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Committee calls figure a ‘conservative estimate’ and warns Musk may seek to use his influence to avoid legal liability Elon Musk and his companies face at least $2.37bn in legal exposure from federal investigations, litigation and regulatory oversight, according to a new report from Senate Democrats. The report attempts to put a number to Musk’s […]

The Trump administration is making an example of the Milwaukee judge to intimidate critics and opponents On Friday, the Trump administration dramatically escalated its assault on the courts when the FBI arrested Hannah Dugan, a county circuit court judge handling misdemeanors in Milwaukee – allegedly for helping an undocumented man avoid abduction by Ice agents […]

Escalation from US military suggests previous restraints on causing civilian casualties have been relaxed “I am the candidate of peace,” Donald Trump declared on the campaign trail last November. Three months into his presidency, not only is the war in Ukraine continuing and the war in Gaza restarted, but in Yemen, the number of civilian […]

Musk’s Doge targets National Labor Relations Board with cuts and terminated leases as union speaks out Democrats have warned that cuts to the US’s top labor watchdog threaten to render the organization “basically ineffectual” and will be “catastrophic” for workers’ rights. The so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has targeted the National Labor Relations Board […]

Virginia representative says he will not seek re-election in Congress, citing return of esophageal cancer US politics live – latest updates Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives’ key oversight committee, has announced he will not run for re-election and resign his committee post, citing a return of the cancer for which […]

Moves sparking fears of a crackdown on such children and prompting alarm about ‘backdoor family separation’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials are seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children in operations nationwide with a view to deporting them or pursuing criminal cases against them or adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the US, according to sources […]

Second executive order aims to ‘strengthen and unleash’ law enforcement to pursue ‘criminals’, White House says Donald Trump was expected to sign two new executive orders on Monday afternoon related to immigration, according to the White House, including one targeting so-called “sanctuary cities” and another the administration says will strengthen law enforcement. Speaking to reporters […]

Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcement US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump’s appointees at the Department of Justice have removed all of the senior civil servants working as managers in the department’s voting section and directed attorneys to dismiss all active cases, […]

Trump team’s slashes to health department threaten popular program that combats elder hunger and isolation The Trump administration’s slashes to the Department of Health and Human Services is threatening Meals on Wheels, the popular program dedicated to combatting senior hunger and isolation. Despite decades of bipartisan support, Meals on Wheels now faces attacks from Republicans […]

Democratic governor of Illinois declares Republicans ‘cannot know a moment of peace’ in New Hampshire speech Illinois’s Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, scorched Donald Trump’s administration Sunday night, calling for “mass protests” and declaring that Republicans “cannot know a moment of peace” during a fiery speech in New Hampshire that immediately sparked presidential speculation. “It’s time […]

Conservative US Catholics like Steve Bannon look to win ‘war that lasts decades’ with pope antithetical to Francis Once the papal conclave starts, the cardinals choosing Pope Francis’s successor will be strictly shut off from the world until a new pope is named. But the coming days before the conclave begins on May 7 will […]

A coalition fixated on intelligence is staking the US economy on AI – which will devalue the very skills the right fetishises One thing that Donald Trump and his Silicon Valley partners share is an obsession with IQ. Being a “low-IQ individual” is a standard insult in the president’s repertoire, and being “high-IQ” is an […]

Using fitness and sports as an entry points to their neo-Nazi ideologies, ‘youth club’ chapters are proliferating across US A national network of American neofascist fight clubs is endorsing youth-oriented offshoots aimed at grooming the next generation of racist activists. So-called “active clubs” have proliferated across the US and are a combination of fitness and […]

Evangelicals say president is in step on core issues such as abortion and Israel – and they’re backing him all the way When asked about Donald Trump’s Easter morning post wishing a happy holiday to “the Radical Left Lunatics … fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners” to the United […]

Tragically, the president’s second term is already more lawless and more authoritarian than any in US history In his first 100 days back in office, Donald Trump has made a strong case that his second term will be by far the worst presidential term in US history. So many of his flood-the-zone actions have been […]

The Trump administration is creating a chilling effect on independent reporting and public dissent This week is World Press Freedom Day. That used to be a time when we pointed fingers at governments that kept journalists from doing their jobs – places like Turkey, where reporters are imprisoned for libel, or Saudi Arabia, where government […]

As Trump administration fights diversity, some officers fear for future of policing as they observe culture shifts After the murder of George Floyd, protests pushed some police agencies to bring in a new class of professionals including Colleen Jackson to help make departments more representative of and responsive to the communities they serve. Hired as […]

Solar storms as intense as a 1921 superstorm have the potential to cause a nightmare scenario – and we are unprepared On 14 May 1921, a powerful solar storm – called the New York Railroad storm – caused the northern lights to illuminate New York City’s night sky. On Broadway, crowds lingered, enjoying “flaring skies” […]

The president’s clashes with the judiciary over immigration have launched a constitutional crisis. We’re headed toward a collision Donald Trump issued his declaration of war against his “enemies within” at the Department of Justice on 14 March. Thus the president launched a constitutional crisis that encompasses not just a group of migrants snatched without due […]

From the Canadian elections to universities and civil society, the campaign to turn the tide against anti-liberal nationalists is at last underway Liberals of all countries, unite! Just as anti-liberal powers outside the west are becoming stronger than ever, the assault on everything we stand for has been joined by the United States. Against this […]