3 h. ago Trump's education secretary says NY discriminating against school with Native American chief mascot

President Donald Trump’s top education official says her department has determined that New York is discriminating against a school district that is refusing a state order to get rid of its Native American chief mascot

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28 h. ago The trade court’s Trump tariff decision is a ‘deeply American problem’ – with enormous global implications

Experts warned the court decision will not necessarily provide any relief to countries hoping for lower tariffs or even trading uncertainty with the US, Rachel Clun reports

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29 h. ago The trade court’s Trump tariff decision is a ‘deeply American problem’

Experts warned the court decision will not necessarily provide any relief to countries hoping for lower tariffs or even trading uncertainty with the US, Rachel Clun reports

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30 h. ago Most LGBTQ+ adults feel Americans don't accept transgender people, Pew poll finds

LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. see lower social acceptance for transgender people than those who are lesbian, gay or bisexual, a new Pew Research Center poll found

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32 h. ago Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled scienceScience is under siege.On Friday evening, the White House released an executive order called Restoring Gold Standard Science. At face value, this order promises a commitment to federally funded research that is “transparent, rigorous, and impactful” and policy that is informed by “the most credible, reliable, and impartial scientific evidence available”. But hidden beneath the scientific rhetoric is a plan that would destroy scientific independence in the US by giving political appointees the latitude to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with the current administration’s objectives. In other words: this is Fool’s-Gold Standard Science.Colette Delawalla is a PhD candidate at Emory University and executive director of Stand Up for Science. Victor Ambros is a 2024 Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine at the ...

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35 h. ago UK officials could be banned from the US as Team Trump says online safety laws are blocking Americans' 'free speech'

The Trump administration has already made clear its unhappiness at the UK's tech laws as it seeks to help out billionaire-owned tech firms based in the US.

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50 h. ago King Charles cancer update as Canada visit brings defiant response to Donald Trump's warning

Charles announced that Canada is "strong and free" amidst an escalation of threats from US President Donald Trump that its North American neighbour should become the 51st state of the US.

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51 h. ago Half of Americans say Trump, 78, is not being transparent about his health, poll finds

In a new poll, 45 percent of Americans said they believe Trump has either not been transparent about his physical health

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3 d. ago Trump accuses EU of dragging its heels on a tariff deal with the US

Fears of trade war reignited as the American president makes veiled threat on his Truth Social platformDonald Trump said the EU had been dragging its heels “to put it mildly” on sealing a tariff deal with the US, repeating his assessment that his threat of a 50% tariff on imports from the bloc was an “extremely” satisfactory move.He commended the EU for calling to “quickly establish meeting dates” but reignited fears of a trade war with the region by adding criticism of the EU to his statement on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Drowning is most common cause of death among youngest Americans. Trump might have just made that worse

Layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control have hit the drowning-prevention team, just in time for the summer swim season

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5 d. ago Donald Trump's savage cuts leads to scientists exodus and making American dumb again

President Trump has overseen huge cuts to scientific funding, as well as bringing in controversial legislation to boot out non-US Harvard students from the country

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5 d. ago Donald Trump's savage cuts leads to scientists exodus and making Americans dumb again

President Trump has overseen huge cuts to scientific funding, as well as bringing in controversial legislation to boot out non-US Harvard students from the country

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5 d. ago American who threatened to assassinate Trump arrested at JFK Airport over 'plan to bomb US embassy in Israel'

Joseph Neumayer, 28, was arrested at the New York airport on Sunday after allegedly plotting to bomb the US embassy in Israel.

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5 d. ago Fed’s Powell urges US university students to protect democracy

US central banker praises American colleges as Trump steps up attacks on Ivy League

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5 d. ago ‘An autoimmune disorder’: how Trump is turning American democracy against itself

Unlike autocracies such as Russia or China, the US has strong liberal guardrails to prevent a dictatorship. But Trump has a plan for dismantling themThere is some mystery surrounding Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle many cherished principles of American history and its culture of governance: his globalization denialism; his romance with Russia; his demolition of universities; his contempt for European values and histories; his campaign to humiliate Canada. These are all known examples, but it can be hard to see across them to discern anything like a unified theory of Trumpism.There are two possibilities here. One is that there is no rhyme or reason to Trump’s actions. He is simply a randomizing generator of chaos. The other is that there is a method. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Tribes say the U.S. misappropriated funds to pay for Native American boarding schools

The Wichita Tribe and the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California filed a lawsuit Thursday saying the federal government used the trust fund money of tribes to pay for boarding schools where generations of Native children were systematically abused

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8 d. ago The Guardian view on the US and South Africa: Trump looks to his base and partners look elsewhere | Editorial

The president’s cynical ambush of Cyril Ramaphosa was not about American interests but racial grievancesThe most telling moment of Donald Trump’s meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa was not the cynical screening of footage promoting false claims of “white genocide” in South Africa. It was when a reporter asked the US president what he wanted his counterpart to do about it. Mr Trump replied: “I don’t know.”Leaders enter the Oval Office uneasily, especially since the kicking administered to Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The South African president came armed with gratitude, two golf stars, a billionaire and compliments on the decor – and kept a cool head and a straight face as he was ambushed. Mr Ramaphosa later described it as “robust engagement”. But, in truth, it was a clash of two worlds rather than an interaction.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, ...

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8 d. ago RFK Jr.'s MAHA report raises concerns about vaccines, American foods and prescription drugs

A new government-issued report reflects some of the most controversial views on vaccines, the nation’s food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F

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8 d. ago Top 10 wealthiest American men collectively earned extra $1B a day, report says, as Trump pushes tax cuts

Despite market turmoil caused by Donald Trump’s tariffs, the group saw an increase in their collective wealth of $365 billion over the last 12 months

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on Russia sanctions: a brittle economy is Putin’s weakness | Editorial

Ukraine’s allies must dial up sanctions to expose the fragility of the Kremlin’s strategy for perpetual warDonald Trump’s pledge to end the war in Ukraine on the first day of his second term as US president was a sign of his unsuitability as a peace broker. A clearer sign was his apparent sympathy with Vladimir Putin. Mr Trump’s tone regarding the Russian president has cooled somewhat on the discovery that the conflict cannot be frozen by White House diktat. There are hints of recognition that the peace process is failing because the Kremlin is cynically playing for time. Sadly, any such insight hasn’t evolved into outrage at the criminal aggression that started the war in the first place.Accounts of a telephone call between the two leaders earlier this week indicate no increase in American pressure on Russia. Mr Trump’s impatience with the whole issue seems likelier to result in him walking away. Mr Putin relishes that prospect.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this ar...

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