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Tennis star gives boy his cap after snatching video at US Open goes viral
Published: September 1, 2025 05:27
Social media tracked down the young fan after a man appeared to have taken it from the boy and stuffed it in a bagFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolish tennis player Kamil…
Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/01/immigration-nigel-farage-donald-trump
Published: September 1, 2025 05:00
The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicityA few weeks after the Brexit referendum, a leave-voting friend of mine told me what the biggest benefit would be. “We will never hear…
Luis Suárez spits on opposing staffer after Seattle beats Miami 3-0 in Leagues Cup final
Published: September 1, 2025 03:57
Uruguayan striker lashed out at Sounders’ Obed VargasSeattle wins its ninth major honor since joining MLSThe Seattle Sounders defeated Inter Miami 3-0 in the Leagues Cup final on Sunday, and the time between the final whistle and the trophy lift offered…
Novak Djokovic overcomes injury scare to make history at US Open
Published: September 1, 2025 02:13
Serb oldest man to reach all major quarters in one seasonDjokovic will face Taylor Fritz in next roundNovak Djokovic was cruising with a big early lead in his US Open fourth-round match on Sunday night when his neck started bothering him.Djokovic was ahead…
Trump news at a glance: US president issues threat to mandate voter ID
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/01/president-trump-administration-news-updates-today
Published: September 1, 2025 00:59
Donald Trump says he will issue an executive order to ensure every single vote will require identification, a move that could affect millions. Key US politics stories from Sunday 31 August at a glanceDonald Trump has said he will issue an executive order…
Before and after: Trump’s extreme goldening of the Oval Office
Published: September 1, 2025 00:19
An extravagant – and ongoing – makeover of the White House’s decor has taken place during the president’s second term. One colour theme stands outIn just seven extraordinary months, Donald Trump’s administration has left an unprecedented mark on the United…
US reportedly suspends visa approvals for nearly all Palestinian passport holders
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/palestine-passport-visa-approval-suspension
Published: August 31, 2025 23:28
Restrictions to prevent travel for healthcare and college and come after denying visas to Palestinian Authority leadersThe United States has suspended visa approvals for nearly everyone who holds a Palestinian passport, the New York Times reported on…
US Open: Taylor Townsend in tears as Krejcikova saves eight match points to survive
Published: August 31, 2025 22:31
American misses first grand slam singles quarter-finalTownsend had become huge crowd favorite in QueensA tearful Taylor Townsend suffered a heartbreaking fourth-round loss at the US Open after Barbora Krejcikova astonishingly saved eight match…
Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after car accident in New Hampshire
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/rudy-giuliani-hospitalized-car-crash
Published: August 31, 2025 21:04
New York City’s ex-mayor, 81, in ‘good spirits’ after being treated for fractured thoracic vertebrae, cuts and bruisesNew York City’s former mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized after getting injured in a car wreck in New Hampshire over the weekend.On…
Carlos Alcaraz in cruise control at US Open with straight-sets win over Arthur Rinderknech
Published: August 31, 2025 20:53
Spaniard reaches last eight with 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4 winJessica Pegula beats Ann Li to seal quarter-final slotCarlos Alcaraz continued his supreme form in New York as he returned to the quarter-finals of the US Open with an assured performance, closing out…
JB Pritzker calls for ‘all to stand up’ to Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/jb-pritzker-trump-chicago-illinois
Published: August 31, 2025 19:21
President is preparing for controversial federal takeover of US city in crusade against immigration ‘sanctuary cities’Illinois’s governor JB Pritzker has called on “all to stand up” to Donald Trump as the US president prepares to launch a federally led…
Trump says he plans unconstitutional executive order to mandate ID for voters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/trump-order-voter-identification
Published: August 31, 2025 19:01
President also wants to ban most voting by mail in push stemming from baseless claims related to 2020 election lossDonald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate identification for all US elections, a move likely to be challenged in…
Former CDC official ‘only sees harm’ to health under RFK Jr’s leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/cdc-demetre-daskalakis-rfk-jr-health
Published: August 31, 2025 17:59
Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned after White House fired CDC chief, cautions against ‘undoing of vaccination’ to ABCThe former immunizations director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of the future of American health under the…
