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On social media, the far right spread false claims about the suspect, playing into the bigotry of a rightwing populist ecosystem How did we get from three little girls being hideously killed at a Taylor Swift dance class to boozed-up, far-right thugs rioting on the streets of Southport ? The senseless killing of children understandably conjures up a very specific kind of revulsion and grief. But
Chaotic event hosted by National Association of Black Journalists saw Trump lie about abortion and immigration US politics – live updates During a contentious and chaotic panel hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) on Wednesday, Donald Trump parroted disinformation about immigration and abortion, questioned Kamala Harris’s race and accused a panel moderator, Rachel Scott
Sources say Harris will announce VP pick within days, as Trump says world leaders would see her as ‘play toy’; speculation abounds over who Harris will choose There are mixed opinions on whether Kamala Harris picking Pennsylvania to introduce her choice of running mate means that the governor of that state, Josh Shapiro , is the frontrunner in the veep stakes . Politico points out that “a Harris

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The former president snapped and snarled through his interview – and looked for all the world like an old crank After keeping an audience of interrogators waiting, Donald Trump finally arrived on stage for his Wednesday appearance at the convention for the National Association of Black Journalists over an hour late. He blamed the delay not on the furious behind-the-scenes between the NABJ and his
Alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed among trio to plead guilty to conspiracy in exchange for life sentence Three men accused of being involved in the 9/11 terrorist attack – including the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon – have agreed to plea deals at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, prosecutors said on Wednesday. “The Convening Authority for Mi
Many expressed frustration with National Association of Black Journalists for inviting ex-president ‘into our home’ On Wednesday afternoon, Donald Trump participated in a contentious panel hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). The discussion, held in Chicago at the organization’s annual convention, began after an hour-long delay, with a room full of journalists tensely a
Group C: USA 103-86 South Sudan Bam Adebayo leads US in scoring with 18 points Latest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results In the rematch, the US had an easier time with South Sudan than they did when the teams first met a couple of weeks ago . Easier. Not easy. The US clinched a trip to the quarter-finals at the Paris Olympics by beating South Sudan 103-86 on Wednesday night – a game
Relatives of 346 people killed in 2018 and 2019 crashes say planemaker should face a much higher fine Families of some of the 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes said on Wednesday a US judge should reject the planemaker’s proposed plea deal with the US Department of Justice and said the government should seek a much higher fine. On 24 July, the global company finalized an agreem
The Englishwoman has overseen three wins from three at in Paris, reshaping how the team plays and blowing away memories of the 2023 World Cup It took under a minute after kick-off for the American supporters to break into a chant of “I believe that we will win”, in the stands in Marseille. That in itself is not too out of the ordinary – it’s one of the customary rallying cries from those who wors
US among favorites to take gold Defending champions lost to Germany in opener Latest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results Tiffany Hayes scored 11 points, including the go-ahead basket late, to lead Azerbaijan to a 20-17 win over the US in women’s 3x3 basketball pool play at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, dropping the defending champions to 0-2. The game was tied when Hayes, who play
Support boosts Harris in Michigan as UAW president Shawn Fain praises her record ‘of delivering for the working class’ The United Auto Workers (UAW) union endorsed Kamala Harris for US president on Wednesday, boosting the vice-president in the swing state of Michigan as her recently launched campaign ramps up. UAW president Shawn Fain, who spoke by phone last week with Harris, praised her record
Becomes first female swimmer to win gold at four Games Latest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results Katie Ledecky has become the first female swimmer to win gold medals at four different Olympics after retaining her title in the women’s 1500m freestyle with another commanding performance on Wednesday night. The 27-year-old American, widely regarded as the greatest female distance swimm
Asked why millions of News Group emails were deleted, Washington Post publisher Will Lewis pointed the finger at me UK police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions Blazoned across the top of every edition of the Washington Post is the statement “ Democracy dies in darkness ”. But what if the publisher himself is a master of the dark arts? I experienced,
More than 100 Silicon Valley investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reed Hastings, launch website VCs for Kamala A group of more than 100 Silicon Valley investors, including Mark Cuban , the TV host and NBA owner, and Reed Hastings , a co-founder of LinkedIn, launched a website in support of Kamala Harris . A statement said vcsforkamala.org expressed support for the presumptive Democratic presi
