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  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks durng the EarthX Conference<br>epa11298998 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks about environmental challenges during the EarthX conference in Dallas, Texas, USA, 24 April 2024. EarthX is an international nonprofit environmental organization that raises awareness about environmental challenges and solutions across the country. EPA/ADAM DAVIS

    RFK Jr dismisses Trump as ‘unhinged’ after being called a ‘Democrat plant’

    ‘Trump’s rant against me is a barely coherent,’ says independent White House hopeful and challenges ex-president to a debate
  • A commercial fisherman collects sockeye salmon

    Alaska has a plan to save its salmon but some Native leaders are wary

  • Man in suit and glasses closes his eyes in prayer

    Mike Johnson’s busy week: Ukraine aid and threats to protesters – what next?

  • A composite of two images, with a Black man in a suit and red tie on the left, and a white man in a suit and blue tie on the right, both appearing to speak into microphones.

    The culture war in North Carolina is playing out in the race for governor

  • Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, in March last year.

    They’re back: Cohen and Avenatti return to spotlight at Trump trial

  • Two totally burnt out cars, one upside down, illuminatewd with orange light, form part of an exhibit

    ‘We are showing the world what people do’: grim relics of Hamas attack go on display in New York

  • ‘Stormy weather’: Biden skewers Trump at White House correspondents’ dinner

  • ‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest

  • Body of climber who died after 1,000ft fall recovered from Alaska mountain

  • Baltimore teacher accused of using AI to create fake, racist recording of principal

  • Sanders hits back at Netanyahu: ‘It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable’

  • Arkansas woman pleads guilty to stealing parts of corpses and trying to sell them

  • How one Wisconsin man plagued election offices and stoked mistrust

  • How the Trump trial is playing in Maga world: sublime indifference, collective shrug

Donald Trump trials in focus

  • Charcoal sketch of three white men

    Trump on Trial
    What we learned from David Pecker’s testimony

  • Man in suit leaves courthouse

    The jurors
    Who is on the Trump hush-money trial jury?

  • Donald Trump wearing a blue suit and red tie speaks in Manhattan courthouse on Thursday.

    At a glance
    Here’s what’s happened so far in hush-money trial

  • Older white man, orangey skin, dark suit, white shirt, red tie, frowning, standing in front of multiple American flags.

    Who's who
    The key players in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial

Opinion

  • n older Latina woman with black hair and glasses, smiling and lit with a microphone attached to her blouse as if on a stage.

    Discussing Sonia Sotomayor’s retirement is not sexist – it’s strategic

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The liberal justice has been called the supreme court’s conscience but we can’t afford a repeat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Tents at Everest base camp.

    The Observer view on overtourism
    Sometimes the planet’s hotspots are best left unvisited

  • Graphic by Dom Mckenzie shows a woman hitching a ride on the back of a bicycle steered by a man with a CV in his pocket

    Some are born lucky, so the left shouldn’t flinch from giving others a helping hand

    Sonia Sodha
    When we mistakenly believe we live in a meritocracy, those in need are left behind
  • Father teaching his son skateboarding

    What have I learned from 20 years of parenting? Never to underestimate how wrong I can be

    Emma Beddington
    We often have as much in common with strangers as our relatives, according to studies – so why do we still love to say our children are like us, asks Emma Beddington
    • The Toys N Tuck Toy shop<br>Rhys Medorth and his 2 year old daughter along with their baby brother shop at the toy shop. The Toys N Tuck Toy shop in Southend

      Shelf life: why are toy shops full of horrors these days?

      Eva Wiseman
    • Charcoal sketch of a large white man in a suit in a wheelchair, with a person in a blue uniform standing behind him.

      The overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is an affront to women

      Moira Donegan
    • a woman holds a sign that reads "vote uncommitted"

      Uncommitted voters are not apathetic. The Democratic party is

      Camonghne Felix
    • dinner table with 'reserved' sign

      Who would’ve thought booking a table would require superhuman strength

      Rachel Cooke

US sports

  • Lionel Messi scored twice in Inter Miami’s 4-1 win over New England Revolution.

    Lionel Messi breaks MLS record in front of historic crowd in New England

  • Travis Clayton reacts after being picked by the Buffalo Bills with the 221st overall pick in the seventh round during the third day of the NFL football draft, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

    Travis Clayton, former eighth-tier rugby star, chosen by Buffalo Bills in NFL draft

  • Travis Tygart (left), chief executive officer of the US anti-doping agency, and Wada director general, Olivier Niggli.

    Inside anti-doping’s civil war: anger and suspicion spill into the open

  • Gabby Douglas competes on the balance beam at the American Classic on Saturday n Katy, Texas.

    Gabby Douglas competes for first time in eight years at American Classic

US politics

  • A white woman with long brown hair in a sleeveless dress leans forward as an older man in a bright blue suit embraces her from the front.

    Kristi Noem dogged by poor polling amid fallout from tale of killing puppy

  • Bernie Sanders<br>Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks with reporters as the Senate prepares to advance the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan passed by the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Sanders hits back at Netanyahu: ‘It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable’

  • a man speaks into a microphone

    How one Wisconsin man plagued election offices and stoked mistrust

  • a woman smiles on stage

    Ruby Bridges: civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable

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US business

  • Close up white paper desk calendar with blurred bokeh background appointment and business meeting concept

    Less work for the same pay won’t fly – but here’s a four-day week that might

  • Darktrace logo on a smartphone.

    Cybersecurity firm Darktrace agrees $5.3bn sale to US private equity business

    • person shopping in a supermarket

      Stock markets fall after sharp US growth slowdown

    • The Hudson Yards neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, as seen from the Weehawken Pier in Weehawken, New Jersey.

      US economic growth slows; Anglo American shares surge after BHP proposes £31.1bn takeover – as it happened

    • Donald Trump against the backdrop of a US flag with a smartphone showing the Truth Social logo

      Trump to receive bonus worth $1.2bn for Trump Media stock performance

Pictures & video

  • Joe Biden roasts Trump at White House correspondents’ dinner as hundreds protest outside – video

  • Dramatic footage shows law enforcement deploying Tasers and teargas against protesters at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia

    2:11

    Emory University: teargas and rubber bullets reportedly used in protest crackdown – video report

    Dramatic footage shows law enforcement deploying Tasers and teargas against protesters at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Those who refused to leave after warnings were arrested and charged with criminal trespass, the university said, citing rules barring overnight events

    0:58

    Police crack down on pro-Palestine protesters at Ohio State University – video report

    Those who refused to leave after warnings were arrested and charged with criminal trespass, the university said, citing rules barring overnight events

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