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The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein , who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails relea Experts infuriated by president accusing Democrats of ‘sedition’ for urging soldiers to refuse illegal orders Veterans have condemned the politicization of the military after Donald Trump accused Democratic lawmakers of “sedition, punishable by death” after a small group of them released a video in which they urged US soldiers not to follow any “unlawful” orders. The extraordinary exchange was sp Temporary hold on lower court ruling will remain in place while supreme court considers whether to allow new map The US supreme court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’s 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by Donald Trump likely discriminated on the basis of race. The order, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, will remain in place at least for the next few d
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein , who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails relea
Experts infuriated by president accusing Democrats of ‘sedition’ for urging soldiers to refuse illegal orders Veterans have condemned the politicization of the military after Donald Trump accused Democratic lawmakers of “sedition, punishable by death” after a small group of them released a video in which they urged US soldiers not to follow any “unlawful” orders. The extraordinary exchange was sp
Temporary hold on lower court ruling will remain in place while supreme court considers whether to allow new map The US supreme court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’s 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by Donald Trump likely discriminated on the basis of race. The order, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, will remain in place at least for the next few d
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Journalist, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, reveals she has acute myeloid leukemia Tatiana Schlossberg, a journalist and the granddaughter of John F Kennedy, disclosed on Saturday that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, saying her doctor informed her that she has less than a year left to live. The environmental writer also addressed her cousin, Robert F Kennedy Jr , by Jack Snape / 1hThree-time NBA champion senses ‘weird deja vu’ as his former side returns to playoff contention with a fellow Australian critical to the resurgence Luc Longley chooses his words carefully when talking about Chicago Bulls point guard Josh Giddey, not wanting to heap any more expectation on the young Australian still finding his feet in the ferocious competition of the NBA. He says he doesn’t watch Anna Kepner, 18, from Titusville, was found dead of asphyxiation under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship The 16-year-old stepbrother of a Florida teenager found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship this month has been identified as a suspect in her death. Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old from Titusville, was found dead under a bed on the Carnival Horizon on 8 November, wrapped in a blanket and covered by by Sam Levine in Moberly, Missouri / 2hA new congressional map was abruptly passed by Republicans in mid-September – but voters have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect When canvassers fan out across neighborhoods, they usually rely on sophisticated lists that will tell them things like a voter’s political party and how likely they are to support a given cause. Jill Imbler isn’t bothering with any of that Some Republicans offered congresswoman plaudits, but AOC was scathing in her dismissal of her frequent sparring partner Marjorie Taylor Greene ’s surprise resignation from Congress late on Friday, saying she refused to be a “battered wife” following her public fallout with Donald Trump, has been slammed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , the Democratic congresswoman and Greene’s frequent sparring part 26by Andrew Gumbel in Santa Monica / 4hYears of hollowed out shops, safety worries and stalled leadership have left the famed coastal city searching for a way back Santa Monica is a city that would seem to have everything. A glorious, wide sandy beach. A fabled pier framed by palm trees and views of the southern California mountains. An aura of Hollywood magic, with a native honor roll that runs from Shirley Temple to Sean Penn. Stree 25by Hannah Harris Green / 4hBan forbids all products that contain more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per package – a trace amount present in most CBD products The US hemp industry is preparing for a ban on most hemp products that Senator Mitch McConnell slipped into the spending bill just before the Senate voted to pass it and end the government shutdown. Many in the industry have criticized the last-minute change, arguing tha Move could affect hundreds of Somalis who fled civil war in their home country Donald Trump said on Friday night that he’s “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota , further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has already repeatedly sought to weaken. Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali community. Many by Bryan Armen Graham / 5hA year and a half after his unstoppable rise was hijacked, the 26-year-old boxing star aims to become a three-weight champion against big-punching Brian Norman Jr Rain falls in thin, needling lines over Hell’s Kitchen as Devin Haney walks into the Victory Boxing Gym. Somewhere along Ninth Avenue an ambulance threads through the congestion, its siren drawn out into a long, mournful ribbon that sli As many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on the city imminently – despite falling crime New Orleanians are bracing for a major deployment of US border patrol officers to the city, as Donald Trump forges on with his mass deportation agenda and sweeping federal immigration crackdown in Democrat-led cities. Despite falling crime , as many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on Her privileges in America’s two-tiered legal system reportedly range from from unlimited toilet paper to puppy playtime I don’t know what, if anything, keeps Ghislaine Maxwell up at night. But it’s certainly not the prospect of running out of toilet paper in the minimum-security prison where she’s residing. Maxwell is serving a 20-year-sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking op The Maga star won on the Epstein files and could have founded a Republican resistance movement but is instead the latest dissenter to head for the exit It has been a head-spinning 