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16:22 Federal judge accuses White House of ‘bad faith’ in Kilmar Ábrego García case

Judge gives Trump administration deadline to support its claims it doesn’t have to return man to the US

16:22 Trans musician Bells Larsen was forced to cancel his US tour: ‘My livelihood has been robbed’

The Canadian singer-songwriter is releasing an album about his transition. Trump’s ‘dehumanizing’ new passport rules mean he won’t perform it for US fans

15:50 A surprising number of Americans want climate action. But why aren’t there more?

Support for climate action is growing in the US, but partisan divides and fossil fuel interests hold sway

14:51 A battle looms over rule of law as some courts start to flex their muscles against Trump

Whether federal courts can force Trump to comply with their orders is an essential question for US democracy

14:51 Former child actor Sophie Nyweide dies aged 24

Nyweide began her career aged just six in Bella and went on to work on films including And Then Came Love, Margot at the Wedding and Noah

14:51 Tesla investors welcome Elon Musk’s move to step back from Doge – US politics live

Profits at the billionaire’s carmaker fell 71% amid a backlash over his role at the White House

14:51 Richard Branson accuses Trump of ‘doing so much damage’ to the world

Virgin Atlantic founder says ‘erratic’ decisions from US president have been ‘awful for everyone’

14:49 Cluster headaches are ‘the most painful condition on the planet’. Sufferers are going to extreme – and secretive – measures for relief

The condition is more excruciating than childbirth or gunshot wounds, but little understood. An online community of ‘clusterheads’ are self-experimenting with psilocybin – with promising results

14:49 Sharon Osbourne calls for Kneecap rappers’ US visas to be revoked after Israel criticism

Irish language group uses Coachella gig to denounce Gaza attacks, saying ‘Palestinians have nowhere to go’

14:49 Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete Hegseth top espionage target

Experts say Pentagon chief has endangered secrets of US defense department and given assistance to foreign spies

13:18 How the anti-abortion movement embraced fringe ‘abolitionists’ and became more punitive

A movement that believes abortion should be treated as homicide has grown alongside a Republican penchant for punishment

12:26 Why is the US right so obsessed with the Obamas’ marriage? | Arwa Mahdawi

Conservative commentators can’t stand the idea that people they loathe can live fulfilling lives

12:26 What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller

Francis was as outspoken as could be without naming names, when he criticized Vance in his February letter to US bishops

11:22 Attacker who stabbed Salman Rushdie to be sentenced for attempted murder

Hadi Matar was convicted over 2022 attack in western New York that left author partially blinded

08:11 An Army of Women review – shocking story of sex-assault survivors’ fight for justice

Julie Lunde Lillesæter’s timely documentary tells the story of the courageous women whose cases of sexual assault and rape have gone unheard by the US judicial system

04:03 Steve Hilton, former David Cameron adviser, to run for California governor

Ex-advertising executive, who hosted a Fox News show and has criticised Kamala Harris, will stand as a Republican

04:03 Trump news at a glance: president will be ‘very nice’ to China; Musk to step back from Doge

Donald Trump says tariffs on China will be dropped “substantially” as IMF warns of ‘major negative shock’ from tariffs – key US politics stories from 22 April

01:47 Trump says China tariffs will drop ‘substantially – but it won’t be zero’

US president says tariffs on imported goods will come down from 145% rate but insists ‘we’re doing fine with China’

00:58 Trump says he has no plans to fire Fed chief Jerome Powell

President gives vote of confidence days after lashing out over central bank’s reluctance to cut interest rates

00:21 Veterans affairs agency orders staff to report each other for ‘anti-Christian bias’

New taskforce demands names in rooting out ‘policies, procedures … or understandings hostile to Christian views’

23:11 Mystery engulfs trendy NYC neighborhood as locals try to ID bozo who’s dousing pedestrians with unknown fluids, pelting them with eggs

An unsettling mystery is soaking up attention in trendy Williamsburg after several pedestrians were doused with unknown fluids and pelted with eggs as they walked by a notorious building.

23:09 Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham review – what a brilliantly daft road trip, bab!

The comic’s love for his home town leads him on this charming and wacky odyssey to find ‘his people’ across the pond. Brummies of the world unite!

22:55 US army to test enlisted men and women with same physical standards

Change to requirements to serve in combat roles expected to drastically cut number of women

22:55 Tesla sales drop as carmaker warns ‘political sentiment’ could impact future demand

Company sees 9% drop year over year as analysts conclude Elon Musk’s role in White House has caused branding crisis

22:45 Eric Adams unloads on NYC mayoral opponent Andrew Cuomo in fiery rant: ‘Why is he in my race?’

Mayor Eric Adams ripped former Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday for “taking votes” from him — as he pushed back against the possibility that his independent run for reelection will help …

22:40 Sarah Palin loses retrial of defamation case against New York Times

Jury finds newspaper not liable for allegedly defaming former Alaska governor in 2017 editorial about gun control

22:05 Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial to open with majority-female jury in New York

Process yielded seven-woman, five-man jury, more females than the group that convicted media mogul five years ago

21:30 US judge blocks Trump’s shutdown of government-funded radio broadcasts

A federal judge ordered President Trump’s administration to stop the shutdown of government-funded radio broadcasts of Voice of America, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Bro…

20:51 Reeves flies to US to push Trump to sign trade agreement

Chancellor hopes to persuade Trump to cut tariffs on Britain’s exports

20:28 The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Donald Trump could cost the world a trillion dollars | Editorial

Editorial: The US president’s economic agenda collides with fragile financial systems, triggering market fears, investor flight and developing nation chaos

19:59 Feds throw book at NYC Tren de Aragua — and ‘Anti-Tren’ splinter faction — by using mobster-fighting racketeering law for first time