Chair Jay Powell says central bank ‘getting closer to the point’ of possible rate cut – ‘but we’re not quite there yet’ The US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday it will hold interest rates steady, though officials hinted at optimism that rates could be cut later this year. Interest rates are set by the Fed’s federal open market committee (FOMC), which meets eight times a year and will next m
The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran brings the region closer to the conflagration that many have feared for months Dim hopes that a ceasefire in Gaza might be in view have been extinguished, for now at least, with the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Israel has not claimed responsibility for killing the political leader of Hamas , but Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khame
The Villages has not voted for a Democratic candidate since 2000 and favored Trump in 2016 Hundreds of supporters of presidential candidate Kamala Harris turned out this weekend to rally for Harris’s campaign at the Villages retirement community in central Florida – a traditionally conservative stronghold. In videos posted online, hundreds of golf carts , decorated with “Harris for President” pos
User drop suggests ‘rejection of harsh rhetoric’ spewed by the former US president, rightwing media analyst says Donald Trump ’s Truth Social platform experienced a third straight month of audience decline in June, a leading analyst of rightwing media said, detecting signs of “trouble at the ballot box” for the Republican presidential nominee. “The diminishing audience levels for Truth Social sug
For such activists, the FCC’s new regulations represent a good start – and just that You’d be forgiven for falling behind on your federal regulatory news this past month. But amid the chaos of an assassination attempt on the Republican nominee, the self-removal of the Democratic nominee, the meme-ification of the current vice-president , and a flat Diet Mountain Dew joke from her would-be success
The American has dominated her sport for years. But, three years after a painful debut in Tokyo, she finished outside the medals once again Three years ago Hannah Roberts, already the best freestyle BMX rider of her generation before her 20th birthday, entered the women’s park competition at the Tokyo Olympics as the overwhelming favorite, having swept the entire World Cup schedule in addition to
Group of special rapporteurs release report detailing long history of brutal and racist police misconduct A group of United Nations experts is calling on the US federal, state and local authorities to take “immediate and comprehensive” action to resolve a long-standing scandal where people are languishing behind bars after being allegedly tortured by Chicago police to extract false confessions. T
Canada docked six points for spying on practices Tokyo champions could miss knockout rounds A drone spying scandal continues to weigh on Canadian soccer, after the women’s team lost a last-ditch appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, hours before a must-win match at the Paris Games. The court’s decision marks the latest in a “profoundly disappointing” week for the sport in Canada and anoth
Email beau.dure@theguardian.com with your thoughts Latest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results I’m still watching Spain-Brazil, and there’s a group of young-sounding fans uncomfortably close to the commentator’s microphone yelling something that sounds like “Zika!” Do they think Hope Solo is playing? Would it be a bad thing if the USA won!? There is no worse tempter of fate than to tr
Methods include firing squad, lethal injection and electric chair, while as many as eight inmates may be out of appeals The South Carolina supreme court ruled on Wednesday that the state’s death penalty, which now includes a firing squad as well as lethal injection and the electric chair, is legal. All five justices agreed with at least part of the ruling, opening the door to restart executions i
Nearly 100 wildfires are burning, including massive blaze in California that has become fifth-largest in state history As wildfires raged across the western US, authorities said on Wednesday that human remains had been found inside a burned house in Colorado. There are nearly 100 active wildfires burning in the west, including a massive wildfire in California that has grown swiftly in recent days
Company ‘deeply regrets’ the news, taking 7m pounds of deli and poultry items, including bacon and ham, off shelves Boar’s Head products have been recalled due a deadly listeria outbreak, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Tuesday. An additional 7m pounds of deli and poultry items are being recalled due to the deadly outbreak after Strassburger brand Liverwurst products were rec
Secretary of state says suspension is due to ‘anti-democratic’ actions from the Georgian government The US has suspended $95m in assistance to Georgia after its parliament adopted legislation related to foreign agents that critics say was inspired by a Russian law used to crack down on political dissent and that sparked weeks of mass protests . Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, said on W
Visiting the races this week, it felt as if there was no better place to be in all the world. No wonder the locals were so proud When it comes to friendliness and fun, I hold the Irish to higher standards than people of other countries. So when the chap at the car rental desk at Shannon airport was merely civil, I was disappointed – not only in him, but perhaps in his country, too. I felt let dow
Find out who won each event at the Paris Olympics with our searchable list of results, events and disciplines Follow all the latest action live | Support the Guardian Every medallist at the Paris Olympic Games is at your fingertips. We’ve crunched the data so that you can filter by sport to see which competitors finished on the podium for their nation. Continue reading...
