The Latest Breaking News from America

Why is the US about to give away $52bn to corporations like Intel?

The Chips Act would provide an enormous subsidy to chipmakers for making their chips in the US. This is extortion

The Guardian - US · Jun 26, 2022

Curran Hatleberg’s humid, hallucinatory ​images of the deep south

The photographer’s new work gets under the skin of the American south, capturing alligators, urban decay and a man with a beard of bees

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022

Catholic bishops' big win may backfire

America's bishops pushed hard for the end of Roe. Now they call for unity and healing. What reality is that?

Salon · Jun 26, 2022

New victim of sex offending fugitive Nicholas Rossi says she was abused and attacked by US fraudster

The Sunday Mail can exclusively reveal how Michelle Minnaar was targeted by the American in 2017 after they met on a dating website.

Daily Record · Jun 26, 2022

Antyesti in Brooklyn, for my father

I went to New York to perform this final ritual for my father, unable to move fearlessly as I once did

Salon · Jun 25, 2022

Before Roe v Wade fell, Gerri Santoro's death galvanised America's abortion movement. This is her story

With no money and no access to legal abortion, a pregnant 28-year-old took matters into her own hands. In death, she became an icon. WARNING: This article contains details readers might find distressing.

ABC News · Jun 25, 2022

In an America divided by abortion, guns and COVID, California and Newsom seize the moment

LOS ANGELES — As his wife stood behind him and held back tears, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday called the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade sickening and beckoned women in other states to California, their “sanctuary” for free abortion care.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 25, 2022

Cardiff City issue classy message to Gareth Bale after learning he's chosen Los Angeles FC

Wales captain Bale has chosen to head to the Major Soccer League after being torn between signing for the Bluebirds and moving to America

Wales Online · Jun 25, 2022

US abortion verdict: Liberal press calls it a ‘dark time’, for conservative media it's ‘a stain erased’

In a landmark ruling, the American supreme court has overturned the 50-year-old Roe vs Wade judgement that made abortions a fundamental right across the United States. This has passed the baton to American states to decide the legality of abortions – many of them already have laws against the procedure…

Newslaundry · Jun 25, 2022

A history of skyrocketing gas prices

A look back at American gas price increases, the global factors that contributed and the presidents who got blamed

Salon · Jun 25, 2022