The feds threw the book at 27 suspected members of Tren de Aragua — and its “Anti-Tren” splinter faction — who allegedly plotted murders, extortion and sex-trafficked young …

19:41 Vance says 21st century could be ‘dark time for humanity’ in speech in India

The US vice-president promoted a partnership between Delhi and Washington

19:35 Gold climbs above $3,500 for first time as Wall Street rallies after slide

Dollar also recovers after Monday’s sell-off prompted by Trump’s attack on Federal Reserve chair caused alarm among investors

18:44 Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage

GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture

18:13 Mountainhead: first trailer for Jesse Armstrong’s topical Succession follow-up

Billionaires, played by Steve Carell and Ramy Youssef, meet amid an international crisis in HBO’s of-the-moment satire

17:44 Marco Rubio announces sweeping reorganisation of US state department

Secretary of state says shakeup of department will close a number of overseas missions and reduce staff

17:44 R&A ‘would love’ the Open to return to Donald Trump’s Turnberry course

The R&A would like to see Donald Trump’s Turnberry course return as host of the Open but will first need to assess the feasibility of the venue

17:44 Yes, I’m a half-Palestinian lesbian, but I dream of being a Republican congresswoman. Here’s my six-point plan | Arwa Mahdawi

Anything is possible with Trump ripping up all the rules – and I’m going to take full advantage, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

22/04 Hegseth blames ousted officials for leaks in latest Signal chat scandal

Trump’s defense chief vows to fight critics, insisting he was hired ‘to bring war fighting back to the Pentagon’

22/04 Al Gore compares Trump second term with Nazi Germany in scathing speech

Former VP said the administration was creating its ‘own preferred reality’ and slammed it for green energy U-turn

22/04 For Trump, the message is all. No surprise he’s targeting NPR and PBS | Margaret Sullivan

Trump’s anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cuts

22/04 IMF warns Trump tariffs are putting global financial system under strain

World body says ‘sharp repricing of risks’ possible amid growing concern over role of ‘nonbank’ lenders

22/04 Spain unveils €11bn plan to reach long-delayed Nato defence spending target

Spanish PM says ‘industrial and technological plan’ will ensure country commits to spending 2% of GDP on defence

22/04 ‘Were they just voting on vibes?’: Oscars’ new compulsory viewing rule sparks backlash

The announcement that members must watch all films nominated in a category in order to vote for the winner, is met with disbelief that it wasn’t already the case

22/04 ‘I must say, mein Führer, I’m so thankful I came’: Larry David spoofs Bill Maher’s fawning White House visit with Trump

Essay describes a surprise invitation in 1939 to a previously vocal critic for dinner with the Nazi leader, where ‘suddenly he seemed so human’

22/04 IMF warns of ‘major negative shock’ from Trump’s tariffs

Lender cuts forecasts for every major economy, with UK expected to grow by 1.1% this year, down from 1.6%

22/04 Online gambling on the rise among high school students

A unique and quickly spreading social phenomenon is reaching high schools across the country. The latest fad: online poker. 

22/04 Tariffs will raise prices. But the climate crisis is the real inflation risk | Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli

As temperatures rise and countries back off their decarbonization efforts, we must confront a reality central banks can’t correct

22/04 Putin ready for direct talks with Ukraine, spokesperson says

Moscow turns down proposal to extend Easter ceasefire as Ukraine officials head to London to discuss US peace plan

22/04 Swiss drugmaker Roche to invest $50bn in US in effort to dodge Trump tariffs

Company says it will create 12,000 jobs in manufacturing and R&D over next five years

22/04 George Clooney: ‘I don’t care’ if Trump calls me a ‘fake movie actor’

The double Oscar-winner was responding to the president’s criticism of his New York Times op-ed last summer urging Joe Biden to step down for re-election, saying it was his ‘civic duty’

22/04 Pro baseball player Tarik El-Abour is everything RFK Jr says he can’t be

The US health and human services secretary dismissed autistic people in recent comments. It’s not hard to disprove his theories

22/04 Why a holiday in the US is out of the question | Zoe Williams

The US administration’s ‘reassuring’ words, after deporting two German teens, show the border authorities will have a problem with anyone who doesn’t echo their politics, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

22/04 Don’t believe the doubters: protest still has power | Jan-Werner Müller

Demonstrations rarely lead to immediate policy change. But they are essential to building community and long-term resistance

22/04 US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on south-east Asia solar panels

Ahead of a global summit in London comes a warning that lessons on energy security have not been learnedBusiness live – latest updates

22/04 Donald Trump says concerns over Pete Hegseth are a ‘waste of time’ – US politics live

US president backs defense secretary after reports Hegseth discussed military information on Signal for a second time

22/04 Over 100 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration

Statement signed by Harvard, Princeton and Brown leaders denounces White House’s ‘undue government intrusion’

22/04 Trump news at a glance: Harvard sues White House; president backs Hegseth in Signal scandal

Harvard president issues damning statement accusing Trump administration of harming health research – key US politics stories from 21 April

22/04 U.S. finalizes tariffs on Southeast Asian solar imports

The tariffs target major Chinese firms like Jinko Solar and Trina Solar, and go as high as 3,500%.

