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Broadcasters told not to air any booing of Donald Trump at US Open men’s final US Open broadcasters have been asked not to show any negative crowd reactions to Donald Trump at Sunday’s men’s final

Broadcasters told not to air any booing of Donald Trump at US Open men’s final www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday

It’s not the first time there have been moves to stop US viewers from witnessing dissent against the Trump administration. US Open organisers asked broadcasters not to show the crowd’s reaction to Trump when he attended the men’s final.

NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday

JD Vance was greeted by a chorus of boos and jeers when he appeared at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, but American viewers would have been unaware of the reception. The boos were neither heard nor remarked upon during the NBC broadcast.

Trump refuses to apologize for video with racist imagery of Obamas posted on his social media Only a smattering of Republicans spoke out about clip in which Obamas’ faces were superimposed on bodies of apes

“I didn’t make a mistake.” Donald Trump refused to apologise for a racist video posted to his social media account depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes

Trump shares video with racist imagery of Barack and Michelle Obama in late-night posting spree In clip amplifying false claim that Trump won 2020 election, the Obamas’ faces are superimposed on bodies of apes

Fury has erupted after Donald Trump posted a racist video that depicts Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. In a statement sent to the Guardian, the White House tried to brush it off as “an internet meme video”, saying “please stop the fake outrage”

‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump

The Washington Post has laid off hundreds of employees, who were told today that the paper’s sports desk would close, its international reporting operation would be reduced and the flagship daily news podcast Post Reports would be suspended.

White House border czar says 700 federal agents will leave Minnesota Departure marks large drop in agents on the ground but still leaves about 2,000 there, far above typical levels for state

White House border czar Tom Homan says 700 federal agents will leave Minnesota, but that will still leave about 2,000 agents there.

Satellite image of the area from 19 March 2025

Satellite image of the area from 18 December 2025, marked with significant events. 20-25 March 2025: Crater appears 3-8 June 2025: Building and cemetery wall destroyed 23-28 July 2025: Earthworks carried out in corner of cemetery

Before and after. There was no sign of the earthworks in March last year, but they are clearly visible in a satellite picture from 8 August. The disturbed area is even more apparent in an image of the cemetery from 13 December. www.theguardian.com/...

Graves of unknown soldiers at the Gaza war cemetery in 2009. Satellite imagery shows what appears to be systemic destruction in part of the cemetery. Photograph: Riyaah/wiki commons

Revealed: Israeli forces have bulldozed part of the Gaza war cemetery in al-Tuffah containing the graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the first and second world wars www.theguardian.com/...

Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.

New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.

The chatbot still produces sexualized images —

even when told the subjects don’t consent.

even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.

even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.

www.reuters.com/business/des...

Mandelson said the mining companies' campaign should avoid becoming seen as a proxy debate about government capture by powerful business interests. "You do not want to turn it into an issue of 'who governs Australia', the voters and their elected representatives or the mining companies." Mandelson said the fundamental rationale for the mining super profits tax - allowing all Australians to benefit from the country's resources boom - was difficult to argue against. "There is no ideological reason why the industry should not be making a greater contribution to society, especially given the constrained economic times," he said.

Mandelson said the rationale for the mining tax - allowing all Australians to benefit from the resources boom - was difficult to argue against.
"There is no ideological reason why the industry should not be making a greater contribution to society, especially given the constrained economic times”

Epstein files reveal Peter Mandelson supported campaign to undermine then-Australian PM Kevin Rudd’s mining super profits tax Former UK Labour minister wrote ‘pressure needs to be maintained’ against Australian Labor’s proposed tax in email sent two weeks before Rudd was replaced as PM

Peter Mandelson – sacked last year as the UK’s ambassador to the US over his Epstein links – supported a campaign to undermine then-Australian PM Kevin Rudd’s proposed mining super profits tax in 2010, a document in the Epstein files reveals.

Chaser: The prosecutor's office announced in an X post that the search was under way. In the same post, it signed off saying it was done publishing on the network: “The Paris public prosecutor's office is leaving X”

French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit Prosecutors summon tech billionaire and company’s ex-CEO for questioning as part of expanded investigation

Well, well, well. What have we here?

