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Half of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, exclusive poll finds
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (650+ words) About 57% of polled Americans also believe economy is worsening in grim portrait of cost of living crisis, according to Harris survey for the Guardian Ninety-five per cent of Americans believe the US is suffering an affordability crisis, as many report…...
Red scare revived as Trump leads push to attack Democrats as "communists
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (718+ words) In wake of primary wins by leftwing candidates in New York and elsewhere, president has resorted to well-worn tactic Moments after Donald Trump rang the ceremonial opening bell on Monday, starting the trading day from the Oval Office, 232 miles north…...
Why does JD Vance keep saying loony things? | Margaret Sullivan
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (650+ words) Given how impetuous Donald Trump is, his vice-president, JD Vance, strikes some Americans as a more stable alternative. A good bet, some of the Maga faithful believe, as the 2028 Republican nominee for president, and the eventual occupant of the Oval…...
Democrats to choose between progressive and establishment candidate in Michigan as Mc Morrow drops out of race " US politics live
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (557+ words) Candidate Abdul El-Sayed emerges as the party's frontrunner in the primary campaign after Mallory Mc Morrow withdraws The president of the US's top administrator of collegiate sports on Sunday said his organization does not anticipate adjusting its rules on transgender…...
Turkey blocks cruise ship carrying 2, 000 LGBTQ+ passengers and a "furious" Patti Lu Pone, citing "moral values"
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (633+ words) Broadway star, who is performing on the vessel, expresses shock after authorities ban Scarlet Lady from docking in Ku'adas" A cruise ship carrying 2, 000 LGBTQ+ passengers and the Broadway performer Patti Lu Pone has been blocked from entering Turkey after local…...
The Atlantic republishes JD Vance's anti-Trump essay from 10 years ago
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (498+ words) Magazine invites readers to judge Vance's "assessment' of Trump, whom he called "cultural heroin' during first term The Atlantic on Saturday republished a JD Vance essay that dismissed Donald Trump as "cultural heroin" exactly 10 years earlier, bringing back to the…...
On America's 250th, Mamdani called for unity " while Trump rewrote the past | Moustafa Bayoumi
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (394+ words) In dueling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a "nation of contradictions" while the president offered a stump speech "We see a city of contradictions within a nation of contradictions," Mamdani said, while seated at George Washington"s…...
Bipartisan bill fails to protect US consumers from datacenters" true costs, critics warn
2+ day, 38+ min ago (700+ words) Experts say Ratepayer Protection Act "posing as a consumer protection measure" and will raise prices on working people The bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, designed to shield individuals from soaring electricity prices amid the datacenter boom, would fail to meaningfully protect…...
Trump tries again to delay $5m sexual abuse payout to E Jean Carroll
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (581+ words) Lawyers file request days after US supreme court declined to hear an appeal, with payout topping $5. 8m with interest Lawyers for Donald Trump have requested more time to pay a $5m civil judgment to magazine columnist E Jean Carroll from 2023, days after…...
Evacuation disrupts Trump's planned DC speech after threat of thunderstorm
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (300+ words) Extreme heatwave across US east coast already has already upended some of the weekend's long-planned celebrations Donald Trump's plans to celebrate the US's 250th birthday with "the greatest show of all" in the heart of Washington DC were disrupted on Saturday…...