California to launch investigation over delayed response to wildfire in Altadena

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Civil rights inquiry will assess whether LA county fire department discriminated while responding to 2025 fires The California department of justice has launched a civil rights investigation into whether Los Angeles county discriminated against the predominantly Black community of west Altadena when responding to last year’s Eaton fire. The investigation will assess whether the fire … Read more

Senate Democrats block DHS funding over immigration tactics, ensuring shutdown

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Though Department of Homeland Security almost certain to shutter at midnight Friday, ICE largely unaffected Democrats in the US Senate have blocked a funding package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid ongoing fury over the Trump administration’s crackdown and the deaths of two people in Minneapolis. Thursday’s vote means that the department is … Read more

The scandals clouding ‘sinister’ French ice dancers who beat Chock and Bates for gold

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Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron’s Olympic competition is set against backdrop of assault and abuse allegations involving their former partners The American duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates, the reigning three-time world champions contentiously missed out on Olympic ice dance gold on Wednesday despite a flawless skate. But the controversy surrounding the event is not … Read more

Hawley clashes with Minnesota AG Ellison over fraud: ‘You ought to be indicted’

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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Thursday called for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to resign and suggested he should face criminal charges, accusing him of assisting people later charged in a sprawling welfare fraud scheme. The confrontation came during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing in which Hawley questioned Ellison, an elected Democrat, about his … Read more

DHS funding bill fails after Schumer rejects Trump’s ICE reform offer

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blocked Senate Republicans’ attempt to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the rest of the year, teeing up a likely shutdown. The upper chamber tried and failed to pass the original DHS funding bill Thursday, testing Senate Democrats’ resolve as the deadline to fund the agency approaches … Read more

Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’

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Endangerment finding rollback will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says US politics live – latest updates The Trump administration has revoked the bedrock scientific determination which gives the government the ability to regulate climate-heating pollution. The move was described as a gift to “billionaire polluters” at the expense of Americans’ health. The … Read more

US judge blocks Hegseth’s bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

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Judge reprimands defense secretary over attempt to reduce Arizona senator’s military rank and pension A US judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from reducing Senator Mark Kelly’s retired military rank and pension pay because he urged troops to reject unlawful orders. The preliminary ruling by Richard Leon, a George W Bush appointee, is the latest … Read more

The Guardian view on Israel and the West Bank: the other relentless assault upon Palestinians | Editorial

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A campaign of ethnic cleansing and ‘tectonic’ new legal measures are killing the two-state solution to which other governments pay lip service Protecting archaeological sites. Preventing water theft. The streamlining of land purchases. If anyone doubted the real purpose of the motley collection of new administrative and enforcement measures for the illegally occupied West Bank, … Read more