Charlie Woods, son of Tiger, hits second hole-in-one in 12 months at Junior Players
Published: August 31, 2025 17:41
16-year-old also hit ace at 2024 PNC ChampionshipWoods has had impressive junior season so farCharlie Woods carded his second recorded hole-in-one after firing an ace on Sunday during the third and final round of the Junior Players Championship at Ponte…
Putin persists, Trump dithers – and a just peace for Ukraine still seems a long way off | Olga Chyzh
Published: August 31, 2025 17:20
The US president could embrace the role of peacemaker, or become the patsy who restored Russia’s imperial standingThe past few weeks have seen a flurry of activity billed as progress in the Russia-Ukraine peace process. Yet for Ukrainians, the reality…
Federal judge blocks US from deporting unaccompanied children to Guatemala
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/judge-blocks-deportation-guatemalan-children
Published: August 31, 2025 16:37
Washington-based judge says removals of 10 children would violate US laws and schedules hearing for afternoonA federal judge on Sunday issued a restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deporting 10 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to…
‘The forgotten forest’: how smashing 5.6m urchins saved a California kelp paradise
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/california-pacific-kelp-forest
Published: August 31, 2025 16:00
Pollution, warm oceans and hungry urchins devastated Pacific kelp. Now, thanks to divers with hammers, one of the world’s most successful rehabilitation projects has helped it reboundOn an overcast Tuesday in July, divers Mitch Johnson and Sean Taylor…
Luka Dončić records only fourth triple-double in EuroBasket history in Slovenia win
Published: August 31, 2025 15:41
Lakers star has been in superb form for countrySlovenia in qualification spots for next roundLuka Dončić’s triple-double powered Slovenia to an 86-69 victory over Belgium on Sunday and their first win at this year’s EuroBasket. Dončić scored 26 points,…
US beaches hit with fecal contamination warnings ahead of Labor Day weekend
Published: August 31, 2025 14:50
Beaches from Florida to Maine under advisories, leading to closures at some of the most popular beach destinationsBeaches across the US are facing swimming caution advisories during the Labor Day holiday weekend due to water quality concerns caused by…
Pope Leo demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota school shooting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/pope-leo-minnesota-school-shooting
Published: August 31, 2025 14:07
First US pope in history prays for victims of last week’s shooting that left two children dead and 18 others injuredPope Leo XIV called for the “pandemic of arms, large and small” to end during a weekly public prayer with crowds in St Peter’s Square on…
Texas coach attacks ‘out of control’ expectations as Arch Manning flops in season opener
Published: August 31, 2025 13:51
Nephew of Eli and Peyton Manning under scrutinyLonghorns fall to Ohio State in tough defeatQuarterback places blame on himself for lossArch Manning pointed the finger at himself as his coach criticized outside expectations as No 1 Texas opened the season…
Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/fda-official-youtube-videos
Published: August 31, 2025 13:34
Doctor who created now-defunct channel says he wanted to ‘preserve’ what Trump health officials said during CovidA top official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanded the removal of YouTube videos of himself that were published by a physician…
‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/phoenix-heat-deaths
Published: August 31, 2025 13:29
Heat deaths could surge in the state as energy poverty linked to Trump’s energy and trade policies burnsIt was the hottest day of the year so far when the central air conditioning started blowing hot air in the mobile home where Richard Chamblee lived in…
I’m a liberal who loves hunting. Allow me to change your mind
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/31/hunting-personal-essay
Published: August 31, 2025 13:00
When I killed my first mule deer, I felt deep reverence for the animal. It showed me hunting can be more honest and sustainable than eating factory-farmed meat“Murderer! You’re a murderer!”That is what my French mother shouts down the phone line – right…
US Powerball jackpot grows to $1.1bn, giving players another chance to win
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/powerball-jackpot-grows
Published: August 31, 2025 12:50
No one matched the six numbers since 31 May as jackpot swells to $1.1bn, the fifth-largest prize in game’s historyPlayers in a US lottery will get another chance Monday at a jackpot estimated at over $1bn.No one has matched all six numbers in the Powerball…
Ghislaine Maxwell hinted at Epstein’s ties to Trump officials – why wasn’t she pressed for names?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-trump
Published: August 31, 2025 12:00
Experts raise questions about the DoJ’s interview with the Epstein associate that left questions remainingAs deputy US attorney Todd Blanche announced last week that the justice department would release transcripts of his interview with Ghislaine Maxwell,…
