2 h. ago Trump team weighs shutting out Musk’s SpaceX from ‘Golden Dome’ project as fallout from feud lingers

Elon Musk’s SpaceX appeared to be the frontrunner to begin work on the ambitious project, which would have pocketed him billions

Technology

19 h. ago Trump team sends removal notices to more than half a million migrants allowed into the country under Biden program

‘This notice informs you that your parole is now terminated,’ the notice reads

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46 h. ago Trump’s legal team says Supreme Court would be ‘stunned’ by hush money case in New York’s hands

Appeals court judges are now wrestling with a ‘whole new world of presidential immunity’ after his conviction

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46 h. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s spending review: the chancellor tightened belts and loosened seams | Editorial

The government offers capital investment and fiscal prudence but real-terms department cuts and grand promises could strain political credibilityBrexit’s ghost haunts a Labour spending review intended to lay the foundations for a second term. Its headlines echo the twin themes of the referendum campaign: control immigration, fund the NHS. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said she would end the use of hotels for asylum seekers “in this parliament” saving £1bn a year, while NHS spending will rise by 3% a year. Ms Reeves framed it as a politics of security and compassion. Yet it reads as Brexit’s populist promises, filtered through Westminster orthodoxy.The risk is that this is all slogan and very little solution. The asylum savings are speculative, and the annual increase in NHS budgets is below its historical average. There are also real-terms cuts or essentially flat budgets for key departments such as transport, education and local government. The Home Office faces cuts deeper than a...

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49 h. ago Trump team ends $18m terrorism prevention program designed to ID lone wolves before they attack

Administration is axing an $18 million program designed to identify and prevent attacks committed by individual perpetrators, an increasingly growing trend in domestic terrorism

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64 h. ago Trump team considering cutting education funding to California as fight with Newsom grows

It’s not the first time the president has threatened to withhold federal funding from the state

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3 d. ago US universities are moving to the right. Will it help them escape Trump’s wrath?

Harvard, Columbia and other higher education institutes are facing funding cuts over their policies, but reform may not be the administration’s goalIn 2018, a teaching hospital at Harvard took down 30 portraits of distinguished doctors and researchers affiliated with the hospital. The portraits reinforced a perception that “white men are in charge”, a professor of medicine told the Boston Globe, and were relegated to less prominent areas of the hospital. Some students and faculty welcomed the decision, or were indifferent.Others were disconcerted. They saw the portraits’ removal as the impulsive reflex of a university whose political atmosphere, already liberal leaning, seemed to continually lurch further left. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago All you need to know about Gavin Newsom, the Californian governor fighting with Trump over LA protests

Newsom’s fight with Trump over his “deranged” decision to send in troops is just the latest skirmish in a longstanding rivalry with the president

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4 d. ago Newsom is warned of ‘criminal tax evasion’ if he withholds federal taxes

California governor made threat amid reports Trump is weighing huge federal funding cuts targeting stateThe US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has warned California governor Gavin Newsom that he would be guilty of “criminal tax evasion” if he withholds his state’s tax payments to the federal government amid threats of a funding cut by Donald Trump.Newsom had threatened to cut tax payments to the federal government two days ago after reports that Trump was preparing huge federal funding cuts targeting Democrat-dominated California, including its state university system. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Tensions over Donald Trump's state visit as President wants 'full bells and whistles'

Expectations from Donald Trump's team are said to be sky high ahead of September's historic second state visit, with intense behind the scenes negotiations ongoing

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7 d. ago Scottish college reviews courses after £1.3m budget cut as ‘stark consequences’ warned

Fife College’s principal has warned of the stark consequences of a review of its courses and operating model as a result of a major budget cut.

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7 d. ago U.S. Trade Team to Meet Chinese Officials in London, Trump Says

U.S. Trade Team to Meet Chinese Officials in London, Trump Says  WSJ

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7 d. ago Trump team set to destroy $12m worth of HIV drugs and contraceptives that were bought before closing USAID

The life-saving drugs and contraceptives have been sitting in warehouses since January

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7 d. ago New York won't rescind Native American mascot ban, despite Trump's threat of cutting federal funds

New York education officials have refused to rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing federal funding

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9 d. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of assembling ‘rogues’ gallery’ to attack NGOs

Congressional Integrity Project calls Wednesday hearing led by Greene ‘political theater’ and exercise in hypocrisyThe far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has assembled a “rogues’ gallery of extremists, conspiracy theorists and C-team political operatives” to promote Donald Trump’s crackdown on non-government organisations (NGOs), a congressional watchdog has claimed.The House of Representatives’ Delivering on Government Efficiency (Doge) subcommittee, chaired by Greene, is due to hold a hearing on Wednesday entitled “Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Teen trans athlete at center of rightwing attacks wins track events in California

AB Hernandez, 16, ties for first place in two events as Trump administration threatens to withhold federal fundingA teenage transgender athlete in California, who has been at the center of widespread political attacks by rightwing pundits and the Trump administration, won in two track events over the weekend. The 16-year-old athlete, AB Hernandez, tied for first place alongside two other athletes in the high jump, and tied for first place in the triple jump.This comes as the Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding from California for allowing trans athletes to compete in girls’ sports. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump Team’s Plan B is to ram through tariffs using obscure law to negate ‘rogue judges’: report

An appeals court has paused a lower court decision blocking enforcement of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

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2 w. ago Gaza ceasefire talks: What we know as Trump team shares ‘good feeling’ about ending conflict

Israel and Hamas have given differing messages on the state of US-brokered negotiations

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Musk quits team Trump after slamming spending bill but says DOGE will continue

Elon Musk, the CEO of X, Tesla and SpaceX, has announced his resignation from his advisory role with President Donald Trump after the inseperable pair clashed over Trump's landmark spending bill

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