10 h. ago Ed Davey calls on Keir Starmer to back Canada against Trump attacks

Lib Dem leader says PM should make public show of support for ally against ‘shocking attacks’ on its sovereigntyThe leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats has called on the prime minister to publicly support Canada and oppose the “shocking attacks” on Canadian sovereignty, as the Trump administration further escalates its global trade war against longstanding allies.Ed Davey, who leads the third largest political party in the UK, has called on Keir Starmer to travel to Canada in a show of support to the nation’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, as the commonwealth nation faces a generational crisis under Trump’s tariff war and suggestions that the country might become the 51st US state. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts

Researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters are venturing out of labs, hospitals and offices across the country to stand up to what they call an attack on life-saving science by the Trump administration

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7 d. ago ‘Stand up’: Scientists launch major protest against ‘devastating attacks’ by Trump administration

Thousands are expected at rallies in defense of science on Friday in Washington, D.C., and nationwide

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8 d. ago Mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York defend 'sanctuary' policies in congressional hearing

Democratic mayors of four major cities say Congress and the Trump administration are exaggerating crime committed by immigrants and attacking so-called sanctuary cities simply to score political points, as Republicans hammer the policies for shielding criminals and discouraging cooperation with federal officials

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9 d. ago Trump is tearing up the rights of women. The message from your sisters in the Arab world? Don’t give up: resistance works | Hibaaq Osman

The new administration threatens to undo decades of progress in America, but as North Africa and the Middle East have shown, there is power in female solidarityFrom outside the US looking in, those of us who have experienced the tumultuous years since the Arab revolutions feel a strange sense of familiarity: the chaos of the Trump-Musk administration, the attacks on minority groups, the elevation of men – a number of whom have been accused of violence against women – to cabinet positions.Trump seems to have started his second term with the same ferocity, callousness, violence and ignominy in which his first term so notoriously ended. Amid the shock of the past few weeks, a sense of panic can be immobilising. But that is exactly what such a strategy is designed to do. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump escalates attacks on Zelensky; administration moves to end New York’s congestion pricing tolls: Live

Trump called Zelensky a ‘dictator’ after he claimed Ukraine started the war with Russia

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3 w. ago People in the US: Have you changed your shopping habits due to politics?

A new poll has found that some Americans are changing their shopping habits to align more with their moral or political views. Share your views with usAs large parts of corporate America align with the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity programs, a new poll has found that four in 10 Americans have shifted spending in protest.A Harris poll found 31% of Americans reported having no interest in supporting the economy this year and a quarter (24%) of respondents have even stopped shopping at their favorite stores because of their politics. Continue reading...

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