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Trump presidency

  • Harvard Medical School.

    Harvard
    Russian scientist working at university detained by Ice at Boston airport

  • a woman wearing a white shirt and baseball cap in front of a prison

    Deportations
    Human rights groups rebuke Kristi Noem’s visit to El Salvador prison: ‘political theater’

  • a woman sits in a mostly empty row of chairs

    United Nations
    Trump withdraws Elise Stefanik’s UN nomination to protect GOP House majority

  • a man gestures with his hand while speaking into a microphone

    US immigration
    Rubio says he has canceled visas of more than 300 people linked to pro-Palestine protests

In focus

  • A man wearing glasses speaks in front of a drum set on stage

    Profile
    Who is Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who broke the Signal leak scandal?

  • Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Aren B. Palik, vice president of the Federated States of Micronesia

    Analysis
    China looks south as it seeks to reduce reliance on a capricious United States

    China wants to protect against the volatility of Trump’s tariffs, and now has more than a dozen free trade agreements with global south countries
  • A protester holds up a cartoon of the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, wearing makeup

    LGBTQ+ rights
    ‘We won’t be deterred or scared’: Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community fights for right to march in Pride

    Some want to oppose ban, others are nervous, but all see it as a warning sign under Viktor Orbán’s government

Spotlight

  • a man looking at the camera

    Boxing
    ‘There’s a dangerous epidemic in boxing’: the tragic, cautionary tale of Paul Bamba

    Paul Bamba was ambitious and loved by his friends and family. But his quest for success was built on dubious fights and a fatal disregard for his own health
  • Ike Barinholtz, Seth Rogen and Martin Scorsese in a scene from The Studio.

    Television
    So long, Scorsese! Is The Studio the TV show that will finally kill off Hollywood?

  • Joan Baez playing guitar on the Beach in California, 1962.

    Music
    Raw, romantic and radical: Joan Baez’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

    With her Diamonds and Rust album turning 50, we rate the standout tracks from the strident American folk singer and political activist
  • Uberto Pasolini directs Ralph Fiennes to use a bow and arrow on the set of The Return

    Film
    ‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey

    • Stockholm’s waterfront and skyline in winter

      Environment
      ‘The heat you need at a reasonable price’: how district heating can speed the switch to clean energy

    • Cynthia Erivo in Number One on the Call Sheet.

      TV review
      Number One on the Call Sheet review – a spectacular tribute to black excellence in Hollywood

    • Judge car illustration

      You be the judge
      My flatmate cleaned my car, but it looks worse than before. Should he help me redo it?

    • The popular Pita &amp; Burek prepared in the Bosna buregdzinica in the old city of Sarajevo.<br>DC9XFA The popular Pita &amp; Burek prepared in the Bosna buregdzinica in the old city of Sarajevo.

      Travel
      ‘All around us was the low hum of contented diners’: readers’ favourite places to eat in Europe

Opinion

  • three men in suits stand

    The Atlantic handled ‘Signalgate’ with good judgment

    Margaret Sullivan
    Shining a bright spotlight on this mess was a public service. One can only imagine what other information has been as recklessly handled
  • Man in a mask holding a Turkish flag lifts his arms in front of a line of riot police as a crowd of people head towards a blossoming tree at night

    I’ve never seen such clampdowns in Istanbul. Turkey’s democracy is fighting for its life

    Orhan Pamuk
  • Donald Trump holds an executive order concerning tariffs at the White House, Washington, 13 February 2025.

    Donald Trump is moving fast and breaking things, but that may result in a better US

    Simon Jenkins
    The chance of the president succeeding in his radicalism is small, but amid the chaos are challenges to convention that were overdue, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • A mother looking tired while on a sofa with her young baby

    New mums are being ‘strongly encouraged’ to take regular exercise and get more sleep. Hahahaha

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
    New guidelines are well intentioned, but as parents of babies know, finding time to look after yourself is impossible, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
    • two people in hockey uniforms go after puck on ice

      Wayne Gretzky was a Canadian hero. His pro-Trump rebrand is a betrayal

      Karen Booth
    • an 8 bit graphic of two Turtles characters

      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the hardest game I ever played – so why am I back?

