news2shortsThe right to protest is ‘fundamentally American’, says Bajun Mavalwalla who awaits trial and faces six years in prison This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center A US military veteran arrested on federal conspiracy charges after participating in a June 2025 protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told the Guardian … Read more
Fusion of cherished American eateries hopes to revive brands that have ‘gone hungry’ while rest of industry feasts No one could say the New York union of Applebee’s and Ihop happened without fanfare. A car park in Hawthorne, 30 miles north of Manhattan, had been decked out with a 30ft-high inflatable red apple. Red, white … Read more
Former ACIP members make contradictory statements following judge essentially invalidating panel and recent decisions Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Does the US have a vaccine advisory committee? The answer became surprisingly murky on Thursday, as former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) … Read more
Iran’s oil fields are continuing to burn after an Israeli attack that triggered Iran to retaliate against oil facilities. The United States is speeding up the deployment of at least 2,200 marines to the Middle East, according to two people familiar with the decision, with their mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz. It comes … Read more
Though the president wields great power, the conflict in the Middle East is spiralling in unforeseen ways that he may not be able to control What a pity Benjamin Netanyahu remains at large after an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes committed in Gaza was issued in 2024. Had he been detained, as he … Read more
FIRST ON FOX: Legacy Democrats and a slew of Michigan Democratic Party lawmakers dismissed concerns over their connections to a radical Imam who eulogized the death of Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei by “the most wretched hands on Earth” and works at a mosque known for being a purveyor of Iranian propaganda. Dearborn Heights, Michigan Imam Mohammad … Read more
Mette-Marit says she ‘did not know he was a sex offender’, despite Googling him three years after his prison sentence Norway’s crown princess, Mette-Marit, has said she was “manipulated and deceived” by Jeffrey Epstein as she spoke publicly for the first time about her years-long relationship with the late sex offender. She also claimed that … Read more
The closing of the Bellevue shelter marks the end of an era. But what comes next?
A civilian in Tehran chronicles a country trapped between bombardment and repression—too terrorized to move, let alone start an uprising.
Jesus Javier Gomez Islas, 23, says in filing against LAPD he has permanently lost vision in one eye due to unjustified munition fired at his face A 23-year-old Los Angeles man who attended a recent immigration protest outside a federal building says he was blinded in one eye by a law enforcement projectile. Jesus Javier … Read more
