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Eric Trump suggests he could run for president when his father’s term ends
Jun 28, 2025 - World
Forty-one-year-old has stayed away from politics, but says ‘political path would be an easy one’ if he chose to pursue itEric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president when his father’s second term in the White House comes to an end.Eric, who is co-executive vice-president of the Trump Organization, said, the road to the White House “would be an easy one” if he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps. Continue reading...

Wall Street shivers over ‘hot commie summer’ after Mamdani’s success
Jun 28, 2025 - World
New York’s financial elite compare the city to crime-riddled Gotham after democratic socialist bests Cuomo in Democratic mayoral primaryWhen Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described socialist, won New York’s mayoral Democratic nomination last week over a seasoned but scandal-scarred veteran, the city’s financial elite had a meltdown.This was the start of “hot commie summer” in the city, New York hedgevfund billionaire Daniel Loeb posted to X. John Catsimatidis, billionaire CEO of grocery chain Gristedes and friend of Donald Trump, warned on Fox Business: “If the city of New York is going socialist, I will definitely close, or sell, or move.” Continue reading...
Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’
Jun 28, 2025 - World
Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after defense department says it will drop irreplaceable programThe Department of Defense will halt a critical atmospheric data collection program at the end of June and has given weather forecasters just days to prepare, according to a public notice sent this week. Scientists that the Guardian spoke with say the change could set hurricane forecasting back “decades”, just as this year’s season ramps up.In a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) message sent on Wednesday to its scientists, the agency said that “due to recent service changes” the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) will “discontinue ingest, processing and distribution of all DMSP data no later than June 30, 2025”. Continue reading...

‘You open the fridge – nothing’: renewed threat of US hunger as Trump seeks to cut food aid
Jun 28, 2025 - World
Critics warn cuts to Snap program would throw millions of Americans – such as Jade and her daughter Janai – back into food insecurityJade Johnson has a word to describe the experience of going hungry in one of the world’s richest countries. “Humbling.”The last time she endured the misery of skipping meals was about 18 months ago. She was working two jobs as a home health aide and in childcare, but after paying the rent and bills she still didn’t have enough to feed herself and her young daughter Janai. Continue reading...
Home Office staff concerned about ‘absurd’ Palestine Action ban, says senior civil servant
Jun 28, 2025 - World
Anonymous source describes ‘tense atmosphere’ after Yvette Cooper announced plans to proscribe protest groupFree speech target or terrorist gang? The inside story of Palestine Action – and the move to ban itHome Office staff are concerned about the “absurd” decision to ban Palestine Action under UK anti-terrorism laws, a senior civil servant has said.On Monday the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced plans to ban the group, which would make membership of it, or inviting support for it, a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act, carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. Continue reading...