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Trump administration

  • a composite image showing a man in a suit and a university campus

    Trump administration
    US attorney tells Georgetown law he won’t hire from any school with DEI

  • Man looks at camera

    Foreign policy
    US suspends aid to South Africa after Trump order

  • a seal for the national endowment for the arts on a building facade

    Arts
    US arts funding agency sued over Trump order targeting LGBTQ+ projects

  • people hold signs that read 'i am stealing from you' 'Musk hates cancer research' and 'no one voted for Elon Musk'

    Doge
    ‘Little agency that could’ cheered for act of resistance against Trump and Musk

In focus

  • composite image of circles overlaid on top of each other, featuring images of elon musk with a chainsaw, a wildfire, a hurricane, destruction in gaza and donald trump

    Crisis after crisis
    What is this era of calamity we’re in? Some say ‘polycrisis’ captures it

  • Members of protocol put up the Ukrainian flag prior to the arrival of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels

    Analysis
    American severance may be averted, but Europe’s leaders must fear the worst

    Head-spinning speed of events leaves EU adapting at pace while trying to infer Trump’s possible geo-strategic aims
  • Cartoon-like illustration of a meat and potato dish.

    Meat alternatives
    This food researcher is on a mission to make fake meat taste better. Will she succeed?

    Caroline Cotto’s research group taste-tests meat alternatives so plant-based companies can attract new customers – and help the climate

Spotlight

  • Lady Gaga.

    Music
    Lady Gaga: Mayhem review – a fabulous return to her freaky first principles

    After some noteworthy musical and cinematic misfires, Gaga gets back to her core themes of sex, sleaze and celebrity on an album that sounds not retro, but relevant
  • Blanchett in Tár.

    Ranked
    From Ripley to Ragnarok: Cate Blanchett’s 20 best film performances – ranked

  • Roman Banks (centre), in the lead role of Michael Jackson, performs during a media preview of the Tony Award-winning MJ The Musical, at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in Sydney, New South Wales, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

    Music
    How MJ the Musical sanitised Michael Jackson’s story: ‘Can we really sit in a theatre and pretend?’

    MJ the Musical has already made millions for Jackson’s estate. But as the Broadway hit opens in Australia and the estate prepares to face two of Jackson’s alleged victims in court, fans may ask: is buying a ticket OK?
  • ‘Am I worried that if Blue loves my boyfriend more, it is a sign that I am fundamentally unlovable and will eventually be abandoned by everyone I care about?’

    Well actually
    I think my cat likes my partner more. What should I do?

    The signs that a cat likes you are fairly obvious. Here’s how to strengthen your bond with a pet if you think they prefer your partner more
    • G2: Moya Crockett on child to parent abuse

      Parenting
      ‘My child would use anything as a weapon’: the parents who live in fear of their offspring

    • film still of woman in a leather jacket and white dress holding a camera

      Film
      Picture This review – Bridgerton star can’t save tinny romcom

    • Older woman standing on stack of books

      Books
      If you only read one book this year … make it this one!

    • Painting: William Merritt Chase - The Young Orphan (1884)/Alamy

      Leading questions
      I just turned 40 and my life is not what I hoped for. How can I make it better for myself?

Opinion

  • Physical coins with pictures of trump and the "doge" dog

    Musk calls social security a ‘Ponzi scheme’. The real con is what Trump’s peddling

    Robert Reich
    Social security is a highly efficient safety net. But the president’s crypto plans and job cuts leave Americans holding the bag
  • Daily life in Gaza<br>GAZA CITY, GAZA - MARCH 05: Palestinians try to continue their daily lives in rubble of buildings or their makeshift tents on the fifth day of Ramadan at the Bureij Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on March 05, 2025. With the end of the first phase of the ceasefire and prisoner and hostage swap deal in Gaza, Palestinians are concerned that Israel will continue its attacks. (Photo by Moiz Salhi/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Trump is suspending aid to Ukraine – but he’s rolling over for Israel

