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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Chris Stein |Fran Lawther |Thomas Graham |Oliver Milman
Federal workers brace for more firings after judge lifts block on Trump administration job cutsGood morning US politics readers. Federal workers are bracing for more mass firings after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can continue its job-cutting drive.
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Callum Jones |Thomas Graham |Leyland Cecco
America’s biggest trading partners are bracing for Donald Trump to impose sweeping tariffs on their exports after the US president repeated his threat to hit Canada and Mexico with new duties. Officials in Ottawa and Mexico City have drawn up plans to retaliate against Washington with tariffs of their own, raising the prospect of a damaging trade war. Businesses inside the US and across the world have warned of widespread disruption if the Trump administration pushes ahead.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Thomas Graham
Microsoft se preocupa por tu privacidadMicrosoft y nuestros proveedores de terceros usan cookies para almacenar y acceder a información como identificadores únicos para entregar, mantener y mejorar nuestros servicios y anuncios. Si está de acuerdo, MSN y Microsoft Bing personalizarán el contenido y los anuncios que vea.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
eldiario.es | Thomas Graham
El tren hace retumbar todo el campamento para personas migrantes en Ciudad de México, tocando su bocina y obligando a las personas a correr hacia el muro. Pasa siempre a las 10:00 de la mañana, puntual como un reloj, según cuentan los residentes, casi todos ellos instalados allí desde hace meses, mientras aguardan una oportunidad para solicitar asilo en Estados Unidos.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Martin Belam |Chris Stein |Joan E. Greve |Edward Helmore |Pjotr Sauer |Joseph Gedeon | +8 more
Trump attacks Biden over pardons, promises 'a lot of action' on January 6 prosecutionsDonald Trump, who appears to be speaking without prepared remarks, is attacking Joe Biden’s decision announced earlier today to pardon the new president’s political enemies.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Thomas Graham
It is cold and quiet in Casa del Migrante, a shelter in Ciudad Juárez, on the US-Mexico border. A group of men play dominoes, another shoots hoops alone, and a young couple watch their kids play with superhero toys. “Some people get here and don’t want to go back outside,” said Ivonne López, a social worker. “They’re afraid.”With Donald Trump’s return to power, the rules of US immigration are set for drastic change.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Thomas Graham
Al-Qaida, Hezbollah, the Islamic State – the list of foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs) is a who’s who of America’s enemies. Now Donald Trump wants to add a new one: Mexican cartels. Experts say the designation wouldn’t give the US many more tools to go after organised crime, and that it may simply be a threat to force more action from Mexico itself. But some fear it could be the first step towards US military strikes in Mexican territory.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Thomas Graham
A musical about a Mexican cartel boss who fakes their death, transitions and is reborn as a heroine searching for the forcibly disappeared is sweeping international film awards, but prompted amusement and outrage in Mexico. Emilia Pérez, directed by Jacques Audiard, has been largely praised by international critics, though some noted it risked trivialising extremely sensitive issues.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Thomas Graham
All night, Daniela stares at screens in the warehouse where she works as a security guard. The challenge is to stay awake. So, before every shift, she smokes crystal meth for the euphoric focus it gives her. When Donald Trump threatened a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico if it did not stop fentanyl crossing the border, Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, shot back with a public letter stating that it was drug demand in the US that caused crime and death in Mexico.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Thomas Graham
Outside the migration office, Tito subtly pointed out the watchful human smugglers leaning against a wall. They had already tried to sell their services to Tito, who was on his way to the US but, like everyone else there, found himself stuck in Tapachula, a town in southern Mexico which has become a global way station.