Shot: Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of X with police and Europol, and summoned Elon Musk for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.

Melania: Amazon’s $106m documentary takes $982 per screen in Australian opening weekend Documentary about the US first lady debuted at No 31 at Australian box office, making $32,399 from 33 screens

Melania has debuted at No 31 at the Australian box office on its opening weekend, taking $32,399 (US$22,695) from 33 screens. Note: movie tickets in Australia cost 2-3x what they do in the US.

Originally posted on the bad site back in 2016 x.com/earleyedition/...

The three-minute clip begins with Trump telling the audience of thousands that he believes in "getting even with people" "If they screw you, screw them back 10 times harder," he says. "And I'll give you an example: Jennifer Hawkins." "Now this is about getting even. I was so angry at her yesterday." Trump tells the laughing audience that he was intending to tell them that Hawkins "is a beautiful girl on the outside but she's not very bright" "It wouldn't have been true, but I would have said it anyway. ..

On stage in front of a crowd in 2011, Donald Trump grabs Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins by the waist and kisses her on the cheek as she puts up her forearm in between them.

But Trump saying, “Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you!” reminded me of this story — about him humiliating Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins on stage so he could "get even". He joked about how she “came” to the event, then grabbed her by the waist and kissed her www.theguardian.com/...

Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein joke at Grammys – US politics live President calls host a ‘pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C’ after jibe about his connections to late sex offender at ceremony

So fragile

No of course not - we've always been a nation of gullible xenophobes. Speech bubble: “I'm feeling economically insecure I might vote for fascism”

Have we suddenly become a nation of gullible xenophobes overnight? No, of course not. We were always a nation of gullible xenophobes www.theguardian.com/...

Have we suddenly become a nation of gullible xenophobes overnight? | First Dog on the Moon No, of course not. We were always a nation of gullible xenophobes

Neither suddenly, nor overnight, as First Dog on the Moon observes

a man in a red shirt is singing in the back seat of a car with the words i 'm a musical genius below him ALT: a man in a red shirt is singing in the back seat of a car with the words i 'm a musical genius below him

Steven Spielberg joins Tracy Jordan on the exclusive EGOT winners list www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father released from Texas detention center Boy and his father back in Minneapolis after being detained by ICE and held in immigration facility for more than a week

After being detained by ICE and held for more than a week in a Texas immigration detention center, five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father are back home in Minneapolis after a judge ordered their release.

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners

As much of Australia cranked air conditioners in this week’s oppressive heatwave, solar met 59% of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm.

More than half of this was from small-scale systems spread across about 4 million roofs. The rest was from large-scale solar farms.

Day and night, there’s no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia’s worst on record Soaring temperatures, heat at altitude and hot summer nights combine to create one of south-eastern Australia’s ‘most significant’ heatwaves

The Bureau of Meteorology says this heatwave is among “the most significant we’ve ever seen” for its intensity, duration, temperatures and for the length of time the heat has remained above certain thresholds – comparable to January 2009 and January 1939.

Day and night, there’s no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia’s worst on record Soaring temperatures, heat at altitude and hot summer nights combine to create one of south-eastern Australia’s ‘most significant’ heatwaves

Heatwaves and hot days during an Australian summer may seem normal, but when the opal mining town of Andamooka in South Australia reached 50C (122F) on Thursday, it was only the eighth time in recorded history anywhere in Australia

a woman from schitt 's creek is smiling and saying `` when one of us shines '' ALT: a woman from schitt 's creek is smiling and saying `` when one of us shines ''

RIP Catherine O’Hara www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island

Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show

Epstein files updates: survivors say new documents expose victims’ names ‘while men remain protected’ Statement from 20 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse say victims’ ‘identifying information’ is exposed while those ‘who abused us remain hidden’

“Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous.”

Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested over Minnesota church protest Lemon and three others charged with civil rights crimes, DoJ says, as White House celebrates arrest on social media

“Lemon’s arrest under a bogus legal theory is a clear warning shot aimed at other journalists. The unmistakable message is that journalists must tread cautiously because the government is looking for any way to target them.”