7 h. ago Trump names Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC – US politics live

Pirro to serve as interim attorney for Washington DC after it became clear Ed Martin would not pass Senate confirmation The winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers.New analysis by the non-profit research advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW), shared exclusively with the Guardian, shows that Trump’s first-term tariffs were particularly devastating for farmers in the Maga rural heartlands. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago US retires database tracking billions of dollars of climate change

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it is retiring its public database meant to keep track of the cost of losses from weather and climate disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more

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17 h. ago Why Bill Gates is donating 99 per cent of his billion dollar fortune to Gates Foundation

Gates' contribution will empower the foundation to inject an additional $200 billion into its global health and US education initiatives

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28 h. ago Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's transit and homelessness grant conditions

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from imposing new transit and homelessness grant conditions

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32 h. ago US judge rules deportation flight to Libya would violate court order amid reported Trump administration plans – live

US federal judge blocks the deportation of migrants to Libya, ruling that such removals violate an existing court orderBritain is in “active discussions” with US officials over the extraordinary 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the US proposed by Donald Trump, as it tries to protect one of its biggest creative industries.“We are already in active discussions with the top of the US administration on this subject. We are working hard to establish what might be proposed, if anything, and to make sure our world-beating creative industries are protected,” creative industries minister Chris Bryant told parliament. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Judge says US must allow migrants a chance to challenge in court any deportations to Libya

A federal judge has found the Trump administration can’t deport migrants to Libya unless they have a meaningful chance to challenge their removal in court

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35 h. ago States sue over Trump blocking billions of dollars for electric vehicle charging

More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration for withholding funds from for the buildout of electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. The federal lawsuit says $5 billion allocated to states under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 cannot be withdrawn by the Trump administration

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35 h. ago Federal judge rules Georgetown scholar's wrongful arrest case will stay in Virginia

A federal judge says that a Georgetown scholar’s petition challenging the constitutionality of his arrest will stay in a Virginia court, where it was initially filed

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38 h. ago Jury in Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial may not be finalized until Friday

A federal judge says the jury in the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs isn't expected to be finalized until Friday, two days later than expected

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38 h. ago Federal judge orders Trump administration to unblock pandemic relief money for schools

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Education Department to undo a freeze on the last of the U.S. relief money given to schools to help their students recover academically from the COVID-19 pandemic

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39 h. ago Turkish Tufts University student detained by ICE can be sent to Vermont, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated

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55 h. ago ‘They’ll have to go home’: Trump’s World Cup task force touts welcome, warns visitors

Trump convenes first meeting of World Cup task forcePresident hails windfall despite questions over readinessUS president Donald Trump convened the first meeting of his administration’s 2026 World Cup task force on Tuesday in a public event in which he revealed that he did not know Russia had been banned from Fifa competitions and insisted the tournament would go off without a hitch.Boasting repeatedly that the 2026 World Cup, due to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will be the “biggest, safest and most extraordinary soccer tournament in history”, Trump went on to claim that the tournament would generate “tens of billions of dollars in economic activities for local businesses” and “thousands and thousands of jobs for American workers”. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago ‘They’ll have to go home’: Trump’s World Cup taskforce dismisses fears but warns visitors

Trump convenes first meeting of World Cup taskforcePresident hails windfall despite questions over readinessUS president Donald Trump convened the first meeting of his administration’s 2026 World Cup taskforce on Tuesday in a public event in which he revealed that he did not know Russia had been banned from Fifa competitions and insisted the tournament would go off without a hitch.Boasting repeatedly that the 2026 World Cup, due to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will be the “biggest, safest and most extraordinary soccer tournament in history”, Trump went on to claim that the tournament would generate “tens of billions of dollars in economic activities for local businesses” and “thousands and thousands of jobs for American workers”. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Judge expresses sympathy for fired federal workers but questions if reinstatement is proper remedy

A federal judge says he sympathizes with thousands of federal employees who were suddenly fired by the Trump administration, but he also voiced skepticism about whether reinstating them to their jobs was a proper remedy and questioned what the courts could ultimately do

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60 h. ago Judge bars Trump administration from shrinking agencies that fund libraries, settle labor disputes

A federal judge has temporarily barred President Donald Trump’s administration from dramatically shrinking three agencies that fund libraries, settle labor disputes and support state business contracting programs

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60 h. ago Trump’s trans military ban can take effect, for now, Supreme Court says

Federal judges have blasted the administration’s ban as ‘soaked in animus’ against trans Americans

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62 h. ago Jury selection in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial proceeds for a second day

Jury selection has resumed in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs as a federal judge and lawyers try to seat a jury of individuals who are not so opinionated about the hip-hop mogul that they can't be fair

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3 d. ago Coalition of 19 states ask federal judge to reverse deep cuts to US Health and Human Services

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D

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3 d. ago Moment Ukraine takes out Russian fighter jet with sea drone in world first

Stunning heads-up display footage released by Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency showed the moment the drone unleashed a US-supplied AIM-9 sidewinder infrared guided missile

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4 d. ago Warren Buffett is stepping down – but his advice is still timeless

The American investor’s rules for life have earned him billions of dollars and a loyal tribe of admirers

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