USOPC considering plan to sell stake in Team USA as LA Olympics approach
US set to host Summer and Winter Olympics USOPC CEO says business model in early stagesThe US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is in the advanced stages of setting up an entity to sell a stake in the commercial rights for Team USA in return for…
Pardoned January 6 participant charged over alleged threats to kill federal judges
Cleveland Meredith arrested after allegedly posting a call to execute all judges involved in 2021 US Capitol attack trialsA man pardoned by Donald Trump for participating in January 6 attack on the US Capitol and threatening to kill then house speaker…
Trump says US will end military aid to Israel by the end of this year
US president makes surprise election day announcement, saying country does not ‘need’ $4bn annual paymentDonald Trump has said that the US will end military aid to Israel at the end of this year in a surprise election day announcement that appeared to be…
Officials investigate fire at Mississippi police department tied to fatal shooting of Black toddler
Person arrested after fire at police department where officer who shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley had workedIn the early hours of 31 October, a fire broke out at the Senatobia police department in Mississippi, which has been embroiled in…
What made Haley Stevens turn on el-Sayed? | Judith Levine
Endorsing his opponent while the US risks plummeting into fascism, she reveals the one issue that triggers her to take destructive action“Did you talk to anyone? Did you have a long night of the soul? Were you up all night? ... Did you have a…
Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them | Arwa Mahdawi
These resource-guzzling centres drive up utility bills and are hated across the political spectrum. Cue a clunky, but potentially influential, new name for themJesus may have turned water into wine, but Donald Trump has done one better: he turned Lake…
America has been witnessing the worst speeches in presidential history | Ted Widmer
The US has seen plenty of terrible speeches over the centuries. But Trump’s midterm rallies are a new lowIn a sense, history has already been made. We do not know the result of the election yet, but over the last two months, Americans have endured the…
Christian voters in Washington state divided by common religion: ‘I don’t think the US is God’s kingdom on Earth’
Christians in the south of the state seek to vote their values – but a common faith does not mean a common politicsA few days before the Fourth of July, Ron Peterson, the 38-year-old pastor of Longview United Pentecostal church, stood beneath a large…
Voting begins in US midterm elections – in pictures
Americans are voting in midterm elections with control of the House and the Senate at stake for the remainder of Donald Trump’s second term in office, while voters are also electing governors and other state and local officials Continue reading...
Justice department funds research into gender dysphoria and violent crime in latest anti-trans effort
Experts say ‘very dangerous’ move diverts attention from violence driven by far-right extremist ideologiesThe US Department of Justice is funding research aimed at exploring whether there is a link between gender dysphoria and violent crime.Last month,…