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Blanche confirmation allows Trump to continue ‘pervasive, breathtaking corruption’, says Schumer – US politics live
<p>Senate minority leader condemns Republicans after Donald Trump’s former defense lawyer was confirmed by 50 votes to 49 early on Saturday morning</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/joebiden">Joe Biden</a>’s prostate cancer
Canada Offers U.S. Concessions in Trade Talks but Demands a Comprehensive Deal
Prime Minister Mark Carney is attempting to prevent 50 percent tariffs against many Canadian goods scheduled for this month.
New York authorities warn about gold bar scam targeting seniors
<p>State’s attorney general says scammers have made off with more than $100m in past two years</p><p>Scammers in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york">New York</a> have been using gold bars to steal money from victims, prim
Unmasked: the doctor who helps put prisoners to death
<p>Dr Mark Fowler assisted in the failed execution of a Tennessee prisoner. Physicians are meant to heal patients - why is he working in the death chamber?</p><p>Mark Fowler, a physician with 25 years’ experience, stepped beneath the bright
K-pop's global wave inspires Chile's next pop stars
K-pop conquered the world — now Chile's young creatives are remixing the movement and making it their own.
Who’s winning New York City’s war on rats: rodents or trash bins?
<p>City on track to record fewest reported rat sightings since pandemic as Mamdani’s ‘containerization’ program brings bins to boroughs</p><p>Is New York finally winning its war on rats? Or are New Yorkers’ vermin neighbors merely adapting
Lion saved as cub from Ukraine war and brought to US battles rare fungal disease
<p>Four-year-old Taras, who now resides at a Minnesota sanctuary, was diagnosed with an often fatal infection</p><p>A lion that escaped the war in Ukraine after being found as a four-month-old cub inside a duffel bag at Odesa railway statio
Trump loyalist Todd Blanche confirmed by Senate as US attorney general
<p>Major win for president as former personal lawyer wins approval despite outcry over $1.8bn slush fund</p><p>The US Senate voted to narrowly confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general in a major win for Donald Trump, who will now have his o
Senate passes funding bill to prevent shutdown through US midterms
<p>Bill must still be approved by House but would keep government running at current funding levels</p><p>The US Senate on Friday passed a government funding bill that will prevent a shutdown through the midterm elections, though it still m
Super-rich complain but experts welcome Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax
<p>New York mayor’s policy set to generate revenue and address housing crisis despite outcry in some quarters </p><p>New York City’s introduction of a pied-à-terre tax has provided fodder for Zohran Mamdani’s critics, who accuse the democra
Opinion: Europe's summer of heat
Europe is in another brutal heat wave. The summer's earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths.
Week in Politics: Blanche confirmed as attorney general; Iran-Oman Strait deal stalls
We look at what it took to get Todd Blanche confirmed as U.S. attorney general, as well as the proposed deal between Iran and Oman to control the Strait of Hormuz.
Switzerland is a neutral nation but has more nuclear bunkers than any country in the world
Instead of scrapping its network of bomb shelters after the Cold War, Switzerland kept building them. The country has more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. Some are now used to house migrants.
The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone
<p>The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birding</p><p>On a brilliantly bright afternoon in his gallery and studio in Bolinas, a small town on the no
What American Poverty Looks Like
A Latin American sees homes that have air-conditioning but are racked by addiction and puzzles over what it means to be poor.
The Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debut
The Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season.
Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears
Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.
Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S.
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
Data centers are a political issue crossing party lines, driving voters to candidates
Wisconsin Democratic candidate for governor Francesca Hong called for a moratorium on data centers. So did Ohio Republican governor hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, as data centers begin to dominate campaigns.
Senate votes to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general
The Senate confirmed Blanche by a 50-49 vote early Saturday morning, elevating President Trump's former personal lawyer to head the Justice Department.
Their African Islands Were Set to Be Decolonized. Then the U.S. Bombed Iran.
The inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were expelled by the British 60 years ago. Refugees were anxious to return this year, but their hopes have been caught in a morass of geopolitics.
Prosecutor fired over blogposts critical of Trump sues US justice department
<p>Will Rosenzweig’s defunct blog was publicized online by conservative pundit who tagged senior DoJ officials</p><p>A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about Donald Trump sued the
What Black Voters in Georgia Told Us About America
Georgia could help determine whether Democrats take control of the Senate — and much may depend on whether Black voters turn out. The Opinion writer Mara Gay traveled to the state to find out what voters want from America and from the Democ
Women in Maine may choose the victor in this year's Senate race
The race between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson is one of the nation's most high-profile Senate contests this year -- and may ultimately be decided by an especially powerful voting bloc: Maine women.
