Tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms resulted in the deaths of more than 40 people and widespread destruction

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Clean up efforts have started in several US states which endured destructive storms that killed more than 40 people over the weekend.

The massive storm system in question swept across at least eight states in the south and midwest over the weekend, with multiple tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms descending on the region, destroying thousands of businesses and homes.

US prosecutors allege Rasha Alawieh had ‘sympathetic photos and videos’ related to key Hezbollah figures

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A Brown University medical professor was deported to Lebanon over the weekend despite having a valid US work visa, defying a judge’s order blocking her immediate removal from the country.

Federal prosecutors on Monday alleged that they deported 34-year-old Rasha Alawieh after discovering “sympathetic photos and videos” on her cellphone of prominent figures of Iran-backed Hezbollah. Alawieh told federal agents that she had recently attended the funeral of the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, whom she supported from a “religious perspective”, according to Reuters.

Exclusive: 90% of Democrats, 57% of Republicans are worried about tariffs, with similar concerns about recession

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Americans are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s effort to overhaul the US economy with sweeping tariffs on foreign goods, according to an exclusive poll for the Guardian, despite the US president’s efforts to downplay the risks of his strategy.

“Have no fear, we will WIN everything!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday, claiming that tariffs were already “pouring money” into the country.

90% of Democrats and 69% of independents said they are concerned about tariffs, compared to 57% of Republicans.

89% of Democrats and 75% of independents said they are concerned about a potential recession in the US, compared to 65% of Republicans.

85% of Democrats and 62% of independents said it will take years for the US economy to recover from the tariffs, compared with 52% of Republicans.