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • Patrick Schwarzenegger

    Nepo babies should do what they want. Except complain to the rest of us

    Rebecca Shaw
    After years of this discussion my patience is wearing thin
  • Government cuts<br>EMBARGOED TO 0001 SUNDAY APRIL 10 FiLe photo dated 30/05/15 of books on a bookshelf. Scottish Labour has accused the SNP of "gutting local communities" after new analysis revealed cuts to local government have led to libraries losing out on more than £250 million in the last decade. Issue date: Sunday April 10, 2022. PA Photo. The party has cited figures from the Improvement Service's Local Government Benchmarking Framework, which showed that by 2020/21, real-terms cumulative cuts to the net expenditure on libraries had hit £257,125,000 over the last 10 years. See PA story SCOTLAND Libraries. Photo credit should read: Ryan Phillips/PA Wire

    I have been an AI researcher for 40 years. What tech giants are doing to book publishing is akin to theft

    Toby Walsh
    Companies claim this is ‘fair use’. I think it’s a digital heist
    • person wearing red speaks into speakerphone in front of building among crowd of people

      Republicans want corporate oligarchy. We need economic democracy

      Rashida Tlaib and Michael A McCarthy
    • Joe Hinchliffe

      Fallen trees, howling wind and drunken parrots: bracing for Alfred in Australia, I remember another Queensland cyclone

      Joe Hinchliffe
    • Canada's PM, Justin Trudeau, speaks about US tariffs in Ottawa on 4 March 2025.

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline

    • A woman in jeans and a plaid shirt fixes a large curved tusk onto a stuffed woolly mammoth museum display

      Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible

      Adam Rutherford

Sports

  • Joshua Zirkzee celebrates after giving Manchester United the lead against Real Sociedad

    Europa League
    Zirkzee helps Manchester United earn hard-fought draw at Sociedad

    Joshua Zirkzee gave Manchester United the lead before Mikel Oyarzabal levelled for Real Sociedad with a penalty in a 1-1 draw
  • FILE - Denver Broncos outside linebackers coach Michael Wilhoite takes the field before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Jan. 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt, File)

    NFL
    Broncos fire assistant coach after allegedly punching officer in face

    The Denver Broncos have fired one of their assistant coaches after he was accused of punching a police officer in the face
  • A video board at Allegiant Stadium displays a message that the game has been stopped due to discriminatory chanting during the second half of the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Semifinal between the United States and Mexico in 2023.

    Mexico’s anti-gay chant was a bad joke – now it’s a problem

    Jon Arnold
    An anti-gay slur at San Diego FC’s home debut prompted a strong response from the club. They’re not the first ones forced to address a tired trope
    • Chargers Bosa Football<br>FILE - Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Joey Bosa (97) drinks water before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sept. 8, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)

      NFL
      Chargers release five-time Pro Bowler Bosa after nine seasons

    • person wearing red snowboards past red Olympic flag

      News
      FBI offers $10m reward for ex-Olympic snowboarder turned drug kingpin

    • BIG3 - Week Four<br>FRISCO, TX - JULY 10: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf #7 of the 3 Headed Monsters looks on during warmups prior to the game against the Enemies in BIG3 Week 4 at Comerica Center on July 10, 2022 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images for BIG3)

      Charles Barkley calls athletes who won’t visit Trump’s White House ‘stupid’. I disagree

      Etan Thomas
    • Lauren Price, Natasha Jones, Cindy Ngamba

      ‘It shows how far we’ve come’
      Women’s boxing powers its way to the Royal Albert Hall

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Climate crisis

  • a monarch butterfly rests on leaves

    US
    Butterfly population in US shrinking by 22% over last 20 years, study shows

  • Clouds of steam and buildings in silhouette

    US political financing
    Big oil is waging ‘biggest campaign of political interference in US history’, senator says

  • A composite illustration showing land covered with oil towers, protestors and circles with figures in them

    Environment
    Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels

  • sea ice

    Climate crisis
    Global sea ice hit record low in February, scientists say

Across the country

  • Illustration of man with American flag peeking through detention window

    US immigration
    He was tortured in Turkey. Then he faced a US immigration judge who almost never grants asylum

    Harrowing story of ‘ES’, fleeing persecution to seek safety in US, shines light on judges who grant claims at exceptionally low rates – or not at all
  • a man in a suit stands and shouts in a room full of people

