Guardian USClimate Democrat calls on Google to stop funding climate crisis deniersThe Guardian - Stephanie Kirchgaessner in WashingtonA Democratic lawmaker has called on Google CEO Sundar Pichai to stop investing in organizations that deny the existence of the climate crisis, saying it was hard to overstate how detrimental the impact
Guardian USEuropean Union Johnson seeks DUP backing in race against time over Brexit dealThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels, Rowena Mason in LondonBoris Johnson is in a race against time to secure the Democratic Unionist party’s backing for his newly negotiated Brexit deal as EU leaders said they were ready to approve the agreement on Thursday if
Guardian USCanadian News British family deported after saying they accidentally crossed US borderGuardian US - Associated PressFamily of seven were detained for nearly two weeks after crossing into Washington state, saying they were trying to avoid an animal in the road Lawyers for a British family who made an unauthorized crossing
Guardian USBernie Sanders Ocasio-Cortez endorsement gives Sanders shot in the arm at critical timeGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonBernie Sanders was in trouble. Why, pundits asked, would anyone vote for a 78-year-old white man – and socialist! – who just had a heart attack? On Tuesday the Vermont senator delivered a dramatic riposte;
Guardian USNASA Nasa plans historic first all-female spacewalk in coming daysThe Guardian - Edward Helmore in New York and agenciesNasa is planning the first ever all-female spacewalk as early as Thursday, the space agency has announced. The walk, or float, will be conducted from the International Space Station by the astronauts Koch
Guardian USWorld News Mormon church strikes blow against Utah ban on conversion therapyThe Guardian - Associated PressA proposed LGBTQ conversion therapy ban in Utah is in danger of being derailed after the Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints came out Tuesday night in opposition, just months after it said wouldn’t
Guardian USDonald Trump Trump says Johnson asked him to set up meeting with Harry Dunn familyGuardian US - Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editorDonald Trump has said Boris Johnson asked him to set up a surprise meeting in the White House between the parents of the teenager Harry Dunn and the woman suspected of killing him in a road traffic collision.
Guardian USWorld News Three US diplomats held near Russian test site where mystery blast killed fiveThe Guardian - Andrew Roth Moscow correspondentThree American diplomats were briefly detained in Russia near the military test site where a mysterious explosion released radiation in August, several Russia state news agencies have reported. The US
Guardian USDonald Trump Trump claims Kurds 'no angels' as he boasts of his own 'brilliant' strategyGuardian US - Julian Borger in Washington and Michael Safi in AmmanDonald Trump has hailed his decision to withdraw US troops in Syria, paving way for a Turkish offensive, as “strategically brilliant”, declaring that the Kurds he had abandoned were “much safer now” and
Guardian USCanadian News #WhatsYourExcuse: Canadian teen with terminal cancer urges others to voteThe Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoAfter receiving a devastating diagnosis of terminal cancer last week, an 18-year old Canadian woman is using her final days to inspire her fellow citizens to vote in the country’s upcoming election. Maddison
Guardian USDonald Trump Fourth man held in campaign fraud case involving Rudy Giuliani associatesGuardian US - Edward Helmore and agenciesA Florida man wanted in a campaign finance case involving associates of Rudy Giuliani is in federal custody after flying Wednesday to Kennedy airport in New York City to turn himself in, federal authorities
Guardian USGeneral Motors General Motors and UAW reach tentative deal to end month-long strikeThe Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesGeneral Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative deal that could end a month-long strike by more than 49,000 car workers. The deal was hammered out Wednesday but it won’t immediately
Guardian USTrump International Hotels Pelosi: Trump had 'meltdown' during White House meeting on Syria – liveGuardian US - Vivian Ho in San Francisco (now) and Joan E Greve in Washington and Lauren Aratani in New York (earlier)Speaker and Chuck Schumer say Trump ‘insulting’ and disrespectful after House voted overwhelmingly to condemn troop withdrawal President Trump wanted to shame House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when he tweeted
Guardian USNews Sandy Hook father awarded $450,000 after suing conspiracy theoristGuardian US - Edward Helmore in New York and agenciesThe father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting has been awarded $450,000 by a jury in Wisconsin after he sued a conspiracy theorist who claimed the massacre never happened. Leonard whose
Guardian USProsecco Stop, you can't pop: prosecco Pringles seized in ItalyThe Guardian - Angela Giuffrida in RomeThe Italian agriculture minister, Teresa Bellanova, has pledged to fight against “identity theft” after hundreds of tubes of prosecco-flavoured Pringles were seized from a supermarket chain in the Veneto
