A team of volunteers have been soliciting donations and distributing them to wildfire victims in the Pacific north-westValerie O’Dai takes a drag from her cigarette at a donation site in Bly, Oregon, black sunglasses on, ash smeared across her face. Sh…
Why the internet in Cuba has become a US political hot potato
After Havana shut down online access for 72 hours, the battle is on to keep the country connectedCubans used to joke about Napoleon Bonaparte chatting to Mikhail Gorbachev, George W Bush and Fidel Castro in the afterlife. “If I’d have had your prudence…
Charles Connor, drummer for Little Richard and music greats, dies aged 86
One of the ‘bricklayers’ who created rock’n’roll, he also worked with James Brown, Jackie Wilson and Sam CookeCharles Connor, who was a drummer for Little Richard and other music greats including James Brown and Sam Cooke, has died aged 86.Connor’s dau…
Progressive Democrats call on own party to extend evictions moratorium – live
Three congresswoman sleep on steps of Capitol in protest‘We cannot in good faith [just] blame the Republican party’Donald Trump’s money hustling tricks prompt fresh scrutiny 2.52pm BST The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said the fe…
US senators unveil text of $1tn bipartisan infrastructure bill
The 2,700-page bill will launch what is certain to be a lengthy debate over Joe Biden’s big priorityUS senators have unveiled a nearly $1tn bipartisan infrastructure package after much delay, wrapping up days of painstaking work on the inches-thick bil…
Jobs threat at UK defence supplier Meggitt as it agrees £6.3bn takeover
Engineering firm, which operates in aerospace and energy markets, backs deal with Parker HannifinJobs are under threat at the British aerospace firm Meggitt after it agreed a £6.3bn takeover deal from US rival Parker Hannifin, in the latest approach fo…
Why right to repair matters – according to a farmer, a medical worker, a computer store owner
Biden’s recent executive order makes taking action on the strict rules imposed by manufacturers a priority, affecting workers across several industriesA tractor. A refrigerator. A smartphone. A ventilator. They may not seem to have much in common, but …
Climate crisis has cost Colorado billions – now it wants oil firms to pick up the bill
ExxonMobil and Suncor face lawsuits in the western state but big oil’s apologists say the US consumer is to blame for emissionsMore than a decade after the Fourmile Canyon blaze drove even the firefighters out of Gold Hill, blackened hillsides and scor…
Want to make Jim Jordan sing about the Capitol attack? Ask Jefferson Davis | Sidney Blumenthal
The Ohio Republican admits he spoke to Trump the day the Confederate flag flew in Congress. Aptly, the investigation of John Brown’s raid sets precedent for what must happen nextWhat did Jim Jordan know about the insurrection and when?The House select …
‘A one-man scam Pac’: Trump’s money hustling tricks prompt fresh scrutiny
The ex-president has built an arsenal of groups staffed with ex-officials and loyalists seemingly aimed at sustaining his political hopes for a comebackDonald Trump’s penchant for turning his political and legal troubles into fundraising schemes has lo…