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Ilhan Omar’s phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal inquiry, source saysFederal authorities issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas in inquiry into potential immigration fraud US politics live – latest updates Federal authorities investigating the Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar seized the Democratic lawmaker’s phone and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives,…
The Guardian view on Trump’s deal with Putin: grim and grubby, but not gamechanging | EditorialPresident Zelenskyy’s allies must show the Russian president that American perfidy won’t alter the course of a war the Kremlin is losing When Donald Trump pledged to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of re-entering the White House last year, no one with any depth of insight into the conflict believed him. But Mr Trump took his own words seriously…
‘From liabilities to goldmines’: refineries eye record profits from diesel shortageFirms turning crude oil into the ‘workhorse’ fuel stand to gain most despite economic fallout from record prices Days after Donald Trump announced a deal to import Russian diesel into the US in an effort to lower soaring pump prices, the world’s energy watchdog has warned that the global fuel shortage will drag into 2027. Trump’s temporary sanctions…
The raid on Ilhan Omar’s house is dangerous political theater | Moira DoneganThe raid is meant to cast an air of suspicion and criminality over Democratic candidates who, like Omar, are facing the voters in a matter of weeks On Monday, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided the Washington DC area home of Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota congresswoman and a progressive Democrat, in the latest instance of Donald…
Why are so many Americans forced to work standing up – unlike their president? | Arwa MahdawiAirports’ TSA staff have been stripped of their chairs in the name of ‘professionalism’. Most supermarket staff have never had them. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is seated at his desk – and apparently snoozing Great news for everyone who is soon to fly via a US airport: the Trump administration has just elevated the travel experience. You still risk getting…
‘Like being in a vortex’: US report details extent of ‘devastating’ dating-app scamsCongress calls for Match Group and others to do more to help victims like Mary, who lost $100,000 to app scammer Mary met a man on the dating app Plenty of Fish in 2024. She told the Guardian she had been looking for a connection, but instead became the victim of a romance scam that cost her almost $100,000. “There was a lot of conversation, and then it…
Trump urges Alaskans to vote for the ‘real’ Dan Sullivan in tight midterms battleRepublican senator Dan S Sullivan is vying for re-election against Democrat Mary Peltola – and another candidate called Dan J Sullivan Donald Trump has encouraged Alaskans to vote for the “real” Dan Sullivan, as he sought a breakthrough for the Republican incumbent senator in a tightly fought Senate race complicated by a rival candidate with a…
Judge extends White House access to banned media outlets CNN, MS Now and PoliticoDistrict court judge Timothy Kelly was ruling after the Trump administration blocked access to the three outlets in September A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to continue allowing journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico to access the building as the media coalition’s lawsuit against the Trump administration plays out. Timothy Kelly, a…
My son killed himself after falling victim to an online scam. I heard it happen – and vowed to protect other childrenGavin Guffey was 17 when he was targeted by a ‘sextortionist’ on Instagram. His father Brandon has spent four years fighting for justice, and for social media companies to do more to safeguard young users What were the last words Brandon Guffey said to his son Gavin? Four years on, he still struggles with this question. “That last exchange, it bothers me…
Trump repeats false claim about Iran’s nuclear weapons program at Alaska rally – as it happenedThis blog has now closed. Read the latest here Sign up for the US Breaking News email Ahead of her White House podium debut, Katie Zacharia reportedly monitored Donald Trump’s public schedule every day, and monitored his Truth Social, and made sure she was on-air when she assumed he might be watching, according to Politico , citing a person familiar with…