    Al Green
    Ten Democrats join Republicans to vote to censure Al Green over Trump speech

  • women standing with umbrellas

    California
    California brings new state reparations bills amid Trump onslaught on DEI: ‘The fight for justice’

  • people wearing keffiyehs hold Palestinian flags outside a university

    New York
    Columbia University investigates students critical of Israel amid Trump’s threats

    • Republicans
      GOP budget goals impossible without Medicare and Medicaid cuts, budget office says

    • US
      US judges alarmed over rise in violent threats as Trump and Musk lambast them

    • US
      Pamela Bach, Baywatch actor and David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife, dies

    • Weather
      Six dead as severe winter storms and wildfires wreak havoc across US

    • US politics
      Democratic senators call for inquiry into Musk agency’s firings of federal workers

    • Music
      DJ Funk, trailblazing Chicago ghetto house producer, dies aged 54

Around the world

  • Caroline Darian

    France
    Dominique Pelicot’s daughter files legal complaint of sexual abuse by father

  • vans and police outside

    Germany
    Five jailed for far-right plot to overthrow German government

    • Archaeology
      Ancient Dorset burial site raises questions over age of Stonehenge

    • Baliceaux
      St Vincent and the Grenadines buys island central to Garifuna culture

    • Global development
      World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh

    • Donald Trump
      Majority of western Europeans think Trump is threat to peace, survey finds

    • Media
      BBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised content

    • Denmark
      Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 90% drop in numbers

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Paris Saint-Germain v Liverpool FC - UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Round of 16 First Leg<br>PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 05: Harvey Elliott of Liverpool celebrates with team mate Alisson Becker after the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Round of 16 first leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool FC at Parc des Princes on March 05, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Liverpool’s remarkable night in Paris and Bayern buoyant – Football Weekly Extra

  • Donald Trump

    Politics Weekly UK
    Is Trump’s America still an ally to the UK? – Politics Weekly UK

  • Still image of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander on its third lunar orbit.

    Science
    Moon missions, Musk v scientists, sperm and longevity – podcast

  • A silhouette of a woman texting in the dark

    Today in Focus
    Exposed: listening in on a $35m phone scam – podcast

  • PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal FC - UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Round of 16 First Leg, Netherlands - 04 Mar 2025<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by EYE4images/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock (15179130la) Arsenal midfielder Ethan Nwaneri plays during the match between PSV and Arsenal at the Philips Stadium for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, 1st leg, in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on March 4, 2025. PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal FC - UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Round of 16 First Leg, Netherlands - 04 Mar 2025

    Football Weekly
    Arsenal’s magnificent seven goals set up Madrid quarter-final – Football Weekly

Culture

  • He had it coming … Dylan Moran in Shaun of the Dead.

    Film
    Warning: if your name is David, you won’t survive a horror movie

    A survey has revealed the most likely characters to be killed off before the end credits. Actors would be ill-advised to take on any Davids, Hollys or Dicks
  • Michael Fassbender stars as George Woodhouse in Black Bag.

    Review
    Black Bag review – Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett intrigue in marital espionage

  • Anora thong. Anora merchandise from Neon

    Anora
    T-shirts, thongs and perfect twerking: Anora spent $18m on marketing – three times its budget

  • A still from Chaos: The Manson Murders

    Film
    ‘A certain kind of chaos’: Errol Morris unpacks Charles Manson theories

  • Seth Meyers speaking next to a picture of Donald Trump

    Late-night TV roundup
    Seth Meyers on Trump’s address to Congress: ‘Interminable and excruciating’

  • How far would you go for the shot? … a flooding river in the Highlands.

    Culture
    ‘One slip and I’d be lost in the flood’: shocking report reveals dangers of jobs in the arts

Lifestyle

  • Composite of four of the catwalk looks for Chloé

    Paris fashion week
    Chloé goes with the flow in Paris as it unveils ‘romantic’ boho chic

  • DATD - Dave Beedie (left) and Laurence Foster from Bristol.<br>Pics - Adrian Sherratt - 07976 237651 DATD - Dave Beedie (left) and Laurence Foster from Bristol meet at Cappadocia (7 Feb 2025).

