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Trump’s White House circle takes shape amid fears over extremist appointments

Susie Wiles named Trump's chief of staff

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by Martin Pengelly in Washington / 1h

President-elect said to be considering immigration and foreign policy hardliners – plus the controversial RFK Jr Donald Trump’s second administration has begun to take shape amid fears over extremist appointments and how far right the US will go while Republicans control the White House and probably both chambers of Congress. The range of names being put forward varies from members of Trump’s inn

Fears New York buildings’ deadly toll on migratory birds could be on the rise

by Victoria Bekiempis / 1h

Annual bird survey suggests ‘particularly bad’ autumn on key migration route through city’s brightly lit skyscrapers As fall bird migration nears its end in New York City, a troubling trend may be emerging: preliminary evidence suggest that more avians collided with buildings this season compared with last autumn. NYC Bird Alliance surveys suggest that collisions are up citywide and that it has p

Kamala Harris is just the latest victim of global trend to oust incumbents

Trump wins amid global anti-incumbency

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by Robert Ford / 1h

Voters across the world have backed any alternative to the people in charge What do the British Conservatives , the New Zealand Labour party , the LDP of Japan and the ANC of South Africa have in common? Defeat. All four led governments that have been pummelled at the polls recently as part of the greatest wave of anti-incumbent voting ever seen. Governments of left and right, radicals and modera

Today

Terrorist groups embrace chance of weakened US hegemony under Trump

by Ben Makuch / 23min

One post from ex-members of neo-Nazi group says ‘we’re happy’ with Trump’s plans to slash national security jobs While Donald Trump has cultivated his reputation as a feared strongman, internal chats and online talk across a spectrum of terrorist organizations calling the US government their enemy show that many see advantages to the president-elect’s incoming administration. Key to those beliefs

‘The movement is not over’: leaders of Uncommitted look ahead at organizing during Trump term

by Melissa Hellmann / 23min

While disappointed, leaders say Democratic party stuck with ‘status quo’ instead of listening to voter concerns Following Donald Trump’s decisive victory in this week’s presidential election, leaders of the anti-war group Uncommitted National Movement expressed their disappointment over the results, highlighting the Democratic party’s failure to listen to its base and prioritize progressive polic

From Trump’s victory, a simple, inescapable message: many people despise the left | John Harris

by John Harris / 23min

The tumult of social media and rightwing propaganda have successfully cast progressives as one judgmental, ‘woke’ mass There is no need to pick only a few of the many explanations of Donald Trump’s political comeback. Most of the endless reasons we have heard over the past five days ring true: inflation , incumbency , a flimsy Democratic campaign, white Americans’ seemingly eternal issues with ra

My six-year-old son is a born comedian and loves a joke | Séamas O’Reilly

by Séamas O’Reilly / 23min

But nothing has made me laugh more than the books he’s written It is a lifelong discipline of mine to avoid this column defaulting to Kids Say the Darnedest Things, but I fear I must make an exception this week. My son is making inroads into comedy, now that he goes to bed clutching a book of jokes by Jamie Smart. These are the real, old-fashioned groaners of mythical archetype. (Sample: what do

‘No time to pull punches’: is a civil war on the horizon for the Democratic party?

Biden congratulates Trump invites transition

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by Joan E Greve in Washington DC / 1h

Accusations and recriminations abound as Democrats try to figure out what went wrong after an electoral trouncing Joe Biden stood before the American people, millions of whom were still reeling from the news of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race, and reassured them: “We’re going to be OK.” In his first remarks since his vice-president and chosen successor, Kamala Harris , lost the pr

Barbora Krejcikova hits out at ‘unprofessional’ US commentary over her appearance

Krejcikova criticizes Wertheim's comments

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by PA Media / 2h

Czech responds to comments made on Tennis Channel ‘I believe it’s time to address the need for respect’ Barbora Krejcikova has criticised “unprofessional commentary” regarding her appearance on the US TV network Tennis Channel. The Wimbledon champion was taking part in the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia this week, the culmination to the regular women’s season, where she lost to Zheng Qinwen in the se

Yesterday

Donald Trump wins Arizona as US House moves closer to Republican control – US politics live

Trump wins all seven swing states

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46by Amy Sedghi / 4h

President-elect completes clean sweep of seven battleground states; Republican representative defeats former Navajo Nation president for House seat Scrambling to construct an administration in the wake of his shock victory eight years ago, Donald Trump looked far beyond his inner circle, and those who ardently embraced his agenda. Not this time. The president-elect has charged Howard Lutnick , a

