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Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate

Law
Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate

Liberal judge says victory is against ‘unprecedented attack on our democracy’ after defeating Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history

Israel-Gaza war
Israel announces plan to seize ‘large areas’ in Gaza

Trump tariffs
Trump to announce new round of tariffs on his so-called ‘liberation day’

Film
Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, dies aged 65

Books
In a new book, Biden aide describes ‘out of it’ president before Trump debate

Trump presidency

Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn’t stop for 25 hours

The US politics sketch
Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn’t stop for 25 hours

Democrats have appeared lame and leaderless for 72 days, but then Cory Booker stood up and did something

At a glance
Trump news at a glance: Wisconsin serves setback for Trump and Musk; Booker’s 25-hour speech on ‘nation in crisis’

USAID
Musk’s Doge to fire all local workers and US diplomats from USAID, sources say

Jerry Nadler
House Democrat blasts Trump for using ‘antisemitism’ to attack universities

In focus

Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance

Cotton Capital
Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance

Amid the site in rural Jamaica that once belonged to a Guardian financier may lie a treasure trove of artefacts that tell the story of Britain’s history of colonisation and enslavement

Environment
The secret to finding one of the most endangered bumblebees in the US? Dogs

Congo
‘Women give birth on the ground’: Congolese forced to return home find devastation

Spotlight

Val Kilmer: an ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self-awareness

Val Kilmer: an ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self-awareness

Peter Bradshaw

Sleep
I spent four decades not sleeping a wink – until a doctor took my insomnia seriously

Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein on Trump, Vance and free speech: ‘It feels like we are in one of the darkest imaginable timelines’

A moment that changed me

I used a pseudonym on a dating app - and started exploring my sexuality

The Long Wave
Basquiat to Delaney: inside the exhibition honouring 50 years of art in Black Paris

Invertebrate of the year 2025
An elusive worm: the Salinella is shrouded in mystery

Opinion

There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’

Mehdi Hasan

There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’

First Trump joked he wanted a third term. Then he got serious

Moira Donegan

Sports

The NBA’s tank-off isn’t just embarrassing. It’s unnecessary

Oren Weisfeld

The NBA’s tank-off isn’t just embarrassing. It’s unnecessary

The USMNT aren’t just underachievers; they’re unlikeable

Beau Dure

Culture

Music
Neil Young says he may be barred from returning to US over Donald Trump criticism

Neil Young says he may be barred from returning to US over Donald Trump criticism

Film
A look back at some of Val Kilmer's most prominent roles – video

In case you missed it

How to help people with addictions on the streets? These Oregon programs have solutions

Drugs
How to help people with addictions on the streets? These Oregon programs have solutions

The state has one of the highest US rates of substance use disorders and ranks last for access to treatment. These initiatives are changing what rehab looks like

Surviving disaster
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