    Dining across the divide
    ‘I was expecting a staunch Tory, pro death-penalty, climate nihilist’

    One is a former conservative voter, the other finds Starmer too rightwing. Can they agree on the death penalty, net zero and taxing the rich?
  • Models walk in a line at the Stella McCartney show in Paris

    Fashion
    High hemlines and power shoulders: Stella McCartney goes full-on 80s glamour in Paris

    British designer’s fashion week show Laptop to Lapdance attracts stars such as Kate Moss and Cameron Diaz

Well actually

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    Well actually
    I want to host more parties, but what if nobody will come?

  • An illustration showing a woman sitting at a table looking longingly at a croissant. There is a DQ sign in the background as well as a large phone screen that an article about body neutrality.

    Well actually
    ‘I had fantasies about how it would eventually serve me’: my struggle with disordered eating

  • ‘People in their 70s often say that they don’t feel old, and the reason for it is that they don’t meet the definition of old we often use.’

    Well actually
    How do I stay healthy in my 70s?

  • A person's body is covered in a rash, measles.

    Well actually
    Measles outbreak: how contagious is it and what are the symptoms?

documentaries
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Take part

  • Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, 1 Febuary, 2025.

    Canadians
    How is the Trump administration affecting politics in Canada and in your community?

  • Close up of college students writing in notebooks at a desk

    US student debt
    Tell us: how you have been impacted by the change to US student loan repayments?

  • Victims fell for fake celebrity adverts on Facebook and Google.

    Scams
    Have you seen a scam online advert promoting fake crypto schemes?

  • Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC.

    US DEI professionals
    How have Trump’s executive orders affected your work?

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From our global editions

  • Zhenhao Zou

    UK
    ‘They suffer in silence’: case of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou highlights barriers to justice for east Asian women in UK

  • JRR Tolkien.

    Exclusive
    ‘Reduced to nonsense’: JRR Tolkien’s irritation with typist revealed in archive

  • Primary schoolchildren in a classroom

    UK
    The English schools looking to dispel ‘doom and gloom’ around AI

  • A young woman in a colourful top sits on a large rock by a beach

    The real cost of cruises
    ‘The entire coastline will be cemented over’: the tiny Italian town set to become a dock for giant cruise ships

In case you missed it

  • An illustration of a young person with disheveled hair, the alleged leader of the Zizians, Ziz.

    Silicon Valley
    They wanted to save us from a dark AI future. Then six people were killed

  • From top, clockwise: Married to the Mob, Head of State, A Knight’s Tale, Burlesque, Notting Hill

    Film
    Guardian writers on their ultimate feelgood movies: ‘Instantly uplifts my mood’

    Our writers highlight the films they find endlessly rewatchable, including Notting Hill, The Wedding Singer and Mamma Mia!
  • Illustration showing South Pacific island scene with a portrait of Noah Musingku in front.

    The long read
    In search of the South Pacific fugitive who crowned himself king

    Noah Musingku made a fortune with a Ponzi scheme and then retreated to a remote armed compound in the jungle, where he still commands the loyalty of his Bougainville subjects
  • a woman sits in a tent looking ahead

    Women
    The untold stories of female climbers summiting the world’s tallest peaks

  • One dollar bill on leaf

    US politics
    Packed Pacs: how billionaires in the US are bankrolling Republicans at the state level

  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone

    Analysis
    Trump’s NIH pick makes pitch for good science – in this administration?

  • workers inside the NYSE

    Analysis
    Hopes of US golden age fade as investors start to worry about ‘Trumpcession’ risk

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    Fashion
    From Big Red Boots to a Microscopic Handbag, MSCHF’s viral designs

  • Posters for (from left) Alien, Vertigo and The Shining.

    Posters
    Give it a Polish! Classic film posters with a twist

  • Gordon and Jim, with Gordon’s mother Margot, San Diego, 1987, by Sage Sohier.

    My best shot
    Gordon and Jim after coming out to Gordon’s mum: Sage Sohier’s best photograph

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    Photo gallery
    Democrats protest as Elon Musk salutes: Trump’s address to Congress

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