‘It’s dumb, but I’ll watch it’: why Tyson’s Netflix brawl is big box office

by Sean Ingle / 5h

YouTuber Jake Paul versus the 58-year-old boxing legend – a grizzly pantomime? Or a grim harbinger of the future? The trailer for Netflix’s latest multimillion-dollar venture starts with a dramatic drumbeat, the slap of glove on pad, and a familiar Brooklyn drawl. “He’s a manufactured killer,” says Mike Tyson, with almost cartoon relish. “I am a natural-born killer.” The camera then cuts to the m

In the moral panic over vaping, we risk forgetting that cigarettes kill | Martha Gill

20by Martha Gill / 5h

Bans and taxes on the most popular and effective aid for giving up smoking could lead to a major health crisis Imagine we’d found a way to get millions of people to switch from alcohol, which in this country kills 10,000 people a year , to another kind of substance: still addictive, still not risk-free, but when compared with the booze, pretty harmless. Coffee, say. A public health miracle is hai

‘He hears me’: Trump’s Wall Street fixer prepares to assemble obedient administration

Howard Lutnick scouts Trump nominees

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by Callum Jones in New York / 5h

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is planning to stack the incoming White House staff with Trump loyalists Scrambling to construct an administration in the wake of his shock victory eight years ago, Donald Trump looked far beyond his inner circle, and those who ardently embraced his agenda. Not this time. The president-elect has charged Howard Lutnick, a longtime friend, and one of the few hig

The Observer view on US election: lessons for the left in wake of damning defeat

66by Observer editorial / 5h

Donald Trump’s overwhelming mandate is a wake-up call for progressive parties who have lost touch with voters’ concerns Donald Trump’s unexpectedly clearcut victory in last week’s US presidential election is a wake-up call for the progressive left in America and Britain. The hard-right Republican nominee made gains in almost all voter groups , including in swing state cities, middle-class suburbs

Are you worried about inflation? Then fear Trump, not Rachel Reeves | William Keegan

21by William Keegan / 6h

The chancellor’s budget may have a small effect on UK interest rates. But US tax cuts and tariffs could have international repercussions Having been fairly critical of my (almost) friend Rachel Reeves’s approach to her first budget, I wish to put in a word of praise for certain aspects of it before, er, continuing to be critical. The emphasis on devoting more resources to the NHS is long overdue.

How long will we stomach sermons from royals made rich by their own charities? | Catherine Bennett

200+by Catherine Bennett / 6h

Despite their huge untaxed duchy revenues, King Charles and Prince William are still trying to claim the moral high ground The British public remains immensely forgiving of royal failings, understandably when the family is fragile and struggling with serious illness. Huge public sympathy has allowed for the revival of a doting, vintage style of reporting that only a year ago might have seemed as

Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis overpowers Chukhadzhian to retain IBF welterweight title

Ennis retains IBF title against Chukhadzhian

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by Agencies / 7h

Ennis defends IBF belt with unanimous decision Rodriguez retains super flyweight strap in co-main Jaron Ennis defended his share of the 147lbs championship with a flat performance in front of his hometown crowd, taking a unanimous decision victory over Ukrainian fighter Karen Chukhadzhian on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Known as ‘Boots’, Ennis won 119-107, 117-109, 116-110 on the sco

Messi’s Inter Miami toppled by Atlanta United in seismic MLS Cup playoff upset

Messi's historic MLS playoff journey

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by Associated Press / 10h

Inter Miami ousted by Atlanta with 3-2 Game 3 loss Jamal Thiaré double sparks massive playoff upset Miami will play in 2025 Club World Cup despite flop There will be no MLS Cup for Lionel Messi and Inter Miami this year. Atlanta United saw to that with a massive upset, sending the game’s most decorated player and biggest-spending team home earlier than anyone imagined. Jamal Thiaré scored twice,

Trump wins Arizona to clinch sweep of seven battleground states

Trump wins all seven swing states

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500+by Amy Sedghi and agencies / 10h

Associated Press declares Trump victory in state, giving him expected final total of 312 electoral college votes US politics – live updates Donald Trump has won the presidential election in Arizona, Associated Press has declared, completing a clean sweep of all seven battleground states and locking in a decisive electoral college victory over the Democratic vice-president, Kamala Harris. Trump, w

Bobby Allison, Nascar legend and three-time Daytona 500 winner, dies aged 86

Bobby Allison NASCAR legend dies 86

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by Associated Press / 12h

Three-time Daytona 500 winner dies aged 86 Allison is fourth on Nascar all-time wins list Bobby Allison, founder of racing’s ‘Alabama Gang’ and a Nascar Hall of Famer, died Saturday. He was 86. Nascar released a statement from Allison’s family that said he died at home in Mooresville, North Carolina. A cause of death wasn’t given, but Allison had been in declining health for years. Continue readi