How Trump and corporations have hobbled US labor watchdog
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/31/trump-labor-watchdog-nlrb
Published: August 31, 2025 11:00
Former NLRB counsel Jennifer Abruzzo says firings and court rulings have left agency toothlessJennifer Abruzzo, general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under the Biden administration, was one of the first officials to be fired by…
RFK Jr says he’ll ‘fix’ a vaccine program - by canceling compensation for people with vaccine injuries
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/rfk-jr-vaccine-injury-compensation
Published: August 31, 2025 11:00
Changes to an injury compensation program could make it hard to keep vaccines on the market – or make new onesWhile unrest and new vaccine restrictions have kept US health agencies in headlines, there’s one vaccine program in particular that Robert F…
Is it OK to be happy when the world is falling apart? | Avram Alpert
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/31/happy-sympathy-world-pain
Published: August 31, 2025 11:00
It is reasonable and moral to think that when others are harmed, you should feel the injury, but our sympathy should not be limited to painA friend of mine called the other day with news of two major life achievements: his first book had been published,…
Florida crosswalk wars take DeSantis’s ‘war on woke’ to street level
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/florida-crosswalks-ron-desantis-lgbtq
Published: August 31, 2025 10:00
Cities fight back as purge of street art broadens from Pulse nightclub memorial to bike lane designed by fourth-gradersA battalion of transportation workers armed with cans of black paint has been deployed to open a new front in Ron DeSantis’s “war on…
Has Trump succeeded in normalising American autocracy?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/trump-american-autocracy-authoritarianism
Published: August 31, 2025 09:00
People who have experienced the kind of authoritarianism the US used to condemn abroad highlight worrying signsWhen it comes to the rise of autocracy in America, Justice Potter Stewart’s famous pronouncement on pornography might be particularly appropriate…
Trump’s anti-press tactics are bad enough in the US. Now Reform is importing them to the Midlands | Jon Allsop
Published: August 31, 2025 07:00
Nottinghamshire council has borrowed the US president’s playbook – but may soon find that it needs the media more than it thoughtOn the day that he returned to office in January, Donald Trump signed an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of…
Publications aimed at LGBTQ+ audiences face discrimination from advertisers, editors warn
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/aug/31/lgbtq-media-advertising-editors
Published: August 31, 2025 06:00
Media figures say ‘gold rush is over’, as attacks on diversity and inclusion have led to some advertisers avoiding outletsPublications aimed at LGBTQ+ and other diverse audiences are facing “good old-fashioned discrimination” as advertisers avoid them…
Felix Auger-Aliassime stuns No 3 Zverev to return to US Open second week
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/31/felix-auger-aliassime-beats-zverev-us-open-third-round
Published: August 31, 2025 04:52
Auger-Aliassime beats Zverev in four-set thrillerZverev suffers earliest New York exit since 2018Felix Auger-Aliassime stormed into the last 16 of the US Open on Saturday night with a rousing comeback win over world No 3 Alexander Zverev, knocking out one…
Trump news at a glance: Backlash in Chicago as mayor defies president’s immigration crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/president-trump-administration-news-updates-today
Published: August 31, 2025 01:23
Brandon Johnson has signed an executive order to counter plans to send federal agents into the city. Key US politics stories from Saturday 30 August at a glanceResistance is growing to Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, with the mayor of Chicago,…
Alex de Minaur marches into US Open last 16 as Daria Kasatkina bows out
Published: August 31, 2025 00:31
Australian leads 6-7 (9) 6-3 6-4 2-0 when Daniel Altmaier retiresWomen’s 15th seed knocked out in 6-0 4-6 6-3 loss to Naomi OsakaAlex de Minaur has surged into the US Open second week for a fifth time with a business-like win over wounded German Daniel…
Anger keeps boiling over at a tempestuous Flushing Meadows
Published: August 30, 2025 22:00
Players’ tempers have frequently flared during this year’s US Open, with end of season tension and boisterous New York crowds offered as explanationsDaniel Altmaier had nothing more to say. Moments after one of the biggest wins of his career, the German…
More than 500 workers at Voice of America and other broadcasters to be laid off
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/voice-of-america-lay-offs
Published: August 30, 2025 20:54
Acting CEO of parent agency makes announcement one day after judge blocks her from firing VOA directorThe agency that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded international broadcasters is eliminating jobs for more than 500 employees, a Trump…
Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/bernie-sanders-rfk-jr-resign
