The world’s most powerful country responded to the worst terrorist attack in its history by inflicting terror of its own – around the world, and at home
As clear as that cloudless September morning, Jenna Jacobs McPartland remembers the moment everything changed. “I was cleaning the bathroom and watching the Today show in the background and nine months pregnant,” the 52-year-old recalls by phone. “I think they were showing ‘Today throws a wedding’ when the news broke in.”
A plane had hit the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York. McPartland did not know that her husband, Ariel Jacobs, was attending a conference at its Windows on the World restaurant. “I called his office to say, ‘Hey, turn on the TV. Do you guys know what’s going on?’ His assistant said, ‘Oh my God, Jenna, he’s there.’ The whole world disappeared and there was this sort of hollow collapsing feeling.”
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/11/september-11-dark-legacy", "image": "", "published": "Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:03 GMT" } }, { "id": "c067b922dc2b1226cda687a0bf6db3799bda0446", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "‘I’m on the ticket’: Trump implores Republicans to vote in November at unusual midterm convention", "summary": "The president demonised Democrats in an attempt to wangle votes in midterms despite backlash over Iran warWith his approval rating at a historic low, Donald Trump has brought down the curtain on the Republicans’ first ever midterm convention by pleading with supporters to do him “the biggest favour” and “pretend” they are voting for him in November’s US elections.The president is facing a growing backlash over rising prices and the war in Iran. Sweeping losses for the Republican party could effectively turn Trump into a lame duck for his final two years in the White House. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/donald-trump-republican-midterm-convention", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-11T04:24:57+00:00", "score": 91.79, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "‘I’m on the ticket’: Trump implores Republicans to vote in November at unusual midterm convention", "summary": "The president demonised Democrats in an attempt to wangle votes in midterms despite backlash over Iran war
With his approval rating at a historic low, Donald Trump has brought down the curtain on the Republicans’ first ever midterm convention by pleading with supporters to do him “the biggest favour” and “pretend” they are voting for him in November’s US elections.
The president is facing a growing backlash over rising prices and the war in Iran. Sweeping losses for the Republican party could effectively turn Trump into a lame duck for his final two years in the White House.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/donald-trump-republican-midterm-convention", "image": "", "published": "Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:24:57 GMT" } }, { "id": "ba8f1def42f280c0250e73f78009cdf256d7e3c7", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "Trump doubles down on pledge of $5,000 payments if his party retains control of Congress on second night of convention – as it happened", "summary": "This live blog is now closed.Trump promise of $5,000 for US citizens after midterms decried as ‘bribery’Sign up for the US Breaking News emailThe Supreme Court has blocked a federal judge’s ruling that would’ve restored Republican-drawn congressional districts in Missouri.The decision, issued by justice Brett Kavanaugh, appeared to sound a death knell for efforts by the Missouri GOP to extract an additional Republican-leaning congressional seat for their party ahead of the midterm elections. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/10/donald-trump-republican-midterm-convention-dividend-offer-5000-vance-latest-news-updates", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-11T03:56:26+00:00", "score": 91.56, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Trump doubles down on pledge of $5,000 payments if his party retains control of Congress on second night of convention – as it happened", "summary": "This live blog is now closed.
The Supreme Court has blocked a federal judge’s ruling that would’ve restored Republican-drawn congressional districts in Missouri.
The decision, issued by justice Brett Kavanaugh, appeared to sound a death knell for efforts by the Missouri GOP to extract an additional Republican-leaning congressional seat for their party ahead of the midterm elections.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/10/donald-trump-republican-midterm-convention-dividend-offer-5000-vance-latest-news-updates", "image": "", "published": "Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:56:26 GMT" } }, { "id": "5641b79c2c2f027db9118f74b5f2fdd5142c2318", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "JD Vance pitches himself as Trump’s political heir on day two of Republican midterm convention", "summary": "Vice-president dog-whistled, exaggerated claims of success and echoed Trump talking points to excited audienceJD Vance made a clear pitch that he should be the heir to Donald Trump on Thursday night, closing out the Republicans’ midterm convention with a blistering speech that featured exaggerated claims of success, criticism of Democrats as “lunatics” and an aggressive dismissal of a protester waving a Mexican flag.Speaking in Dallas, the vice-president showed he could channel the basest instincts of his boss, filling his remarks with dog whistles and echoing Trump’s false claims that Democrats “cheered” the 7 October massacre of Israelis. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/jd-vance-republican-midterm-convention", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-11T03:52:38+00:00", "score": 91.53, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "JD Vance pitches himself as Trump’s political heir on day two of Republican midterm convention", "summary": "Vice-president dog-whistled, exaggerated claims of success and echoed Trump talking points to excited audience
JD Vance made a clear pitch that he should be the heir to Donald Trump on Thursday night, closing out the Republicans’ midterm convention with a blistering speech that featured exaggerated claims of success, criticism of Democrats as “lunatics” and an aggressive dismissal of a protester waving a Mexican flag.
