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Measure would tighten eligibility for health and food programs for poor people and could add $3.8tn to US debt Analysis: Promises of an American ‘golden age’ – that conveniently ends with Trump’s presidency Republicans in the House of Representatives won passage on Thursday of a major bill that would enact Donald Trump ’s tax and spending priorities while adding trillions of dollars to the US deb
Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of department’s letter to university on X US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has said it is halting Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students and has ordered existing international students at the university to transfer or lose their legal status. On Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Trump
When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say? Now, when Israel is executing a “ final solution ” in Gaza, when it is far too late for dissent to make any difference, the tide is slowly starting to turn. Now that Gaza is flattened, turned into mass graves and rubble, people who have kept quiet for the past 19 mon

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Media Matters faces government inquiry into whether it helped advertisers coordinate to pull ad dollars from X The US Federal Trade Commission has demanded documents from Media Matters about possible coordination with other media watchdogs accused by Elon Musk of helping orchestrate advertiser boycotts of X, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday. The civil investigative demand seen
Report ignores common dangers to children, focuses on Kennedy’s favored topics – and will be forcefully opposed Donald Trump’s health secretary and long-time vaccine skeptic, Robert F Kennedy Jr , presented a highly anticipated report on children’s health this week. The “Maha commission” report, referring to the “Make America healthy again” movement, was required by a presidential executive order
Advocates say families with children among those detained in LA, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago and Texas Federal authorities have arrested people at US immigration courts from New York to Arizona to Washington state in what appears to be a coordinated operation, as the Trump administration ramps up the president’s mass deportation campaign. On Tuesday, agents who identified themselves only
Meme coin buyers may have gotten dinner with president, but they lost millions, Guardian analysis reveals Donald Trump will host the top holders of his cryptocurrency at a gala tonight at his private golf club near Washington DC. Though the president has called the $Trump token “The Greatest of them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, nearly half the gala’s guests suffered losses from purchasing it, according
Slight drop in hate groups does not signify declining influence, Southern Poverty Law Center report says The number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government extremist groups in the US has dropped not because of their declining influence, but because many of their proponents feel their beliefs have become normalized in government and mainstream society, according to a new report by the South
Maha report ignores leading causes of death for children, firearms and crashes, and focuses on lifestyle and vaccines A new report led by the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lays out a dark vision of American children’s health and calls for agencies to examine vaccines, ultra-processed foods, environmental chemicals, lack of exercise and “overmedicalization”. Kennedy has made combatting th
Mauricio Pochettino faces an uphill battle to change the USMNT’s culture without their most important players. If the 2022 World Cup was the debutante ball for a shiny new generation of United States men’s national team players, the 2025 Gold Cup was supposed to be a general rehearsal for the big dance: next summer’s World Cup. Instead, still-somewhat-newish US manager Mauricio Pochettino will go
Washington’s grey skies matched the sombre mood at the site of the killing of two people hours earlier US politics live – latest updates The sombre mood in the streets around Washington’s Capital Jewish Museum on Thursday morning seemed to be aptly caught by the cast-iron grey skies and lightly falling drizzle. Roughly 12 hours after a gunman shot dead two Israeli embassy employees near the museu
An aircraft crashed in the Murphy Canyon neighbourhood near the Montgomery-Gibbs executive airport on Thursday morning, clipping one home and damaging several vehicles, San Diego police department said. The San Diego assistant fire chief Dan Eddy said the crash had killed the plane’s passengers. The aircraft could hold up to 10 people but it is not yet known how many were onboard. No one on the g
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night The two victims of the shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC on Wednesday night have been identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, two employees of the Israeli embassy. The country’s ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, told reporters the two were in a relationshi