48 hours in Washington. Liberal TV host Rachel Maddow showed up at the funeral of conservative vice-president Dick Cheney. Donald Trump embraced Zohran Mamdani , a democratic socialist set to be the first Muslim mayor o Fox News and other conservative networks have mostly avoided covering the president’s ties to the sex trafficker When House Democrats released emails which showed Jeffrey Epstein claiming Donald Trump “knew about the girls”, rightwing news channels in the US reacted the same way: with silence. Viewers of Fox News and other conservative networks would have had no idea that the president allegedly US officials to hold high-level talks in Brussels amid unhappiness in Washington at slow action on July deal The EU and US are set to restart trade negotiations next week after a two-month pause to try to settle unresolved sticking points in their controversial tariff deal struck in July. The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and trade representative Jamieson Greer will hold high-level meeti The plan would leave Ukraine’s democracy in jeopardy and its sovereignty compromised For a moment, Donald Trump seemed to have seen the light on Ukraine. After promising “ severe consequences ” in August if Vladimir Putin continued to obstruct ceasefire talks – but then doing nothing as Putin did just that – Trump finally on 22 October imposed significant sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil com 74by Sidney Blumenthal / 9hThe abject obedience of GOP members and the 4 November election results do not augur well for Republicans in the midterms The elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory, Donald Trump claimed he had an “unprecedented and powerful mandate”, that his “mandate” was “massive” and that his “Maga movement” was irresistible, the wave of the future. It lasted 10 m
Journalist, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, reveals she has acute myeloid leukemia Tatiana Schlossberg, a journalist and the granddaughter of John F Kennedy, disclosed on Saturday that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, saying her doctor informed her that she has less than a year left to live. The environmental writer also addressed her cousin, Robert F Kennedy Jr ,
by Jack Snape / 1h
Three-time NBA champion senses ‘weird deja vu’ as his former side returns to playoff contention with a fellow Australian critical to the resurgence Luc Longley chooses his words carefully when talking about Chicago Bulls point guard Josh Giddey, not wanting to heap any more expectation on the young Australian still finding his feet in the ferocious competition of the NBA. He says he doesn’t watch
Anna Kepner, 18, from Titusville, was found dead of asphyxiation under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship The 16-year-old stepbrother of a Florida teenager found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship this month has been identified as a suspect in her death. Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old from Titusville, was found dead under a bed on the Carnival Horizon on 8 November, wrapped in a blanket and covered by
by Sam Levine in Moberly, Missouri / 2h
A new congressional map was abruptly passed by Republicans in mid-September – but voters have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect When canvassers fan out across neighborhoods, they usually rely on sophisticated lists that will tell them things like a voter’s political party and how likely they are to support a given cause. Jill Imbler isn’t bothering with any of that
Some Republicans offered congresswoman plaudits, but AOC was scathing in her dismissal of her frequent sparring partner Marjorie Taylor Greene ’s surprise resignation from Congress late on Friday, saying she refused to be a “battered wife” following her public fallout with Donald Trump, has been slammed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , the Democratic congresswoman and Greene’s frequent sparring part
26by Andrew Gumbel in Santa Monica / 4h
Years of hollowed out shops, safety worries and stalled leadership have left the famed coastal city searching for a way back Santa Monica is a city that would seem to have everything. A glorious, wide sandy beach. A fabled pier framed by palm trees and views of the southern California mountains. An aura of Hollywood magic, with a native honor roll that runs from Shirley Temple to Sean Penn. Stree
25by Hannah Harris Green / 4h
Ban forbids all products that contain more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per package – a trace amount present in most CBD products The US hemp industry is preparing for a ban on most hemp products that Senator Mitch McConnell slipped into the spending bill just before the Senate voted to pass it and end the government shutdown. Many in the industry have criticized the last-minute change, arguing tha
Move could affect hundreds of Somalis who fled civil war in their home country Donald Trump said on Friday night that he’s “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota , further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has already repeatedly sought to weaken. Minnesota has the nation’s largest Somali community. Many
by Bryan Armen Graham / 5h
A year and a half after his unstoppable rise was hijacked, the 26-year-old boxing star aims to become a three-weight champion against big-punching Brian Norman Jr Rain falls in thin, needling lines over Hell’s Kitchen as Devin Haney walks into the Victory Boxing Gym. Somewhere along Ninth Avenue an ambulance threads through the congestion, its siren drawn out into a long, mournful ribbon that sli
As many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on the city imminently – despite falling crime New Orleanians are bracing for a major deployment of US border patrol officers to the city, as Donald Trump forges on with his mass deportation agenda and sweeping federal immigration crackdown in Democrat-led cities. Despite falling crime , as many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on
Her privileges in America’s two-tiered legal system reportedly range from from unlimited toilet paper to puppy playtime I don’t know what, if anything, keeps Ghislaine Maxwell up at night. But it’s certainly not the prospect of running out of toilet paper in the minimum-security prison where she’s residing. Maxwell is serving a 20-year-sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking op
The Maga star won on the Epstein files and could have founded a Republican resistance movement but is instead the latest dissenter to head for the exit It has been a head-spinning 48 hours in Washington. Liberal TV host Rachel Maddow showed up at the funeral of conservative vice-president Dick Cheney. Donald Trump embraced Zohran Mamdani , a democratic socialist set to be the first Muslim mayor o
