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Mohsen Mahdawi was detained after leading protests at Columbia against Israel’s war in Gaza and later freed A Palestinian student arrested during an interview about finalizing his US citizenship is helping launch an initiative to assist other immigrants facing deportation in Vermont on Thursday, a week after a federal judge freed him from custody. Mohsen […]

Move follows run of downbeat economic data and looks to cushion UK from Trump’s trade war fallout Explainer: what does it mean for mortgages and savings? Business live – latest updates Bank of England policymakers have cut interest rates by a quarter point to 4.25% to cushion the UK economy against the impact of Donald […]

City comptroller Brad Lander, also a mayoral candidate, calls for state and local action to take up oversight work of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau New York City’s financial watchdog is raising the alarm about the Trump administration’s cull of a key federal agency that oversees consumer financial protection laws, warning it will usher in an […]

Tax-cutting once unified the Republicans. Now, that sacred cow might get killed “I actually love the concept,” Donald Trump recently told Time magazine of a proposal circulating within his cabinet to raise taxes upon those earning over $1m. “I don’t want it to be used against me politically, because I’ve seen people lose elections for […]

US president hails ‘first announcement’ of trade agreement and says ‘many other deals to follow’ Donald Trump has announced a trade deal between the UK and the US, saying the agreement is a “full and comprehensive one”. He wrote on his social media website Truth Social: The agreement with the United Kingdom is a full […]

Major corporations are best placed to benefit from Trump polices at the expense of independent farmers The winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war strongly suggest that bankruptcies and farm consolidation could surge during his second term, with major corporations best placed to benefit from his polices at the expense of independent farmers. New […]

US president teases announcement with ‘big and highly respected country’ at 10am (3pm BST) in Washsington Keir Starmer will give an update on the prospects for a UK-US trade deal later today, it has been announced. PA Media reports a Number 10 spokesperson said: The prime minister will always act in Britain’s national interest – […]

JD Vance says US could ‘walk away’ from ceasefire talks; wellness influencer is pick for surgeon general. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 7 May at a glance Speaking at a security conference on Wednesday, the US vice-president, JD Vance, said of fruitless efforts to end the war in Ukraine: “Right now, the Russians are […]

President taps wellness influencer after withdrawing initial pick, former Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat Donald Trump has tapped Dr Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, as nominee for surgeon general after withdrawing his initial pick for the influential health post. The US president said […]

New York Times reports Elon Musk’s Doge agency has created spreadsheet of federal grants earmarked for cuts The Trump administration is reportedly eyeing dozens of grants across the National Park Service for termination, according to reporting from the New York Times, one of several moves destabilizing the US’s investment in public lands. According to the […]

Trump says ‘it’s possible that’s right’ about the vice-president’s remarks amid frustrations with Russia JD Vance has said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine in the latest sign of growing frustration from Washington with ceasefire talks to end the war between the two countries. Speaking at a security conference […]

Georgetown professor called to testify says Republican-led proceedings ‘an attempt to chill protected speech’ A congressional panel investigating antisemitism on US college campuses on Wednesday was accused of trying to chill constitutionally protected free speech and likened to a cold-war era committee notorious for wrecking the lives of people suspected of communist sympathies. The comparison […]

Eight US senators ask Shari Redstone not to settle to end Trump’s ‘bogus lawsuit’ over 60 Minutes interview The senator Bernie Sanders and his Democratic colleagues are urging Paramount Global not to settle Donald Trump’s $20bn lawsuit against 60 Minutes, saying such a decision would “capitulate to this dangerous move to authoritarianism”. In a letter […]

Senior negotiators hope to get agreement with US signed ahead of UK-EU summit on 19 May A team of senior British trade negotiators has landed in Washington as talks over a deal between the two countries gather pace. Officials from the business and trade department are in the US for much of this week attempting […]

Central bank says ‘uncertainty has increased’ as it opts to maintain benchmark interest rate for third time in a row The Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold as questions around the global economic outlook mount amid Donald Trump’s erratic rollout of an aggressive trade strategy. Policymakers at the US central bank cautioned that “the […]

At its most basic level, Head Start provides free childcare – but it also creates jobs and can even have generational benefits Tanya Stanton felt a sense of relief when she heard last week that the Trump administration seems to have reversed course on eliminating the Head Start early education program. She directs early learning […]

Political gravity catches up with the US president. Plus: Australia turns away from the fringes • Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address For the second week running, this week’s Guardian Weekly magazine has two separate covers depending on where in the world you read the magazine. Our Australia edition features Anthony Albanese, […]

One America News will now provide news and video to government-funded organization A hard-right, Trump-supporting US news network that perpetuated conspiracy theories about the 2020 election will provide news coverage for Voice of America (VoA), the Trump administration said. Kari Lake, a special adviser to the body that oversees the government-funded VoA, announced on X […]

Trump administration launches review after what it calls ‘recent incidents of antisemitic violence’ at school The Trump administration has launched a review into what it describes as “recent incidents of antisemitic violence” at the University of Washington and its affiliates following a pro-Palestinian protest there on Monday that led to about 30 arrests. On Monday, […]

Jefferson Griffin had fought in courts to try and overturn 734-vote loss to Democrat Allison Riggs in November The Republican candidate for a state supreme court race in North Carolina has conceded the election after more than six months of contesting the results. For months, Jefferson Griffin, currently judge on the North Carolina court of […]