Judge had ordered Trump administration to make full payments by Friday amid ongoing government shutdownThe Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly […]

Damage from Typhoon Halong underscored the vulnerability of villages in western Alaska to climate crisis Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the boardwalks over the swampy land. He is one of seven residents […]

US president calls Hungarian prime minister a ‘great leader’ as they meet at the White House Andrew Roth in Washington and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest Viktor Orbán will visit the White House today as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Orbán’s advisers claim could help […]

Spotlight focused on Zohran Mamdani and Prop 50 but party also achieved success in state and local elections The 2025 off-year elections proved to be a major success for Democrats, as candidates at state and local levels managed to make inroads into and even flip several Republican strongholds across the country. Much of the national […]

Airlines had already started cutting services ahead of today’s 6am ET directive to reduce traffic at 40 major airports The supreme court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity. The decision by the high court’s conservative […]

After nearly 40 years in the Congress, the former House speaker is stepping down, reigniting interest in the race Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that, after nearly four decades in Congress, she will not seek re-election has reignited interest in the race for her long-held San Francisco seat. The retirement of the former speaker of the House […]

President jets in to speak at ritzy American Business Forum as millions see their food aid slashed – crisis, what crisis? It was the week in which Republicans took a beating at the polls, the government shutdown became the longest in history, and 42 million people across the country, including 3 million in Florida, saw […]

The 28-year-old’s platform, Hidden, offers a Tumblr-like sensibility in an industry roiled by slop and lets adult content creators earn without burning out Stella Barey has an hour for lunch. At 1.30pm, she loads her banged-up Tacoma with her three Belgian malinois and drives to a secret Los Angeles hiking trail. There, she gulps down […]

US strikes have destroyed at least 18 vessels, but Washington has yet to make public any concrete evidence that its targets posed a threat to America US forces struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people, defense secretary Pete Hegseth has said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration’s controversial […]

South Sudanese people with temporary protected status now have 60 days to leave before facing deportation The US is ending temporary deportation protections for South Sudanese nationals, which for more than a decade allowed people from the east African country to stay in the US after escaping conflict. In a notice published on Wednesday, the […]

As world leaders gather in Brazil for climate talks, data suggests current plans would lead to devastating heating. Plus, Zohran Mamdani, the New York mayor-elect, introduces his all-female transition team Good morning. There is still a chance for the world to avoid the worst ravages of climate breakdown and return to the goal of 1.5C […]

Bipartisan proposal follows reports Trump administration is considering land strikes within the country Michael Durant watched through night-vision goggles as two 2,000-pound laser-guided bombs slammed on to the Panamanian airbase while he hovered off the country’s south coast in a Black Hawk helicopter. “A gigantic flash, followed by a boom … [like] the largest lightning […]