Fox News and other conservative networks have mostly avoided covering the president’s ties to the sex trafficker When House Democrats released emails which showed Jeffrey Epstein claiming Donald Trump “knew about the girls”, rightwing news channels in the US reacted the same way: with silence. Viewers of Fox News and other conservative networks would have had no idea that the president allegedly
US officials to hold high-level talks in Brussels amid unhappiness in Washington at slow action on July deal The EU and US are set to restart trade negotiations next week after a two-month pause to try to settle unresolved sticking points in their controversial tariff deal struck in July. The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and trade representative Jamieson Greer will hold high-level meeti
The plan would leave Ukraine’s democracy in jeopardy and its sovereignty compromised For a moment, Donald Trump seemed to have seen the light on Ukraine. After promising “ severe consequences ” in August if Vladimir Putin continued to obstruct ceasefire talks – but then doing nothing as Putin did just that – Trump finally on 22 October imposed significant sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil com
74by Sidney Blumenthal / 9h
The abject obedience of GOP members and the 4 November election results do not augur well for Republicans in the midterms The elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory, Donald Trump claimed he had an “unprecedented and powerful mandate”, that his “mandate” was “massive” and that his “Maga movement” was irresistible, the wave of the future. It lasted 10 m
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59by Pat Younge / 12hA moment of peril demands a new approach – on everything from funding to the BBC charter Pat Younge is the chair of the British Broadcasting Challenge We have not been here before. The BBC is used to coming under pressure from political parties, well-funded pressure groups and powerful newspaper publishers. But the threat of a lawsuit from the US president is unprecedented. This latest furore is A pension-pot World Cup looms and with Trump in the White House and a crown prince at his back, it is now a safe space It was hard to choose one favourite photo from football’s double-header at the White House this week. In part this is because the pictures from Donald Trump’s state dinner with Mohammed bin Salman and his in-house hype men Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianni Infantino were everywhere, r Title race leader first in qualifying ahead of Verstappen Hamilton woes continue with last-place finish for Ferrari Lando Norris claimed pole position at the Las Vegas Grand Prix in treacherous, wet conditions on the street circuit in Nevada to move one step closer to taking his first Formula One world championship. The British driver’s march to the title looks increasingly likely with pole at wh President claims he is ‘immediately’ terminating temporary protected status in US state with largest Somali community Donald Trump said on Friday night he was “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has already repeatedly sought to weaken. Minnesota has the nati President says ‘I think she should be happy’ while Democratic colleague praises her for stance on Epstein files Full report: Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress in January From staunch Trump ally to ‘traitor’: key takeaways of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s career Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Georgia congresswoman who had a dramatic blow-up with Donald Trump despite being his longt The Georgia representative said on Friday she was resigning from office effective January 2026 Full report: Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress in January Reaction: Trump calls resignation ‘great news for the country’ Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is used to delivering shocks to American politics, mainly to her Democratic and liberal opponents who have long seen her as a Trump told the press he’s ‘very confident that [Mamdani] can do a very good job’ in surprisingly cordial meeting – key US politics stories from 21 November 2025 It’s not as if they were holding hands and skipping down the halls of the White House, but President Trump and New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appeared to get along well in their first meeting. Trump hosted the 34-year-old Democratic Decision by Georgia Republican and leading Maga figure to give up House seat comes after dramatic break with Trump, lately over the Epstein files bill Reaction: Trump calls resignation ‘great news for the country’ From staunch Trump ally to ‘traitor’: key takeaways of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s career Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday evening she will be resigning from office effective 5 J No fists, no fire – the president and the mayor-elect met in Washington, and things went bewilderingly, bizarrely well The armies of lefty America and of Maga were assembled ready to watch their champions do battle. After all, Donald Trump had called Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and “total nut job.” The incoming democratic socialist New York mayor in turn had called the Republican US Zohran Mamdani , the mayor-elect of New York City, and Donald Trump had a 'productive' meeting in the Oval Office. The president repeatedly stepped in to defend Mamdani from hostile questioning from outlets such as the New York Post and Fox News, while Mamdani was relentlessly focused on the issue of making New York a more fair and affordable place to live. Here are some key moments from their co The president hosted the mayor-elect at the White House – and seemed enamoured of his fellow New Yorker The highly anticipated Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani – the mayor-elect of New York City, the US president’s beloved home town – was hardly the combustible tête-à -tête many had predicted. For the moment at least, the two New Yorkers appeared friendly, smiling and ca In a signed statement, 28 victims say they are bracing for blame for their abuse and threats of harm A group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have warned they have received death threats and are worried about an escalation as they wait for the release of the files related to the late paedophile financier . In a statement titled “What we’re bracing for”, the women said they had recei Hannah Shirley, born in November 1973, was celebrated with Hungry Hungry Hippos-themed party The San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center is feeling