2025.06.19
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lsanderson‘He’s moving at a truly alarming speed’: Trump propels US into authoritarianism
A senator handcuffed, people snatched in public, military deployed – Trump’s slide towards autocracy has come quicker than critics feared
Robert Tait in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/trump-us-autocracy-authoritarianism
Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry
Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected industry fixture detained outside church
Cy Neff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/oregon-vineyard-manager-arrest-ice
‘This isn’t a gimmick’: the New Yorkers trying to restore the American chestnut
More than 120 years after billions of the trees were wiped out, blight-proof seeds are being planted
Oliver Milman in Highbridge Park, New York City
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/chestnuts-new-yorkers
New York City might elect a truly progressive mayor – thanks to ranked-choice voting
Katrina vanden Heuvel
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/jun/18/zohran-mamdani-ranked-choice-voting
‘Cancer is just everywhere’: could farming be behind Iowa’s unfolding health crisis?
A new study investigates possible ties to pesticides, nitrates and other farm-related risks
Carey Gillam in Indianola, Iowa
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/iowa-farm-chemicals-cancer
Trump cuts leave hurricane-hit North Carolina town’s rebuilding plans adrift – in pictures
After Hurricane Helene’s flood waters slammed into Lake Lure’s century-old dam last September, the resort town was spurred on to seek federal funding for an ambitious rebuilding plan. While the initial response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency seemed encouraging when Joe Biden was president, Donald Trump’s plans to shrink or even abolish Fema – and push some of the costs of disaster response on to states – have injected uncertainty into the North Carolina town’s recovery
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/jun/18/trump-cuts-leave-hurricane-hit-north-carolina-towns-rebuilding-plans-adrift-in-pictures
Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings
Rebecca Morelle Science editor•bbcmorelle
Alison Francis Senior science journalist
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5w1ldz8do
Moment SpaceX rocket explodes into massive fireball
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c1k87l7nre4o
British woman dies from rabies after puppy scratch
Steve Jones & Rachel Russell
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98wyllp170o
A senator handcuffed, people snatched in public, military deployed – Trump’s slide towards autocracy has come quicker than critics feared
Robert Tait in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/trump-us-autocracy-authoritarianism
Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry
Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected industry fixture detained outside church
Cy Neff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/oregon-vineyard-manager-arrest-ice
‘This isn’t a gimmick’: the New Yorkers trying to restore the American chestnut
More than 120 years after billions of the trees were wiped out, blight-proof seeds are being planted
Oliver Milman in Highbridge Park, New York City
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/chestnuts-new-yorkers
New York City might elect a truly progressive mayor – thanks to ranked-choice voting
Katrina vanden Heuvel
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/jun/18/zohran-mamdani-ranked-choice-voting
‘Cancer is just everywhere’: could farming be behind Iowa’s unfolding health crisis?
A new study investigates possible ties to pesticides, nitrates and other farm-related risks
Carey Gillam in Indianola, Iowa
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/iowa-farm-chemicals-cancer
Trump cuts leave hurricane-hit North Carolina town’s rebuilding plans adrift – in pictures
After Hurricane Helene’s flood waters slammed into Lake Lure’s century-old dam last September, the resort town was spurred on to seek federal funding for an ambitious rebuilding plan. While the initial response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency seemed encouraging when Joe Biden was president, Donald Trump’s plans to shrink or even abolish Fema – and push some of the costs of disaster response on to states – have injected uncertainty into the North Carolina town’s recovery
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/jun/18/trump-cuts-leave-hurricane-hit-north-carolina-towns-rebuilding-plans-adrift-in-pictures
Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings
Rebecca Morelle Science editor•
bbcmorelleAlison Francis Senior science journalist
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5w1ldz8do
Moment SpaceX rocket explodes into massive fireball
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c1k87l7nre4o
British woman dies from rabies after puppy scratch
Steve Jones & Rachel Russell
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98wyllp170o