Republicans on the verge of clinching control of the US House

60by Reuters / 12h

With votes still being counted from general election, a win would be critical for Trump to advance agenda US elections 2024 – live updates Republicans on Saturday appeared close to clinching control of the US House of Representatives, a critical element for Donald Trump to advance his agenda when the president-elect returns to the White House in January. With votes still being counted from the 5

Anti-Trump protests erupt across US from New York City to Seattle

Anti-Trump protests erupt nationwide

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500+by Maya Yang / 12h

Thousands of people take to streets to protest threats to reproductive rights and pledges of mass deportations Protests against Donald Trump erupted in the US on Saturday as people on both coasts took to the streets in frustration about his re-election. Thousands of people in major cities including New York City and Seattle demonstrated against the former president and now president-elect amid hi

San Francisco 49ers’ Nick Bosa slapped with $11,255 fine for wearing Maga hat

Nick Bosa defends MAGA hat display

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22by Associated Press / 14h

NFL fines 49ers star for wearing pro-Trump hat Bosa violated league’s uniform and equipment rules San Francisco 49ers star defensive end Nick Bosa has been fined by the NFL for wearing a hat with a pro-Donald Trump message during a postgame television interview, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press on Saturday. Bosa was fined $11,255 for violating the NFL uniform and equipm

'We're not leaving': protests against Trump in New York and Washington DC – video

76by Guardian Staff / 15h

Thousands of people gathered outside Trump Tower in New York to protest against Donald Trump's re-election as president. The rally targeted Trump's promise to carry out mass deportations from the start of his upcoming presidency in January. In Washington DC, protesters gathered in response to fears that the new administration could further threaten abortion rights after Roe v Wade was overturned

‘Devastating’: California fire victims return to sift through rubble of homes

Mountain Fire devastates Southern California

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29by Maya Yang and agencies / 16h

Ten people have been injured so far by the Mountain fire, which was 17% contained by Saturday morning As firefighting crews continued to battle the Mountain fire on Saturday, some residents were allowed to return to areas destroyed by the blaze to sift through the destruction to their homes. As of 7am Pacific time on Saturday, the fire had been 17% contained, according to Cal Fire, the state’s wi

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson out indefinitely with hamstring injury

Zion Williamson out indefinitely hamstring

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by Agencies / 16h

Pelicans star forward out indefinitely with injury Williamson has missed four of 10 games this year New Orleans Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson is out indefinitely with a left hamstring strain. Imaging taken Saturday morning confirmed the injury. Though the team did not provide a timetable for Williamson’s return, ESPN reported he will be re-evaluated “in the coming weeks”. Continue reading

US tourist killed while on vacation in Hungary as suspect taken into custody

American woman Mackenzie Michalski murdered

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24by Associated Press / 17h

Mackenzie Michalski, 31, from Portland, Oregon, met 37-year-old man from Ireland at nightclub in Budapest Family members of a 31-year-old American tourist who was killed while on vacation in Hungary’s capital mourned their loss while a 37-year-old suspect was in custody Saturday. The victim, Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on 5 November after she was last seen at a

Fema worker fired for telling Milton relief team to skip homes with Trump signs

FEMA supervisor fired for bias

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400+by Joanna Walters / 17h

Fema chief calls action ‘reprehensible’ while Florida governor calls it a ‘weaponization of government’ A employee at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has been fired from her job and is being investigated because she told a disaster relief team she was directing in Florida after Hurricane Milton to avoid homes displaying election campaign signs supporting Donald Trump, conduct that

‘He thrives on chaos’: to dismiss Trump pledges as campaign rhetoric is a triumph of hope over experience | Kim Darroch

100+by Kim Darroch / 18h

The lesson of his first term is that he does what he says he is going to do: the UK must prepare Wednesday 9 November 2016: a misty, drizzly day in Washington DC, an overwhelmingly Democrat city in trauma after the shock victory of Donald Trump in the election the previous day. A Washington rarity, a declared Trump supporter, was among a group of guests for lunch in the residence that day. I took

Trump ally: Ukraine focus is to achieve ‘peace and stop the killing’

Erdogan advocates diplomacy for Ukraine peace

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38by Maya Yang and Cecilia Nowell / 18h

Spokesperson for Trump’s presidential transition effort said Bryan Lanza had not been speaking on behalf of president-elect US elections 2024 – live updates A senior adviser to Donald Trump said that the incoming US administration’s priority for Ukraine will be achieving peace rather than helping it regain territory captured by Russia in the almost three years of the war. In an interview with the

We can rage about Donald Trump. Or we can be curious about why he appealed to so many | Peter Hyman