festive, and it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, but instead a birthday celebration for a hippo that turns 52. Hannah Shirley, the world’s oldest known living pygmy hippopotamus, turned 52 years old on Thursday, and celebrated with a Hun President called behavior of Mark Kelly, whose wife Gabby Giffords survived assassination bid, ‘punishable by death’ Senator Mark Kelly – whose wife, Gabrielle Giffords, narrowly survived an attempted assassination while she was in Congress in 2011 – says he is worried about “increased threats” to his family’s safety after Donald Trump accused him and other Democratic lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHA 2122hDonald Trump helped New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani evade a question probing him on calling the president a fascist after a meeting that Trump said was 'great'. Trump and Mamdani said that their meeting was focused on their shared love for the city of New York and not 'places of disagreement' US politics: latest updates Continue reading... Justice department challenges policy allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students at public universities The justice department sued California on Thursday for allowing undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition for public universities, alleging the policy harms US citizens. The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the eastern district of California, marks the third time Mountbatten-Windsor ‘continues to hide’, US lawmakers say, after deadline they set to receive response passes Two Democratic lawmakers involved in the US congressional investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday condemned Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s “silence” in response to their request that he sit for a deposition. Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the House oversig US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence based Robert F Kennedy Jr , the US health secretary, said in an interview with the New York Times that he personally instructed the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism. Countering decades Motorist told dispatcher ‘you may not believe me’ and said windshield was shattered while driving on North Carolina highway A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains national park. In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on US Route 74 in Swain county, near Officials say the move is ‘long overdue’ and meant to close decades of safety gaps in vehicle crash testing The transportation department has unveiled a first crash test dummy in the US modeled specifically on female anatomy, a move officials say is meant to close decades of safety gaps in vehicle testing. Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, unveiled the THOR-05F, an advanced female desi 25by Callum Jones / 1dBureau of Labor Statistics canceled release of October’s consumer price index, citing the government shutdown The US federal government will not publish official data on inflation for October, depriving policymakers at the Federal Reserve of key information as they consider whether to cut interest rates. The Bureau of Labor Statistics canceled the release of the closely watched consumer price ind 100+by Cecilia Nowell in Albuquerque, New Mexico / 1dFrom marches and petitions to a constitutional amendment, a years-long campaign led to New Mexico becoming the first state in the US to offer universal childcare People in the US: Have you gotten involved in activism or community organizing this year? One crisp morning in 2018, Sandra Ibarra pulled on a pair of gloves to ward off the winter chill and picked up the first cardboard sign she had des As little as a decade ago it would have been unthinkable that an American institution such as Disney would have chosen to hitch its wagon to F1 The remarkable nature of the transformation in Formula One’s fortunes in the United States could not have been better illustrated than by the incongruous sight of Mickey Mouse and an assortment of his Disney pals leading a gang of enthusiastic fans on a w 200+by Will Craft, Andrew Witherspoon and José Olivares in New York / 1dAs most government business halted during the shutdown, immigration agents continued their raids US immigration officials arrested, detained and deported tens of thousands of people in operations nationwide during the federal government shutdown , new data reveals. The arrests have led to a marked increase in the number of people held in immigration jails, with more than 65,000 currently detained 1dThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy , said his country was facing 'one of the most difficult moments in our history' after being presented with a 28-point peace plan drafted by the US, which pressed Kyiv to end its war with Russia and concede territory. In a 10-minute address, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was facing the pressure of having to choose between accepting the plan or losing a key pa Gregory Aymond testified in archdiocese bankruptcy case, which will determine how much compensation survivors receive The New Orleans Roman Catholic archbishop, Gregory Aymond, has apologized to a group of survivors who have claimed they were abused by clergymen as children. “I know you have been through a lot of pain,” he said on Thursday in a federal courtroom while looking directly at survivor 300+by Joseph Gedeon in Washington / 1d‘We agreed a lot more than I would have thought,’ the US president said of his first face-to-face meeting with the New York mayor-elect US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani , the New York City mayor-elect, walked out of their meeting on Friday afternoon with an unlikely alliance, agreeing to work together on housing, food prices and cost-of-living concerns that have d 84by Timothy Pratt in Atlanta / 1dRodney Taylor, 46, says detention ‘draining on my body’ as Democratic senator Raphael Warnock lends support to case The health of Rodney Taylor, a Liberian -born man who is a double amputee and is missing three fingers on one hand, has continued to worsen after being picked up by ICE and detained at Georgia’s Stewart immigration detention center and his case has now garnered support from a US sen 300+by Aram Roston in Washington / 1dExclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against Maduro Federal investigators have been interviewing multiple people who are pushing unfounded claims that Venezuela helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump , the Guardian has learned. Two promoters of the conspiracy theory have repeatedly briefed the US attorney for the district of The seven-term Democrat is known for his pugnacious and