US attorney general says Chicago-based suspect believed to have acted alone in killing of couple at Jewish museum US politics live – latest updates The US justice department on Thursday charged the lone suspect in a brazen attack that killed two young Israeli embassy staff members outside an event at the Jewish museum in downtown Washington DC with two counts of first degree murder. Jeanine Pirro
Pulisic will miss Gold Cup along with Fulham’s Antonee Robinson Squad will play two friendlies before the tournament begins The US men’s national team’s pre-Gold Cup training camp roster does not include many of the team’s biggest stars, including Christian Pulisic, Yunus Musah, Weston McKennie, Tim Weah, Gio Reyna, Antonee Robinson and Josh Sargent. Some of the above absences were expected, as M
Justices’ 4-4 ruling leaves intact lower court’s decision that blocked establishment of Oklahoma school The US supreme court on Thursday blocked an attempt led by two Catholic dioceses to establish in Oklahoma the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a major case involving religious rights in American education that challenged the constitutional separation of church and stat
Maine Coalition for Palestine to join Veterans for Peace, as well as college and university students on shorter strikes A group of Maine residents were set to begin a 40-day hunger strike on Thursday, joining a national wave of similar actions protesting Israel’s blockade of Gaza and the skyrocketing levels of hunger in the territory. The Maine Coalition for Palestine announced this week that 25
The two victims of the Washington shooting, the engaged couple Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when the suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire. The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, was seen pacing outside the museum before the shooting. He walked into the museum after and was detained by event securit
FAA said a Cessna 550 crashed in the early morning, damaging several vehicles and a home Several people are dead after a small aircraft crashed in a neighborhood in San Diego, California , early on Thursday morning, the San Diego police department confirmed , clipping one home and damaging several vehicles. The crash killed the plane’s passengers, Dan Eddy, the assistant San Diego fire chief, sai
Tax relief contained within One Big Beautiful Bill Act would expire when president leaves office – what happens then? Congressional Republicans passed a huge spending bill on Thursday morning that, for some taxpayers, may deliver the “golden age” Donald Trump has promised – but only while he is president. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed narrowly with 215-214 votes, is centered on per
From DDG to Tory Lanez, a male celebrity is accused of abuse – and his supporters reverse the roles of victim and offender There’s a new formula for punishing women who speak out about abuse by high-profile figures, and it usually goes like this: woman alleges abuse, woman seeks recourse through the justice system, woman’s accusation is made public – and then a tidal wave of fans of her abuser co
As a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, I have watched for 19 months as Israel starves children. The world must act now On Monday, Israel launched an intensive ground offensive named Operation Gideon’s Chariots as part of its plan to cause as much pain and damage as possible to everyone in Gaza. Israel has announced its intent to gain full indefinite control over Gaza, in effect aiming f
Politicians took to social media to express shock and sorrow over killings of staffers outside Jewish museum in DC Donald Trump , Republicans and Democrats have condemned antisemitism in the shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC on Wednesday night. “These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!” Trump wrote on s
What happened, who were the victims, who was arrested and what has been the reaction? US politics live – latest updates Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington – a young couple on the verge of becoming engaged – were fatally shot on Wednesday evening at about 9.15pm while leaving an event at a Jewish museum. The suspect yelled “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police sa
Newsom issues rallying cry as GOP-controlled Senate votes to reverse EPA waiver and prevent state setting own rules California has long been one of the nation’s preeminent eco-warriors, enacting landmark environmental standards for cars and trucks that go much further than those mandated by the federal government. Vehicles across the country are cleaner, more efficient and electric in greater num
Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts A Republican push to dismantle clean energy incentives threatens to reverberate across the US by costing more than 830,000 jobs, raising energy bills for US households and threatening to unleash millions more tonnes of the planet-heating pollution that is causing the climate crisis ,
The world’s richest person has placed his mission to Mars in a low-income county near the US-Mexico border. As a small cluster of voters connected to SpaceX decide to incorporate their own ‘Starbase city', Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone meet environmental opponents, space enthusiasts and residents who decry the gentrification Musk's expansion has brought Continue reading...
