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Democrats’ 10 demands to ‘rein in’ ICE – the full list of proposed reforms
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (410+ words) Party says it will not back funding bill without reforms on " among other things " masks, ID and judicial warrants Following the fatal shootings of American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis last month, Democrats have…...
How the Epstein scandal has shaken the British government to its core
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (670+ words) Anger at former US ambassador Peter Mandelson's relations with the child sex offender threatens to topple the prime minister It was the one scandal that Donald Trump seemed unable to shake. No matter his best efforts to convince his supporter…...
The way, the Trump and the lies: prayer breakfast displays US right’s devil’s pact
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (663+ words) Trump might not embody Christian values yet is the religious right's chosen instrument to turn the tide against liberal, godless America They had come to say a prayer for the father, the son and the holy ghost. The father was…...
Resignations, denials and excuses: Epstein fallout hits some harder than others
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (545+ words) While the US president's many mentions in the Esptein files seem to have no consequences, in the UK Starmer could be the first world leader to fall It says something about Britain's media and political culture that the most heated…...
Bonobos can play make-believe much like children, study suggests
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (613+ words) An ape was able to identify the location of imaginary objects in pretend scenarios, researchers find Whether it's playing at being doctors or hosting a toy's tea party, children are adept at engaging in make-believe " now researchers say bonobos can…...
The Guardian view on Downing Street in crisis: Keir Starmer’s judgment looks fatally flawed | Editorial
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (382+ words) The prime minister has said sorry for believing Peter Mandelson's lies " but the Epstein connection should have been disqualification enough Accused of terrible misjudgment in appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, Sir Keir Starmer says that questions were raised…...
Zohran Mamdani suggests ‘New York City’s first free grocery store’ is PR stunt
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (398+ words) Polymarket, the cryptocurrency-based prediction market, announced it would open store in apparent nod to mayor's signature policy Zohran Mamdani made city-operated grocery stores a key pledge of his campaign for mayor of New York City. So when one company seemed…...
How the Epstein files are dehumanising his victims all over again | Letters
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (339+ words) In conversations with professionals who have far more experience than I, my observations have been accepted as common in many safeguarding cases. If ordinary church folk " intelligent people, many of whom work or have worked in the caring professions " find…...
Class barriers and crude definitions | Letters
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (324+ words) Readers on the merits of making class a protected characteristic, and improving working-class representation across a range of professions Re the proposal that class should become a protected characteristic (Editorial, 30 January), my son is 21. He is studying biochemistry and is…...
Let’s reach out to American English | Brief letters
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (256+ words) Contact sport | Showering in the dark | Clawdbot caper | Dubious duvets | Language for leaseholders Stephen Chicken chastises the Guardian for its use of "reached out, presumably because it is a US colloquialism (Letters, 1 February). He suggests "contacted instead. However, the Oxford…...