Monthly Archives: June 2025

2025.06.30

Trump’s justice department issues directive to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for civil offenses
Memo says those subjected to civil proceedings are not entitled to an attorney like they are in criminal cases
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/trump-birthright-citizenship-naturalized-citizens

15 Hmong Minnesotans face deportation over convictions, some decades old
More Hmong Americans are facing deportation over past convictions, after the Trump administration increased pressure on Laos to approve travel visas.
by Katelyn Vue
https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/hmong-deportation-ice-minnesota-laos/

Throwing their bodies on the gears: the Democratic lawmakers showing up to resist Trump
Republicans may literally own social media platforms, but some Democrats are buying back legitimacy with protests
George Chidi
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/democrats-trump-resistance

Zohran Mamdani won by being himself – and his victory has revealed the Islamophobic ugliness of others
Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/zohran-mamdani-new-york-islamophobia-us-politics

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner was deemed the ‘safest’ of planes. The whistleblowers were always less sure
Theo Leggett
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyq7vgq2e5o

‘Every word has come back to haunt me’: China cracks down on women who write gay erotica
Yi Ma BBC News Reporting from London
Eunice Yang BBC Chinese
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c056nle2drno

2025.06.29

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
Oliver Milman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/lone-star-ticks-increase-climate-crisis

‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered
The company’s rollout of its new driverless cars has gotten off to a wobbly start – and rival Waymo remains well ahead
Nick Robins-Early, Dara Kerr and Johana Bhuiyan
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/29/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi

Tens of thousands defy Hungary’s ban on Pride in protest against Orbán
Crackdown on Pride is part of effort to curb democratic freedoms ahead of a hotly-contested election next year
Lili Rutai in Budapest, and Ashifa Kassam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/tens-of-thousands-defy-hungarys-ban-on-pride-in-protest-against-orban

‘Proud to be gay’: K-pop star on coming out to the world
Yvette Tan BBC News Reporting fromSingapore
Juna Moon BBC Korean
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5kx7wn1nzo

Modern marvel or concrete ‘blob’? Inside LA’s divisive $700m art gallery
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new building has been a decade in the making and has long vexed critics, but its CEO hopes to turn things around
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/28/lacma-new-art-gallery-tour

Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Thai-style tossed walnut and tempeh noodles
Rice noodles topped with a rubble of tempeh and walnuts and tossed in garlic oil and a sweet, salty and tangy hot sauce
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/28/vegan-thai-walnut-and-tempeh-noodles-recipe-meera-sodha

America’s dive bars are disappearing. Montana didn’t get the memo
The state boasts cozy venues featuring buffalo mounts, barbecue and bras on the wall – but the mark of a great bar is always the people
Janie Osborne
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/28/montana-dive-bars

2025.06.28

From soul food to Little Mekong Market to Pride, a jam-packed Twin Cities weekend
Twin Cities events will celebrate Pride, Indigenous fashion, and food from the African and Southeast Asian diasporas this weekend.by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/things-to-do-twin-cities-pride-soul-food-little-mekong-night-market/

Bringing back the ‘gayborhood’ in Loring Park: New Pride Cultural Arts Center debuts
Sam Stroozas
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/27/twin-cities-pride-cultural-arts-center-opens-in-minneapolis

Sven Sundgaard: Heat dome loosens its grip; several rounds of severe storms possible
Cooler air arrives in the East and Midwest, but repeated rounds of storms will continue on the northern edge of the retreating heat dome.
Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-weather/sven-sundgaard-heat-dome-loosens-its-grip-several-rounds-of-severe-storms-possible

Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’
Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after defense department says it will drop irreplaceable program
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/noaa-cuts-hurricane-forecasting-climate

Federal agents blast way into California home of woman and small children
Security footage shows agents setting off explosive device and shattering window of family home in Huntington Park
Dara Kerr
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/california-home-raid-huntington-park

Killed ex-Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman lies in state alongside husband and dog
Minnesotans lined up outside the state capitol to pay their respects to the house speaker assassinated in her home
Rachel Leingang in St Paul, Minnesota
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/melissa-hortman-lies-in-state-minnesota

