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Ed Pilkington

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Chief Reporter, Guardian US at The Guardian

Chief reporter of the @GuardianUS. [email protected] Public key: https://t.co/XEqB6vOPjG

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  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Ed Pilkington

    Federal judges are discussing a proposal that would shift the armed security personnel responsible for their safety away from the Department of Justice (DoJ) and under their own control, as fears mount that the Trump administration is failing to protect them from a rising tide of hostility. The Wall Street Journal revealed on Sunday that the idea of creating their own armed security detail emerged at a meeting of about 50 federal judges two months ago.

  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Ed Pilkington

    Donald Trump has been warned by fiscal hawks within his own party in the US Senate that he must “get serious” about cutting government spending and reducing the national debt or else they will block the passage of his signature tax-cutting legislation known as the “big beautiful bill”. Ron Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin who rose to prominence as a fiscal hardliner with the Tea party movement, issued the warning to the president on Sunday.

  • 3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Ed Pilkington

    Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream, has been charged with “crowding and obstructing” others after he was arrested while protesting against the Gaza blockade during a US Senate hearing. Cohen – the Ben in Ben & Jerry’s – made his stand on Wednesday while Robert F Kennedy Jr was addressing a hearing of the health, education, labor and pensions committee.

  • 3 weeks ago | eldiario.es | Ed Pilkington

    Donald Trump se siente muy cómodo haciendo caso omiso de las críticas de los demócratas y de los “medios de noticias falsas”, pero cuando las críticas por su decisión de aceptar un lujoso avión de 400 millones de dólares del Gobierno qatarí provienen de sus partidarios más devotos, quizá convenga que el presidente estadounidense escuche.

  • 3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Ed Pilkington

    Sean Duffy, the Trump administration’s transportation secretary, has made a startling admission that he switched flights for his wife this week to help her avoid flying out of beleaguered Newark Liberty, one of the busiest airports in the New York area. Duffy’s disclosure on Monday runs counter to his repeated assurances to the American public that it is safe to fly from Newark, despite a spate of dramatic outages affecting the airport’s radar systems.

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Ed Pilkington
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26 Mar 25

RT @Phil_Lewis_: Must read: The Guardian spoke to nine children whose parents were members of the Black Panther Party — and explored how th…

Ed Pilkington
Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington
26 Feb 25

Out --> "Democracy Dies in Darkness" In --> "Hell yes"

Ed Pilkington
Ed Pilkington @Edpilkington
26 Feb 25

Rod Nordland is a celebrated war reporter, for @Newsweek and now @nytimes. For the past 5 years he has been battling GBM, the brain tumor that took my wife Jessica. The illness is brutal, and he can no longer afford enough food. This is a GoFundMe for him. https://t.co/RXbsEOHr85