News from October 2, 2025

Technology

Red Sox Fail Two Fundamentals Tests, Give Away Game 2 to Yankees - Sports Illustrated

Boston made two critical mistakes with a golden opportunity to take the lead in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s Game 2 of the wild card series.

Tom Verducci 5 days ago

Politics

Trump signs an executive order vowing to defend Qatar in the wake of Israel’s strike - AP News

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pledging to defend Qatar, including using U.S. military action if necessary. The order emphasizes the close cooperation and shared interests between the U.S. and Qatar. It follows Israel's surprise att…

Jon Gambrell 5 days ago

Perky Maxwell House viral ad takes on housing crisis as ‘Maxwell Apartment’

Historic US company also offering ‘12-month lease’ – an annual supply – of pre-ground coffee for under $40

Lois Beckett 5 days ago

White House plays racist deepfake videos of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries on loop – as it happened.

Videos were previously posted on Trump’s social media page amid government shutdown as Republicans insist on stripping Americans of healthcare. This blog is now closed.

Robert Mackey, Lois Beckett, Lucy Campbell Kirsty McEwen, Tom Ambrose and Tom Bryant 5 days ago

Ukraine war briefing: Attack cutting power to Chornobyl nuclear plant a ‘global threat’, says Zelenskyy

Emergency diesel generators brought online after Russia accused of shelling substation supplying power to scene of 1986 disaster. What we know on day 1,317

Guardian staff and agencies 5 days ago

Business

Musk becomes first person ever to see wealth top $500bn - BBC

The rise has been driven by a sharp increase in the value of his electric car company Tesla.

BBC News 5 days ago

Technology

Trump Advisor Says ICE Will Be at Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Amid MAGA Meltdown - Rolling Stone

Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski warned that ICE agents will be present at Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show.

Charisma Madarang 5 days ago

Trump FCC chair to reportedly testify to Senate panel after Kimmel suspension

Brendan Carr, who appeared to pressure broadcasters to take show off air, set to go before commerce committee

Guardian staff and agencies 5 days ago

Technology

The facts behind the government shutdown debate over health care and immigrants in the U.S. illegally - CBS News

One of the main lines of attack leveled by Republicans amid the government shutdown is that Democratic lawmakers want to give immigrants in the U.S. illegally free healthcare — which Democrats deny.

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Laura Doan 6 days ago

Tigers-Guardians AL Wild Card Series Game 3 FAQ (1 ET, ESPN) - MLB.com

CLEVELAND -- They’ve been embroiled in a battle that transcends what’s transpired these past couple days. The 2025 Tigers and Guardians will forever be linked in the record books because of the saga staged in September, when Cleveland made a historic AL Centr…

Anthony Castrovince, Jason Beck, Tim Stebbins 6 days ago

Technology

Pope Leo on Trump’s Gaza peace plan: ‘So far it seems to be a realistic proposal’ - The Hill

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday called President Trump’s Gaza peace plan “realistic” when talking to reporters. “So far it seems a realistic proposal,” the pope said, according to Vatican News, also saying he wishes Hamas would go with the plan “within the establishe…

Tara Suter 6 days ago

Technology

Female vets fire back at Hegseth over claims of lowered military standards - Axios

Federal law already prohibits gender-based standards for specific roles.

Avery Lotz 6 days ago

Politics

How John Thune sees the shutdown ending - Politico

The Senate majority leader told POLITICO what a Democratic capitulation might look like.

Jordain Carney 6 days ago

Vanuatu open to signing deal with Australia but will not be subject to ‘bullying’ from larger countries

Country moves to deepen policing ties with China as Australia continues negotiations on Nakamal agreement, which was not signed last month as hoped

Antoine Malsungai in Port Vila and Virginia Harrison 6 days ago

Trump falsely claims that national guard troops are ‘in place’ in Portland

On a post on social media, the president says guards had been deployed, while no members were present

Robert Mackey 6 days ago

From Karachi’s crowded markets and Kabul’s alleys to Australia’s vast sky: budgies are for me fragments of memory | Shadi Khan Saif

The contrast between the captive birds of my childhood and the wild flocks of my new home has become more than an observation

Shadi Khan Saif 6 days ago

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal against her convictions, court told

Lawyers for Erin Patterson confirmed on Thursday that she would appeal against her convictions, after she was sentenced to life imprisonment last month

Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter 6 days ago

Technology

Eagles' A.J. Brown clears the air after controversial social media post: 'I let my frustrations boil over' - CBS Sports

Despite Philadelphia's 4-0 start, the offense has struggled mightily at times

Jeff Kerr 6 days ago