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Little nurses: what happens when children take care of sick and disabled relatives?

About 5 million US minors tend ill relatives due to gaps in our health infrastructure

‘I’m relieved she’s gone’: Fema staffers celebrate ousting of Kristi Noem

Current and former Fema staff say the fired DHS secretary made the US more dangerous by overhauling the agency

Stephen Colbert on Kristi Noem: ‘A domestic terrorist who deserves to go to Gitmo’

Late-night hosts addressed Trump firing the DHS secretary, rising US gas prices and Robert F Kennedy Jr’s crackdown on Dunkin’

David Copperfield announces last Vegas show, weeks after Epstein ties revealed

Lawyers for magician, who plans to unveil new project, said in 2024 he was ‘at most acquaintances’ with Epstein

Kristi Noem’s departure from the DHS won’t mean an end to agency’s violent tactics

A change of leadership means little to an agency ‘shielded from scrutiny and unchecked by oversight’

DoJ releases Epstein files containing uncorroborated abuse allegations against Trump

Justice department said the files were initially withheld because they were mistakenly categorized as duplicates

‘You unbelievable coward’: conservative US media in open warfare over Iran

Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Ben Shapiro and Mark Levin are all trading blows over US involvement – while Sean Hannity says he’s staying out of it

White House releases video promoting ‘justice the American way’ featuring Hollywood characters

Critics have called Trump administration’s provocative video ‘slopaganda’, used to promote president’s agenda

Mark Zuckerberg says criminal behavior on Facebook inevitable

Meta CEO, grilled about children’s safety, says in taped deposition a user pool of billions will include bad actors

Mitski review – pop meets performance art in a masterful spectacle

The Shed, New York CityAt a six-night residency, the singer creates an immersive world filled with wry humor and big emotions

New York and other US states sue Trump over ‘illegal and reckless’ tariffs

Lawsuit says president does not have authority to impose levies and demands refunds from federal government

Dismay as Hegseth urges Latin American allies to join ‘offense’ against cartels

Critics sceptical Pentagon chief’s plan for increased military force – amid rising US intervention – will stop drug gangs

Savannah Guthrie to return to Today show as mother remains missing

NBC confirmed the host ‘plans to return’ but remains focused on finding her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie

Who are the Kurds and why does Trump want them to join the war on Iran?

A nationless ethnic group of more than 30 million people, their homegrown militia has a reputation as effective fighting force

RFK Jr urges medical schools to increase nutrition education training

As part of his Maha agenda, health secretary wants schools to incorporate 40 hours of instruction

Donald Trump insists there are no wind farms in China. Here are 20 of them – in pictures

The US president has made the easily debunked claim that there are no wind farms in China

Messi and Inter Miami were wallpaper for Trump’s whims in their White House visit

The US president welcomed the 2025 MLS Cup champions in a ceremony beset by tangents and awkward asides

Messi and Inter Miami were wallpaper for Trump’s whims in their White House visit The US president welcomed the 2025 MLS Cup champions in a ceremony beset by tangents and awkward asides

Inter Miami became the latest team to become wallpaper in Trump’s White House. Even by the standards of this administration, and even by the standards of American soccer, it was a truly bizarre thing to watch.

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South Africa’s president calls Trump’s policy to offer refuge to white Afrikaners ‘racist’

US president is ‘truly uninformed’ for spreading claims of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa tells New York Times

The worst of the worst: how Kristi Noem treated the American people ‘like dogs’

Kristi Noem once led a dog to a gravel pit and ended its life with the cold precision of a mafia hit.

On Thursday, the homeland security secretary confronted the grim truth that she, too, was expendable, David Smith writes:

‘What happened in Texas is a warning’: advocates say Republicans suppressed votes in the primaries

In Dallas and Williamson counties, voters faced long lines, extended wait times and confusion about voting location

‘Our consciousness is under siege’: Michael Pollan on chatbots, social media and mental freedom

In his new book, the celebrated author explains why we need ‘consciousness hygiene’ to defend ourselves from AI and dopamine-driven algorithms

Markwayne Mullin, Maga ‘warrior’ and ICE defender, to replace Kristi Noem

Donald Trump is nominating Oklahoma senator Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security, handing control of the administration’s sweeping immigration and deportation agenda to one of Washington’s most hardline voices and combative allies on the issue

Even in these depressing times, Love is Blind is profoundly bleak television

The 10th season of Netflix’s reality TV show has given us old-fashioned gender roles, bad behavior and a dark look at what dating looks like in 2026

Trump says he fired Anthropic ‘like dogs’ as negotiations with Pentagon reportedly restart

Reports say talks have resumed between defense department and startup over military’s use of company’s AI

Panel reviewing Trump’s $400m White House ballroom postpones vote

National Capital Planning Commission cited ‘large amount of public input’, with a majority opposing the plan

‘This is a needless war’: Americans share their thoughts on the US-Israel attacks on Iran

The Guardian asked US readers about the military action in Iran – their responses were largely disapproving

US House rejects war powers resolution to end Trump’s hostilities with Iran

Democratic-backed measure that would have forced US to withdraw troops failed by a vote of 212-219

Kamala Harris might run for president again in 2028. Please, no | Arwa Mahdawi

"It would be very satisfying to see Trump’s misogynistic reign end with a woman in the White House," writes Arwa Mahdawi.

"But let’s be very clear here: unless she fundamentally changes as a politician, that woman is never going to be Harris."

‘A subversion of the justice system’: DoJ shifts into Trump’s ‘political wing’ as criminal investigations accelerate

President has ‘succeeded in completely politicizing’ justice department, experts say, using it to punish his enemies