100+by Peter Hyman / 19h

Progressives would do well to try to understand how millions of Americans turned to him because he offered real hope of prosperity, security and fewer wars How can anyone vote for someone so… fill in the blank… racist, sexist, unconstitutional, hateful, unhinged? This is the question asked frequently in the UK and here in the States, where I have spent the past three weeks trying to understand th

Joe Biden to welcome Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday

Biden congratulates Trump invites transition

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21by Joanna Walters in New York and agencies / 19h

Trump refused to welcome Biden in 2021 after his defeat by the Democratic nominee, insisting he had won the election US elections 2024 – live updates Joe Biden and Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday in the Oval Office, the White House announced on Saturday. Trump will take office on 20 January to become the 47th president of the United States, winning the position back for the Republicans after

Contempt for human rights, trashing allies: the world’s populists are rubbing their hands with glee | Simon Tisdall

200+by Simon Tisdall / 20h

After Donald Trump’s victory, brute force will prevail over geopolitics as authoritarians are appeased from Russia to Israel to China Feelings are not the usual focus of a world dominated by macho strongmen, complex geopolitical challenges, wars and disasters. Yet every rule has exceptions. Following Donald Trump’s unexpectedly decisive US election victory , dark storm clouds seeded with powerful

Arizona endures tense wait for final election result in last battleground

54by Edward Helmore / 20h

Tallies are 83% complete, with Trump at 52.7%, but 602,000 uncounted votes give Harris a chance to catch up US elections 2024 – live updates Arizona remained in a tense waiting game on Saturday for its election results, even as neighboring Nevada declared for Donald Trump overnight, giving the president-elect six out of seven swing states after election day on 5 November. In Arizona, official tal

The images of Spain’s floods weren’t created by AI. The trouble is, people think they were

79by John Naughton / 20h

The rapid growth of ‘AI slop’ – content created by artificial tools – is starting to warp our perception of what is, or could be, real My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur’s Substack newsletter Social Warming . It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of the “rain bomb” that devastated the region of Valencia in Spain. A year’s worth of rain fell

The US has lost faith in the American dream. Is this the end of the country as we know it?

200+by Andrew Gumbel / 21h

The Republican’s second presidential term heralds a more inward-looking US where resentment has replaced idealism and nobody wins without someone else losing A dozen years ago – an eternity in American politics – the Republican party was reeling from its fourth presidential election loss in six tries and decided that it needed to be a lot kinder to the people whose votes it was courting. No more

Coco Gauff beats Zheng Qinwen to WTA Finals title – live reaction

Sabalenka faces Gauff in WTA Finals

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31by Tanya Aldred / 21h

Updates from the 3pm (GMT) match in Riyadh Get in touch! Share your thoughts with Tanya First set: Zheng 3-2 Gauff* (*denotes next server) A humdinger of a game bursting with huge shots and ferocious rallies. An inside out backhand wins Zheng the first point in her serve. Gauff is very quick, spanning the length of the base line like a woman in seven league boots. A inch-perfect forehand from Gau

‘It gave me a new perspective’: student exchange program attempts to bridge divided US

by Stephen Starr / 21h

American Exchange Project helps high school seniors travel and meet youths from different sociopolitical backgrounds For Baltimore native Jessica Osei-Adjei, a week-long trip to Anchorage, Alaska , last summer was more than just her first time traveling solo. “I went hiking on a glacier, camping and paddleboarding for the first time,” she says. “I’m not really an outdoorsy person but doing that w

How Trump won over voters in deep-blue New York City

Trump gains support in New York

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31by Adam Gabbatt / 21h

Harris still won with 68% of the city’s vote, but it was a steep drop from Biden’s 53-point margin of victory in 2020 Donald Trump ’s presidential win was ultimately determined by voters in swing states, but a shift towards the Republican was seen across the country – even in the deeply Democratic stronghold of New York City. While Kamala Harris won New York by a handy margin, with 68% of the vot

None of the conventional explanations for Trump’s victory stand up to scrutiny | Ben Davis

400+by Ben Davis / 22h

This election has blown a hole in the worldviews of both leftists and centrists. The pandemic may be a more important factor Donald Trump has won, and most shockingly, he won the popular vote. Unlike in 2016, which could be explained as a rejection of Hillary Clinton concentrated in the crucial midwestern states, this year he won convincingly. He has increased his share of the vote, as a percenta

How Trump won over Latino and Hispanic voters in historic numbers

Latino voters support Trump resurgence

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400+by Richard Luscombe in Miami / 22h

Experts say president-elect’s bombastic attitude and economic messaging helped flip traditionally blue counties US election 2024 – live updates The raucous early morning celebration in Miami ’s Little Havana neighborhood was of a magnitude not seen since the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro died eight