22/04 Harvard sues Trump administration over efforts to ‘gain control of academic decision-making’

University fights back against threats to cut about $9bn in funding for school after it refused to comply with demands

21/04 Venezuela accuses El Salvador of human trafficking as prisoners caught in row between authoritarians

Nayib Bukele offered to exchange 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador for 252 prisoners in Venezuela

21/04 Trump says Hegseth is ‘doing a great job’ despite reports of second Signal chat

US president dismisses criticism of defense secretary sharing information on strikes in Yemen to his family

21/04 NYC mourners share memories of Pope Francis and reflect on his 2015 Big Apple visit: ‘Amazing soul’

New Yorkers mourning the death of Pope Francis on Monday remembered the beloved pontiff as an “amazing soul” as they shared fond recollections of his two-day whirlwind stop in the Big A…

21/04 Nadine Menendez — wife of ex-Sen. ‘Gold Bar’ Bob Menendez –convicted of sprawling bribery scheme

The New Jersey ex-pol’s wife was found guilty of serving as the lynchpin of a plot to leverage her husband’s lofty Senate post for hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cash,…

21/04 Exclusive | Banned rat poison sold on NYC streets as expert warns ‘genuinely scary’ product can kill when inhaled

The city has confiscated 140 pounds of banned rat poison this month but street vendors keep selling the stuff – as one expert warned the black market could have deadly consequences. Local medical p…

21/04 Wyoming clinic resumes abortions after judge suspends state regulations

State’s only clinic stopped operations in February after state laws sought to control licensing and requirements

21/04 Passengers evacuate Delta plane after engine catches fire at Florida airport

Flight headed for Atlanta, Georgia, had left gate when flames began to rise, forcing people to clear jet via slides

21/04 Mom murdered beside 5-year-old son and boyfriend texted suspect’s name as she lay dying: cops

The dying hairdresser texted “Jaco” — the nickname of Jacorian Deshawn McGregor, the man now charged with capital murder for the triple slaying, cops said.

21/04 Reeves to make case for free global trade at Washington IMF talks

Visit comes as Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs have led to economic turbulence and a ‘new economic reality’

21/04 Boeing investors brace for fallout from Trump tariffs

Jets intended for Chinese airline returned to US, raising fears for planemaker as results near

21/04 US stock markets fall again as Trump calls Fed chair ‘a major loser’

President amps up attacks against Jerome Powell, pushing him to lower interest rates to offset impact of tariffs

21/04 House Democrats land in El Salvador to push for return of Kilmar Ábrego García

Four representatives join effort to challenge the Trump administration’s refusal to facilitate the immigrant’s release

21/04 Irish Freemasons apologise for hosting Conor McGregor interview at Dublin hall

Organisation says it regrets renting premises for event with US commentator Tucker Carlson and will give fee to charity

21/04 Three people killed after Russia resumes attacks in Ukraine

Attack in Kherson comes as Russia says it will continue ‘special military operation’ despite calls to extend ceasefire

21/04 ‘It’s Disneyland for preppers’: why apocalypse-minded shoppers go to Costco

A doomsday meal bucket drew attention to something end-timers have known forever: the bulk store is the perfect place for stockpiling

21/04 The Trump administration is sabotaging your scientific data | Jonathan Gilmour

Burying our heads in the sand won’t stop the climate crisis or pandemics. We’re taking action to preserve government tools

21/04 Trump administration axes key STI lab amid dramatic rise in US syphilis cases

Chaotic cuts to CDC hit expert leadership and programs that surveil, test and research sexually transmitted diseases

21/04 ‘Full-blown meltdown’ at Pentagon after Pete Hegseth’s second Signal chat revealed

Existence of group chat including Hegseth, his wife and others prompt calls for defense secretary to step downUS politics live – latest updates

21/04 From peppercorns to plastic forks: US businesses that rely on Chinese products reel from Trump tariffs

Price hikes worry restaurants and online markets as uncertainty stymies their ability to plan for the future

21/04 What’s missing from Alex Garland’s Iraq movie Warfare? Context, motivation and, for the most part, Iraqis | Peter Beaumont

I was there with US soldiers in 2006 and can see why the film-makers zoomed in on them so closely. But it results in glaring flaws, says Guardian senior international correspondent Peter Beaumont

21/04 JD Vance among last visitors to Pope Francis after series of public fallouts

The US vice-president’s brief audience with the late pontiff came despite deep disagreements in recent months

21/04 MMA fighter Ahmad Hassanzada arrested for child sex crimes days before UFC debut

A mixed martial arts fighter has been charged with child sex crimes just days before he was scheduled to make his UFC debut. Ahmad Hassanzada was scheduled to make his official debut in the Octagon…

21/04 ‘Trust is gone’: fears grow as police on some Florida campuses trained by Ice

At least 11 state colleges enroll in program that trains officers for ‘limited’ involvement in immigration operations

21/04 The Accidental Spy review – remarkable story of CIA operative abandoned by his handlers

Anthony Wonke’s energetic documentary tells how Blerim Skoro was recruited in post-9/11 New York to become an inside man in the ‘war on terror’

21/04 Fox’s new game show makes people guess what Trump’s been up to. Somehow I can’t see the joy in that | Dave Schilling

What Did I Miss? features a smarmy host quizzing sequestered contestants on the headlines. But politics is not funny any more

21/04 Peter Navarro: the economist who has outsmarted Elon Musk and has the ear of Donald Trump

US president’s chief trade adviser is intellectual driving force behind global tariffs and trade war with China

21/04 Grassroots activists who took on corruption and corporate power share 2025 Goldman prize

Seven winners of environmental prize include Amazonian river campaigner and Tunisian who fought against organised waste trafficking

21/04 MPs and peers oppose Donald Trump address to parliament during UK visit

Concerns raised address would be inappropriate because of president’s comments about UK, Nato and Ukraine

21/04 Pete Hegseth reported to have shared Yemen attack details in second Signal chat – US politics live

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth sent detailed information on military strikes in Yemen to chat including his wife and brother, New York Times says

21/04 Emboldened by Trump, the ‘liberal’ UK is giving free rein to its colonial impulses | Kenneth Mohammed

Faced with fading empires’ petulance, the global south must draw a red line under its relationship with them and forge new ties based on mutual respect

21/04 Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees in limbo after deportation from US

Human rights experts voice alarm as refugees expelled by the US, not welcomed by Bhutan and rejected by Nepal

21/04 A South Carolina college faces closure after nearly two centuries — unless it scrounges up $6 million by April deadline

One of the first women’s colleges in the country will soon close if it doesn’t raise enough money this month.

