- May 15, 2025
Pam Bondi rescinds Biden-era protections for journalists | Trump administration
Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, has revoked a Biden administration-era policy that restricted subpoenas of reporters’ phone records in criminal investigations. An internal memo,
Trump administration investigating California university over foreign gifts | Trump administration
The Trump administration launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, on Friday centered on foreign funding, making it the latest university to be
Derrick Harmon’s mother dies shortly after learning son selected in NFL draft | NFL
Tiffany Saine, the mother of Derrick Harmon, died shortly after learning the Pittsburgh Steelers had selected her son with the 21st pick of the NFL
California proposes to allow testing of driverless heavy-duty trucks | California
California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks on public roads. The state’s department of motor vehicles announced
Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report shows | CIA
An American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract
US food delivery app DoorDash offers to buy UK rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn | Business
DoorDash is offering to buy its UK-based rival Deliveroo for $3.6bn (£2.7bn), Deliveroo said on Friday. Deliveroo said that its board was in talks with
Why did Israeli extremist Ben-Gvir speak at Yale University? | Arwa Mahdawi
Let me start with a statement that should be obvious: deliberately starving 2 million people – half of whom are children – is indefensible. It
The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves | Editorial
Enfeebling universities or seizing control is an early chapter in the authoritarian playbook, studied eagerly by the likes of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. “Would-be authoritarians
Democratic lawmakers call on Trump officials to release Tufts student from Ice detention | Democrats
A group of high-profile Democratic lawmakers has called on the Donald Trump administration to immediately release Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, praised her “unwavering
FBI arrests Wisconsin judge and accuses her of obstructing immigration enforcement | Trump administration
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