Sweeping legislation will now be sent to the Senate The violence occurred after the American Jewish Committee’s annual Young Diplomats reception at the museum, AP reported. “This is a shocking act of violence and our community is holding each other tighter tonight,” Ted Deutch, American Jewish Committee’s chief executive, said in a statement early Thursday. “At this painful moment, we mourn with
Police say suspect, named as Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, is in custody. Plus, Trump hectors South African president with false claims of ‘white genocide’ Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Police have arrested a suspect after two Israeli embassy employees were shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC on Wednesday night. What do we know about the susp
Johnathan Buma, who was arrested in March and is out on bail, claims in new interview that efforts to target Musk were ‘intense’ A former FBI counterintelligence agent turned whistleblower has claimed he tried to gain access to Elon Musk in 2022 to warn the billionaire that he was the target of a covert Russian campaign seeking to infiltrate his inner circle, possibly to gain access to sensitive
The J league rallied teams to accept a calendar switch and is making real inroads with mainstream fans – both primary MLS goals Major League Soccer has plenty to celebrate in its 30th season as the top domestic competition of the United States and Canada. Average attendance is as high as ever, and sponsors are flocking in record amounts to capitalize on the presence of global stars such as Lionel

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How we deal with bereavement has changed enormously over the years. But not all the old traditions should be forgotten Many years ago, as part of a school homework project, I asked my grandparents what the most significant social change had been during their lifetime. Two of them answered “child mortality”. I was surprised. Weren’t there other, more significant experiences in long lives that had
Some lawyers of more than 600 abuse claimants trying to block approval of current agreement of chapter 11 case Some attorneys involved in the bankrupt New Orleans Catholic archdiocese’s federal financial reorganization say they have reached terms on an agreement to settle decades’ worth of clergy molestation claims, but lawyers representing a sizeable share out of more than 600 abuse claimants co
The 26-year-old has been good rather than great in his first season with his new team, and he’s playing in an unforgiving environment If you only tuned into the biggest headlines about him, you might be convinced that Juan Soto’s first quarter of a season with the New York Mets has been a complete flop. Last December, the Mets guaranteed Soto $765m on a 15-year contract , the most lucrative deal
Discovery has implications for ‘all cells and tissues’ and research bridged gap between scientists and non-scientists After decades of mystery, new research has shed light on a question that has long stumped scientists and cat lovers alike – what exactly makes orange cats, well … orange? Two studies published in Current Biology last week by separate teams at Stanford University and Japan’s Kyushu
Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC were shot and killed near a Jewish museum. Metropolitan police chief Pamela Smith said a preliminary investigation showed both victims were exiting an event at the museum when the attack took place. The suspect is in custody. Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum Continue reading...
The PM has little choice. Unless he brings the fractured nations together, none can move forward, and neither can he A house divided against itself cannot stand, warned Abraham Lincoln. The United States’ later descent into civil war over slavery would prove Lincoln right. But is 21st-century Britain now also becoming, in its different way, an unsustainably divided house too? And have Britain’s e
Homicides are under investigation, police say during press conference, after fatal shooting of man and woman Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum – homeland security secretary US Speaker Mike Johnson on the shooting: I’ve been informed of the tragic shooting that occurred outside of the Capitol Jewish Museum tonight in Washington D.C. We are monitoring the situatio
Footage released by Durango police department shows officer Shane Garrison approaching Irwin, named after the 'Crocodile hunter' Steve Irwin, in a narrow corridor between a fence and home. Once the officer has the kangaroo in his arms, another can be heard saying 'we have the kangaroo detained.' Irwin the kangaroo gets the jump on police in Durango, Colorado – again Continue reading...
Corruption and greed have eroded morality in public life. Powerful people who do what is right are in short supply “Courage is seeking the truth and speaking it,” Jean Jaurès, the French philosopher and Socialist party leader, told a group of high school students in 1903. “It is not yielding to the law of the triumphant lie as it passes, and not echoing, with our soul, our mouth and our hands, mi
Republicans have been deeply divided over the bill which would extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts by tightening eligibility for food and health programs The Republican-controlled House of Representatives will attempt to pass President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, following weeks of intra-party divisions of how deeply to cut spending. The bill cleared a
Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum Washington DC shooting: follow live for latest updates A suspect is in custody after shooting dead two Israeli embassy staff outside a Jewish museum in Washington on Wednesday night. The gunman, identified as a 30-year-old from Chicago, approached a group of four people leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Mu
