12 h. ago Police release CCTV image after two stabbings at Oxford Circus tube station

Officers want to question a man after two men were injured within 24 hours over the weekend in LondonPolice have released a CCTV image of a man they want to question after two people were stabbed at Oxford Circus tube station in London within 24 hours of each other over the weekend.Emergency services were called to two incidents in the early hours over the weekend, which police said were connected. The first incident took place at 3.40am on Saturday and the second just after 1.30am on Sunday. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago ‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona

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 Bullhead City, Arizona, with his wife, children, and half a dozen cats and dogs.It was only mid-June but the heat was insufferable, particularly for Chamblee, who was clinically obese and bed-bound in the living room as the temperature hit 115F (46C) in the desert city – situated 100 miles (160km) south of Las Vegas on the banks of the Colorado River. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago A Chinese student was questioned for hours in the US, then sent back even as Trump policies shift

A Chinese philosophy student was deported from the United States after landing in Houston to study at the University of Houston

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37 h. ago Trump taps federal agents to tackle local policing. That's not always helpful, critics say

Federal agents have used aggressive policing tactics in cities such as Washington and Los Angeles at President Donald Trump's direction

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48 h. ago Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting

Signs of a decline in international students have unsettled colleges around the U.S., but some schools are especially vulnerable

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51 h. ago EPA fires employees who publicly criticized agency policies under Trump

The Environmental Protection Agency has fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency’s leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump

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53 h. ago Kim Kardashian slams Donald Trump's immigration policies and ICE raids

Kim Kardashian has hit out at US President Donald Trump's immigration policies and the ICE raids that have taken place in Los Angeles in recent months

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4 d. ago No Kings part 2: More mass protests planned for Labor Day to rail against Trump’s policies

The protests, billed by organizers as ‘Workers Over Billionaires,’ are set to take place in cities across the U.S. on September 1

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5 d. ago A new strain of Covid is causing a spike in California as officials grapple with Trump’s vaccine policies

Health officials under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have delayed and gummed up the approval of new Covid-19 jabs even as the new ‘Stratus’ subvariant surges in the Golden State

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5 d. ago MAGA firebrand Laura Loomer breaks with Trump in rare public spat over 600k China student visas: ‘Do the math’

Loomer, who has the ear of the president, criticized him after he hailed the ‘very important relationship’ with Beijing

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6 d. ago When immigration shows up at daycare: crackdown in DC terrifies families and workers

Nannies stay home and schools provide transport as Trump takes over policing and Ice rounds up immigrantsEarly Tuesday morning, as parents went to drop off their young children at a bilingual childcare center in north-west Washington DC, they received a message from the administrator saying that unmarked cars were parked directly outside.Shortly after 8am, federal agents in tactical vests arrested two people unaffiliated with the center, the administrator said. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Key things to know about how Trump's war on higher education has ensnared an unexpected campus

The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs has faced challenges under the Trump administration’s higher education policies

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1 week ago Wisconsin court commissioner resigns after dispute over immigration warrant

A Wisconsin court commissioner has resigned after asking to see an immigration arrest warrant, highlighting tensions between judges and the Trump administration over immigration policies

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1 week ago Marriott does not deny a hotel in its portfolio was used to detain families for Ice

Hospitality giant responded to Guardian story about Ice’s use of Sheraton hotel to hold families prior to deportationMarriott, the hospitality giant, has not disputed recent revelations that a Louisiana hotel in its portfolio was used to detain migrant families before deportation, which contradicts a 2019 policy that it would not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). In a new statement to the Guardian, the company suggested that its “acceptance of business” did not mean it supported the Trump administration’s immigration policies.The Guardian reported on Tuesday that a Sheraton hotel in the city of Alexandria, situated close to a major Ice deportation hub, has been used to hold family groups before they are removed from the US. The Sheraton brand is owned by Marriott International. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Altos cargos de Casa Blanca hacen apariciones públicas con tropas mientras Washington observa tenso

La ofensiva policial del presidente, Donald Trump, en Washington se amplió el miércoles y altos cargos de su gobierno visitaron a las tropas de la Guardia Nacional para apoyar un despliegue que ha hecho que partes de la capital de Estados Unidos parezcan territorio ocupado. La ira y la frustración se extendieron por la ciudad mientras el vicepresidente alababa una operación que, según él, ha "restablecido en parte de ley y el orden".

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1 week ago Federal prosecutors launch inquiry into Washington DC police over allegedly fudged crime statistics

Move comes after Donald Trump posted on social media about US capital’s ‘fake crime numbers’Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into allegations that Washington DC police systematically manipulated crime statistics to make the city appear safer than it actually is.The probe, anonymous sources tell the Washington Post, NBC News and Fox News, being conducted by the US attorney’s office for the District of Columbia under Jeanine Pirro, is the latest escalation between the Trump administration and DC officials over federal control of local policing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Why Shake Shack, Sweetgreen and Cava are flashing warning lights for the US economy

Casual food businesses reliant on coastal cities could be first to be hit by consequences of Donald Trump’s aggressive policies on international trade and immigration

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1 week ago Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to DC in expanding federal crackdown

The Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration efforts in the nation’s capital

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1 week ago Trump’s promise of a US manufacturing renaissance leaves experts scratching their heads

Economists doubt US duties will bring about a resurgence of US factory jobs, notably due to Trump’s erratic tariff rolloutDonald Trump’s hugely disruptive trade war is setting the stage for a manufacturing renaissance in the US, administration officials say. Outside the White House, many economists are skeptical.Global trade experts point to many reasons they believe the president’s tariffs will fail to bring about a major resurgence of manufacturing, among them: Trump’s erratic, constantly changing policies, his unfocused, across-the-board tariffs, and his replacing Joe Biden’s carrot-and-sticks approach to brandish sticks at the world. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump is promising a US manufacturing renaissance. Many experts are dubious

Economists doubt US duties will bring about a resurgence of US factory jobs, notably due to Trump’s erratic tariff rolloutDonald Trump’s hugely disruptive trade war is setting the stage for a manufacturing renaissance in the US, administration officials say. Outside the White House, many economists are skeptical.Global trade experts point to many reasons they believe the president’s tariffs will fail to bring about a major resurgence of manufacturing, among them: Trump’s erratic, constantly changing policies, his unfocused, across-the-board tariffs, and his replacing Joe Biden’s carrot-and-stick approach to brandish sticks at the world. Continue reading...

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