Speaking in Dallas, the vice-president showed he could channel the basest instincts of his boss, filling his remarks with dog whistles and echoing Trump’s false claims that Democrats “cheered” the 7 October massacre of Israelis.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/jd-vance-republican-midterm-convention", "image": "", "published": "Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:52:38 GMT" } }, { "id": "07253d37e4abf447ef5c804f9184fc9099373ada", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "Texas reports first equine infection of New World screwworm on ranch horse", "summary": "The flesh-eating parasite had been largely eradicated, but now authorities are racing to contain an outbreak A horse in southern Texas has been infected with the New World screwworm, marking the first US equine infection as health authorities race to contain an outbreak of the flesh-eating parasite.The pest was discovered on the hind limb of a working ranch horse in Presidio county, according to a statement on Thursday from US Equestrian Foundation. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/texas-horse-screwworm-infection", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-11T02:00:08+00:00", "score": 90.62, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Texas reports first equine infection of New World screwworm on ranch horse", "summary": "The flesh-eating parasite had been largely eradicated, but now authorities are racing to contain an outbreak
A horse in southern Texas has been infected with the New World screwworm, marking the first US equine infection as health authorities race to contain an outbreak of the flesh-eating parasite.
The pest was discovered on the hind limb of a working ranch horse in Presidio county, according to a statement on Thursday from US Equestrian Foundation.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/texas-horse-screwworm-infection", "image": "", "published": "Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:00:08 GMT" } }, { "id": "d7c62736659332f184899719f73c4e534b3ae74d", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "Florida executes man in connection to Hog Trail Murders", "summary": "The execution of Daniel Owen Conahan Jr makes him the state’s 15th person executed this yearA Florida man was executed by lethal injection on Thursday after being convicted of one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the Hog Trail Murders in the 1990s.Daniel Owen Conahan Jr, 72, was sentenced to death for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling of Richard Allen Montgomery. Authorities found Montgomery’s mutilated body in a wooded south-west Florida area where the remains of at least six people have been found over a three-year span. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/florida-execution-hog-trail-murders", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T22:40:50+00:00", "score": 89.01, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Florida executes man in connection to Hog Trail Murders", "summary": "The execution of Daniel Owen Conahan Jr makes him the state’s 15th person executed this year
A Florida man was executed by lethal injection on Thursday after being convicted of one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the Hog Trail Murders in the 1990s.
Daniel Owen Conahan Jr, 72, was sentenced to death for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling of Richard Allen Montgomery. Authorities found Montgomery’s mutilated body in a wooded south-west Florida area where the remains of at least six people have been found over a three-year span.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/florida-execution-hog-trail-murders", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:40:50 GMT" } }, { "id": "7f5bf035aafa7704e534de32f8fda37a22521139", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "Trump ally resigns from post leading inquiry into alleged conspiracy against president", "summary": "Joe diGenova led investigation focused on intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in 2016 electionA longtime ally of Donald Trump resigned from his post leading a Department of Justice investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president.“Sometimes people want things done faster and that’s all you can do,” Joe diGenova said on Thursday. He appeared to be referring to concerns among other Trump loyalists that the president’s retribution cases were not moving quickly enough. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/trump-ally-resigns-president-conspiracy-inquiry", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T22:19:57+00:00", "score": 88.84, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Trump ally resigns from post leading inquiry into alleged conspiracy against president", "summary": "Joe diGenova led investigation focused on intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in 2016 election
A longtime ally of Donald Trump resigned from his post leading a Department of Justice investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president.
