NEW @us.theguardian.com investigation into allegations that Amazon pushed smaller companies into raising prices: “They’d say, ‘You need to go to Target. You need to go talk to Walmart to get them to raise their price.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet

Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says i...

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We reported on UnitedHealth’s push to reduce hospital transfers for nursing homes residents. They sued us. Then we reported on wrongful death allegations stemming from that same UnitedHealth initiative. Today, a judge dismissed UnitedHealth’s lawsuit: www.startribune.com/judge-throws...

Judge throws out UnitedHealth’s defamation lawsuit against the Guardian

The U.K.-based media outlet called decision to dismiss all six counts in the lawsuit a rejection of UnitedHealth’s ‘bullying and intimidation tactics.’

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For @nybooks.com I wrote about why the US effort to use economic warfare has backfired, leaving it ever more isolated. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

When KO, a 41-year-old Guatemalan mother of three was arrested at an ICE check-in appointment, she told an officer she had a 19-month-old who would be expecting her back home. “The officer said my child and I could die for all he cared,” she said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Revealed: The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months, ICE records show

The Guardian analyzed government data from January-August 2025, as advocates say the family-separation crisis will lead to generational trauma

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Our latest @us.theguardian.com: New evidence shows Amazon allegedly colluding with other firms to raise prices. Here’s a pet treat manufacturer allegedly celebrating coordinated price hikes between Amazon and Chewy, per CA AG: [The prices] “that went up on Amazon immediately went up on Chewy :)”

“.. A tanker was also struck while at anchor by an unknown projectile about 23 nautical miles east of the UAE’s Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman ..” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/i...

Just one in four Americans supports US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

#Actualidad | La Procuraduría General de la Nación presentó una denuncia a fin de determinar acciones legales en procesos de adopciones irregulares, que Consuelo Porras habría facilitado. Lee los detalles en la nota 👇 epinvestiga.com/actualidad/p...

PGN presenta denuncia por adopciones irregulares en caso que involucra a Consuelo Porras

La Procuraduría General de la Nación (PGN) es la primera institución estatal que acciona por posibles adopciones irregulares ocurridas durante el Conflicto Armado Interno en Guatemala, denunciadas por...

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“But why are building owners facing distress today? The answer in most cases is that they borrowed too much to buy buildings at inflated prices, based on an expectation that rents would rise faster than they actually did.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...

A mob of unlicensed tow truck operators in NYC is quietly growing. They speed through red lights, race to respond to car crashes, and menace city officials Pedestrians are in danger but the NYPD is doing little to crack down New @liamquigley.bsky.social investigation gothamist.com/news/ghost-f...

Ghost fleet: How New York City lost control of the tow truck industry

The number of unlicensed tow trucks on city streets has increased, putting drivers and pedestrians at risk.

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New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...

FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled

Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...

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2/ Transcript of the NYT video (available at same link) Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

Highly important video of the ICE Minnesota shooting. "The driver ... waves for other [vehicles] to go ahead" "The agent is not being run over. In fact, his feet are positioned away from the SUV" "Agents blocked...a physician" from providing medical care. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

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NEW: UnitedHealth is withholding key internal documents from senate investigators—according to a new letter from @wyden.senate.gov + @warren.senate.gov Lawmakers are investigating bonuses UnitedHealth pays to nursing homes that cut hospitalizations for seniors www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Senators claim UnitedHealth is withholding internal documents from inquiry

UnitedHealth says it will ‘continue to engage’ with lawmakers who began investigating their involvement in nursing home care after Guardian investigation

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Mayor Adams appears to be in Georgia (the country) for the opening of a new room at a hotel.

Among the newly released files, investigators probing Steve Bannon's role in the "We Build the Wall" scheme found a photo of Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell on Bannon's phone in June 2021. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Among the newly-released Epstein files. This Justice Dept email from Jan 2020 'I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported"

South Carolina is dealing with a measles outbreak. Here is the latest (and first public health story!) from @bymichellersmith.com on how the anti-vaccine group RFK Jr led for years is coming to his defense www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreak

Children’s Health Defense using familiar playbook to defend health secretary as it downplays dangers of disease and exaggerate risks of vaccines, public health experts say

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New: Inside the Trump administration’s effort to prosecute a group of protesters in Texas with terrorism charges. The case is more complex than the administration has let on, according to a Guardian review of court records and interviews with family www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism

DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say it is an effort to crack down on leftwing groups and deter protesters

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Shocker. @politico.com #Epstein www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

@scotgirl72.bsky.social Hi, this is George Joseph, reporter for The Guardian. Could you please DM me or get in touch? Thank you 🙏

UnitedHealth sued The Guardian after we reported on bonuses it paid nursing homes that cut hospital transfers for seniors. We kept reporting. Now we’re publishing this on allegations that delayed or denied transfers led to the deaths of nursing home residents: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims

The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly

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NEW: The 2026 #FIFAWorldCup was priced beyond many fans' budgets. Comparing ticket prices dating back to 1994 shows the scale of next summer's mark-up, and where the steepest hikes were felt. With Andrew Witherspoon, for @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Analysis: how prices for the cheapest World Cup tickets have rocketed

A Guardian study of past ticket prices for the men’s World Cup, compared with current 2026 figures, shows how the barrier for entry has been raised for most fans

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NEW STORY: Three nursing home residents died because employees of UnitedHealth Group helped delay or deny them critical hospital care, 2 pending lawsuits and a complaint to state authorities have alleged 🧵 on our 6,000 word story below: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims

The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly

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NEW: This year, @pressfreedomtracker.us documented 32 arrests, detention of journalists in the U.S. - Nearly 90% of the incidents occurred while journalists were covering demonstrations. - They all also centered around a single issue: immigration. Read full report by @stephaniesugars.bsky.social⬇️

Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025

More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped

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Schools across US have agreed to Amazon’s “dynamic pricing” contracts—subjecting them to big price swings for basic supplies, new report finds. On the same day, Denver Schools paid $114 for a case of markers, but $149 for another. Amazon disputes the data: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US schools face big price swings for basics under Amazon’s ‘dynamic pricing’, report claims

Amazon calls the report ‘flawed and misleading’ and says it offers lower prices than competitors

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“As UnitedHealth Group faces government investigations and changes in federal payments that have hurt its results, it is turning to an increasingly common Washington playbook: hiring Donald Trump’s allies”: www.wsj.com/business/uni...

Exclusive | UnitedHealth Is Spending Big on Trump Allies to Fix Its Washington Problems

The largest U.S. health insurer’s Medicare business faces investigations and policy threats.

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Israel justified its strike on the Nasser Hospital, which killed six journalists and more than a dozen others, by claiming a "Hamas" camera was set up there. The location they attacked is where Reuters and the AP livestream. From me and others (see byline/contribs) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/w...

Israel Says It Attacked Gaza Hospital to Destroy Camera Placed by Hamas

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BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips

THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.

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