Wall Street shivers over ‘hot commie summer’ after Mamdani’s success
New York’s financial elite compare the city to crime-riddled Gotham after democratic socialist bests Cuomo in Democratic mayoral primary
Edward Helmore in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/hot-commie-summer-zohran-mamdani

Beautiful, isolated and expensive: US expats on life in New Zealand
Americans are showing renewed interest in moving to NZ. Those who have made the leap love its free healthcare and natural beauty, but warn fleeing is not a ‘golden parachute’
Eva Corlett in Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/beautiful-isolated-and-expensive-us-expats-on-life-in-new-zealand

Summer sizzlers! It’s the 20 hottest TV shows of the season
Steamy love affairs! Joanna Lumley as the Addams Family gran! Liz Hurley’s big cash giveaway! Here are all the best shows coming your way
Kate Abbott and Alexi Duggins
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/27/summer-sizzlers-its-the-20-hottest-tv-shows-of-the-season

From mochi ice cream to strawberry sandos, Japanese sweet treats are tickling UK tastebuds
These small, joyful indulgences are ‘an antidote to life’s uncertainties’, food trend watchers say
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/28/mochi-ice-cream-strawberry-sandos-japanese-sweet-treats-uk

2025.06.27

Bill Moyers, Lyndon Johnson press chief and celebrated broadcaster, dies at 91
Moyers, who served as Johnson’s press secretary for two years, became one of television’s most revered journalists
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/bill-moyers-broadcaster-dies

Road rash: Construction to close 3 major interstates this weekend
Road and bridge projects will shut down I-494 in Bloomington and Richfield, I-35W in Richfield, and I-94 in St. Paul between Friday night and Monday morning.
Author: Dana Thiede
https://www.kare11.com/article/traffic/traffic-nightmare-stretches-of-3-major-interstates-closed-this-weekend/89-76c556df-9be4-4dfa-952c-e77d6978230c

Wild, safe and sober: An antique mall in Fridley centers the queer community
Married couple David Wenzel and Joshua Larson are co-owners of Wild Things Antiques in Fridley, pictured here on June 16. “It’s very important to us that our identity as a queer couple was going to be on the forefront of what we were doing as a business,” Larson says.
Alex V. Cipolle
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/26/wild-safe-and-sober-an-antique-mall-in-fridley-centers-the-queer-community

Fireball in the sky as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas
Possible meteor rattled windows in three states, with a fragment crashing through the roof of a house near Atlanta
George Chidi in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/fireball-meteor-georgia-north-south-carolina

Six arrested at protest of Palantir, tech company building deportation software for Trump admin
Six of demonstrators were arrested at protest against the company’s work for Ice to help deport people from the US
Johana Bhuiyan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/trump-palantir-protest-arrests

Elizabeth Warren presses oil companies on tax break lobbying for Senate bill
Democratic senator leads calls for answers over provision that could cut fossil fuel firms’ income tax to zero
Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/elizabeth-warren-oil-companies-tax-break-lobbying

Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood
Decision could embolden red states in US to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid funds
Carter Sherman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/supreme-court-planned-parenthood-decision

RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move
Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rfk-flu-shot-vaccines-panel

Group of high-profile authors sue Microsoft over use of their books in AI training
Writers alleged that company used nearly 200,000 pirated books to train its Megatron artificial intelligence
Guardian staff and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/26/microsoft-ai-authors-lawsuit

Cuomo to stay in New York mayoral race despite Mamdani besting him in primary – report
Ex-governor failed to secure Democratic nomination this week but still plans to run on ‘Fight and Delivery’ ballot line
Edward Helmore in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/cuomo-new-york-mayor-race-mamdani

Zohran Mamdani has struck a blow to the Democratic party’s passivity
Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party

Superman to I Know What You Did Last Summer: 10 of the best films to watch this July
Nicholas Barber
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250625-10-of-the-best-films-to-watch-this-july

2025.06.26

Mamdani’s defeat of Cuomo offers Democrats a path out of the wilderness
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-election-democrats

Zohran Mamdani offered New Yorkers a political revolution – and won
Bhaskar Sunkara
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/25/zohran-mamdani-offered-a-political-revolution-and-won

Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals
Rafael Behr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/25/donald-trump-angry-middle-east-ukraine

Dollar falls to three-year low after report Trump may name next Fed chair early
US president has clashed with incumbent Jerome Powell, whose term is due to run for 11 more months
Joanna Partridge
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/26/us-dollar-falls-to-three-year-low-after-report-trump-may-name-next-fed-chair-early

Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence
At hearing, US attorney general claims she’s unaware of reports that officials have hid their faces during roundups
Robert Tait in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/ag-pam-bondi-ice-masks-raids

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/immigration-officers-wearing-masks

RFK Jr’s new CDC vaccine panel holds first meeting amid controversy
Health secretary unilaterally appointed ACIP’s eight new members, several of which are critical of immunizations
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/cdc-vaccine-panel-rfk-acip

RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants
Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skeptics
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rfk-jr-vaccine-panel-rsv-treatment-infants

Costa Rican court orders government to free migrants who were deported by US
About 200 people were brought to the country in February under an agreement with the Trump administration
Agence France-Press in San José
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/25/costa-rica-court-deportations-trump

BBC to start charging US-based consumers for news and TV coverage
‘Premium experience’ for US users will include BBC News livestream as broadcaster looks overseas for income boost
Michael Savage Media editor
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/26/bbc-usa-paid-subscription-news

California vice-mayor under fire after allegedly urging gangs to ‘organize’ over Ice
Cynthia Gonzalez of Cudahy appeared to call on street gangs for ‘help’ amid immigration raids in Los Angeles
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/california-vice-mayor-cynthia-gonzalez-ice

James Webb telescope captures direct images of Saturn-sized exoplanet
TWA 7b is 110 light years away and by far the smallest-mass planet to be observed by direct imagery
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/25/james-webb-space-telescope-first-direct-images-exoplanet

A dog cemetery would not be treated like this’: the fight to preserve Black burial grounds in the US
In the absence of federal oversight, Black communities band together to stave off development on historic resting places
Melissa Hellmann
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/black-burial-grounds

Local News
Mikayla Raines, founder of Minnesota’s Save A Fox rescue, dies at 29, husband says
By Stephen Swanson
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/mikayla-raines-dies-save-a-fox-rescue/

DOC updates Stillwater prison closing
Commissioner Paul Schnell says inmate transfers to other facilities have already begun, while decisions on what programs remain at Stillwater are being made.
Author: Dana Thiede
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/doc-updates-stillwater-prison-closing/89-7f18c013-a18f-415c-b880-e81e6e91ef81

Well! There’s a name you don’t see every day:  Patches Magickbeans
Man charged in North Shore tunnel crash that injured two construction workers
Estelle Timar-Wilcox
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/25/man-charged-north-shore-tunnel-crash-injured-two-construction-workers

Employment opportunities on the rise in Rochester
By Aaliyah Demry
https://www.kttc.com/2025/06/25/employment-opportunities-rise-rochester/

‘A belter of a movie’: Guardian readers’ best films of 2025 so far
From repressive military regimes in I’m Still Here to funny French teenage delinquents in Holy Cow, readers pick films that have moved them this year
Guardian readers
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/25/a-belter-of-a-movie-guardian-readers-best-films-of-2025-so-far

Mel Brooks turns 99: the comedy icon’s best films – ranked!
Following the announcement of a sequel to Spaceballs, we assess the film-maker’s funniest movies, from the Hitchcock spoof High Anxiety to the impeccable Young Frankenstein
By Anne Billson
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/26/mel-brooks-ranked-movies

The Bear season four review – finally becoming the show it was always destined to be
It’s outgrown the ‘Yes, chef!’ rages and screaming matches in the pantry and morphed into something more tender, beautiful – and endlessly moving. Let the happy tears flow
Jack Seale
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/26/the-bear-season-four-review-finally-becoming-the-show-it-was-always-destined-to-be

‘Intense’ novel about robot abused by her boyfriend/owner wins Arthur C Clarke science fiction award
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer wins £2,025 for ‘compelling tale that, like all good stories about robots, is ultimately about the human condition’
Lucy Knight
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/25/arthur-c-clarke-science-fiction-award-annie-bot-sierra-greer

Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/26/unheard-works-by-erik-satie-to-premiere-100-years-after-his-death

How to turn the whole carrot into a Moroccan-spiced stew – recipe
Save those bright green carrot tops from the compost bin by whizzing them up into a spicy sauce for topping a North African-spiced carrot stew
Tom Hunt
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/25/how-to-turn-the-whole-carrot-from-leaf-to-root-into-a-moroccan-spiced-stew-recipe-zero-waste-cooking

2025.06.25

Zohran Mamdani declares historic victory in New York City mayoral primary after Cuomo concedes
‘Tonight is his night,’ says ex-governor as progressive state representative tells supporters ‘we made history’
‘We made history’: Mamdani celebrates after shocking Cuomo in New York City mayoral primary – US politics live
Adam Gabbatt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-york-mayoral-primary-results

Who is Zohran Mamdani?
Nada Tawfik and Rachel Hagan
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2rgzye9no

Union leaders’ exit from DNC exposes ‘mind-boggling’ tensions inside Democratic party
Lee Saunders and Randi Weingarten say party not standing up for working people amid ‘existential battle’ under Trump
Steven Greenhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/dnc-union-leaders-democratic-party

CDC vaccine report cites study that does not exist, says scientist listed as author
Robert Berman, cited in report on preservative thimerosal, says he ‘doesn’t endorse this misrepresentation of research’
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/cdc-vaccine-presentation-autism

RFK Jr grilled on vaccine policies and healthcare fraud in bruising House hearing
US health secretary faced hours of questioning over budget cuts and accusations he lied to senators
Joseph Gedeon in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/rfk-congress-hearing-vaccines

DoJ leader suggested defying courts over deportations, whistleblower says
Trump ally Emil Bove reportedly said the justice department would consider telling courts ‘fuck you’
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/emil-bove-justice-department-whistleblower

Man charged in bombing of Palm Springs fertility clinic dies in prison
Daniel Park, 32, was accused of supplying chemicals to the bomber, Guy Edward Barktus, who died in May explosion
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/california-fertility-clinic-bombing-death-prison

Quebec provides universal childcare for less than $7 a day. Here’s what the US can learn
Public childcare network is a win for everyone – kids, parents and the government, and the Quebec model is a shining example
Isabeau Doucet in Montreal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/quebec-universal-childcare-us-learn

Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds
Decline blamed on health inequalities, Covid disruption and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy
Andrew Gregory Health editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/24/children-global-vaccine-rates-fall-study-finds

How to get the most out of your window air conditioner during extreme heat
When a ‘heat dome’ hits, AC units can provide relief, but they need more maintenance than you think
Sarah Sloat
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/article/2024/aug/05/how-to-choose-clean-ac-units-tips

Not just rice and peas: lifting the lid on the radical roots of Caribbean cuisine
Caribe is more than a cookbook, says its author Keshia Sakarah, it’s also a homage to family – with a dash of history and a sprinkling of joy
Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/24/caribbean-cuisine-history-caribe-keshia-sakarah

It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema
This engaging and experimental book explores the complex politics of LGBTQ+ representation in film
Ralf Webb
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/25/it-used-to-be-witches-by-ryan-gilbey-review-an-idiosyncratic-guide-to-queer-cinema

‘It validated the experiences of black women who loved women’: The 1928 song that is one the world’s first gay anthems
Deborah Nicholls-Lee
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250624-the-1928-song-that-is-one-the-worlds-first-gay-anthems-ma-rainey

Bobby Sherman, 60s teen idol and singer of hit Little Woman, dies aged 81
The teenage heartthrob, who become an LAPD instructor, had announced he had stage 4 cancer earlier this year
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/24/bobby-sherman-death-singer

2025.06.24

Old and corrupt vs young and Islamic — you decide!
New Yorkers vote in mayoral primary as poll shows Mamdani leading Cuomo
Leftwing Zohran Mamdani sees surging support in race against former governor for Democratic nomination
Adam Gabbatt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-yorkers-mayoral-primary-mamdami-cuomo