Speculation abounds that Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro, will be named as Harris’s running mate US politics – live updates Kamala Harris will stage her first campaign rally with her as-yet-unnamed presidential running mate in Philadelphia next Tuesday, a decision that did nothing to dampen speculation that Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania, is poised to join the Democratic ticket.
League to test new line-to-gain system in preseason Full rollout of tech expected by 2025 The NFL is moving closer to replacing the chain gang with new technology to measure the line to gain. NFL executive Gary Brantley told the Associated Press the league will test Sony’s Hawk-Eye technology during some preseason games. The system will most most likely not be ready for full implementation until
Ashley Benefield had been charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, but was convicted of manslaughter A jury in Florida convicted Ashley Benefield of manslaughter on Tuesday night over the fatal shooting of her husband in 2020 after more than six hours of deliberations. The 33-year-old former ballerina was accused of shooting and killing her estranged husband, Douglas Benefield, who was 5
Once dwindling Biden polls now appear more promising for Harris, as residents are ‘excited’ and ‘energized’ By most measures, Democrats’ chances to take Michigan, a must-win, upper midwest swing state, were rapidly dwindling two weeks ago. Polling released that day showed Joe Biden down seven points , and perhaps insurmountably ceding ground to Donald Trump among key blocs. Then everything change
President on Monday called court’s immunity ruling ‘dangerous’ and proposed constitutional amendment Donald Trump has landed a handful of legal victories in recent weeks, but Joe Biden this week set his sights on disrupting the ex-president’s efforts to evade prosecution – calling for reform that would make him legally accountable. Continue reading...
Researchers found levels of lead and cadmium that far exceed allowable amounts under California guidelines A new study has found numerous dark chocolate products are contaminated with lead and cadmium, two highly toxic metals. The study by researchers at George Washington University was published in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Nutrition. Continue reading...
Semaglutides are powerful drugs that carry risks, not tools for rapid weight loss Since anti-obesity drugs such as semaglutide (branded as Ozempic or Wegovy) have been approved, they have gone from being niche medicines prescribed by doctors to treat people with type 2 diabetes, to being used widely as weight-loss tools. In the United States, a survey of adults found that 12% had taken Ozempic or
By refusing to confirm the election-winning leftwing coalition’s candidate, the president is looking more and more autocratic When one political bloc ranks first in the vote… that bloc has won. That’s the logic, that’s the tradition. Macron must name as prime minister the pick of the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP). The fact that he has already refused to do so is a negation of democracy.” That is
Stephen Richer, Maricopa county’s top election official, defended results showing Trump lost in 2020 The top election official in Arizona ’s Maricopa county, who became nationally known for defending the 2020 election results from false claims by Donald Trump and others of fraud, has lost his seat in the Republican primary to a challenger who questioned those 2020 results. In his campaign, Stephe
As day four of the Olympics began, Team USA were sixth in gold medals won. But their strengths are still to come and their overall total is solid On Tuesday, one country at the Olympics had a particularly good day. Its women’s gymnasts won the team event in a rout. The women’s rugby team took an unexpected bronze medal and went viral . The swimmers won four of a possible five medals in two indivi
The killing of Hamas’s political leader has raised tensions yet again. Only a ceasefire in Gaza offers any prospect of peace Failure to halt the war in Gaza lies at the heart of the latest lethal savagery in the Middle East. The assassination in Tehran of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, will be celebrated in Israel as just revenge for the 7 October atrocities. But Islamist hardliners in
Troubled planemaker hopes to turn its fortunes around after huge losses due to 737 Max 9 aircraft line fiascos Boeing has named the aerospace industry veteran Robert “Kelly” Ortberg as its new president and CEO as the struggling planemaker fights to repair its reputation and shore up its business. A terrifying cabin panel blowout in January sparked the company’s biggest safety crisis since two fa
Victor Moses says officers ignored warning signs during police academy’s violent ‘fight day’ training A police recruit who had to have both of his legs amputated after losing consciousness and repeatedly collapsing during fight training at Denver’s police academy is suing those who allegedly forced him to continue the “barbaric hazing ritual” after paramedics ignored warning signs. Victor Moses,
Fears of fresh sell-off after Nvidia and Microsoft shares dip, but other chip stocks continue to rise Investors are sending mixed signals regarding their appetite for tech stocks, as the growing debate over the artificial intelligence boom, and a US clampdown on chip exports to China, raise questions over the direction of growth for key companies. There were fears of a fresh sell-off after the US
