44 h. ago Customers at McDonald’s where Trump served fries echo nation’s complaints: Everything is too expensive

New polling shows that 53 percent of adults have changed their habits with grocery shopping to stay within budget

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55 h. ago Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center should serve as a warning to UK arts institutions | Charlotte Higgins

Culture is not immune from the advances of the hard right – but it isn’t too late for resistanceInto the pale stone wall of the Kennedy Center, above its elegant terrace on the edge of the Potomac river, are carved bold and idealistic sentiments. “This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of art – this is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.” Those are the words of John F Kennedy, after whom the US’s national performing arts centre is named. The impulse to build it came from Dwight D Eisenhower; it was given JFK’s name after his assassination; and it opened in 1971, to the music of Leonard Bernstein and the choreography of Alvin Ailey, in the presidency of Richard Nixon. The Kennedy Centre, in short, was designed to be bipartisan, a place of gathering for Democrats and Repub...

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3 d. ago Trump says 'we will retaliate' after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack that the US blames on IS

President Donald Trump says that “we will retaliate” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in a Syria attack that the U.S. blames on the Islamic State group

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5 d. ago RFK Jr is a danger to public health – but local Maha laws could be a bigger threat | Katrina vanden Heuvel

An array of under-the-radar initiatives are taking hold across the US, often tied to immunization, fluoridation and raw milkEven within the freak show that is Donald Trump’s cabinet, the health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has a singular knack for dominating the headlines with the most disturbing sort of carnivalesque spectacle.In recent months, he’s amplified harmful misinformation linking Tylenol and autism and dismissed the entire CDC vaccine advisory committee, replacing them with skeptics and conspiracy theorists. And even as that agency debated and ultimately scrapped its hepatitis B vaccination recommendation for many newborns, Kennedy courted further controversy for his alleged involvement in a tabloid-fodder love triangle.Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of the Nation, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a contributor to the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Florida's capital city approves plan to sell golf course built on slaves' graves, despite outcry

Local officials in Florida’s capital city have voted to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a once-segregated country club

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5 d. ago US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI

The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops

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5 d. ago The Latest: Senate questions military leaders on Trump’s National Guard deployments

Senators for the first time are questioning military leaders over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities, an extraordinary move that has prompted legal challenges as well as questions about states’ rights and the use of the military on U.S. soil

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6 d. ago Senators question military leaders on Trump's National Guard deployments

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are questioning military leaders over President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to American cities

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6 d. ago FIFA receive official letter of complaint as World Cup controversy surfaces already

Planning for the 2026 World Cup is already well underway but FIFA have received a complaint from one of the nations who have already booked their spot at the tournament

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7 d. ago Eileen Higgins becomes Miami’s first Democratic mayor in 30 years

In stunning upset victory, Higgins also becomes first woman in post and first non-Hispanic candidate since 90sDemocrat Eileen Higgins was elected mayor of Miami on Tuesday night in a stunning upset victory that reversed a run of recent Republican successes in Florida.The election of Higgins, 61, a former county commissioner, also added to a string of Democratic wins across the country that have served to highlight the growing level of resistance to Donald Trump in his second presidential term. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump is remodeling Washington to fit his twisted vision of America | Judith Levine

The administration is offloading gems of US architecture while redesigning the city to match the president’s valuesWhile the original architect of Donald Trump’s ever-expanding ballroom steps down and preservationists panic over the fate of New Deal murals inside the Social Security Administration building, the president gushes about painting the granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building white, “fixing” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and erecting his own Arc de Triomphe.To peruse the plans for a Trump-era capital district alongside the General Services Administration’s list of assets identified for accelerated disposition – the federal buildings slated for off-loading – is to discern a diagram of Trump’s values.Judith Levine is a Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba says she’s resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey

Habba’s resignation comes despite administration’s efforts to keep her in place after court rulings found she was unlawfully serving in the roleUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, she announced on social media.Habba’s resignation came after district and appellate court rulings which found she was unlawfully serving in the role, a powerful post charged with enforcing federal criminal and civil law. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Hegseth warned about Trump issuing illegal military orders as a Fox contributor in 2016

Attorney General Pam Bondi also argued that service members must disobey unlawful orders before joining Trump’s DOJ

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8 d. ago US park service to offer free entry on Trump’s birthday but revokes it for MLK Day and Juneteenth

Civil rights leaders decry administration’s move to downplay Black American history and promote presidentThe US’s National Park Service (NPS) will offer free admission to US residents on Donald Trump’s birthday in 2026 – which also happens to be Flag Day – but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth.The new list of free admission days for Americans is the latest example of the Trump administration downplaying America’s civil rights history while also promoting the president’s image, name and legacy. Continue reading...

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1 week ago National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday

The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday

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1 week ago McDonald's axes 'awful' product after customer complaints as it issues update

The fast food chain has gone back to plastic lids temporarily and said it is working toward finding an alternative

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1 week ago Trump’s sweeping changes to US immigration policy – here’s what to know

President orders pause on asylum claims and extra scrutiny of migrants from 19 countries after Washington shootingDonald Trump is seizing on the shooting of two national guard members, allegedly by an Afghan man, to press his immigration crackdown still farther. In the aftermath of the attack, which left guard member Sarah Beckstrom dead and colleague Andrew Wolfe in critical condition, Trump directed US Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause all pending asylum applications.USCIS followed up that announcement with more seismic shifts to immigration policy. This is how the White House is reshaping the process for requesting asylum, green cards and citizenship. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Killer' Luigi Mangione spotted in McDonald's after 'customers grew suspicious'

Luigi Mangione, 27, is alleged to have fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson before sparking a five-day manhunt which ended after he was spotted in a McDonald's

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2 w. ago Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba serving unlawfully as US attorney, says appeals court

Habba disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, appeals court saysDonald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom his administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeals court said Monday.A panel of judges from the third US circuit court of appeals sitting in Philadelphia sided with a lower court judge’s ruling after hearing oral arguments at which Habba herself was present on 20 October. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Another legal loss for Trump as appeals court disqualifies Alina Habba as top prosecutor in New Jersey

Judges across the country have challenged the appointments of Trump loyalists serving as U.S. attorneys

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