59 h. ago Government shutdown live: Poll reveals who Americans blame as Vance warns travelers that air traffic controllers ‘no longer getting paid’

In remarks Wednesday House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats of playing ‘political games with the lives and livelihoods of Americans’

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4 d. ago Ben Jennings on Trump, Netanyahu and the Nobel peace prize – cartoon

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5 d. ago Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the US president and RFK Jr want us to believeDonald Trump’s claims about autism deserve as little oxygen as possible, but it’s been a depressing, infuriating week for many autistic people and those of us who love them. His administration unveiled contentious claims about the causes of autism – pregnant women taking Tylenol, also known as paracetamol – and pushed for research to find a “cure”. It got me thinking about how to cope psychologically, and my conclusion – and that of many of my friends in the autism community – is that you have to laugh or you’ll cry.There’s a saying that when you’ve met one autistic child, you’ve met one autistic child. I’ve never loved the “autism as superpower” narrative, and how it erases those with high-support needs and the challenges autistic people can face. Equally, Trump’s framing of autism as a tragedy and a disease in need of curing is deeply problematic, so...

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8 d. ago Eric Trump claims he was in the Oval Office watching his father end wars, raising national security concerns

President’s son says father deserves his head adding to Mount Rushmore and the Nobel Peace Prize

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8 d. ago Trump wants to rebrand his tax bill as the ‘Working Families Tax Cut’. Don’t be fooled | Steven Greenhouse

The budget measure will hurt poor people and boost rich people. It should really be called the Billionaires’ Tax Cut ActJust a few months ago, Donald Trump sought to bamboozle the American people into believing that his One Big Beautiful Bill Act – with its trillions in tax cuts for the rich – was a legislative wonder stuffed with one marvel after another. But a Pew opinion poll in August found that millions of Americans have wised up about the measure and now view it as a big, unbeautiful monstrosity.Many Americans have come to realize that Trump’s not-so-beautiful bill – instead of being filled with good things that benefit average Americans – is overflowing with big tax cuts for the wealthy as well as many unfortunate things that will hurt typical working families. As we saw in the town halls held across the US, many Americans are furious about some painful things that Trump and congressional Republicans inserted into the bill: cuts that will make health insurance more expensive,...

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9 d. ago Pregnant women deserve so much better than Trump’s theatre of scaremongering and shame | Kate Womersley

There is no credible evidence linking autism with maternal paracetamol use. But the US president’s ‘tough it out’ message could harm mothers and babiesKate Womersley is a doctor and academic specialising in psychiatryOn Monday, Donald Trump, flanked by Robert F Kennedy Jr and the former talkshow host and head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr Mehmet Oz, announced that women should avoid paracetamol (known as acetaminophen or by the brand name Tylenol in the US) throughout pregnancy because of a spurious link with childhood autism.This political theatre highlights a longstanding and harmful problem: pregnant women, and their babies, are routinely let down by partial, poor-quality and missing medical evidence. Pregnant women deserve better than irresponsible headlines raising fear based on shaky research that has failed to convince the scientific community.Kate Womersley is a doctor and academic specialising in psychiatry Continue reading...

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9 d. ago New poll shows 76% of Americans believe Trump does not deserve a Nobel Peace Prize

Just over three-quarters of U.S. adults said the president does not deserve to win the coveted prize

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2 w. ago Jon Stewart’s ‘obedient’ Daily Show monologue on Jimmy Kimmel lambasts Trump and the state of free speech in America

Jon Stewart interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa about disinformation and free speech

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2 w. ago ‘Obedient’ Jon Stewart and The Daily Show poke fun at free speech in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension

Jon Stewart interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa about disinformation and free speech

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3 w. ago Trump says Charlie Kirk shooter deserves 'death penalty' as 'suspect identified'

The US president said that some 'very close' to the suspect turned them after Kirk was fatally gunned down in broad daylight on Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University

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3 w. ago What Americans think about socialism and capitalism, according to a new Gallup poll

A new Gallup poll finds that Democrats view socialism more positively than they did in the past, while their views of capitalism are more negative

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3 w. ago Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize? | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and deathDonald Trump’s thuggish campaign to bully his way to the Nobel peace prize should not be the cause for the committee to reject him. There are many more substantial grounds that render him patently unqualified to receive the award.Among the numerous reasons that make him one of the least deserving people in the world who should be honored, he has single-handedly destroyed the United States Agency for International Development, which has saved hundreds of millions of people from hunger and disease, and promoted democracy and the rule of law around the world. In an executive order issued on his inauguration day, 20 January, Trump slandered USAID as “not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values” and claimed that its workers “serve to destabilize world peace”.Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume p...

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3 w. ago Trump’s job approval remains negative as Americans show overwhelming vaccine support, new poll shows

Trump’s policies on inflation, cost-of-living, and trade are his least popular ones with Americans

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