Frontrunners Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani sparred on stage as all candidates said they’d stand up to Trump In the first debate of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, nine candidates took the stage and fielded questions on housing, affordability, crime, policing, public safety, political regrets and how each…
The nine candidates faced off on Wednesday in the first of two debates before a primary election later this month Nine Democratic candidates for New York City mayor faced off on Wednesday evening in the first of two debates ahead of this month’s primary election. Held without a live audience,…
Spinelessly going along with the US’s perverse programme is not just a moral failure – it directly contravenes EU and British law Organising a women’s networking event in the US has become an act of defiance. Companies with equality-driven agendas risk losing government contracts. Some are receiving McCarthy-like letters asking…
Tim Gioe, who was befriended and abused by a priest as a child, hopes other states are inspired to adopt similar laws Louisiana’s legislature has voted to outlaw attempts to gain children’s trust with the intent to sexually abuse them – an anti-grooming proposal that was championed by a survivor…
Many see attacks as part of a rise in antisemitism, while others object to conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism On the first night of Passover, it seemed like a one off – an arson attack on Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s mansion. The arsonist, per police, took issue with Shapiro’s stance on…
Investigation will fuel GOP campaign to discredit ex-president and undo pardons and orders issued at end of his term Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into Joe Biden’s actions as president, alleging that top aides masked his predecessor’s ‘cognitive decline’. This investigation will build on a Republican-led campaign to discredit…
President’s sweeping proclamation targets citizens of many countries and would dramatically reshape US border policy Six months into his second term, Donald Trump has announced a new sweeping travel ban that could reshape the US’s borders more dramatically than any policy in modern memory. The proposed restrictions, revealed through a…
White House officials say Trump is committed to passing legislation despite vocal opposition from his billionaire donor. Key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glance. Elon Musk has ramped up his opposition to Donald Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill, criticising it in about two dozen posts on his social…
White House says president believes foreign students at institutions ‘should be people that can love our country’ Donald Trump signed a proclamation to restrict foreign student visas at Harvard University, the White House said on Wednesday, amid an escalating row with the academic institution. “President Trump wants our institutions to…
Nationals from countries including Afghanistan, Haiti and Sudan ‘fully’ restricted as those of seven other countries partially restricted Donald Trump has signed a proclamation banning travel from 12 countries and restricting travel from seven others, reviving and expanding the travel bans from his first term. The nationals of Afghanistan, Burma,…
Judge finds man identified as OCG denied due process, while Venezuelans sent to El Salvador given chance to challenge deportations A Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there was flown back to the US on Wednesday after a judge ordered the…
Latest spat appears to stem from fight between president’s sons and Bill Zanker, longtime Trump business partner A splashy website featuring an illustration of Donald Trump, looking buff and pumping his fist in the air, appeared online on Tuesday. The image is the logo of one of Trump’s digital currencies,…
Education secretary said ‘if you’re giving facts on both sides’ of Tulsa race massacre and Ruby Bridges, it wouldn’t be DEI Linda McMahon, the education secretary, said Wednesday she is unsure if teaching students about two of the most notorious racist episodes in US history would fall foul of the…
Team behind Oscar-winning biopic of the groundbreaking gay politician hits back at decision to remove his name Sean Penn, the Oscar-winning actor of the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk and Milk writer Dustin Lance Black have spoken out against US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to remove the gay rights…
The Trump administration’s Pride month plan targets a San Francisco gay rights icon who was assassinated in 1978 Leaders in San Francisco are blasting the Trump administration for stripping the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from a US naval ship, and especially during Pride month, when people gather…
Education department accuses university of violating federal anti-discrimination laws and notifies accreditor The Department of Education announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has notified Columbia University’s accreditor of an alleged violation of federal anti-discrimination laws by the elite, private university in New York that is part of the Ivy League.…
The case, brought by former Dominion employee Eric Coomer, could deepen Lindell’s legal and financial troubles A trial underway in Colorado could add to the financial problems facing the pillow salesman and prominent election denier Mike Lindell and will serve as another test of whether defamation law can be effective…
Jean-Pierre, now an independent, expected to detail weeks that preceded Biden’s dropout from 2024 race in new book Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as White House press secretary for Joe Biden, has left the Democratic party to become an independent, according to the publisher of her forthcoming book. Jean-Pierre, who served…
The Congressional Budget Office warns Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’ will leave 10.9 million uninsured by 2034 Donald Trump’s signature tax bill would blow a $2.4tn hole to America’s national debt over the next decade, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis. The non-partisan budget office said on Wednesday that…
Why the US president is really going after America’s oldest university. Plus: Orbán and out? • Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address The gowns and mortar boards were out in customary force at Harvard last week for graduation day. Founded in 1636, 140 years before the United…