Barry county sheriff known for election denialism has fought government ‘overreach’ for 20 years. Now he faces a new threat – local opposition This article was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and the Guardian. On a sunny afternoon in July, a crowd of roughly 100 gathered to listen to their local sheriff campaign for re-election in south-western Michigan. A self-described “constitutional
Scientists are discovering just how toxic wildfire smoke is to the body – here’s what to know and how to stay safe As dozens of wildfires rage across the US and Canada, blackening the skies once again this summer, scientists are revealing even more about how dangerous wildfire smoke is for our health. Some of the worst fires – including the Durkee fire in Oregon , the Park fire in California and
Kamala Harris has challenged the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, and his running mate, JD Vance, to meet her in a debate and address their criticisms directly. Harris, addressing a crowd of 10,000 during a campaign event at the Georgia State Convocation Center in Atlanta, said: 'I do hope Trump will agree to meet me on the debate stage, because as the saying goes – if you got som
Televised game was huge moment for a squad whose fight for recognition and funding has run alongside success The United States Deaf Women’s National Team (USDWNT) may well be the best team you were not aware of, having won every major tournament they have entered. Yet this is not a story about just silverware. As captain Kate Ward led her team on to the pitch in Colorado at the start of June to m
MyKayla Skinner had questioned talent of US team Biles and US teammates won gold in Paris on Tuesday Latest medal table | Live Paris schedule | Full results Athletes find motivation from all kinds of places. For Simone Biles, at least some of the bulletin-board material that inspired her in Tuesday’s women’s gymnastics team final came from a familiar face. Hours after Biles helped the United Stat
With Trump in Exile, Meridith McGraw offers wide-ranging portrait of former president’s moves since January 2021 Kari Lake secured the Republican nomination for US Senate in Arizona on Tuesday , her convincing primary win fueled by Donald Trump’s endorsement. But according to a new book, Trump has regularly mocked Lake over how fervently she advances his election fraud lie . “Lake’s commitment to
The justices see themselves as philosopher-kings. But the public, increasingly, sees them as corrupt and unaccountable In some ways, there’s something enviable about Joe Biden’s position. As a lame duck, he now retains all the official powers of the presidency, but with much less scrutiny and accountability. He can ascend to no higher office than the one he has, and since he’s taken himself out o
Assassination fuels fears of widening regional war. Plus, Simone Biles leads USA to gold Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was killed in an airstrike in Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the group said, just hours after Israel claimed it had killed a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut. What has Israe
BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue hopes his reporting shows ‘barriers put in the way of disabled people do not need to be there’ As Gary O’Donoghue interviewed the Donald Trump supporter who watched a man calmly climb onto the roof of a nearby building and fire a rifle at the former US president, the BBC television reporter could not see his subject. O’Donoghue, who is blind, could only hear him. And he came
Critics say bill is a ‘fossil fuel wolf in clean energy clothing’ that would gut environmental protections US senators should reject an energy-permitting reform bill being brought to committee on Wednesday by senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso because it’s a “wishlist for the fossil industry ” of the kind envisioned by Project 2025 , environmental groups say. Manchin, a senator from West Virg
Exclusive: Memos show massive jump in contributions and volunteers for Kamala Harris campaign, in addition to $200m haul The launch of Kamala Harris ’s campaign has injected newfound energy into her party with fewer than 100 days to go in the election cycle and raised Democrats’ hopes of winning battleground states that once seemed irretrievably lost to Donald Trump, according to a set of memos e
Trump’s messaging draws from the strategies of the far right – and Democrats usually end up playing right into his hands Last Friday, Donald Trump told an audience of Christian conservatives to “get out and vote, just this time. You won’t have to do it any more . Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote any more, my beautiful Christians.” Selling the i
Reining in the rogue court is a crucial goal with wide support from Americans across the political spectrum “Better late than never” is a useful maxim in all of life and in politics as well. On Monday, Joe Biden caught the “better late than never” bug when he unveiled a series of proposals to reform the US supreme court . Those proposals come more than two and a half years after the US president’

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