      Dominik Diamond
    • Illustration: Nate Kitch

      Keir Starmer is one of Labour’s most rightwing prime ministers. And one of its most leftwing, too

      Andy Beckett
    • An employee works on the production line of the 100% electric Ford Explorer

      Why Trump’s 25% tariffs on autos could backfire

      Steven Greenhouse

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Climate crisis

  • A flooded road in Quilpie Shire, Queensland, on Wednesday.

    Weather tracker
    Heavy rain alerts in Queensland as floods cut off towns

  • aerial view of smog over a city

    Climate crisis
    Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests

  • damaged trees in a forest

    Pollution
    Acid rain could return to US due to Trump rollbacks, says scientist who discovered it

  • Map of US wildfire risk

    Climate crisis
    Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it

Across the country

  • photo of man with mustache wearing tan jacket holding a baby as a woman stand nexts to them

    Prisons
    Man suffocated to death after being hurt and neglected in Colorado jail, family says

    Lawsuit says Michael Burch, who died in 2023, languished in cell for a week with no medical care after fight with deputy
  • a man in an officer's uniform looking at camera

    Misconduct
    New Jersey police chief accused of defecating on floor to harass co-workers

  • a firefighter pours a liquid on a fire in a forest

    US wildfires
    Wildfires rage on in North and South Carolina as more firefighters arrive

  • a man speaks into a microphone

    Vicente Gonzalez
    Texas Democrat tirelessly promotes El Salvador’s strongman president

    • HHS
      RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department

    • Immigration
      Alleged MS-13 leader arrested in Virginia as part of Trump crackdown on gangs

    • Nevada
      Las Vegas police arrest suspect in Tesla arson attack

    • US
      Mike Waltz left Venmo account public in further security breach – report

    • Film
      Boulder, Colorado, to be new home for the Sundance film festival

    • Texas
      US judge calls heat in Texas prisons ‘unconstitutional’ but does not order AC

Around the world

  • Police responded to an aircraft crash at Avalon airport in Victoria on Friday afternoon in which the pilot was injured

    Australia
    Avalon Airshow crash: aerobatic pilot critically injured after plane plummets to ground in front of shocked crowd

  • An ambulance and a police vehicle outside a hospital in Hurghada.

    Egypt
    Six Russian tourists die after submarine sinks off Egypt coast

    • Explained
      Which UK carmakers will be hit hardest by Trump’s latest import tariffs?

    • Israel
      Israel parliament defies protests to pass law tightening grip over judges

    • Australia
      Anthony Albanese calls Australian federal election for 3 May

    • A pig’s head and decapitated rats
      A new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia

    • Jair Bolsonaro
      Is coup trial ruling the beginning of the end for Bolsonaro and his supporters?

    • Europe
      Bar managers investigated over sexual assault of 41 women in Belgium

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Helen Garner at home in Melbourne. Photograph: The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    The savage suburbia of Helen Garner: ‘I wanted to dong Martin Amis with a bat’ – podcast

  • Mike Waltz, the White House national security adviser, listens as Donald Trump speaks

    Politics Weekly America
    Trump’s ‘Signalgate’ blame game – podcast

  • Wes Streeting in conversation with Pippa Crerar at the Guardian Live event

    Politics Weekly UK
    Wes Streeting’s plan to fix the NHS – Politics Weekly Westminster

  • Ballal poses in sunlight with Oscar with earth and vegetation behind

    Today in Focus
    From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast

  • North Macedonia Wales WCup Soccer<br>Wales fans celebrate after Wales' David Brooks scoring his side's opening goal during a World Cup 2026 group J qualifying soccer match between North Macedonia and Wales at National Arena Todor Proeski in Skopje, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

    Football Weekly
    Wales leave it late and farewell to Trent Alexander-Arnold – Football Weekly Extra

Culture

  • person wearing red bikini looks over while laying on chair and holding phone

    US television
    Off-season: has The White Lotus become a letdown?

    The third season of the buzzy resort-set comedy drama has had its moments, but it’s starting to feel like the show is running out of ideas
  • A woman looks at a DVD.

    Film
    The Life List review – overly neat Netflix weepie leaves dry eyes

  • ‘A master of strange lyrical koans’ … Dan Bejar AKA Destroyer.

    Music
    Destroyer: Dan’s Boogie review – darkness haunts a gorgeous ruined palace of a record

  • Wild, wayward … Savina Yannatou.