Published: August 30, 2025 18:58
Vermont senator says Kennedy is endangering the health of the American people as head of the US health departmentBernie Sanders has joined in on growing public calls for Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign, after recent chaos…
Coco Gauff steadies serve and nerves to sweep into US Open last 16
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/30/coco-gauff-us-open-third-round-win-frech
Published: August 30, 2025 18:12
2023 US Open champion beats Poland’s Frech 6-3, 6-1Gauff avoids early stumbles that marred first roundsSets up clash with Kasatkina or Osaka in fourth roundCoco Gauff arrived in New York with more questions than answers after reshuffling her coaching team…
Chicago mayor to sign executive order directing city to resist Trump’s immigration raids
Published: August 30, 2025 17:33
Brandon Johnson’s order directs city police not to collaborate with federal agents in immigration enforcementThe mayor of Chicago is planning to sign an executive order on Saturday outlining how the city will attempt to resist Donald Trump’s immigration…
New York City declares Harlem legionnaire’s disease outbreak over
Published: August 30, 2025 17:07
Local hospital’s cooling tower was found to be harboring the bacteria after seven people died and 90 were hospitalized over three weeksNew York City has declared the deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak in central Harlem over, nearly three weeks since it…
US Open tennis 2025: Gauff, Sinner and Osaka in action on day seven – live
Published: August 30, 2025 16:08
Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsEmail Katy with your thoughtsGauff, looking more relaxed than she did the other night against Vekic, skips from 0-15 to 0-30 to 0-40 on Frech’s serve. Three early break points. And she then drags Frech to one…
Vineyards assess damage as wildfire rips through California wine country: ‘A devastating situation’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/california-vineyards-wildfire-damage-wine
Published: August 30, 2025 16:00
The growing threat of fires has shaken the Napa Valley wine industry, as fears of smoke-spoiled grapes and soaring insurance rates put vintners on edgeElton Slone and his colleagues at the Robert Craig Winery in Napa Valley had gathered for their annual…
A report tied Iowa’s water pollution to agriculture. Then the money to promote it mysteriously disappeared
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/iowa-agriculture-water-pollution
Published: August 30, 2025 15:00
Roughly $400,000 in the $1m budget was for public awareness – but those funds were recently ‘zeroed out’When a team of scientists embarked two years ago on a $1m landmark study of Iowa’s persistent water-quality problems, they knew that the findings would…
Here’s what to know about the court ruling striking down Trump’s tariffs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/trump-tariffs-explainer
Published: August 30, 2025 14:11
A federal appeals court said the president overstepped his authority when he imposed sweeping import dutiesDonald Trump suffered the biggest defeat yet to his tariff policies on Friday, as a federal appeals court ruled he had overstepped his presidential…
Utah high court pauses firing squad execution of man with dementia
Published: August 30, 2025 14:01
Lower court to determine if Ralph Leroy Menzies, who killed Maurine Hunsaker in 1986, is competent to face executionThe impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s supreme court on Friday after his attorneys argued he…
What the Cracker Barrel backlash shows about Maga’s influence on US culture
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/cracker-barrel-backlash
Published: August 30, 2025 14:00
What likely started as a routine refresh spiraled into a political storm that went all the way to the US presidentIt was supposed to be a simple rebrand – or so Cracker Barrel thought.Earlier this month, the 56-year-old southern restaurant chain known for…
Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/30/israel-gaza-palestine-genocide
Published: August 30, 2025 13:00
Western academics now speak of ‘genocide’ with newfound authority. Why weren’t our voices enough?Today I watched those children again, the ones who stood before the cameras at al-Shifa hospital on 7 November 2023. They spoke in English, not their mother…
Everyone’s got a theory on Taylor Swift’s engagement – even JD Vance | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/30/taylor-swift-engagement-jd-vance
Published: August 30, 2025 13:00
Will she go Maga? Will it change the NFL or lift the stock market? The left-field claims are everywhereBreaking news alerts were pinged to phones around the world; Swifties screamed in the street; the Prince and Princess of Wales delivered their royal…
Alarm as US far-right extremists eye drones for use in domestic attacks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/us-far-right-extremists-drones
Published: August 30, 2025 12:00
Experts say extremists openly talking of how home-built drones will be critical tool in so-called second civil warTaking their cues from modern warfare, the far-right American terrorist movement sees off-the-shelf or home-built first-person viewer (FPV)…
