakes off ‘shock and fear’ of arrest to stay in hunt Live scoreboard | And feel free to drop Scott an email “This could be the lowest scoring day in major-championship history,” opines Sky commentator Paul McGinley. No wind, soft greens, warm sunshine, all that. This being the case, you don’t want to be going backwards too much

Six-month-old shot repeatedly during standoff with child’s father in Phoenix

Man shoots 6-month-old baby Phoenix

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92by Maya Yang / 21h

Child is in hospital in a stable condition, as police say father was found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound A man suspected of shooting his 6-month-old son multiple times after taking the boy and his mother hostage was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the rubble of a suburban Phoenix home that caught fire during a swat standoff, police said. The baby was reported to b

Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions

Youngkin vetoes bills

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100+by Edward Helmore / 21h

Republican Glenn Youngkin also vetoed bills related to maintaining access to contraception, saying they were ‘not ready’ Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin has vetoed two bills that would have stripped tax exemptions for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization that has opposed the removal of statues of southern state generals during the US civil war and other markers of the souther

You think Parisians grumble a lot? Don’t get them started on the Olympic Games | Robert McLiam Wilson

92by Robert McLiam Wilson / 21h

From price rises to a ridiculous mascot, the French have had it up to here with the event We tend to view Paris as a fairytale princess, all romance and half-seen glitter. But for all its glamour, Paris has actually been depressed and irritable for a couple of hundred years now. Far from being subdued by it, the citizens of Paris wear this perma-gloom like a disconsolate badge of honour. More tig

Penguins’ Mike Sullivan named US men’s hockey coach for Milan 2026

Mike Sullivan to coach Team USA in 2026 Olympics

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by Guardian Staff / 22h

Sullivan named US men’s hockey coach for Milan Olympics Penguins coach will also coach in Four Nations Face-Off Mike Sullivan was selected US coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics on Saturday, an expected move that puts the two-time Stanley Cup champion in charge of the country’s bid for its first gold medal since the Miracle On Ice in 1980. USA Hockey also announced the Pittsburgh Penguins coach wil

What would Steve Jobs think of Apple’s culture-crushing advert? | John Naughton

by John Naughton / 22h

Its latest iPad ad, portraying the destruction of artistic tools, is confirmation that company is just another unfeeling, arrogant tech giant This is a tale of two advertisements. And about the company that made them – Apple Inc. The first ad ran during the Super Bowl in 1984. It was made by Ridley Scott, the celebrated movie director. The vibe is distinctly Orwellian: set in a vast, darkened aud

‘We don’t have a democracy’: why some Oregonians want to join Idaho

78by Kiran Moodley in Prineville, Oregon / 22h

Proponents of the Greater Idaho movement have argued Democrats in Portland don’t understand their way of life Under a large tent at the Crook county fairgrounds in Prineville, Oregon, six people stand in a neat line, each clutching the gun in their holster. “Shooters, set,” a man to the side yells. They wait. A light turns on in the centre of the target. They fire. A clock above records how long

Alabama poultry plant could be closed for 30 days for allegedly hiring minors

82by Edward Helmore / 23h

At least two children have already been killed while working in Mar-Jac Poultry plants in the US south over the last year A poultry plant in Jasper, Alabama, has been accused of hiring minors and could be shut down for 30 days, according to a newly released US Department of Labor lawsuit. Mar-Jac Poultry, the largest employer in Walker county, is accused of violating federal labor laws when it hi

Trump trial judge rebuked for donations to Democrat-aligned groups in 2020

Judge in Trump trial cleared

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100+by Edward Helmore / 23h

Ex-president’s legal team sure to make hay out of Juan Merchan’s $35 gift to Biden for President and anti-Republican groups The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush-money campaign finance trial in New York has been cautioned by a state ethics panel over two small donations made to Democrat-aligned groups in 2020. The caution is likely to be seized on by Trump and his lawyers as evidence of his cl

Nato’s failure to save Ukraine raises an existential question: what on earth is it for? | Simon Tisdall

200+by Simon Tisdall / 23h

The military alliance is turning 75. But there’s little to celebrate in Kyiv, as Putin’s forces continue their bloody advance Nato’s grand 75th birthday celebration in Washington in July will ring hollow in Kyiv. The alliance has miserably failed its biggest post-cold war test – the battle for Ukraine. Sadly, there’s no denying it: Vladimir Putin is on a roll. Advancing Russian forces in Kharkiv

Missouri Republican party fails to boot KKK-linked candidate from gubernatorial ticket

Missouri judge allows KKK-linked candidate

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100+by Associated Press / 1d

Judge declines to remove Darrell McClanahan, who claims one-year honorary membership in terror group, from GOP primary race A long-shot Missouri gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled on Friday. Cole county circuit court judge Cotton Walker denied a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan out of the August Republican

‘She’s in the pantheon now’: Kristi Noem and the politicians who hit self-destruct

Trump defends Kristi Noem shooting

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58by David Smith in Washington / 1d

The dog-killing South Dakota governor’s VP hopes are in tatters. But she’s not the first politician to flame out with an own goal She could have been a contender. But then she wrote a book. And suddenly Kristi Noem was caught like a rabbit – or a rambunctious puppy – in the headlights. The governor of South Dakota found herself insisting that a false claim she met the North Korean dictator Kim Jo

Harrison Butker’s misogynistic graduation speech shows the bigots are winning

Harrison Butker delivers inspiring commencement

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300+by Arwa Mahdawi / 1d

We’re going backwards: a football player can say hateful things from a university podium while students are being arrested Imagine for a moment that that you are a young woman who has spent more than $100,000 on your university degree. After four years of hard work it’s your graduation and Harrison Butker, a kicker with the Kansas City Chiefs, is the commencement speaker. During his speech the NF

Argentinian couple moves to US to allow their toddler to join gene therapy trial

35by Stephen Starr / 1d

The Lovatos relocated from Guatemala to Ohio for their son, who has the rare genetic disorder Canavan disease The birth of their first child three and a half years ago completed Natalia and Juan Lovato’s lives. Both from Argentina , Juan was a professional soccer player in Guatemala, where Natalia ran a successful Argentinian restaurant. Soon, however, they noticed their son Ciro couldn’t hold up

Trump to address NRA after threatening to roll back gun control laws if elected

NRA convention in Dallas with Trump

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70by Guardian staff / 1d

Ex-president to take to stage in Dallas at annual convention amid fears a second term would imperil Biden’s firearm restrictions Amid fears that he would reverse gains made by gun control activists if elected to a second presidency this fall, Donald Trump on Saturday is scheduled to address the National Rifle Association’s annual convention. The former Republican president is set to take the stag

Will Michael Cohen’s testimony sway jurors in Trump’s hush-money trial?

32by Cameron Joseph / 1d

Trump’s former fixer gave damning testimony – and he’ll return to the stand on Monday as the trial moves towards a close Donald Trump’s criminal trial is drawing to a close, with two looming questions: what will the jury decide, and how will America react? After weeks of testimony from witnesses including the porn star Stormy Daniels, National Enquirer boss David Pecker and former senior Trump ai

Master of litters: cat named Max given honorary degree by US university

Max the cat receives honorary degree

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500+by Ramon Antonio Vargas / 1d

Vermont State University confers doctorate in ‘litter-ature’ upon tabby for being keen hunter of mice and beloved figure on campus Men named Max have won the Nobel prize (Planck), the Oscar for best actor (Schell), and