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Project 2025’s plan to gut civil service with mass firings: ‘It’s like the bad, old days of King Henry VIII’
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Project 2025’s plan to gut civil service with mass firings: ‘It’s like the bad, old days of King Henry VIII’
Even as Trump tries to disavow the rightwing blueprint, both have similar plans to replace many federal employees
Live  
Kremlin says plan to force Russia into peace a fatal mistake ahead of Zelenskyy’s speech to the UN
Live  
Israel launches further strikes on southern Lebanon after missile fired at Tel Aviv intercepted
Missouri  
Marcellus Williams executed despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction
Donald Trump  
Man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at Florida golf club
In focus
On the frontline of the Boeing strike, workers brace for a long battle
‘As long as it takes’  
On the frontline of the Boeing strike, workers brace for a long battle
Union members picketing in Renton, Washington, say they won’t accept low pay offers nearly two weeks into strike
Brazil  
Attempt to arrest Brazilian music star highlights boom in online gambling
Abortion  
‘One death is too many’: abortion bans usher in US maternal mortality crisis
 

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Spotlight
‘There were lots of red flags’: the dark, tragic downfall of Aaron Hernandez
Television  
‘There were lots of red flags’: the dark, tragic downfall of Aaron Hernandez
Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story drama looks at the troubling tale of an NFL player who became a killer and the many issues that surfaced
Film  
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele: ‘More people say they’ve seen an alien than a trans person’
Environment  
‘I had found gold before, but not like this’: four of the most splendid treasures salvaged from shipwrecks
Science  
A grey matter? Nature, nurture and the study of forming political leanings
Fruit  
Ready or not? The expert guide to buying fruit – so it is always ripe and delicious
A moment that changed me  
Partying was my personality – until I helped my 16-year-old sister give birth
Opinion
Trump’s on Truth Social MAKING NO SENSE AT ALL AGAIN
Trump’s on Truth Social MAKING NO SENSE AT ALL AGAIN
Elon Musk’s Twitter coup has harmed the right. They are now simply ‘too online’
Sports
Ultrarunning  
‘Motivated by the puzzle’: how Dauwalter became the GOAT
‘Motivated by the puzzle’: how Dauwalter became the GOAT
NFL trend watch  
Steelers and Packers up; superstar quarterbacks down
Culture
Pushing Buttons  
At Nintendo’s shiny museum in Japan, I got a nostalgia-laced trip down memory lane – not a history lesson
At Nintendo’s shiny museum in Japan, I got a nostalgia-laced trip down memory lane – not a history lesson
Film  
Azrael: Angel of Death review – dialogue-free sci-fi horror takes cues from A Quiet Place
In case you missed it
Trump scapegoats migrants again at Georgia event meant to discuss economy
US politics  
Trump scapegoats migrants again at Georgia event meant to discuss economy
Republican nominee spews falsehoods about undocumented immigrants to Savannah crowd’s delight
The Stakes  
If Trump wins the election, he could launch a ‘catastrophic’ rollback of LGBTQ+ rights
Environment  
‘The otter came so close I could smell her fishy breath’: scribbles and sketches from Scotland’s wild isles
Beer  
The power of the pint: is it time to retire one of the world’s biggest beer measures?
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