University president sounds alarm as nearly half of students justify violence to stop ‘hate speech’

A new survey found that close to half of undergraduate students surveyed believe physical violence can be justified to stop “hate speech,” as one university president warns that higher education has “lost its way.” In the Buckley Institute’s 2026 National Undergraduate Student Survey, 45% of students said violence can be justified to stop what they … Read more

Katie Zacharia and Trump’s women problem – podcast

In this episode of Guardian Australia’s US politics podcast, co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad look at how Katie Zacharia broke the record for shortest tenure as White House press secretary. They then examine the pattern of how women in the Trump administration are treated when they’re perceived to have made mistakes – versus how … Read more

Alabama governor commutes sentence of prisoner on death row

Toforest Johnson’s death penalty reduced to life in prison without parole over doubts about his conviction Toforest Johnson, an Alabama death row inmate, will no longer face execution after the state’s Republican governor commuted his sentence amid increasing doubts about his conviction. Kay Ivey, the Alabama governor, commuted Johnson’s sentence to life in prison without … Read more

Florida kills 77-year-old man in state’s 18th execution of year

Vietnam veteran William Reaves executed by lethal injection despite letter from fellow veterans urging halt Florida carried out its 18th execution of the year on Tuesday under Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term. William Reaves, 77, was pronounced dead at 6.12pm following a three-drug injection at Florida … Read more