Trump says everyday Americans deserve a chance to buy higher-risk ‘alternative’ investments. Critics say this could lead to big losses for small investors On a summer day in 2018, Cathy Shubert, then 58, hopped in her Toyota Rav 4 and drove to the Jacksonville, Florida, office of Mario Payne, an investment adviser at the financial … Read more
Acolytes of the far-right activist urged employers to fire his critics. Now those who were terminated are suing and claiming their right to free speech Julie Strebe, a 55-year-old sheriff’s deputy in the small Bible belt town of Salem, Missouri, was on a date with her husband at a Buffalo Wild Wings when her husband … Read more
The Californian once had ambitions of winning gold at the Winter Olympics. But now he is more interested in what skiing can do for the soul Growing up in the Hayward Hills, just south of Oakland, California, Mallory Duncan lived a hybrid lifestyle throughout his childhood. Weekdays were spent at school, avoiding homework, disrupting class … Read more
The Trump administration has bought warehouses across the US that could hold thousands. But resistance is growing There is a vast building, reportedly the size of seven football fields, in Surprise, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix; ICE bought it for $70m. Another building, along the southern border in San Antonio, Texas, was valued at $37m; … Read more
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom on social media, posting a clown emoji after the Golden State governor claimed that the lawmaker from the Lone Star State had called him “illiterate.” Cruz had actually referred to Newsom as “historically illiterate.” But Newsom, who is dyslexic, fired back, writing, “Ted Cruz calling a … Read more
The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84 Jesse Jackson tributes – live updates Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84 Continue reading…
A fixture in Democratic politics who ran for the 1988 presidential nomination, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr. Plus, did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story? • Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was … Read more
As an assembly member, Mamdani backed the Stop Fakes Act. Now, the NYPD has admitted to spying online – but wielding actual power as mayor is complex When Zohran Mamdani was a New York state assembly member, he sponsored the Stop Fakes Act, which would have prohibited law enforcement from creating fake electronic communication service … Read more
FIRST ON FOX: College roommates of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., who is now 37-years-old, said they were “horrified” after the now-Democrat member of Congress up for reelection this year allegedly “serrated” a chicken’s head off with “a dull kitchen knife” while they lived together. The incident allegedly stemmed from the vulnerable Democratic congresswoman and … Read more
‘Get the files out’, says former secretary of state, adding that she and Bill Clinton have ‘nothing to hide’ When Zohran Mamdani was a New York state assembly member, he sponsored the Stop Fakes Act, which would have prohibited law enforcement from creating fake electronic communication service accounts and collecting users’ account information. “Digital dragnet … Read more
