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Marco Rubio Is Winning the Trump Era

The secretary of state has somehow avoided becoming either a media fixation or a major player in the right’s unfolding psychodrama.

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‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse

The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?

As officials from around the world met in Brazil for the Cop30 climate summit last month, the US president was nowhere to be found, nor were any members of his cabinet. Instead, the most prominent American voice in Belém was that of the California governor, Gavin Newsom.

During the five days he spent in Brazil, Newsom described Donald Trump as an “invasive species” and condemned his rollback of policies aimed at reducing emissions and expanding renewable energy. Newsom, long considered a presidential hopeful, argued that, as the US retreated, California would step up in its place as a “stable, reliable” climate leader and partner.

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‘It feels like being suffocated’: Palestine Action activist vows to continue hunger strike

Teuta Hoxha says she remains determined despite growing fears for her health and five other prisoners staging protest

“A lot of the times it feels like you’re being suffocated. Lots of things change about you, the condition of your skin, you start to turn grey, both in terms of the hue of your skin but also you notice more grey hairs, everything manifests physically,” says Teuta Hoxha, 29, awaiting trial at HMP Peterborough. “There are days where it feels very, very heavy on the mind and on the shoulders. But from my end, and I think for my comrades, we remain strong mentally and determined.”

On Saturday, Hoxha will be on day 42 of her hunger strike with other Palestine Action-linked prisoners, amid increasing fears for their health. Most of the group are being held on remand over alleged criminal damage, aggravated burglary and violent disorder at a factory for the Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit systems ​in Filton, near Bristol. Many have been taken to hospital, some on multiple occasions; the justice secretary, David Lammy, has refused to meet with their representatives.

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Jeffrey Epstein files latest: Trump administration criticized over partial and heavily redacted release

Democratic senator Ro Khanna says: ‘the most important documents are missing’

“The Trump administration is the most transparent in history,” proclaimed Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, insisting that it has “done more for the victims [of Epstein] than Democrats ever have”. But it is apparent that Donald Trump has once again over-promised and under-delivered, writes David Smith.

Many of the documents in the data dump were heavily redacted, with text blacked out so it was impossible to read. Norm Eisen, executive chair of Democracy Defenders Fund, said: “What they have released is clearly incomplete and appears to be over-redacted to boot.”

The documents extensively featured photos of former president Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and appeared to include few if any photos of Trump or documents mentioning him, despite Trump and Epstein’s well-publicised friendship in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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João Pedro rescues Chelsea draw as wasteful Newcastle squander two-goal lead

Eddie Howe is synonymous with tidiness, efficiency, time management and control. Given that there is absolutely nothing slapdash, careless or wasteful about Newcastle’s manager his team’s increasing penchant for losing control is proving the most puzzling of paradoxes.

Newcastle have developed a bad habit of throwing leads away this season and, 2-0 up thanks to a Nick Woltemade double, they were at it again here. Second-half goals from Reece James – who was outstanding at both ends – and João Pedro ensured a much-improved Chelsea atoned for an abject first 45 minutes by departing with a point that could conceivably been three. Newcastle have now dropped 13 points from winning positions this season.

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