Defense tech companies will weather the shutdown. But what happens next?

From DOGE’s initial descent to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, defense contractors are weathering policy changes at different rates during the first leg of the second Trump administration.…

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Guardian reporter Hilary Andersson reports from the Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester where Tremane Wood, 46, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday. In an extraordinary turn of…

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US presses for approval of UN resolution on Gaza as Russia offers rival proposal

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Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against a western NY city’s sanctuary city policies

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New FDA-approved eye drop aims to help adults with age-related vision issues

There is a new FDA-approved eye drop on the market called Vizz. This once-daily, prescription eye drop is said to help combat presbyopia, otherwise known as age-related blurry vision. Drugmaker…

Appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of Ahmaud Arbery's killers

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of the three men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them…

The Guardian view on Trump and Epstein: the truth about Maga and its conspiracy theories | Editorial

It is 20 years since Florida police first investigated the financier Jeffrey Epstein for the sexual abuse of underage girls; six years since he killed himself in prison following his…

Marjorie Taylor Greene addresses Epstein files: "The government will not protect the predators"

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to “CBS Mornings” about the push to release the Epstein files. She was one of four Republicans that joined Democrats to secure a House vote…

Trump is pushing 50-year mortgages. Talk about short-term thinking | Arwa Mahdawi

Would you like to buy a crumbling shack for $2m? Well then, you’re in luck, because that just about sums up the state of the housing market right now. Housing,…

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