21/04 Beijing threatens countermeasures against countries that ‘appease’ Washington in trade war

Statement from commerce ministry criticises ‘selfish’ countries that make any trade deals with the US that harm China

21/04 China sends back new Boeing jet made too expensive by tariffs

With $55m price set to balloon by 125%, 737 Max returns to Seattle production hub still wearing the colours of Xiamen Airlines

21/04 Trump news at a glance: Hegseth reportedly had Yemen Signal chat with wife, brother

Defence secretary reportedly sent the group flight schedules for strikes on Houthis; draft order calls for drastic restructure of state department – key US politics stories from 20 April

21/04 JD Vance heads to Delhi for talks on fast-tracking trade pact

Visit by vice-president and family could be overshadowed by tariff and US immigration tensions, and farmer protests

21/04 Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal chat – report

US defense secretary texted strike information to his family in group chat he created, sources tell the New York Times

21/04 US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days

Official claimed Jose Hermosillo, who was visiting Arizona, was ‘without the proper immigration documents’

20/04 Amy Klobuchar calls on supreme court to hold Trump officials in contempt

Senator warns of US getting ‘closer to a constitutional crisis’ as Samuel Alito’s dissent signals deference to Trump

20/04 Massachusetts governor calls Trump’s attacks on Harvard ‘bad for science’

Maura Healey says president targeting universities hurts US ‘competitiveness’ and affects research and hospitals

20/04 Senator says trip to El Salvador was to support Kilmar Ábrego García’s due process

Chris Van Hollen says ‘if we deny constitutional rights of this one man, it threatens the constitutional rights of everyone’

20/04 Sarah Palin’s defamation suit retrial against the New York Times raises first amendment concerns

She lost the first trial in 2022, but she gets ‘second bite of the apple’ due to a judge’s procedural errors

20/04 RFK's claims about people with autism offer a sinister insight into how Trumpism sees us all | John Harris

The war on science being waged by the US health secretary and the White House is bound to spread. We must be on our guard, says Guardian columnist John Harris

20/04 JD Vance granted lightning audience with Pope Francis in Vatican

US vice-president spends few minutes with pontiff whom he has publicly disagreed with over migration

20/04 British Airways crew member found dead in San Francisco hotel during stopover

A British Airways crew member was found dead in their San Francisco hotel room during a stopover between flights this week, according to reports.

20/04 The Trump-Harvard showdown is the latest front in a long conservative war against academia

President’s attack on universities echoes efforts by Reagan and McCarthy – but experts say ‘we’re seeing much worse’

20/04 Go-to author on White House reverses take on Biden and slams former president

Chris Whipple’s third book, Uncharted, hits Biden and aides like a bludgeon, with key sources who speak on the record

20/04 Fifteen years after Deepwater Horizon, Trump is setting the stage for disaster | Terry Garcia

Cuts to science, environmental and safety agencies are a rejection of hard-won knowledge gained from studying the disaster that occurred 15 years ago

20/04 ‘I want to talk about it honestly’: trauma of Weinstein’s unknown British victims is revealed

Actor Lisa Rose’s one-woman show highlights suffering of aspiring actors and office juniors who fell prey to mogul’s abuse

20/04 Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal

Reform UK leader on campaign trail as poll predicts rightwing party could be on course to win in a general election

20/04 ‘I just ask God that he’s OK’: family of Venezuelan musician sent to El Salvador prison agonizes over his fate

Arturo Suárez Trejo was caught up in Trump’s immigration crackdown in North Carolina and sent to a notorious Salvadorian prison

20/04 Anti-Trump protesters in the US might look to the Czech Republic: ‘We are an example’

Massive, sustained protests led to the 2021 downfall of billionaire oligarch Andrej Babiš, dubbed ‘the Czech Trump’

20/04 Labour must focus on risk to global financial stability posed by Trump policies, not only trade | Heather Stewart

As Rachel Reeves heads to US for IMF meetings, stance appears unaltered despite chaos unleashed by White House

20/04 The Nobel is just the start: 16 imagined victories for Donald Trump | Ariel Dorfman

The president has made clear he wants the prestigious prize. That’s just one of many honors to come

20/04 Katy Perry got into space but I can’t get to Norwich | Stewart Lee

The pop star is back on Earth, the tech bros are wrecking everything, and my tour isn’t visiting that fine city of the east. Surely doomsday is nigh

20/04 Nasa’s oldest astronaut celebrates 70th birthday with return to Earth

Don Pettit became septuagenarian hurtling towards Earth after seven-month mission at International Space Station

20/04 Trump’s political bullying of Harvard will do nothing to foster diversity of thought | Kenan Malik

Substituting liberal biases with conservative will only serve to subvert academic objectivity

20/04 The America I loved is gone

It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered

20/04 Trump news at a glance: Mass anti-Trump protests sweep nation; supreme court issues midnight order

Protesters pour into the streets from east coast to west in second wave of demonstrations this month – key US politics stories from Saturday 19 April at a glance

20/04 Disturbing footage released of officers fatally shooting non-verbal autistic teen

Idaho police have released bodycam footage of officers’ fatal shooting of a non-verbal autistic teenager who was holding a knife.

20/04 Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa

Aditya Wahyu Harsono, father of infant with special needs, surprised at work despite valid visa through June 2026

19/04 Bill Clinton urges Americans to put aside ‘resentments’ 30 years after Oklahoma City bombing

Former president spoke at commemoration for the 168 people who died in the 1995 attack by far-right extremist

19/04 Everything to know about the NYC Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival 2025

Fifth Avenue will be hopping more than usual this weekend.