Get earplugs – and never remove wax at home: 16 ways to protect your hearing, chosen by audiologists
Turn the volume down, don’t use cotton buds and get your hearing tested before it’s too late. Here’s what experts recommend to keep your ears healthy
Sarah Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/24/get-earplugs-and-never-remove-wax-at-home-16-ways-to-protect-your-hearing-chosen-by-audiologists

Three-hundred-year-old painting in the Uffizi damaged after visitor trips while trying to ‘make a meme’
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is considering imposing restrictions on visitor behaviour after the incident, which follows a similar mishap earlier this month
Dee Jefferson
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/24/300-year-old-painting-in-the-uffizi-damaged-after-visitor-trips-while-trying-to-make-a-meme-ntwnfb

Why it’s good to admit when you’re wrong – and how to improve
Admitting to being wrong can be difficult. But ‘intellectual humility’ is a trainable trait that deepens relationships
Hannah Seo
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/jun/23/admitting-youre-wrong-relationships-intellectual-humility

Thailand bans tourists from going to Cambodia as border dispute
Koh Ewe
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ezgjlzggyo

The Archdruid of Stonehenge’s guide to Pagan Glastonbury
Samuel Firman
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250623-the-archdruid-of-stonehenges-guide-to-glastonbury

US safety regulators contact Tesla over erratic robotaxis
Charlotte Edwards
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg75zv4gny2o

2025.06.23

‘Swedes like generous, personal, lived-in spaces’: The Scandi homeware style that Swedish people love
Dominic Lutyens
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250620-the-true-scandi-style-that-swedes-love

How the Grateful Dead built the internet
Allegra Rosenberg
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250618-how-the-grateful-dead-shaped-social-media

Some beaches closed in Hennepin County after water test results
By Kilat Fitzgerald
https://www.fox9.com/news/beaches-closed-hennepin-county-water-test-results

Thousands still without power, cleanup continues after severe storms in northern Minnesota
Andrew Krueger
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/22/thousands-without-power-cleanup-continues-severe-storms-northern-minnesota-bemidji

‘Perpetual crisis mode’: how Trump uses emergency declarations to push radical agenda
President’s dubious claims of ‘emergency’ threaten civic and political norms in authoritarian style, experts warn
Peter Stone in Washington DC
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/23/trump-emergency-declarations-politics-law

‘I’m scared to death to leave my house’: immigrants are disappearing from the streets – can US cities survive?
Heavily immigrant towns and cities in California resemble ghost towns as fear of Ice raids grip local residents
Cindy Carcamo, Dianne Solis and Alfredo Corchado in Santa Ana, California
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/23/immigrants-disappearing-us-cities

First images of distant galaxies captured by ‘ultimate’ telescope
Stunning pictures from Vera C Rubin observatory in Chile released at start of 10-year survey of cosmos
Ian Sample Science editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/23/first-images-of-distant-galleries-captured-by-ultimate-telescope

Rich Americans flock to apply for New Zealand’s ‘golden visas’ after rules relaxed
Coalition government loosened requirements for its Active Investor Plus visa in bid to boost flagging economy
Eva Corlettin Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/23/americans-new-zealand-golden-visas-trump

Free buses, more housing, taxing the rich: how Zohran Mamdani has gone viral in the New York mayor’s race
He was 30 points behind former governor Andrew Cuomo just months ago, but now he’s surging in the contest to lead the largest US city
Adam Gabbatt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/23/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor-race-viral

Travels in Moominland: summer in Tove Jansson’s Finland
The children’s book author spent the precious long Nordic days in simple, off-grid cabins on small dreamy islands – a tradition many Finns still follow
Ailsa Sheldon
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jun/23/summer-in-tove-jansson-finland-moomins

2025.06.22

Suspect in Minnesota killings accused of being ‘prepper’ preparing ‘for war’
Vance Boelter texted family that they needed to flee their house before ‘people with guns’ showed up, filings allege
Nina Lakhani
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/21/political-violence-online-murder-tradecraft

Recent US political violence aided by DIY murder tradecraft available on internet
People locators, 3D weapon blueprints, tactical planning – all accessible on the web for potential attackers or terrorists
Ben Makuch
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/21/political-violence-online-murder-tradecraft