“Sometimes people want things done faster and that’s all you can do,” Joe diGenova said on Thursday. He appeared to be referring to concerns among other Trump loyalists that the president’s retribution cases were not moving quickly enough.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/trump-ally-resigns-president-conspiracy-inquiry", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:19:57 GMT" } }, { "id": "93c39d9f0064f123bd1cef477ea95b01a18d3fab", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "San Francisco mayor declares rent emergency as housing costs soar amid AI boom", "summary": "Median rent for one-bedroom apartment in city tops $4,495 with a national median of $1,900San Francisco’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, declared a rent emergency on Thursday, proposing reforms aimed at curbing evictions and preventing rent spikes as the city grapples with soaring apartment prices.The Bay Area city, home to a large number of high-earning tech workers, has long been one of the most expensive housing and rental markets in the country. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/san-francisco-mayor-declares-rent-emergency", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T21:34:55+00:00", "score": 88.47, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "San Francisco mayor declares rent emergency as housing costs soar amid AI boom", "summary": "Median rent for one-bedroom apartment in city tops $4,495 with a national median of $1,900
San Francisco’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, declared a rent emergency on Thursday, proposing reforms aimed at curbing evictions and preventing rent spikes as the city grapples with soaring apartment prices.
The Bay Area city, home to a large number of high-earning tech workers, has long been one of the most expensive housing and rental markets in the country.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/san-francisco-mayor-declares-rent-emergency", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:34:55 GMT" } }, { "id": "acbdb8bd2a42021c595bc1fc06a40418d399aa2d", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "US supreme court again rejects Missouri maps drawn to boost Republicans in midterms", "summary": "Latest decision appears to set the stage for the state to use its old electoral maps this yearThe US supreme court again rejected a push backed by Donald Trump to overhaul Missouri’s congressional maps in an effort to hand Republicans an edge in November’s midterm elections.Its latest ruling, after days of confusion, comes less than two months before the pivotal midterm elections in which control of the narrowly divided US House of Representatives could be determined by a handful of seats. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/missouri-redistricting-map-supreme-court-rejection", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T20:55:20+00:00", "score": 88.15, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "US supreme court again rejects Missouri maps drawn to boost Republicans in midterms", "summary": "Latest decision appears to set the stage for the state to use its old electoral maps this year
The US supreme court again rejected a push backed by Donald Trump to overhaul Missouri’s congressional maps in an effort to hand Republicans an edge in November’s midterm elections.
Its latest ruling, after days of confusion, comes less than two months before the pivotal midterm elections in which control of the narrowly divided US House of Representatives could be determined by a handful of seats.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/missouri-redistricting-map-supreme-court-rejection", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:55:20 GMT" } }, { "id": "a01621af804836d12550bfb263b3a99235cf8df6", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "US appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to restrict mail-in voting before midterms", "summary": "Court declined to put on hold injunction preventing the USPS from tightening rules around postal votingA US appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to impose sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting before November’s high-stakes midterm elections, dealing a fresh blow to the president’s attempted crackdown.The Boston-based first US circuit court of appeals declined on Thursday to put on hold an injunction issued by a lower court judge last week, preventing the US Postal Service (USPS) from tightening rules around postal voting. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/usps-mail-ballot-voting-court-ruling", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T20:31:12+00:00", "score": 87.95, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "US appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to restrict mail-in voting before midterms", "summary": "Court declined to put on hold injunction preventing the USPS from tightening rules around postal voting
A US appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to impose sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting before November’s high-stakes midterm elections, dealing a fresh blow to the president’s attempted crackdown.
The Boston-based first US circuit court of appeals declined on Thursday to put on hold an injunction issued by a lower court judge last week, preventing the US Postal Service (USPS) from tightening rules around postal voting.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/usps-mail-ballot-voting-court-ruling", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:31:12 GMT" } }, { "id": "e9b22acdaf53c191169701cdd10bdd6bd5c4e759", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "James Talarico accuses Ken Paxton of ‘ignoring’ Epstein survivors", "summary": "Democrats are targeting Trump’s relationship with Epstein as part of strategy ahead of midterm electionsJames Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, accused his rival Ken Paxton of “ignoring” survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, as Democrats seek to increase pressure on Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections.Speaking in Dallas, where Republicans are holding a midterm convention this week, Talarico appeared alongside one of Epstein’s victims at an exhibit that featured about 3.5m pages of Department of Justice’s files related to Epstein. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/james-talarico-ken-paxton-epstein-survivors", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T18:49:43+00:00", "score": 87.13, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "James Talarico accuses Ken Paxton of ‘ignoring’ Epstein survivors", "summary": "Democrats are targeting Trump’s relationship with Epstein as part of strategy ahead of midterm elections
James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, accused his rival Ken Paxton of “ignoring” survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, as Democrats seek to increase pressure on Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Speaking in Dallas, where Republicans are holding a midterm convention this week, Talarico appeared alongside one of Epstein’s victims at an exhibit that featured about 3.5m pages of Department of Justice’s files related to Epstein.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/james-talarico-ken-paxton-epstein-survivors", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:49:43 GMT" } }, { "id": "41d6b779a1781237e794955c3ffae49ef22b50da", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "Trump faces growing scrutiny over ‘profoundly concerning’ cash gifts for aides including Natalie Harp", "summary": "The payments amounted to 30% of each aide’s $150,000 annual salaryDonald Trump may have committed “serious” ethical violations by giving three officials including his close personal aide Natalie Harp cash gifts of $45,000 each, according to a former White House “ethics czar”, as a watchdog group called for an investigation.The non-partisan Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the US Office of Government Ethics over the US president’s handouts to a handful of staff, arguing that an investigation was “clearly warranted”. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/trump-cash-gifts-aides-natalie-harp", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T17:52:57+00:00", "score": 86.67, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Trump faces growing scrutiny over ‘profoundly concerning’ cash gifts for aides including Natalie Harp", "summary": "The payments amounted to 30% of each aide’s $150,000 annual salary
Donald Trump may have committed “serious” ethical violations by giving three officials including his close personal aide Natalie Harp cash gifts of $45,000 each, according to a former White House “ethics czar”, as a watchdog group called for an investigation.