19/04 US philanthropists warn against capitulating to Trump: ‘We need to step up’

Foundation leaders say charitable organisations could be next in the firing line – but must ‘stand together’ to resist

19/04 ‘Zohran Mamdani represents the future New York’: socialist riding high in bid to be mayor

The progressive democrat from Queens is the son of a famous film-maker and poised to take on front-runner Andrew Cuomo

19/04 JD Vance had ‘exchange of opinions’ with senior cardinal, Vatican says

US vice-president, who is a Catholic convert, discusses immigration and international wars with secretary of state

19/04 Further delay as Menendez brothers seek freedom after decades in prison

Brothers had hoped resentencing hearing would pave way for immediate release – but judge orders pause until May

19/04 The showdown between Harvard and the White House – day by day

After months of mounting pressure on the university to defend itself, Harvard rejected a series of Trump administration demands – here’s what happened

19/04 Sci-fi Musk is brainstorming ways to breed his ‘legion’ more efficiently | Arwa Mahdawi

A Wall Street Journal article offered disturbing details about the billionaire’s behavior. Imagine the backlash if he were a woman

19/04 ‘The bomber’s words sound mainstream. Like he won!’ Oklahoma City’s tragedy in the time of Trump

Revulsion at deadly Oklahoma City explosion in 1995 has faded. But echoes of the blast, and its perpetrator, Timothy McVeigh, are heard today as far-right ideas storm the US

19/04 Musk and AI among biggest threats to brand reputation, global survey shows

Appraisal of international public affairs leaders warned companies against aligning with ‘polarizing’ Trump ally

19/04 An Israeli bomb took a teen’s arm in Gaza. She’s healing with a family in Philadelphia

Tasneem Sharif Abbas, 16, flew with her sister to the US, where doctors awaited and volunteers cheered their arrival

19/04 More than 400 anti-Trump rallies planned in another wave of US protests

Organizers have called for 11 million people across country to participate this weekend in effort to ‘protect democracy’

19/04 The devastating legacy of Native boarding schools: ‘no way people can apologize it away’

Mary Annette Pember’s expansive and shocking book Medicine River looks at the many ways that the US has tried to dehumanise and eradicate Native families

19/04 US chocolate prices surge amid soaring cocoa costs and tariffs

Price of cocoa – chocolate’s key ingredient – has climbed over past year and tariffs on imports will keep prices high

19/04 Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time

Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility

19/04 Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started | Jordana Timerman

Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking out, says journalist Jordana Timerman

19/04 US supreme court orders temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelan men

The order is the latest example of how the courts are challenging the Trump administration’s overhaul of the immigration system

19/04 Could Trump’s tariffs give a green light for corporate profiteering?

Expectations of inflation, and recent waves of price rises, could be self-fulfilling and fuel ‘greedflation’ – and it may not only apply to US consumers

19/04 Trump news at a glance: Maryland senator says Ábrego García moved from notorious El Salvador prison

Senator Chris Van Hollen accuses El Salvador’s government of planting margarita glasses to undermine his trip – key US politics stories from Friday 18 April at a glance

19/04 Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv sanctions three Chinese companies accused of helping Russia

The companies are believed to have helped produce Iskander missiles used by Russia in the conflict; Trump says he could soon ‘pass’ on peace talks. What we know on day 1,151

19/04 UMass Boston student, 19, charged in firebombing Tesla dealership in Kansas City: DOJ

Owen McIntire, 19, was home on spring break when he hurled two Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership in, damaging two Cybertrucks and charging stations.

19/04 Detained Turkish student must be transferred from Louisiana for hearing, judge rules

Rumeysa Ozturk was taken by immigration officials over what her lawyers say was apparent retaliation for op-ed

19/04 ‘Shocking to the sense of liberty Americans hold dear’: the impassioned US court order in the Ábrego García case

Judges issued a memorable call for the return of Kilmar Ábrego García and the separation of government powers. Here is the text

19/04 FSU student recalls frantically ‘chewing’ gum to help cover classroom windows as gunfire rang out during fatal shooting

“We just got out gum and started chewing so we could stick some paper to the windows.”

19/04 Cuomo is ‘landlords’ favorite candidate,’ lefty NYC mayoral hopefuls and tenants say, slamming ex-gov’s housing record

Andrew Cuomo is “landlords’ favorite candidate,” his lefty opponents in the New York City mayoral race and tenant advocates claimed Friday — while ripping the ex-governor ov…

19/04 Parts of Hawaii hit with snow — but don’t worry, it’s actually quite normal

While Hawaii enjoys a tropical climate year-round, snow made its way through the island on Friday morning.

18/04 Trump to reclassify wide swaths of federal workers to allow for more firings

President announces more employees under ‘Schedule F’ can be hired or fired based on their allegiance to him

18/04 What a boob: Texas school district bans Virginia state flag and seal over naked breast

Students in Lamar can no longer learn about the state of Virginia on their online research database due to the ban

18/04 Trump ally pushes DoJ unit to shift civil rights focus, new messages show

Internal mission statements from Harmeet Dhillon pivots division’s priorities away from marginalized groups’ rights

18/04 Trump ousts IRS chief days after appointment amid Musk-Bessent feud

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent reportedly complained that Gary Shapley had been chosen without his knowledge

18/04 What would it mean for Trump to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?

After cutting off $2.26bn in funding, the US president reportedly gave the IRS a potentially illegal order

18/04 US releases thousands of files related to Robert F Kennedy assassination

Release of files, ordered by Trump, includes notes from killer, who said presidential candidate ‘must be disposed of’

18/04 Judge nixes grey-ing Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bid to delay May sex trafficking trial

A Manhattan judge on Friday shot down increasingly grey-haired Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bid to delay his sex trafficking trial by two months.