persistent opposition to Donald Trump US politics live – latest updates Eric Swalwell, a seven-term Democratic US representative known for his pugnacious and persistent opposition to Donald Trump , announced on Thursday night he will run for governor of California. The congressman declared his candidacy during an appearance on the ABC late-n 400+by Jeremy Barr US media correspondent / 1d‘You’ve done this before,’ comedian told president, who ranted about Kimmel online and demanded his firing Early on Thursday morning, Donald Trump made another plea for ABC to fire the late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel , writing on his Truth Social platform that he has “NO TALENT” and “VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS”. On his show later that night, Kimmel was defiant, poking at the president for his 1dThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading... by Fiona Katauskas / 1dIt’s not just skin deep See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading... Experts say files certain to contain revelations but warn disclosures could still leave critical questions unanswered They are the files that America – and the world – has long waited to see: a huge cache of documents at the Department of Justice related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, whom a judge once dubbed the “most infamous pedophile in American history”. After a law passed by Co 200+by Jeremy Barr / 1dTexans planned to utilize unhoused US people to take over Gonâve and fulfill ‘rape fantasies’, justice department says The Department of Justice has alleged that two Texas men plotted a murderous coup d’etat on the island of Gonâve, the largest in Haiti , “for the purpose of carrying out their rape fantasies”. The two men, 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg and 20-year-old Tanner Christopher Tho 300+by Lisa O’Carroll in Brussels / 1dBillionaires gave desk clock and engraved gold bar weeks before Trump slashed tariffs on imports from Switzerland A gold Rolex desk clock and a $130,000 engraved gold bar given to Donald Trump by a group of Swiss billionaires have raised questions in Europe and the US about the personalisation of US presidential power. Pasquale Tridico, an Italian MEP and the former head of the country’s national by Emma Brockes / 1dPlus Vanity Fair’s plucky decision to feature only men in its Hollywood Issue and the reporter fired after RFK Jr ‘sexting scandal’ We’ve all said things that didn’t come out right, and it’s my instinct – stand by for some counter-intuition! – that Donald Trump’s “quiet, piggy” admonishment of a female reporter on Air Force One this week was a very weird attempt at affection, or possibly flirtati 100+by David Smith in Washington / 1dPresident has chosen white men for key posts at expense of women and people of colour, Brookings Institution finds Donald Trump has assembled the least diverse US government of the 21st century, filling the corridors of power with white men at the expense of women and people of colour, research shows . Nine in 10 individuals confirmed by the Senate in the first 300 days of the second Trump admini 26by Nicola Slawson / 1dUS president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders. Plus, Superman comic found in attic becomes most expensive ever sold Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Democrats expressed outrage after Donald Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of engaging in “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEAT 1dIf you’ve been motivated to organize, protest or become more involved in politics, we’d like to hear from you In cities and towns across the country, Americans are rallying to protect immigrants, civil rights, racial justice, healthcare, Snap benefits, the constitution and the rule of law. If you are someone who has been motivated to organize, protest or become more involved in politics this year 500+by Rachel Leingang / 1dEveryday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid People in the US: Have you gotten involved in community organizing this year? As thousands of ICE agents storm streets, schools and emergency rooms across the country, communities are training up on their rights, recording incidents of abuse and screaming at officers to impede deportations 500+by Michael Sainato / 1d‘Morale is completely lost,’ say workers as Trump administration strips some programs and transfers others Donald Trump ’s bid to gut the US Department of Education “makes no sense”, according to workers inside the federal agency, who accuse the administration of trying to make their lives “as difficult and traumatic as possible”. Three employees inside the department spoke to the Guardian, with 78by Roque Planas / 1dShawny Williams, who tried to reform Vallejo police department, says threats to his safety led him to resign The embattled former police chief of Vallejo, a San Francisco Bay Area city that has attracted national attention over police violence, has said that he endured a steady procession of racist remarks from colleagues and online harassment and threats that ultimately led him to resign. By the Chuck Schumer says president’s remarks are ‘outright threat’ as other leading Democrats warn ‘political violence has no place in America’ The Supreme Court is to meet in private Friday with a high-profile issue on its agenda – president Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizen 1Kby Sam Levin / 1dExclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings The FBI spied on a private Signal group chat of immigrants’ rights activists who were organizing “courtwatch” efforts in New York City this spring, law enforcement records shared with the Guardian indicate. The FBI, the documents show, gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch” 300+by Aaron Glantz / 1dDana Briggs, 70, had charges dropped after being accused of assaulting an agent during a protest at an Illinois ICE facility A 70-year-old air force veteran who had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer as he protested an ICE raid has told the Guardian he is now considering a civil lawsuit after all charges against him were dropped. The US Department of Justice moved to dismiss al 46by Dave Schilling / 1dAI-generated songs are topping Spotify charts. This isn’t about the ‘democratization’ of art – it’s about scale Making music is hard. Well, at least it used to be. I remember the old days, when you had to spend hours and hours honing skills, coming up with something clever or personal to say, then actually recording sounds that people would want to listen to. But that’s the past. In our sparkling 20by Ilie Mitaru in Decatur, Texas / 1dThe sport is rooted in the culture of rugged individualism and has been slow to adopt modern techniques. That state of affairs is slowly changing Boosted by cultural phenomena like the hit series Yellowstone and Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album and tour, rodeo and all things Western are enjoying a cultural resurgence. Attendance, broadcast and streaming viewership are at all time highs. So is the pr by Joseph D'Hippolito / 1dThe former Blackhawks star is back in the NHL after two and a half years. A pair of retreats in India, and a fresh start with his hometown Jets, helped him rediscover his lost joy Stepping on the ice for this season’s opening game signified far more than a return to routi
