Affordability, AI and Iran: Americans on the key issues guiding their midterm votes
Guardian readers share their concerns and disillusionment with the political climate under Trump as elections loomMillions of Americans will head to the polls on 3 November in elections that will determine control of the Republican-held House of…
Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says
Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptionsIt’s a good time to be a coal plant in the US. The Trump administration has given support to almost half of the nation’s coal plants, helping them to…
Día de los Muertos celebrations rise from the dead as ICE arrests continue: ‘It’s important to bring joy in dark times’
After canceling events in 2025, US cities including Henderson, Kentucky, are reviving public Day of the Dead eventsJulia, a 19-year-old born in the US, and her parents, undocumented immigrants from Mexico, enjoyed attending the Día de los Muertos (Day of…
Hear me out: maybe Norway should give Melania Trump the Nobel peace prize | Arwa Mahdawi
The first lady has been praised for ‘singlehandedly’ brokering a ceasefire in a Ukrainian city – though she might have had some helpHaters be damned: Donald Trump just keeps on winning. He won the inaugural Fifa peace prize last year and was presented…
Mill 19: a creative hub built into a former steel factory
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylviania, a post-industrial site gets a second life Continue reading...
This rightwing evangelical was one of Trump’s biggest backers. Why isn’t he talking about the midterms?
Lance Wallnau has gathered supporters to talk about Charlie Kirk and school boards – with no mention of GOPOne of Donald Trump’s most influential Christian nationalist backers has privately shied away from rallying supporters for the Republican party…
Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds' internal clocks.
The FDA wants to pull its approval of a drug. It’s not so easy.
The regulator says Tavneos was approved on the basis of manipulated study data. Should patients still have access to it?
Election integrity, extremism and Pete Hegseth: nine voters on the US midterm election
Days away from a national verdict on Trump 2.0, we check in with nine midterm voters across the US and the political spectrumUS voters will soon deliver a national verdict on the second presidency of Donald Trump. On 3 November, millions of Americans…
Men detained at Texas’s ‘dog pound’ ICE facility describe their experience – in art, letters and song
Nearly 500 men are detained at the T Don Hutto detention facility, and many have risked sharing their experiences in a unique wayWhat goes on inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers across the US happens behind closed doors and…