18/04 Florida releases US-born American citizen who was arrested on Ice orders

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was detained for two days despite an attorney submitting certificate proving US birth

18/04 Federal judge blocks Musk team’s effort to shutter top consumer agency

Order comes a day after the ‘efficiency’ team sent out orders to lay off 1,500 of the agency’s 1,700 employees

18/04 Trump White House replaces Covid website with treatise on ‘lab leak’ theory

Site that once provided health information now includes criticism of Anthony Fauci, who led response to pandemic

18/04 Judge approves Harvey Weinstein’s request to sleep at hospital during retrial

Ex-media boss moved from Rikers Island jail to Manhattan hospital as he awaits rape and sexual assault retrial

18/04 Trump team reveals its impatience as it threatens to walk away from Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Trump said he’d stop the war in 24 hours if elected, but his team appears daunted by negotiation with ‘a lot of detail attached to it’

18/04 Reeves to make case for trade deal in first meeting with US treasury secretary

Chancellor will push for deal that protects British car, steel and pharmaceutical industries amid tariff uncertainty

18/04 Pennsylvania state senator asks 6th-grade girl ‘wildly inappropriate’ pornography question at civics competition

The girl, identified as Mary A., was defending her essay topic of book banning to a panel of judges at the National Civics Bee Penn State Schuylkill.

18/04 ‘It was very overwhelming’: wife of Kilmar Ábrego García speaks out

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of the man wrongly deported to El Salvador, gives interview after learning he’s alive

18/04 City backs off on composting fines after widespread anger from building owners

Someone at City Hall thinks the composting mandates are trashy.

18/04 Exclusive | Pastor John-Paul Miller’s new girlfriend urged to be wary by family of his ex who took her own life: ‘Her time is gonna come’

John-Paul has come under scrutiny since his estranged wife, Mica, drove to a secluded spot in Robeson County, North Carolina, and took her own life almost exactly a year ago.

18/04 Show goes on for Ralph Lauren as fashion reels from Trump tariffs

With the sector bracing itself for a global trade war, investors may find comfort in a trusted pair of hands

18/04 Trump halts construction of big wind farm off New York coast: ‘reckless and overreaching’

Wind power developer eyes legal remedies to order that blocks renewable energy projects and eliminates green job opportunities

18/04 Shocked students return to Florida campus after shooting that killed two

Suspect arrested and charged with attack on Florida State University in Tallahassee that also left six injured

18/04 Trump officials create uncertainty to evade court orders rather than comply

Recalcitrance appears to be product of Trump White House’s maximalist interpretation of executive powers

18/04 Why do Trump voters have no regrets? Because the people they hate are getting hurt more | Arwa Mahdawi

Even amid political chaos and rising prices, what matters most to his supporters is a macabre form of payback and vengeance, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

18/04 Self-identifying ‘hot girls’ are mobilizing to elect a progressive as New York City mayor

Inspired by ‘Hot Girls for Bernie’, a grassroots campaign is rallying behind the democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani

18/04 Denied, detained, deported: the people at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda – here are some of the most high-profile cases

18/04 Medical cannabis shows potential to fight cancer, largest-ever study finds

Analysis aims to solidify agreement on cannabis’s potential as a cancer treatment, lead author of research says

18/04 Trump is creating a selfish, miserable world. Here’s what we can do | Michael Plant

The president is both a symptom and a cause of unhappiness and mistrust. But we can respond by rebuilding our social fabric

18/04 If Harvard, armor-plated by history and padded with funds, can’t beat Trump, no one can

The awe-inspiring might of the government is pitted against the might of the revered US university: let the fight begin

18/04 Survivor of notorious New Orleans child sex abuser priest speaks out for first time

Neil Duhon blames archdiocese for allowing his rapist to prey on children throughout his career

18/04 Scores killed in US strikes on Yemen fuel port of Ras Isa, Houthi media says

Al-Masirah TV reports at least 58 dead in attack Washington says was intended to cut off source of fuel to militants

18/04 ‘I don’t want to give money to this America’: tourists’ fears of US travel under Trump

With US visits down 11.6% in March compared with last year, people share their views and experiences on the US border

18/04 Doge cuts spark questions as employees supporting Musk space launches spared

Department of Transportation employees who provide support for Starlink and SpaceX launches safe amid job cuts

18/04 Drake expands lawsuit against Universal Music Group, alleging defamation at Super Bowl

Lawsuit argues Kendrick Lamar’s half-time performance ‘further solidified’ public belief in allegations made in diss track Not Like Us, but UMG calls amendment ‘absurd’

18/04 Senate Democrat meets Ábrego García in El Salvador as legal battles continue – US politics live

Visit by Maryland’s Chris Van Hollen comes as a federal appeals court rules against the Trump’s administration’s efforts to block return to the US

18/04 Drummer for indie rockers the New Pornographers arrested over child sexual abuse images

Joe Seiders in custody following search of home, vehicle and phone, after allegedly attempting to film child in California restaurant restroom

18/04 US ready to abandon Ukraine peace deal if there is no progress, says Marco Rubio

Secretary of state threatens to pull plug ‘within days’, as Kyiv says it has signed mineral deal memorandum

18/04 What can the global left learn from Mexico – where far-right politics hasn’t taken off? | Thomas Graham

The leftwing governing party, Morena, has promoted social justice but diluted principle with pragmatism, writes freelance journalist Thomas Graham

18/04 Russia-Ukraine war live: Rubio threatens to walk away from peace talks as outline of US minerals deal revealed

‘We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,’ US secretary of state says

18/04 Boot camp, matching tattoos and mutual head-shaving: Kit Connor, Will Poulter and Michael Gandolfini on making Warfare

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film recounts the ordeal of US troops trapped in Iraq. Here, ex-Navy Seal Mendoza, who was one of the soldiers, discusses how the movie was made with his troupe of actors

18/04 Maryland senator meets Kilmar Ábrego García in El Salvador amid battle over US return

Chris Van Hollen posts photo on X but does not provide update on status of man wrongly deported from US

18/04 Rob Manfred meets with Trump at White House after president said he’d pardon Pete Rose

Rob Manfred and President Donald Trump held a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, an MLB spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Post.