59by Pat Younge / 12h
A moment of peril demands a new approach – on everything from funding to the BBC charter Pat Younge is the chair of the British Broadcasting Challenge We have not been here before. The BBC is used to coming under pressure from political parties, well-funded pressure groups and powerful newspaper publishers. But the threat of a lawsuit from the US president is unprecedented. This latest furore is
A pension-pot World Cup looms and with Trump in the White House and a crown prince at his back, it is now a safe space It was hard to choose one favourite photo from football’s double-header at the White House this week. In part this is because the pictures from Donald Trump’s state dinner with Mohammed bin Salman and his in-house hype men Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianni Infantino were everywhere, r
Title race leader first in qualifying ahead of Verstappen Hamilton woes continue with last-place finish for Ferrari Lando Norris claimed pole position at the Las Vegas Grand Prix in treacherous, wet conditions on the street circuit in Nevada to move one step closer to taking his first Formula One world championship. The British driver’s march to the title looks increasingly likely with pole at wh
President claims he is ‘immediately’ terminating temporary protected status in US state with largest Somali community Donald Trump said on Friday night he was “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has already repeatedly sought to weaken. Minnesota has the nati
President says ‘I think she should be happy’ while Democratic colleague praises her for stance on Epstein files Full report: Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress in January From staunch Trump ally to ‘traitor’: key takeaways of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s career Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Georgia congresswoman who had a dramatic blow-up with Donald Trump despite being his longt
The Georgia representative said on Friday she was resigning from office effective January 2026 Full report: Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress in January Reaction: Trump calls resignation ‘great news for the country’ Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is used to delivering shocks to American politics, mainly to her Democratic and liberal opponents who have long seen her as a
Trump told the press he’s ‘very confident that [Mamdani] can do a very good job’ in surprisingly cordial meeting – key US politics stories from 21 November 2025 It’s not as if they were holding hands and skipping down the halls of the White House, but President Trump and New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appeared to get along well in their first meeting. Trump hosted the 34-year-old Democratic
Decision by Georgia Republican and leading Maga figure to give up House seat comes after dramatic break with Trump, lately over the Epstein files bill Reaction: Trump calls resignation ‘great news for the country’ From staunch Trump ally to ‘traitor’: key takeaways of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s career Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday evening she will be resigning from office effective 5 J
No fists, no fire – the president and the mayor-elect met in Washington, and things went bewilderingly, bizarrely well The armies of lefty America and of Maga were assembled ready to watch their champions do battle. After all, Donald Trump had called Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and “total nut job.” The incoming democratic socialist New York mayor in turn had called the Republican US
Zohran Mamdani , the mayor-elect of New York City, and Donald Trump had a 'productive' meeting in the Oval Office. The president repeatedly stepped in to defend Mamdani from hostile questioning from outlets such as the New York Post and Fox News, while Mamdani was relentlessly focused on the issue of making New York a more fair and affordable place to live. Here are some key moments from their co
The president hosted the mayor-elect at the White House – and seemed enamoured of his fellow New Yorker The highly anticipated Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani – the mayor-elect of New York City, the US president’s beloved home town – was hardly the combustible tête-à -tête many had predicted. For the moment at least, the two New Yorkers appeared friendly, smiling and ca
In a signed statement, 28 victims say they are bracing for blame for their abuse and threats of harm A group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have warned they have received death threats and are worried about an escalation as they wait for the release of the files related to the late paedophile financier . In a statement titled “What we’re bracing for”, the women said they had recei
Hannah Shirley, born in November 1973, was celebrated with Hungry Hungry Hippos-themed party The San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center is feeling festive, and it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, but instead a birthday celebration for a hippo that turns 52. Hannah Shirley, the world’s oldest known living pygmy hippopotamus, turned 52 years old on Thursday, and celebrated with a Hun
President called behavior of Mark Kelly, whose wife Gabby Giffords survived assassination bid, ‘punishable by death’ Senator Mark Kelly – whose wife, Gabrielle Giffords, narrowly survived an attempted assassination while she was in Congress in 2011 – says he is worried about “increased threats” to his family’s safety after Donald Trump accused him and other Democratic lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHA
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Donald Trump helped New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani evade a question probing him on calling the president a fascist after a meeting that Trump said was 'great'. Trump and Mamdani said that their meeting was focused on their shared love for the city of New York and not 'places of disagreement' US politics: latest updates Continue reading...