Indiana rally for 138-135 OT win over New York in Game 1 Pacers tie game on Halburton’s shot at end of regulation New York suffer historic collapse in spite of Brunson’s 43 The ghosts of Reggie Miller were alive and well at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night – and Tyrese Haliburton once again played the role of Garden villain to perfection. Haliburton tied the game with a wild jumper at the
The South African president insists the meeting went ‘very well’ despite Trump publicly berating him. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 21 May 2025 South African president Cyril Ramaphosa refused to take the bait when Donald Trump falsely accused his nation of committing white genocide, in what his spokesperson dismissed as “an orchestrated show for the cameras”. Ramaphosa remained composed
President says he will speak with advisers about taking public firms that support about 70% of US mortgages Donald Trump said he will make a decision in the near future about taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public, a move which he said he is giving “very serious consideration”. In a post on Truth Social , the US president said he will speak with the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent; the commer
Colts owner Jim Irsay dies peacefully at age 65 Irsay drafted Peyton Manning, won Super Bowl title Remembered for philanthropy, music and NFL legacy Jim Irsay, longtime owner and CEO of the Indianapolis Colts and one of the NFL’s most recognizable figures, has died at age 65. The franchise announced that Irsay passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday afternoon. “We are devastated to announc
United flight to LA forced to turn back over ‘concern found written on lavatory mirror’ as Hawaiian flight also delayed Two planes traveling between Honolulu and southern California were diverted due to safety concerns, one for a bomb threat, another for a “security concern” found written on a bathroom mirror. United flight 1169 left Daniel K Inouye international airport at 9.40pm on Tuesday nigh
Like a Bond villain startling guests with noxious gas, the president pushed his 'white genocide’ delusion to Cyril Ramaphosa We knew he was a bore and boor. Now we have learned that Donald Trump is an honorary Boer. When he turned his attention to South Africa on Wednesday, it may come as no surprise that the US president – who has been sued for discriminating against Black apartment seekers, cal
Detained Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist forced to meet month-old baby from behind glass Mahmoud Khalil, the detained Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist, was not allowed to hold his newborn son after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials refused to allow a contact visit between him and his family, his lawyers said on Wednesday. Instead, Khali
This time, the most notorious roo-peat offender is caught after leaping into the arms of a ‘big farm boy’ officer The most notorious roo-peat offender in Durango, Colorado, was once again seen hopping through town. Irwin, a pet kangaroo, first jumped through Durango as a baby in October 2024. On Monday, he showed that his escapist tendencies have followed him from the pouch to adolescence. Irwin
US president intoned ‘death, death, death’ as he waved articles purporting to show violence against white minority It was an ambush crafted straight from a reality-TV playbook. The Oval Office meeting with South Africa ’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, started with exchanges of pleasantries, before Donald Trump said “turn the lights down” and a video was played to support his false claims that white
Condo owners and renters may see larger jump as insurance firm pursues overall 30% rate increase for policies in state Condo owners and renters could see a larger jump in insurance costs as State Farm General pursues an overall 30% rate increase for homeowner policies in California. This comes just a week after the company was granted a 17% emergency interim hike , down from the nearly 22% increa
South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa was ambushed with footage that US president Donald Trump falsely said showed evidence of white genocide during a visit to the White House. Ramaphosa pushed back in a tense and testy Oval Room encounter Trump ambushes South African president with video and false claims of anti-white racism White South African ‘refugees’? The jokes write themselves Continue
SGA led Thunder to NBA-best 68 wins and historic season 26-year-old guard averaged 32.7 points on 51.9% shooting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, capping a breakout year in which he led the Oklahoma City Thunder to a league-best 68 wins and the franchise’s deepest playoff run since the Kevin Durant era. The 26-year-old guard, who will be officially honored on
Games scheduled for 21–24 May 2026 in Las Vegas Athletes allowed to use PEDs under medical oversight Investors include Donald Trump Jr and Peter Thiel A controversial new Olympics-style sporting event where athletes will be permitted – and even encouraged – to use performance-enhancing drugs is set to debut in Las Vegas next May, organizers announced on Wednesday. The inaugural Enhanced Games wil
Senior Cecilia Culver criticized the university’s ties to Israel and called for donations to be withheld A graduation speech at George Washington University has resulted in the graduate being banned from the campus after she used the platform to criticize the university’s ties to Israel and express support for Palestinians. During Saturday’s commencement for the Columbian College of Arts & Scienc
Cyril Ramaphosa responds to hectoring stunt in Oval Office and egregious claim of white genocide by suggesting calm Analysis: Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims ignore reality in South Africa Sketch: Sinister Trump dims the lights for another White House ambush Donald Trump ambushed the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, by playing him a video that he falsely claimed proved genocide was being

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