The non-partisan Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the US Office of Government Ethics over the US president’s handouts to a handful of staff, arguing that an investigation was “clearly warranted”.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/trump-cash-gifts-aides-natalie-harp", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:52:57 GMT" } }, { "id": "40ca464feb48944a3e8f80340c01a0852b22051c", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "Steve Hilton vows to abolish California DMV if elected governor", "summary": "Republican calls department of motor vehicles a ‘bloated bureaucracy’ as he seeks to boost his longshot campaignThe longshot California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton pledged this week to abolish the state’s department of motor vehicles if he is elected, promising to shutter the oft-criticized department for good and set a flat $73 annual registration fee per car.Hilton, a Trump-backed former conservative pundit running in reliably blue California, called the state’s DMV a “bloated bureaucracy”, during a Tuesday campaign event, echoing the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/steve-hilton-california-abolish-dmv", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T17:12:56+00:00", "score": 86.35, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Steve Hilton vows to abolish California DMV if elected governor", "summary": "Republican calls department of motor vehicles a ‘bloated bureaucracy’ as he seeks to boost his longshot campaign
The longshot California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton pledged this week to abolish the state’s department of motor vehicles if he is elected, promising to shutter the oft-criticized department for good and set a flat $73 annual registration fee per car.
Hilton, a Trump-backed former conservative pundit running in reliably blue California, called the state’s DMV a “bloated bureaucracy”, during a Tuesday campaign event, echoing the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/steve-hilton-california-abolish-dmv", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:12:56 GMT" } }, { "id": "d3cfd1d1528bb675ae7e253819d2fddec8edfad4", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "Why David Beckham will have my vote for the US Soccer Hall of Fame | Pablo Iglesias Maurer", "summary": "The Englishman has gotten no shortage of recognition, but his contributions to the American game deserve an official titleSign up for our free newsletter hereNext spring, when the US Soccer Hall of Fame welcomes its newest class, there will be pomp and circumstance. The hall, which sits in a corner of Toyota Stadium, home of Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas, will feature the enshrineds’ signature red jackets. There will be glad-handing and speeches from players and coaches, misty-eyed reflections on their upbringings and their careers.Many involved will be American-born soccer legends, of course. Yet every once in a while, a player whose footprint extends well beyond the borders of the United States graces the stage. Such may be the case next year when the hall potentially welcomes English legend David Beckham into the fold. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/10/david-beckham-us-soccer", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T14:54:07+00:00", "score": 85.22, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "Why David Beckham will have my vote for the US Soccer Hall of Fame | Pablo Iglesias Maurer", "summary": "The Englishman has gotten no shortage of recognition, but his contributions to the American game deserve an official title
Next spring, when the US Soccer Hall of Fame welcomes its newest class, there will be pomp and circumstance. The hall, which sits in a corner of Toyota Stadium, home of Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas, will feature the enshrineds’ signature red jackets. There will be glad-handing and speeches from players and coaches, misty-eyed reflections on their upbringings and their careers.