    Folk album of the month
    Savina Yannatou, Primavera en Salonico and Lamia Bedioui: Watersong review – aquatic hymns

  • Two men walk amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi.

    Book of the day
    The Tiger’s Share by Keshava Guha review – hopeless sons vs brilliant daughters

  • Geoffrey Rush

    The reader interview
    Geoffrey Rush on Pirates, Pinter and pugs: ‘Just be happy we evolved on this bit of rock’

Lifestyle

Well actually

  • A collage of black and white photos of disabled people protesting for their rights, including a wheelchair sit-in at the US Capitol, over a light blue backdrop

    Well Actually
    The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone

  • composite image of a man with hands on his shoulders and a black and white picture of a man's head upside down

    Well actually
    ‘I know what it is to go down the rabbit hole’: the male coaches pulling young men back from the edge

  • a woman with hands on head with a rainbow distortion filter

    Health
    Migraines made life feel unlivable. It took years to find a doctor who believed me

  • Wholegrain and cereal on rustic wooden table.

    Food
    Are whole-grain foods really healthier?

documentaries
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Take part

  • Elderly man and woman embracing on outdoor bench

    Marriage
    Share your experience of being married five times or more

  • Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

    US news
    How has your work been affected by Trump’s policies?

  • Business man putting on/taking off wedding band<br>

    Life and style
    Did you end a relationship after being inspired by a certain song, book, TV show or film?

  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One before arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

    Trump administration
    Share your thoughts on Trump’s second term in office so far

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From our global editions

  • rows of wine bottles

    Our unequal earth
    US wine importers and bars nervously wait for tariff decision: ‘It’s a sad situation’

  • ValerieTheMiniatureDachsundpixie

    First Dog on the Moon
    Where is Valerie?! Have you seen this intrepid yet mysterious miniature dachshund?

  • Two wolves climb on rocks on a mountain in the mist

    The age of extinction
    In the hills of Italy, wolves returned from the brink. Then the poisonings began

  • A red admiral butterfly on a sunflower

    Invertebrate of the year 2025
    ‘A symbol of hope’: environmentalists choose their favourite invertebrates

In case you missed it

  • a woman sitting on a sofa with two boys and a girl with her leg in a cast

    Israel-Gaza war
    There are more child amputees in Gaza than anywhere else in the world. What can the future hold for them?

  • a woman being arrested

    US immigration
    DoJ lawyers say detained Tufts student was sent to Louisiana before court order

    Federal judge in Boston issues order giving government until Friday to answer why student has been detained
  • Map of US wildfire risk

    Climate crisis
    Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it

    The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
  • a person walking by another person sleeping on the sidewalk in front of a Rolex store

    Seattle
    Unhoused Seattle man runs for mayor from a tent: ‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’

  • travelers walk past a yellow pole that reads 'US customs and border protection'

    Opt out
    How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border

  • man wearing navy suit and blue tie looks up

    Donald Trump
    ‘A capitalistic cowardice’: big law firms being threatened by Trump face pressure to speak out

  • FKA Twigs in a brown sports bra and knickers on stage, shaking her ponytail while dancing

    Music
    The rapturous return of FKA twigs: ‘I grew up feeling my body could do anything’

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  • Lira, one of five rescue lions from Ukraine rehomed at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Ashford, Kent, UK.

    The week in wildlife
    Relief for traumatised lions, a shy deer and a stork doing yoga

    The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
  • Scientists in a laboratory with fossilised baby mammoth on a table

    Photos of the day
    Yana the baby mammoth and Bosphorus swimmers

  • Get your freak on … Missy Elliott, by Derek Banks, circa 2019.

    Music
    Chic, Missy and Bryan Ferry’s wallpaper: 75 years of Atlantic Records

  • People wearing clear plastic hoods and capes, with a woman and a child embracing in the centre

    Media
    World Press Photo 2025 – winning regional images

  • Martin Grant coat

    Martin Grant’s 40-year career – in pictures
    Dressing Naomi Campbell, Cate Blanchett and a show inside a skirt: Martin Grant’s 40-year career – in pictures

  • Capel y Gorlan, UK Above Blaenau Ffestiniog are many abandoned slate mines.

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