Justice department challenges policy allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students at public universities The justice department sued California on Thursday for allowing undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition for public universities, alleging the policy harms US citizens. The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the eastern district of California, marks the third time
Mountbatten-Windsor ‘continues to hide’, US lawmakers say, after deadline they set to receive response passes Two Democratic lawmakers involved in the US congressional investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday condemned Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s “silence” in response to their request that he sit for a deposition. Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the House oversig
US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence based Robert F Kennedy Jr , the US health secretary, said in an interview with the New York Times that he personally instructed the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism. Countering decades
Motorist told dispatcher ‘you may not believe me’ and said windshield was shattered while driving on North Carolina highway A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains national park. In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on US Route 74 in Swain county, near
Officials say the move is ‘long overdue’ and meant to close decades of safety gaps in vehicle crash testing The transportation department has unveiled a first crash test dummy in the US modeled specifically on female anatomy, a move officials say is meant to close decades of safety gaps in vehicle testing. Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, unveiled the THOR-05F, an advanced female desi
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Bureau of Labor Statistics canceled release of October’s consumer price index, citing the government shutdown The US federal government will not publish official data on inflation for October, depriving policymakers at the Federal Reserve of key information as they consider whether to cut interest rates. The Bureau of Labor Statistics canceled the release of the closely watched consumer price ind
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From marches and petitions to a constitutional amendment, a years-long campaign led to New Mexico becoming the first state in the US to offer universal childcare People in the US: Have you gotten involved in activism or community organizing this year? One crisp morning in 2018, Sandra Ibarra pulled on a pair of gloves to ward off the winter chill and picked up the first cardboard sign she had des
As little as a decade ago it would have been unthinkable that an American institution such as Disney would have chosen to hitch its wagon to F1 The remarkable nature of the transformation in Formula One’s fortunes in the United States could not have been better illustrated than by the incongruous sight of Mickey Mouse and an assortment of his Disney pals leading a gang of enthusiastic fans on a w
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As most government business halted during the shutdown, immigration agents continued their raids US immigration officials arrested, detained and deported tens of thousands of people in operations nationwide during the federal government shutdown , new data reveals. The arrests have led to a marked increase in the number of people held in immigration jails, with more than 65,000 currently detained
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The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy , said his country was facing 'one of the most difficult moments in our history' after being presented with a 28-point peace plan drafted by the US, which pressed Kyiv to end its war with Russia and concede territory. In a 10-minute address, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was facing the pressure of having to choose between accepting the plan or losing a key pa
Gregory Aymond testified in archdiocese bankruptcy case, which will determine how much compensation survivors receive The New Orleans Roman Catholic archbishop, Gregory Aymond, has apologized to a group of survivors who have claimed they were abused by clergymen as children. “I know you have been through a lot of pain,” he said on Thursday in a federal courtroom while looking directly at survivor
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‘We agreed a lot more than I would have thought,’ the US president said of his first face-to-face meeting with the New York mayor-elect US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani , the New York City mayor-elect, walked out of their meeting on Friday afternoon with an unlikely alliance, agreeing to work together on housing, food prices and cost-of-living concerns that have d
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Rodney Taylor, 46, says detention ‘draining on my body’ as Democratic senator Raphael Warnock lends support to case The health of Rodney Taylor, a Liberian -born man who is a double amputee and is missing three fingers on one hand, has continued to worsen after being picked up by ICE and detained at Georgia’s Stewart immigration detention center and his case has now garnered support from a US sen
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Exclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against Maduro Federal investigators have been interviewing multiple people who are pushing unfounded claims that Venezuela helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump , the Guardian has learned. Two promoters of the conspiracy theory have repeatedly briefed the US attorney for the district of
The seven-term Democrat is known for his pugnacious and persistent opposition to Donald Trump US politics live – latest updates Eric Swalwell, a seven-term Democratic US representative known for his pugnacious and persistent opposition to Donald Trump , announced on Thursday night he will run for governor of California. The congressman declared his candidacy during an appearance on the ABC late-n
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‘You’ve done this before,’ comedian told president, who ranted about Kimmel online and demanded his firing Early on Thursday morning, Donald Trump made another plea for ABC to fire the late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel , writing on his Truth Social platform that he has “NO TALENT” and “VERY POOR TELEVISION RATINGS”. On his show later that night, Kimmel was defiant, poking at the president for his
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Experts say files certain to contain revelations but warn disclosures could still leave critical questions unanswered They are the files that America – and the world – has long waited to see: a huge cache of documents at the Department of Justice related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, whom a judge once dubbed the “most infamous pedophile in American history”. After a law passed by Co