Louisiana judge orders return of devices to ex-priest caught having sex on church altar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/louisiana-judge-ex-priest-electronics-obscenity
Published: August 30, 2025 12:00
Former Roman Catholic priest and two dominatrices were evidently recording sexual videos in the church in 2020A judge in Louisiana has ordered the return of electronics belonging to an ex-Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to obscenity for being…
Revealed: Major NBA brands linked to forced labor in China
Published: August 30, 2025 11:52
Li-Ning, Anta and 361 Degrees all own facilities linked to Uyghur oppression – with Nike’s supply chain also taintedWhen Enes Kanter Freedom appeared on a basketball court in his Boston Celtics jersey and a pair of trainers emblazoned with the slogan “Free…
US senators demand ‘massive surge’ of baby formula and aid to be sent to Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/30/senators-demand-baby-formula-aid-gaza
Published: August 30, 2025 11:00
Group of five senators in letter to Marco Rubio call on US to use its ‘full power’ to help people facing starvationFive democratic US senators are demanding secretary of state Marco Rubio facilitate an immediate “massive surge” of baby formula and…
Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/us-border-agents-oregon-firefighters
Published: August 30, 2025 11:00
Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detentionLawyers are demanding the release of a longtime Oregon resident arrested by Border Patrol while fighting a Washington state wildfire, saying…
‘I’m not coming home’: Trump policy holds people in Ice custody without bail
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/immigration-custody-bail-trump
Published: August 30, 2025 11:00
Restaurant worker’s case shows how Trump administration is ‘inflicting the maximum punishment’, experts sayLiset Fernandez spent most of the summer worried about her dad, Luis, but a few weeks ago she got some good news. After being held in Immigration and…
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans fired thousands of Black teachers. Twenty years later, these groups are bringing them back
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/hurricane-katrina-new-orleans-black-teachers
Published: August 30, 2025 11:00
The storm ushered in a blow to the Black educator workforce, which has yet to fully recoverDr Adrienne D Dixson was furious as she sat in the back of a Louisiana courtroom in 2008. It was more than two years after thousands of New Orleans public school…
Chairman Trump: has the US turned its back on free-market capitalism?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/chairman-trump-us-economy
Published: August 30, 2025 10:00
Republicans once believed governments should get out of the way. Trump is making his influence felt in every corner of the American economyWhen Ronald Reagan became the first US president to address China’s Great Hall of the People in 1984, he did not…
‘Racist as hell’: Trump’s cabinet is almost all white, and he keeps firing Black officials
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/trump-administration-cabinet-race
Published: August 30, 2025 10:00
President’s targeting of Fed governor Lisa Cook highlights his efforts to remove diverse voices from governmentA day after Donald Trump announced that he was firing Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the board of governors of the Federal Reserve,…
Senior Pentagon official had affair with ‘notorious’ astrologer who stalked him, lawsuit says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/pentagon-astrologer-affair-anthony-tata
Published: August 30, 2025 10:00
Anthony Tata, Trump’s undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, files defamation lawsuit in FloridaA senior Pentagon official in Donald Trump’s administration had a months-long extramarital affair with a woman claiming to be “the internet’s…
Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/30/climate-gov-website-trump
Published: August 30, 2025 10:00
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded missionEarlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of climate information on the internet – was thwarted by the Trump…
Micah Parsons relishes fresh start in Green Bay after ‘hardest four months of my life’
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/30/micah-parsons-green-bay-packers-trade-contract
Published: August 30, 2025 06:11
Parsons joins Packers in $188m blockbuster dealEx-Cowboy targets Hall of Fame legacy in Green BayDallas get picks and Kenny Clark in trade packageMicah Parsons says he just went through the hardest four months of his life as he feared his contract…
Novak Djokovic fights past Cameron Norrie to become oldest man to reach US Open fourth round since 1991
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/30/us-open-tennis-novak-djokovic-cameron-norrie
Published: August 30, 2025 05:24
Serbian beats Briton in four sets in his best performance of tournamentBut he says his struggles with his body and movement are ‘frustrating’At a time when Novak Djokovic could really benefit from some straightforward wins to ease through the early rounds…