Thousands of Afghans face expulsion from US as Trump removes protections
‘Profound concern’ as administration says Afghanistan safe to return to despite dangers posed by Taliban regime
Justo Robles and Gloria Oladipo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/afghanistan-trump-deportation-threat

Brazil hot-air balloon crash kills at least eight people amid ‘desperate’ scenes
Witnesses say some of those onboard hurled themselves out to escape flames as reports say fire started from torch in balloon’s basket
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/brazil-hot-air-balloon-crash

As a heatwave approaches, experts say US sunscreens are less effective than those abroad
Other countries have approved a wider range of UV-filtering ingredients, which allow for more advanced sunscreens
Anna Betts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/heatwave-us-sunscreens-climate

Key RFK Jr advisers stand to profit from a new federal health initiative
The Maha campaign seeks to warn Americans of the dangers of ultra-processed foods
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/rfk-maha-ultra-processed-foods

‘This presidency is a brand-franchise’: Trump has taken the commercialization of politics to a new level
Trump’s $499 gold phone is only the latest ask of the Maga faithful to show their commitment in dollar terms
Edward Helmore in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/trump-products-presidency-as-a-brand

She flew hazardous fighter planes for Britain during WW2. She just turned 106
Californian Nancy Miller Stratford’s fiance forbade her from going to join the war effort. But her dream was to fly – so she broke off the engagement and went anyway
Amanda Ulrich in Carlsbad, California
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/woman-fighter-pilot-second-world-war

Pope commits to weeding out church sexual abuse, praises role of press in democracy
In first public comments on topic, Leo XIV has now signaled zero tolerance for sexual abuser priests
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/pope-leo-xiv-sexual-abuse-praises-press

Internet users advised to change passwords after 16bn logins exposed
Hacked credentials could give cybercriminals access to Facebook, Meta and Google accounts among others
Dan Milmo Global technology editor
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/21/internet-users-advised-to-change-passwords-after-16bn-logins-exposed

I study the resistance against the Nazis. Here’s what the US left can learn from it
Luke Berryman
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/democratic-resistance-trump

Three people killed in North Dakota after tornado hits upper midwest
Officials say two men and a woman killed around town of Enderlin as region experiences powerful winds and hail
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/tornado-upper-midwest-north-dakota

2025.06.21

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
Michela Moscufo
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/21/harvard-slavery-decendants-of-the-enslaved

The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era
Sidney Blumenthal
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/minnesota-shootings-trump-mike-lee-vance-boelter

Social success not about who you know – it’s about knowing who knows whom
Knowledge trumps popularity in the long haul of trying to be influential, researchers say
Nicola Davis Science Correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/20/social-climbing-stanford-university-research

Why the summer solstice is a ‘celestial starting gun’ for trees
Research suggests longest day is a cue for beeches and other species to launch their growth strategies
Linda Geddes
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/21/trees-summer-solstice-celestial-starting-gun

Week in wildlife: acrobatic dolphins, a lost baby raccoon and a pair of Bambis
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Joanna Ruck
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/20/week-in-wildlife-acrobatic-dolphins-a-lost-baby-raccoon-and-a-pair-of-bambis

Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
Justine Jordan, David Shariatmadari, Imogen Russell Williams and Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2025/jun/21/summer-reading-the-50-hottest-books-to-read-now

Ghibli’s midlife crisis: as beloved Japanese studio turns 40 will the magic fade?
Much of Studio Ghibli’s success is down to one man: 84-year-old Hayao Miyazaki, a master animator whose presence towers over the studio’s output
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/21/ghiblis-midlife-crisis-as-beloved-japanese-studio-turns-40-will-the-magic-fade

‘In every theatre, people would leave’: How ‘gay cowboy movie’ Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US
Nick Levine
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250620-how-gay-cowboy-movie-brokeback-mountain-challenged-hollywood-and-the-us

‘Miners showing solidarity at Pride 40 years ago was significant’
Miriam Barker
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqnzp278lvo

China has millions of single men – could dating camp help them find love?
Helen Bushby
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e0p9eg6gyo

Parties, pyres and pharaohs: Africa’s top shots
Natasha Booty
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2r4lnwgwo