18/04 Menendez brothers’ bid for shorter sentence and possible parole delayed again

Prosecutors filed motion to delay hearings so court could obtain part of risk assessments ordered by governor

18/04 Trump news at a glance: president takes aim at Harvard, threatening tax-exempt status

The IRS is reportedly planning to revoke Harvard’s tax exemption, a move that would cost the university millions – key US politics stories from Thursday 17 April at a glance

18/04 Texas school district bans Virginia state flag over Roman goddess’ bare breast: report

They’re going tit for tat. The state flag of Virginia has been banned in a Texas school district over the depiction of a Roman goddess with an exposed bare boob, according to a report. The Ho…

18/04 Luigi Mangione indicted on federal murder charge over healthcare CEO killing

Suspect, charged with four federal counts, faces separate state charges over death of Brian Thompson in Manhattan

18/04 FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts

The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts

18/04 Giorgia Meloni whispers soothing words to Trump on ‘western nationalism’

The president and Italy’s prime minister spoke a common language – but for a discordant moment over Ukraine

18/04 Donald Trump ‘expecting to make second state visit to UK in September’

US president and first lady received invitation in February from King Charles for unprecedented repeat trip

17/04 Power restored to more than half of Puerto Rico after island-wide blackout

Wednesday’s outage the latest in series of blackouts to affect Puerto Rico in wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017

17/04 Trump administration moves to narrow protections for endangered species

Environmentalists warn new proposal from US wildlife agencies could lead to habitat destruction and extinction

17/04 Alicia Silverstone to reprise Clueless role in sequel TV series

The actor will return for a follow-up series on Peacock rejoining the life of Cher Horowitz from the hit 1995 comedy

17/04 US man shot dead after hijacking small passenger plane in Belize

Two people injured after man took control of plane at knifepoint before being shot by another passenger

17/04 Ice agents smashed car window to detain asylum seeker, wife says

Lawyer says officials were looking for someone else while taking Juan Francisco Mendez in Massachusetts on Monday

17/04 Trump Media urges regulators to investigate hedge fund’s vast bet against stock

Company behind Truth Social accuses London-based hedge fund Qube of alleged ‘suspicious trading activity’

17/04 What is a ‘criminal’ immigrant? The word is an American rhetorical trap | Jonathan Ben-Menachem

Labels like ‘gang members’ and ‘terrorist supporters’ are an easy way to make humans disposable

17/04 At least one dead and five critically injured after Florida university shooting

Police took one suspect into custody shortly after reported gunfire at Florida State University in Tallahassee

17/04 The Guardian view on a UK-US trade deal: MPs must get a vote on any agreement with Trump | Editorial

Editorial: Abolishing tariffs would be welcome, but not at the price of reducing high regulatory standards or a reset with the European Union

17/04 Rural communities could be destroyed if UK signs US trade deal, says former food tsar

Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby joins farmers in voicing fears of lower standards and a poor deal for British food producers

17/04 Google illegally monopolized online advertising markets, US judge rules

Federal judge deals blow to tech giant and paves way for government to break up company’s advertising products

17/04 Trump’s gilded Oval Office was the perfect setting for his and Bukele’s grotesque spectacle | Julia Carrie Wong

The president’s penchant for the gaudy has been mocked but the menace beneath was clear when he met El Salvador’s leader

17/04 Kilmar Ábrego García’s wife rejects Trump officials’ depictions of him as ‘violent’

Jennifer Vasquez Sura criticizes DHS’s attempt to smear her wrongly deported husband over 2021 civil protective order

17/04 Cory Booker to visit El Salvador in effort to return wrongly deported man to US

Democrats press Trump administration to follow supreme court order to bring back Kilmar Ábrego García

17/04 Fyre festival 2 ‘postponed’ just weeks before it was scheduled to start

Event was meant to kick off 30 May to follow failed 2017 festival that resulted in Billy McFarland’s wire fraud conviction

17/04 Foreign students sue Trump officials over revoked visas as 1,000 affected

Actions by state department to terminate students’ legal status place them at risk of deportation and detention

17/04 Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds

Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metal

17/04 New daily weight-loss pill shows success at clinical trial

Orforglipron also reduced blood sugar levels in obese participants with type 2 diabetes

17/04 Giorgia Meloni to try to act as bridge between EU and US with Trump meeting

Italian PM’s summit with US president provokes trepidation among some European allies

17/04 Trump attacks Fed chair Jerome Powell for not lowering interest rates

President, whose tariff policy has caused turmoil, says central bank head’s termination ‘cannot come fast enough’

17/04 Nato is coming to town in Ohio and it’s not just Trump who has mixed feelings

Dayton will host the alliance’s parliamentary assembly 30 years after the Bosnian peace accords were signed there

17/04 Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies

Lawsuit focuses on day-one executive order claiming to ‘unleash American energy’ by boosting oil industry

17/04 Nvidia’s CEO makes surprise visit to Beijing after US restricts chip sales to China

Jensen Huang causes stir on social media and is reported to have met founder of AI company DeepSeek

17/04 Who are the death row executioners? Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk drivers

These are just the US executioners we know. But they are a chilling indication of the executioners we don’t know

17/04 Finally, the Trump regime has met its match | Robert Reich

The administration dared China, Harvard and the supreme court to blink. They haven’t

17/04 Opt out: how to protect your data and privacy if you own a Tesla

Data via trackers and sensors can paint an intricate picture of your life – here’s what to know about privacy in your car

17/04 Trump behind Harvard ... Now this warning, foreign students including Indians will be difficult

The $ 2.7 billion of the world's prestigious Harvard University has stopped funding. Trump has taken this decision by accusing the university of failing to stop the growing hatred against the Jews and the protests being held in support of Palestine. Calling it a violation of the federal law, Trump said that such a university does not have the right to government funding.