‘It’s bigger than me’: Taylor Townsend topples No 5 Andreeva in US Open shock
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/30/taylor-townsend-us-open-mirra-andreeva-upset
Published: August 30, 2025 04:24
Townsend stuns No 5 seed Andreeva at US OpenAmerican into last 16 for first time since 2019Fritz survives on brutal day for American menTaylor Townsend capped a whirlwind 48 hours at the US Open with one of the finest performances of her career, upsetting…
Bondi fires justice department employee for making vulgar gesture at National Guard
Published: August 30, 2025 03:00
Paralegal dismissed by US attorney general for ‘inappropriate conduct’ towards troops deployed on the streets of WashingtonThe US attorney general, Pam Bondi, has fired a justice department official for making a vulgar gesture to members of the National…
All SkyWest flights grounded at airline’s request, US FAA says
Published: August 30, 2025 02:29
The ground stop is expected to stay in effect until 0330 GMT and has a medium probability of an extensionAll SkyWest Airlines flights were grounded for 21 minutes on Friday night at the request of the airline, according to the US Federal Aviation…
Duke Cunningham, Vietnam flying ace and congressman convicted of bribery, dies at 83
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/duke-cunningham-congressman-dies
Published: August 30, 2025 01:58
Decorated navy pilot who served in House of Representatives pleaded guilty to accepting illegal giftsRandy “Duke” Cunningham, whose feats as a US navy flying ace during the Vietnam war catapulted him to a House of Representatives career that ended in…
Trump news at a glance: court ruling threatens to upend Trump’s tariffs; Kamala’s security detail revoked
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/trump-administration-news-today
Published: August 30, 2025 00:45
Ruling is biggest blow yet to Trump’s tariffs; critics slam move against vice-president as ‘act of revenge’. Key US politics stories from Friday 29 August at a glanceA US federal appeals court has ruled that most of president Donald Trump’s tariffs are…
Missouri governor calls special session to redraw maps to aid Republicans
Published: August 29, 2025 23:09
State follows Texas’s lead in Trump’s push to gain more House seats for Republicans in 2026 midtermsThe Missouri governor, Mike Kehoe, has moved to help the Republican party gain an additional seat in Congress, calling a special legislative session to…
Most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal, federal court rules
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/trump-tariffs-illegal-appeal-court-ruling
Published: August 29, 2025 23:01
US supreme court will now have to rule on whether president overstepped authority in upending trade policyDonald Trump overstepped his presidential powers with most of his globe-rattling tariff policies, a federal appeals court in Washington DC ruled on…
Gym owner says she reported grooming concerns about coach years before arrest in sex abuse case
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/29/gymnastics-coach-sean-gardner-warnings-ignored
Published: August 29, 2025 22:41
Parents, athletes raised red flags about GardnerChow, USA Gymnastics slow to act on complaintsSafeSport sanctioned coaches who failed to reportLong before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after accusations he abused girls he coached, warning signs…
The Pennsylvania Democrat marching for public transit: ‘time honoured American tradition’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/pennsylvania-democrat-public-transit-march
Published: August 29, 2025 21:31
Malcolm Kenyatta is on a 105-mile march to highlight drastic cuts to the stat’s regional public transport services“The best part of this is I get to eat as many carbs as possible,” jokes Malcolm Kenyatta, who has lost 100lbs over the past two years. “I had…
Shelton’s first career retirement and Tiafoe loss leave US men reeling at Open
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/29/ben-shelton-shoulder-injury-mannarino-us-open
Published: August 29, 2025 21:22
Shelton retires hurt in third-round matchTiafoe beaten by qualifier Struff in straightsFritz and Paul are last US men still aliveIt was a punishing Friday afternoon for American men’s tennis as Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe were bundled out of the US Open…
Court blocks Trump bid to end protections for 600,000 Venezuelans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/court-blocks-trump-venezuela
Published: August 29, 2025 21:18
Appellate panel upholds lower court’s ruling as homeland security spokesperson attacks ‘activist’ judgesA federal appeals court on Friday blocked Donald Trump’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and…
Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection for second time in a year
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/29/spirit-airlines-bankruptcy-protection
Published: August 29, 2025 20:53
Low-cost carrier experiences dwindling cash and mounting losses as recovery further hit by Trump tariffs US no-frills pioneer Spirit Airlines filed for fresh chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, as dwindling cash and mounting losses derailed its…