Many involved will be American-born soccer legends, of course. Yet every once in a while, a player whose footprint extends well beyond the borders of the United States graces the stage. Such may be the case next year when the hall potentially welcomes English legend David Beckham into the fold.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/10/david-beckham-us-soccer", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:54:07 GMT" } }, { "id": "f2472cb452b1cb4a32303362663281673c20d12b", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "American democracy depends on the census. Trump is undermining it | danah boyd", "summary": "The very mechanisms that allow the census bureau to resist partisan interference are coming undone. And Congress is silentWhen the constitutional architects of the United States got together, they came up with a crazy plan: “What if we count everyone in the country and allocate political representation that way?”It was a radical act. Until then, censuses had been used by kings to levy taxes and conscript men into war. With the penning of article 1, section 2 of the US constitution, being counted ensured that states would get financial resources and political representatives. Congress was tasked with building the processes to anchor representation to the population. People wanted to be counted. And politicians wanted their people to be counted more.danah boyd is the Geri Gay professor of communication at Cornell University and the author of Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, …", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/census-trump-congress", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T12:00:35+00:00", "score": 83.82, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "American democracy depends on the census. Trump is undermining it | danah boyd", "summary": "The very mechanisms that allow the census bureau to resist partisan interference are coming undone. And Congress is silent
When the constitutional architects of the United States got together, they came up with a crazy plan: “What if we count everyone in the country and allocate political representation that way?”
It was a radical act. Until then, censuses had been used by kings to levy taxes and conscript men into war. With the penning of article 1, section 2 of the US constitution, being counted ensured that states would get financial resources and political representatives. Congress was tasked with building the processes to anchor representation to the population. People wanted to be counted. And politicians wanted their people to be counted more.
danah boyd is the Geri Gay professor of communication at Cornell University and the author of Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/census-trump-congress", "image": "", "published": "Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:35 GMT" } }, { "id": "655983c627861037564f43398e44283e3b824a42", "source_id": "guardian_us", "source": "The Guardian — US", "category": "news", "engine": "rss", "title": "We have started losing control of AI. It’s time to shut it down | Garrison Lovely", "summary": "What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our realityOn Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsibly” and that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.”As someone who’s reported on AI risk for years, this wasn’t news to me. But the outpouring of alarm suggests a much wider public is properly confronting this ludicrous situation for the first time. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/ai-control-sci-fi", "image": "", "published": "2026-09-10T11:00:23+00:00", "score": 83.33, "color": "#4be3ff", "raw": { "title": "We have started losing control of AI. It’s time to shut it down | Garrison Lovely", "summary": "What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality
On Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsibly” and that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.”
As someone who’s reported on AI risk for years, this wasn’t news to me. But the outpouring of alarm suggests a much wider public is properly confronting this ludicrous situation for the first time.
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Last week, Donald Trump suggested in an interview with the British TV channel GB News that he might not help the UK if Argentina tried again to seize the Falkland Islands. It was a new low for UK-US relations.
The “special relationship” (Winston Churchill’s phrase) was never perfect, but the UK helped the US on countless occasions, from Korea to Iraq to Afghanistan. The US often stood by the UK as well – although not during the Suez Crisis of 1956, but Ronald Reagan’s government provided significant intelligence and logistics support to Britain during the dust-up over the Falklands in 1982. That relationship is fading fast.
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As the US and Iran fought around the strait of Hormuz last week, Donald Trump issued one of his typical threats. In an interview with a Fox News correspondent, Trump said Iran would be “totally wiped out as a country” if it retaliated for the latest wave of US airstrikes.
That threat by the US president to wipe out another country generated few headlines, even during a relatively slow news week by Trump administration standards.
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Imperialism does not require a flag to be planted or a governor dispatched. It can be a powerful nation deciding who governs a smaller, weaker country, and on what terms and for whose benefit its resources will be developed. Donald Trump’s kidnapping of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, putting his deputy – Delcy Rodríguez – in his place as president, and then her signing a deal handing a fifth of the country’s proven oil reserves to the US, amount to a modern version of 19th-century gunboat diplomacy. Regime change supplied America’s commercial concession.
This won’t bother Mr Trump. But it should. The US president has oversold his neocolonial spoils. The additional production Venezuela is supposed to bring online might bring down oil prices eventually, but not anytime soon. Crucially, what Mr Trump calls “the biggest oil deal in history” won’t cause the price at the pump to fall before November’s midterms. When so many American voters are struggling to pay energy bills, it’s hard to see how unrealised Orinoco Belt riches are going to help Republican candidates.
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Lately, it seems Donald Trump’s scope of interests has narrowed to a few things: remaking downtown Washington DC in his gaudy image; wars he thinks he can win quickly and easily, even though he can’t.
Also, golf. Always golf. Ever golf.
Leander Schaerlaeckens is the author of The Long Game: U.S. Men’s Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts, which is out now. He teaches at Marist University.
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