NEW: Around 4 months after being detained and nearly deported by the Trump admin, Mohsen Mahdawi returned to Columbia University on Tuesday. In his first interview since being back, Mahdawi tells me he'll "continue to work for peace and justice". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: Hockey fans were bombarded with gambling logos and adverts – sometimes as often as every 13 seconds – during TV coverage of high-profile games earlier this year, according to exclusive research shared with the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: A federal judge in Vermont has just ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and student at Columbia University who was detained and ordered deported by the Trump administration April 14. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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...

Mahmoud Khalil: “My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza... It is our moral imperative to persist in the struggle for their complete freedom.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

"I am a political prisoner," Mahmoud Khalil says in his first statement since being detained www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

EXCLUSIVE: In his first public remarks since being detained by federal immigration authorities, Mahmoud Khalil criticizes the conditions in US detention and says he is being targeted by the Trump administration for his political beliefs. Read here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEW: Betar US, a far-right pro-Israel group who claimed credit for the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, told me that they've created a "deportation list" and say they submitted “thousands of names” to Trump administration officials for similar treatment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In letters obtained by the Guardian, gambling giants told a prominent US senator that their controversial VIP programs were “not designed” to prompt frequent bettors to bet more. But problem gambling advocates are skeptical. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...