ChatGPT encouraged Adam Raine’s suicidal thoughts. His family’s lawyer says OpenAI knew it was broken
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/chatgpt-suicide-openai-sam-altman-adam-raine
Published: August 29, 2025 20:45
Jay Edelson rebukes Sam Altman’s push to put ChatGPT in schools when the CEO knows about its problemsAdam Raine was just 16 when he started using ChatGPT for help with his homework. While his initial prompts to the AI chatbot were about subjects like…
Mother of boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim
Published: August 29, 2025 20:26
Trump officials accused of false imprisonment and ‘unconstitutional racial profiling’ over incident in LAThe mother of a 15-year-old boy who was detained at gunpoint by federal immigration agents is seeking $1m in damages and accusing the Trump…
Republican senator Joni Ernst of Iowa will not run for re-election
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/republican-iowa-senator-joni-ernst
Published: August 29, 2025 19:38
First female senator to represent Iowa had a rocky reception from constituents earlier year over Medicaid cutsUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Republican senator Joni Ernst of Iowa is not expected to seek re-election next year, according to multiple…
RFK Jr continues to make dubious health claims as CDC roils under his leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/rfk-jr-health-claims-cdc-leadership
Published: August 29, 2025 17:48
As leaders at Centers for Disease Control quit after director’s firing, Kennedy stokes controversy with pet theoriesIn a week of chaos at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has continued to…
Emma Raducanu overwhelmed by Rybakina at US Open in straight-sets loss
Published: August 29, 2025 16:55
Former Wimbledon champion wins 6-1, 6-2Rybakina hitting form after reuniting with ex-coachEmma Raducanu has spent the past few months diligently working on improving the quality of her game in order to irritate the best players in the world, but another…
Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/alligator-alcatraz-uprising-florida-immigration
Published: August 29, 2025 16:37
Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beaten and teargas was firedGuards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a…
The Guardian view on Trump and the Fed: independence is no substitute for accountability | Editorial
Published: August 29, 2025 16:30
The US president’s move against Lisa Cook shows his despotic bent, but the Fed was never democracy’s guardian. It’s time to rethink who really controls moneyDonald Trump’s attempt to sack the Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, is the familiar…
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/29/us-authoritarian-donald-trump-national-guard
Published: August 29, 2025 16:30
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it isIf this were happening somewhere else – in Latin America, say – how might it be reported? Having secured his grip on the…
Texas governor signs new redistricting bill, setting up loss of Democratic seats in US House
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/texas-governor-greg-abbott-signs-redistricting-bill
Published: August 29, 2025 16:16
Greg Abbott battled Democrats to bring bill to vote, and redrawn district maps will heavily favor RepublicansTexas’s governor, Greg Abbott, has signed a new redistricting bill that will redraw the state’s congressional map to heavily favor Republicans.On…
The battle over US history reveals our education system’s key flaw | Katherine Kelaidis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/29/us-history-trump-education-liberal-arts
Published: August 29, 2025 16:00
By systematically devaluing the liberal arts, we are leaving students unprepared for the demands of democratic lifeNo part of the Trump 2.0 agenda has been more revealing to the ideological intentions of the administration than the sustained efforts that…
Parents identify victims of Minneapolis school shooting: ‘Our hearts are broken’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/minneapolis-school-shooting-victims-identified
Published: August 29, 2025 15:57
Fletcher Merkel, eight, and Harper Moyski, 10, died during the attack on the Annunciation Catholic school churchAn eight-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl who were killed in a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school have been identified by their…
Donald Trump could stop Gaza’s famine. Instead he’s following Biden’s lead | Mohamad Bazzi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/29/gaza-famine-trump-netanyahu-biden
Published: August 29, 2025 15:36
A hunger-monitoring group has confirmed what we already knew about Palestinians’ suffering. The US has the power to end itA global hunger-monitoring group declared last week that Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area were suffering from an “entirely…
14,000 US-bound people have returned south since Trump border crackdown, UN finds
Published: August 29, 2025 15:33
Report finds migrants, mainly Venezuelans, have fewer funds, few work prospects and are preyed on by criminal gangs on journey backMore than 14,000 people, mainly Venezuelans, who hoped to reach the US have reversed course and turned south since the start…
