Edward Helmore

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Edward Helmore

The wife of Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland man unlawfully deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s attempt to smear his character, saying a temporary restraining order against him was “out of caution” and that “he is a loving partner and father” who is being denied justice.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Edward Helmore

The man accused of setting fire to the Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial mansion early Sunday morning while Governor Josh Shapiro and his family were asleep inside was due in court three days later on allegations that he assaulted his wife and stepson after trying to take his own life.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Edward Helmore

Barack Obama, Yale and other academic institutions have come out in support of Harvard after the Trump administration elected to cut $2bn of its federal grants after the Ivy League school in Massachusetts rejected what it said was an attempt at “government regulation” of the university.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Edward Helmore

Batman said business was so-so, and King Kong beat his chest in agreement. But neither could predict that it would improve. Gotham’s caped crusader and his muscular ape neighbour could only hope. As with Times Square’s superhero-themed visitor-photography business last week, so it is with the US tourism business at large. The effect of economic and political turbulence on the number of foreign visitors coming to the US is for now hard to define.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Edward Helmore

Harvard University said on Monday that it will not comply with a new list of demands from the Trump administration issued last week that the government says are designed to crack down on antisemitism and alleged civil rights violations at elite academic institutions. In a message to the Harvard community, the university president, Alan Garber, vowed that the school would not yield to the government’s pressure campaign.