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As tensions between two countries reach new highs, US president says regime is ‘talking with us’
@theguardianBy mid-afternoon, it was 91F (33C) in downtown LA, according to the National Weather Service
@theguardianFormer president tells House oversight committee he is cooperating in the Epstein investigation out of love of country and desire for victims to heal
@theguardianDepartment of Defense and artificial intelligence company were unable to reach agreement before deadline
@theguardianBrown, 62, third member of hit HBO series to die since December, was trying to jumpstart car at home at time of blaze
@theguardianAttorney general says $111bn deal will be investigated amid concerns over monopoly power and job losses
@theguardianFormer Boy Scouts cave to Pete Hegseth as he laments move from ‘focus on God as the ruler of the universe’
@theguardianTrump commerce secretary – who lived next door to Epstein in New York – urged to testify about extent of relationship
@theguardianDeposition comes one day after Hillary Clinton testified and called proceedings ‘partisan political theater’
@theguardianMamdani wooed the president with much property talk and showed the real ‘art of the deal’ might have been soft power via Photoshop
@theguardianResearchers find that across 195 US cities, winters are on average nine days shorter than they were in 1970-1997
@theguardianUS retailer’s decision comes as RFK Jr and Maha movement increase pressure on food industry to drop dyes like red 40
@theguardianEditorial perspective and expert analysis
Editorial: Hannah Spencer’s win was more than protest. It signalled that Labour’s moral language and coalition are up for grabs in its safest terrain
@theguardianEditorial: The president’s cuts have defunded and alienated thousands of American scientists. Europe can benefit, if it makes the right offer
@theguardianGot battered at the polls? No problem. Just act like voters want more of what you’re selling – not considerably less, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
@theguardianThe supreme court has deferred to executive power for decades. Its decision on tariffs is a long-overdue warning
@theguardianWhat is a favourite place if not one built upon our fondest memories?
@theguardianStarmer called the byelection a battle for the nation’s soul. This result shows Labour has lost that – and I think it will lose much more, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
@theguardianGreens first, Reform second, Labour trailing – and the Tories losing their deposit. This felt like a rejection of the status quo
@theguardianI am, like millions of others, dutifully fasting from dawn to dusk this month. My faith does not define me. It refines me, says Nazir Afzal, chancellor of the University of Manchester
@theguardianThe latest rush of docudramas seems to suggest that anyone in the public eye must expect a degree of intrusion. But where does that end, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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