Trump uses ‘pocket rescission’ to cancel $4.9bn in congressionally approved foreign aid
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/trump-pocket-rescission-foreign-aid-funding
Published: August 29, 2025 15:29
It’s the first use of tool, which bypasses Congress’s power over the budget, since 1977Donald Trump has told the House speaker, Mike Johnson, that he won’t be spending $4.9bn in congressionally approved foreign aid, in effect cutting the budget without…
US Open tennis 2025: Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in action on day six – live
Published: August 29, 2025 15:18
Updates from the third round at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch with Katy | Osaka hits back at OstapenkoRybakina underlines why she’s the best server in the women’s game with some pinpoint deliveries to get to 40-15 in the opening game. The Russia-born…
New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/trump-veterans-affairs-abortion-ban
Published: August 29, 2025 14:51
Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivorsDoctors at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would be barred from performing abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, under new…
Pentagon to restore Confederate general portrait at West Point library
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/robert-e-lee-west-point-portrait-confederate
Published: August 29, 2025 14:44
Controversial painting of Robert E Lee and enslaved man taken down after 2020 law to remove Confederate tributesA controversial portrait of General Robert E Lee, which shows an enslaved man holding the Confederate leader’s horse, is being returned to the…
Man believed dead in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is alive as Ice moves him without notice
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/florida-alligator-alcatraz-immigration-velasquez
Published: August 29, 2025 14:00
Luis Manuel Rivas Velásquez ‘desperate’ to be deported due to ‘living hell’ but lawyers and family unable to connectA man whose loved ones thought he had died at Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz after alleged delays in appropriate medical care turned out to be…
Trump looks to tighten visa durations for foreign students and journalists
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/trump-immigration-visa-restrictions
Published: August 29, 2025 13:48
White House says proposed change necessary to ‘monitor’ visa holders amid president’s immigration crackdownThe Trump administration aims to tighten the duration of visas for students, cultural exchange visitors and members of the media, according to a…
Trump administration faces rare bipartisan pushback for firing CDC director
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/trump-susan-monarez-cdc-firing-reaction
Published: August 29, 2025 13:45
Susan Monarez was reportedly fired by Robert F Kennedy Jr but her lawyers say only Trump himself can remove herThe Trump administration is facing rare bipartisan pushback for firing the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), amid…
By the numbers: the latest Ice and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/29/trump-immigration-ice-cbp-data
Published: August 29, 2025 13:00
The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inaugurationDonald Trump campaigned on a platform of mass deportation. Since he took office, his administration has reshaped…
In a small Kentucky town, Trump’s threats to tech giants pay dividends but also cause concern
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/harrodsburg-kentucky-apple-iphone-trump-tariffs
Published: August 29, 2025 13:00
Apple will source all of its iPhone glass from Harrodsburg, but residents worry about taxes and threats to immigrantsFor people reading the news on an iPhone, the chances are the glass screen they are tapping on was made in a small town in central Kentucky…
Trump revokes Kamala Harris’s Secret Service detail extended by Biden
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/kamala-harris-secret-service-trump-biden
Published: August 29, 2025 12:50
President’s new security directive cancels one-year extension signed by Biden before leaving officeDonald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, according to a…
The Cracker Barrel mess exposes the cynicism of the rightwing culture war | Sidney Blumenthal
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/29/cracker-barrel-rightwing-culture-war
Published: August 29, 2025 12:00
The restaurant means little to activists – it’s simply a tool to bludgeon perceived enemies and flex conservative powerFirst they came for the Smithsonian. Then they came for Cracker Barrel.Whether it’s the museums or the corporations – or the…
Gun used in Emmett Till’s lynching is on display at museum 70 years later
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/emmett-till-lynching-gun-museum
Published: August 29, 2025 11:45
Mississippi museum announces display on anniversary of boy’s murder, a pivotal moment in civil rights movementThe gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing.The Mississippi…
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