"'They spit, we hit.' Is that OK? I think so, they spit – it’s a new thing – ‘They spit, we hit’ ... I say it here, you can get out of that car and you do whatever the hell you want to do”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... via @neonflag.bsky.social

Democratic members of Congress are finding abuses when they tour immigration detention centers. Now, Trump is making it harder for them to get in, impeding their legal rights to spot inspections. Inside this battle: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Minnesotans are here in line to pay their respects to the Hortmans, who are laying in state at the Capitol this afternoon.

In New York this week, Zohran Mamdani decared victory in a mayoral primary race that Democrats will have watched carefully. How did the "political nobody" beat the establishment Andrew Cuomo? @rachelleingang.bsky.social and @moiradonegan.bsky.social discuss it all open.spotify.com/episode/1VBF...

A main street in Gaza City, before and after, in the eyes of the people who live there: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Natalie Phelps, a 43-year-old mom of two, has stage 4 colorectal cancer. She has tried every available treatment. Her cancer "exploded" in recent months. A clinical trial at NIH offers a lifeline. But staff cuts at NIH are delaying her care. She doesn't have time. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Cataloguing the state of the opposition movement 100 days into the second Trump administration: “The fact that it’s ordinary people from across the country actually gives the protests more authenticity.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Minnesota is at the center of a sauna renaissance. As a winter-hater, I tried to get into saunas and the accompanying cold plunges to see if I could enjoy the season. (Quite a departure from what I normally cover.) www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Reported from my hometown this week on the trial against Greenpeace, where seating a jury without ties to the fossil fuel industry or strong biases against the Dakota Access pipeline protests proved impossible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Across the country, Republican lawmakers are eroding church and state separation by passing laws that favor Christianity. They want these laws to go before the US Supreme Court to overturn separation entirely. We zoom in on Oklahoma to show what this looks like. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

A clear and straightforward breakdown of the likely effects of federal worker firings in the past month, from @rachelleingang.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Energy Transfer’s $300m trial against Greenpeace begins on Monday - a classic SLAPP suit by a major Trump donor which seeks to rewrite the Indigenous-led Standing Rock protests and could have a chilling effect on free speech By me & @rachelleingang.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I spoke with Jo Ellis, a Virginia National Guard helicopter pilot who was falsely named as the pilot in the DC crash. “I became collateral damage, just like so many other trans people that are being unnecessarily targeted.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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