17/04 Donald Trump calls Harvard a ‘joke’ and says it should be stripped of funds – US politics live

President says university should lose government research contracts after it refused demands to accept outside political supervision

17/04 Temu and Shein drop US ad spending as they face tariffs on even small sales

E-tailers also hiking prices after Donald Trump ends ‘de minimis’ exemption for cheap shipments from China and Hong Kong

17/04 America used to fire the world’s imagination – but now the cultural conversation is being silenced | Van Badham

Not only are TV-watching, book-reading, show-going, music-listening travellers declining to visit the US, we have started to cease to imagine it

17/04 Can we stop pretending a trade deal with Trump will be a gamechanger for the UK. It won’t | Martin Kettle

I’m not saying Britain should refuse every sort of free trade agreement with the US, but there may be options that better suit Labour’s purpose, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

17/04 Ex-UK defence minister ‘disgusted’ by Trump’s attitude to Putin and Russia

Grant Shapps also compares calling Sumy strike a ‘mistake’ to statements by IRA terror group when it killed civilians

17/04 Trump news at a glance: US senator blocked on El Salvador visit; Fed warns on tariffs

Democrat Chris Van Hollen says El Salvador refused his request to visit Kilmar Ábrego García; judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt – key US politics stories from Wednesday 16 April at a glance

17/04 ‘Book brigade’: US town forms human chain to move 9,100 books one-by-one

A small Michigan community banded together to help a beloved local bookstore move its stock to a new storefront

17/04 ‘Who is going to face Mr Trump’: Canada leaders’ debate dominated by US crisis

Mark Carney’s Liberals have surged in the polls since Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada, scuppering Conservative calls for change after Trudeau era

17/04 Re-arm, reassure and spend big: how the Asia Pacific is responding to a new era under Trump

The US president has upset global norms in the space of weeks, spurring a flurry of defence spending, diplomatic overtures and offers to boost trade

17/04 Michelle Trachtenberg died of diabetes complications, says medical examiner

Known for roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, the actor was found dead in February

16/04 Kathy Hochul gets scrambled for claiming she ‘can’t afford’ eggs for Easter event — although she, her husband raked in more than $1M last year

Lawmakers bashed the tone deaf comments upon returning to Albany Tuesday to vote on the fifth budget extension, as the spending plan reaches three weeks overdue.

16/04 Who is Kilmar Ábrego García, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador?

Illegal deportation of Maryland man has become a flashpoint as Trump tests limits of his executive power

16/04 US universities’ faculty unite to defend academic freedom after Trump’s attacks

Indiana University leads the push for a pact among 18 institutions as Donald Trump targets diversity

16/04 Man charged in fire at Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s mansion voiced Palestine support

Cody Balmer faces terror and arson charges after fire and 911 call voicing pro-Palestinian views

16/04 The Guardian view on UK-China relations: a dilemma made sharper by Brexit | Editorial

Editorial: The Eurosceptic model of a globalised Britain detached from its local continent has aged very badly in the era of Trump’s trade wars

16/04 Harvard sets up showdown with Trump as more universities rally in support

President calls elite university a ‘joke’ and threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status as $2bn in funding frozen

16/04 Burglars tunnel through wall to steal $10m in goods from LA jewelry store

Heist took place at Love Jewels in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday after thieves bore through levels of concrete

16/04 US trade restriction on Nvidia sends markets tumbling again

Value of California chip designer dropped by billions on Wednesday

16/04 Texas man charged after pit bulls fatally maul neighbor — one day after he was accused of separate murder

A Texas man is facing multiple felony charges after his three pit bulls mauled a neighbor to death — slapped with the offenses just one day after he was charged with murder in a separate case.

16/04 Tariffs more likely to bring UK price cuts than inflation, says WH Smith boss

Carl Cowling says there is ‘no logic’ in why there would be inflation as east Asian suppliers seek alternatives to the US

16/04 Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted by rowdy constituents at Georgia town hall

Police used a stun gun on two people and made three arrests as Maga representative was repeatedly interrupted

16/04 Trump tariffs will send global trade into reverse this year, warns WTO

World Trade Organization says trade between US and China is expected to plunge by 81% in ‘decoupling’

16/04 China trade war poses threat to US arms firms’ rare earths supply, analysts warn

Chinese restrictions could affect more than a dozen defence and aerospace firms and give Beijing ‘crucial advantage’

16/04 Trump has put Christian nationalists in key roles – say a prayer for free speech

Experts warn that a specific brand of Christianity will be prioritized and lead to a ‘further dismantling’ of institutions

16/04 Trump effect leaves Canada’s Conservatives facing catastrophic loss

Pierre Poilievre had hoped to be the next PM, but a sharp change in mood amid Trump tariffs has the party in turmoil

16/04 New details of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s final days released

Arakawa was shown to have been researching medical conditions related to Covid-19 and flu and police bodycam footage from inside the couple’s home released

16/04 Widow of man whose corpse was allegedly abused on New York subway tells of shock

Woman identified as Teresa says she was estranged from Jorge Gonzalez, 37, and is worried for her ill mother-in-law

16/04 Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage

Presenting an award at the Breakthrough prize ceremony, the actor and writer allegedly accused the president of destroying American science

16/04 California launches legal challenge against Trump’s ‘illegal’ tariffs

Governor says import tariffs are ‘wreaking chaos’ on the state’s families, businesses and economy