New Orleans city councilmember Helena Moreno is the city's next mayor. The Democrat avoided a runoff in a wide field and will take office in January.

The New York attorney general has led the legal fight against Trump, and now he has mobilized the Justice Department to go after her.

Report exposes global firms profiting from Israel’s unlawful settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank.

Hannah Dugan apprehended in courthouse where she works after agency says she helped man evade authorities * US politics live – latest updates The FBI on Friday arrested a judge whom the agency accused of obstruction after it said she helped a man evade US immigration authorities as they were seeking to arrest him at her courthouse. The county circuit judge, Hannah Dugan, was apprehended in the courthouse where she works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 8.30am local time on Friday on charges of obstruction, a spokesperson for the US Marshals Service confirmed to the Guardian. Continue reading...

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Coalition allies of Pedro Sánchez said the purchase of millions of bullets jeopardised country’s efforts to hold Israel to account over war in Gaza

Cuts by the Trump administration are putting children at risk, according to a new report by ProPublica. The administration has cut funds and manpower for child abuse investigations, enforcement of child...

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program. That's the electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free.

Alarmed by the havoc the Tesla CEO has wreaked in the US, Britons and Americans are showing their displeasure Blaring car horns on the three-lane A40 in west London are nothing new. However, on Saturday, they weren’t aimed at other drivers for a change; instead it was Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, who was the target of their anger as part of the “Takedown Tesla” movement, which has spread from the United States. “It’s too overwhelming to do nothing,” said Louise Cobbett-Witten, who has family in the US. “There is real solace in coming together like this, everyone has to do something. We haven’t got a big strategy besides just standing on the side of the street, holding signs and screaming.” Continue reading...

Battery recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.

The new U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, or “DOGE,” has terminated a multi-million dollar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant that benefitted the Alabama Department of Public Hea...