Guardian USPolitics Sanders and Warren build big war chests as Biden fundraising lags behindGuardian US - Edward Helmore in New York and Lauren Gambino in Westerville, OhioFundraising figures for the third quarter confirm that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have taken a commanding lead in stockpiling funds for the critical and expensive winter campaign season before
Guardian USPolitics Boris Johnson 'will ask EU for extension' if no Brexit deal by SaturdayThe Guardian - Rajeev Syal and Rowena MasonThe Brexit secretary has indicated Boris Johnson will send a letter to the EU seeking an extension if there is no agreement by Saturday. Pressed by the Brexit select committee as to whether the prime would
Guardian USGuns Cory Booker wants $90m a year to prevent urban gun violenceGuardian US - Lois BeckettFor more than a decade, faith leaders from black and brown communities have come to Congress with the same request: spend more money on local strategies to prevent gun violence. Now, the New Jersey senator
Guardian USTechnology Nasa unveils spacesuits to be worn by first woman on the moonThe Guardian - Hannah Devlin Science correspondentNasa has unveiled two spacesuits designed to be worn by the first woman to walk on the moon. The next-generation suits were made for the Artemis programme, which aims to land the first woman and next on
Guardian USNews Spanish PM: we will not be provoked by Catalonia violenceThe Guardian - Sam Jones in Madrid and Stephen Burgen in BarcelonaSpain’s prime minister has warned that his government will not be provoked into overreacting as Catalonia braces for a third night of unrest following the imprisonment this week of nine pro-independence
Guardian USNews Brexit talks continue after Boris Johnson makes concessions on Irish borderThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsThe Brexit negotiations are to resume with Boris Johnson still fighting to bring the Democratic Unionist party onboard with his deal with Brussels. “The teams worked into the night and continue to make
Guardian USPanama Papers Panama Papers law firm Mossack Fonseca sues Netflix over The LaundromatThe Guardian - Ben ButlerThe partners of the offshore law firm whose confidential files were exposed in the Panama Papers leak, Mossack Fonseca, have launched defamation action against Netflix over a movie about the scandal that
Guardian USUCLA 'Work or go to jail': how LA courts force thousands to do unpaid laborGuardian US - Sam Levin in Los AngelesLos Angeles courts force roughly 100,000 people to do weeks and even months of “community service” each year, exposing some of them to exploitative and hazardous working conditions without enjoying basic
Guardian USUnited Kingdom Brexit deal won't happen tonight, government sources confirm – as it happenedThe Guardian - Latifa Yedroudji (now) and Ben Quinn, Andrew Sparrow, Sarah Marsh and Kate Lyons (earlier)No 10 refuses to confirm Boris Johnson’s travel plans but PM could make early Brussels dash to push talks along We’re going to wrap up this liveblog now and summarise an eventful day in Brexit history.
Guardian USHistory Oxford professor accused of selling ancient Bible fragmentsThe Guardian - Peter BeaumontDirk Obbink allegedly sold artefacts to US chain Hobby Lobby without permission An Oxford University professor has been accused of selling ancient Bible fragments to a controversial US company that has
Guardian USNorth Korea Kim Jong-un jockeys for attention with horse ride up sacred mountainThe Guardian - ReutersKim Jong-un is planning “a great operation to strike the world with wonder”, North Korean state media has said, after he found inspiration during a heavily publicised horse ride to the top of the nation’s
Guardian USHong Kong Carrie Lam's key speech suspended amid rowdy scenes in Hong Kong legislature – as it happenedThe Guardian - Kate LyonsHong Kong leader forced to stop policy address as opponents shout her down We’re going to close down the blog. Our main story is here. Carrie Lam said the protests have “seriously damaged Hong Kong’s and
Guardian USBernie Sanders Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to endorse Bernie Sanders for presidentGuardian US - Joan E Greve and Lauren Gambino in Westerville, OhioThe progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set to endorse Bernie Sanders in the race to be the Democratic party’s nominee for the White House next year. During the fourth Democratic debate
Guardian USDonald Trump Harry Dunn parents: Trump shocked us by revealing Sacoolas was in next roomGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonBritish parents grieving their teenage son have told how, during a visit to the White House on Tuesday, Donald Trump dropped the “bombshell” that the woman who allegedly killed him in a road crash was
Guardian USNews Trump tells Harry Dunn’s parents that envoy’s wife will not be sent to UKThe Guardian - Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editorThe wife of a US intelligence officer who left the UK after being involved in a traffic collision in which a teenager died will not be returned to the country, his parents have been told during a visit
