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"To be Black, pregnant and hopeful in the US is to hold on to life with a fierce and unyielding grip against devastating odds," writes social and behavioral scientist and Guardian contributor Dr. Venice Haynes.

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Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metal.

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Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish PhD student detained after co-authoring a campus newspaper op-ed about Gaza, has been denied bond by an immigration judge, as her legal team continues to urgently petition a federal court in Vermont for her release.

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“They’re coming up like they uncovered something brand-new,” said Andrew Stettner, who served as the director of unemployment insurance modernization at the US Department of Labor in the Biden administration. “Going back in 2020 to say there was a lot of fraud – that’s the definition of old news.”

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"For disabled parents, the built environment can be inaccessible," writes disabled author and speaker Jessica Slice. "But we are showing that there are countless ways to have bodies and minds".

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Harvard University received an extortive demand from the Trump administration that it surrender the core of its academic freedoms – and promptly told it to get lost.

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American Rivers’ annual most-endangered rivers list lays bare a myriad of human-made threats – all of which Trump’s regulatory rollbacks will almost inevitably make worse.

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Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft have been accused of paying almost $278bn less corporate income tax in the past decade compared with the statutory rate for US companies making the same profits.

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Warnings emerge even as effect of economic and political turbulence on the foreign visitors to the US is hard to define.

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Fans braved record heat and high prices for Charli xcx, Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion and a surprise appearance by Queen Latifah.

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Merwil Gutiérrez, whose family opened an asylum case after arriving in the US, was deported from New York to the notorious Cecot prison in El Salvador despite his relatives’ insistence that he has no gang ties or criminal history, according to Documented.

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Barack Obama, Yale and other academic institutions have come out in support of Harvard after the Trump administration elected to cut $2bn of its federal grants.

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A recent study shows the benefit of being a middle-aged ‘weekend warrior’ who only exercises once or twice a week.

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In an investigation shared with the Guardian, digital-behavior experts Revealing Reality discovered “something deeply disturbing … a troubling disconnect between Roblox’s child-friendly appearance and the reality of what children experience on the platform”.

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After seeing the farmer mental health crisis up close, Kaila Anderson developed new treatment techniques based on growers’ deep connection to the land.

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An active-duty serviceman in the US army is openly following the Base, a proscribed neo-Nazi terrorist group which has vowed to recruit soldiers in preparation for a so-called race war.

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Lured by promises of an education but allegedly trapped in servitude and self-mortification, the former members are suing the ultra-conservative Opus Dei group over their ‘exploitation and abuse’.

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Actor Aimee Lou Wood uses Instagram story to address skit in which SNL cast member Sarah Sherman mocked her appearance.

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The past two weeks have witnessed the most volatile period for financial markets since the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns five years ago. This time, however, the cause is not a highly contagious virus but the grievances and whims of one man.

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Jon Hamm made his fourth appearance as host and led a particularly strong episode that finally saw some better swipes at the current president.

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The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families.

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The crash of a tourist helicopter on New York’s Hudson River that killed a pilot and a family of five was “entirely predictable”, according to advocates who are calling for the closure of the region’s three heliports to non-essential traffic.

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What exactly are bonds, how are they traded – and why are they so central to the current crisis?

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Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian organizer, is eligible to be deported from the United States, an immigration judge ruled on Friday during a contentious hearing at a remote court in central Louisiana.

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Do nasal sprays work? Which are the best antihistamines? Can honey help? What about a shower? We’ve got all the answers.

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Time will tell how much damage has been inflicted on the credibility of Trump’s economic policy and administration.

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Inspired by the fictional historically Black college, Hillman, featured in the TV show A Different World, Black scholars on TikTok are now using hashtag HillmanTok to share their expertise in subjects that the Trump administration is trying to excise from school curricula and libraries.

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Initially it was tempting for China to sit back and watch the US’s former allies recoil at Trump’s disruptive war on globalisation and let them realise that, by comparison, China represented an oasis of stability, modernity and predictability. China instead decided to be far from idle.

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What did we learn from the USWNT-Brazil friendlies? • Alyssa Thompson has levelled up • Emma Hayes hasn't found the right midfield combo • It's still a 3 horse race for starting goalkeeper For @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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EU delays retaliatory tariffs against US by 90 days in response to Trump's pause. Follow the latest updates ⬇️

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Sergei and Marina fled Russia after protesting the Ukraine war, and came to the Bay Area to build a new life. Marina is a photographer and volunteer at the San Francisco zoo, Sergei is a mechanic and their daughter is two years old.

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"The AP's win against the Trump administration this week is meaningful for two reasons," writes Guardian US columnist Margaret Sullivan. "It underscores the judiciary’s commitment to the first amendment, and it suggests that standing up for one’s principles may not be just a gesture made in vain."

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NEW: Thousands incarcerated in California were given faulty drug tests that produced false positives – some denied parole due to erroneous claims of opioid use, according to internal records + lawyer testimony. Officials have known about the issue for months, but have not cleared people's records.

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Thousands of drug tests used by Quest Diagnostics in California prisons last year are suspected to have generated false positive results, an enormous error that has jeopardized the parole requests of some incarcerated people, according to civil rights lawyers and prison medical records.

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NEW from me: When states ban abortion, they make it harder for doctors to even learn how to perform it. Now, a small but growing number of doctors are leaving the US to learn to become abortion providers. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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In Gainesville, Florida, a small city in the north-central part of the state, some Trump voters remain loyal to the president, while others cut back on buying and business owners hike prices.

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Worried that Donald Trump’s policies are scaring away Canadians, a key segment of its tourist industry, a California resort city has put up “Palm Springs Loves Canada” signs across its downtown.

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Exclusive: In a letter marking one month since the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, his wife, Noor Abdalla, vows to continue to fight for his release and for the right to speak up on behalf of Palestinian rights. Read the letter here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, an investigation by SourceMaterial and the Guardian has found.

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As Trump’s divisive second term threatens the liberties of many Americans, movies from Z to Spartacus to V for Vendetta have become more and more relevant.

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Exclusive: wife of detained Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil says pro-Palestinian voices won’t be silenced

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Donald Trump signed four executive orders on Tuesday aimed at reviving coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel that has long been in decline, and which substantially contributes to planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions and pollution.

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The Internal Revenue Service will share taxpayer information about undocumented immigrants with homeland security officials, a move that will give unprecedented access to immigration enforcers to aid in deportations.

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Kat Abughazaleh has been critical of what she describes as Democrats’ lack of vision and an antiquated belief in norms and seeks to disrupt politics as usual

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Predictable plot twists, dodgy pacing and wasted talent … season three of the HBO hit sadly didn’t get anywhere near the heights of its two well-loved predecessors. Here’s where it went wrong

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