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Texans planned to utilize unhoused US people to take over Gonâve and fulfill ‘rape fantasies’, justice department says The Department of Justice has alleged that two Texas men plotted a murderous coup d’etat on the island of Gonâve, the largest in Haiti , “for the purpose of carrying out their rape fantasies”. The two men, 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg and 20-year-old Tanner Christopher Tho
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Billionaires gave desk clock and engraved gold bar weeks before Trump slashed tariffs on imports from Switzerland A gold Rolex desk clock and a $130,000 engraved gold bar given to Donald Trump by a group of Swiss billionaires have raised questions in Europe and the US about the personalisation of US presidential power. Pasquale Tridico, an Italian MEP and the former head of the country’s national
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Plus Vanity Fair’s plucky decision to feature only men in its Hollywood Issue and the reporter fired after RFK Jr ‘sexting scandal’ We’ve all said things that didn’t come out right, and it’s my instinct – stand by for some counter-intuition! – that Donald Trump’s “quiet, piggy” admonishment of a female reporter on Air Force One this week was a very weird attempt at affection, or possibly flirtati
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President has chosen white men for key posts at expense of women and people of colour, Brookings Institution finds Donald Trump has assembled the least diverse US government of the 21st century, filling the corridors of power with white men at the expense of women and people of colour, research shows . Nine in 10 individuals confirmed by the Senate in the first 300 days of the second Trump admini
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US president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders. Plus, Superman comic found in attic becomes most expensive ever sold Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Democrats expressed outrage after Donald Trump accused a group of Democratic lawmakers of engaging in “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEAT
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If you’ve been motivated to organize, protest or become more involved in politics, we’d like to hear from you In cities and towns across the country, Americans are rallying to protect immigrants, civil rights, racial justice, healthcare, Snap benefits, the constitution and the rule of law. If you are someone who has been motivated to organize, protest or become more involved in politics this year
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Everyday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid People in the US: Have you gotten involved in community organizing this year? As thousands of ICE agents storm streets, schools and emergency rooms across the country, communities are training up on their rights, recording incidents of abuse and screaming at officers to impede deportations
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‘Morale is completely lost,’ say workers as Trump administration strips some programs and transfers others Donald Trump ’s bid to gut the US Department of Education “makes no sense”, according to workers inside the federal agency, who accuse the administration of trying to make their lives “as difficult and traumatic as possible”. Three employees inside the department spoke to the Guardian, with
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Shawny Williams, who tried to reform Vallejo police department, says threats to his safety led him to resign The embattled former police chief of Vallejo, a San Francisco Bay Area city that has attracted national attention over police violence, has said that he endured a steady procession of racist remarks from colleagues and online harassment and threats that ultimately led him to resign. By the
Chuck Schumer says president’s remarks are ‘outright threat’ as other leading Democrats warn ‘political violence has no place in America’ The Supreme Court is to meet in private Friday with a high-profile issue on its agenda – president Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizen
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Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings The FBI spied on a private Signal group chat of immigrants’ rights activists who were organizing “courtwatch” efforts in New York City this spring, law enforcement records shared with the Guardian indicate. The FBI, the documents show, gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch”
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Dana Briggs, 70, had charges dropped after being accused of assaulting an agent during a protest at an Illinois ICE facility A 70-year-old air force veteran who had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer as he protested an ICE raid has told the Guardian he is now considering a civil lawsuit after all charges against him were dropped. The US Department of Justice moved to dismiss al
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AI-generated songs are topping Spotify charts. This isn’t about the ‘democratization’ of art – it’s about scale Making music is hard. Well, at least it used to be. I remember the old days, when you had to spend hours and hours honing skills, coming up with something clever or personal to say, then actually recording sounds that people would want to listen to. But that’s the past. In our sparkling
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The sport is rooted in the culture of rugged individualism and has been slow to adopt modern techniques. That state of affairs is slowly changing Boosted by cultural phenomena like the hit series Yellowstone and Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album and tour, rodeo and all things Western are enjoying a cultural resurgence. Attendance, broadcast and streaming viewership are at all time highs. So is the pr
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The former Blackhawks star is back in the NHL after two and a half years. A pair of retreats in India, and a fresh start with his hometown Jets, helped him rediscover his lost joy Stepping on the ice for this season’s opening game signified far more than a return to routi
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Welcome to my geopolitics blog site. This is a Hawaii Island news site focusing on geopolitical news, analysis, information, and commentary. I will cite a variety of sources, ranging from all sides of the political spectrum.