Bernie Sanders is right about the four-day workweek – but wrong about how to get there
The Guardianby Gene Marks25d ago
Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator, recently proposed new legislation that would change federal overtime rules.
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top 98%In a world of wars and climate crisis, a new leader could save the UN. But would Trump allow it? | Steve Bloomfield
The Guardianby Steve Bloomfield25d ago
If all goes to plan, at some stage in the coming weeks 15 diplomats will emerge from a small sound-proofed room deep in the bowels of the United Nations headquarters in New York and announce the...
Trump claims triumphal arch will serve as a ‘top grade military complex’ to store weapons
The Guardianby Ed Pilkington25d ago
Donald Trump is proferring a new argument for building his triumphal arch in Washington DC: it will be converted into a “top grade military complex” replete with drone and ammunition storage space...
‘I got married in it’: readers on their favourite secondhand fashion finds
The Guardianby Guardian staff reporter25d ago
Oxfam’s Second Hand September campaign encourages people to avoid buying new clothes for 30 days and choose preloved pieces instead.
Singer Becky Hill looks back: ‘Aside from the music I was making, I hated every minute of my 20s’
The Guardianby Harriet Gibsone25d ago
Born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in 1994 and raised in Bewdley, Becky Hill is a singer and songwriter.
Trump’s ‘biggest miscalculation’? How one adviser steered the great AI freakout
The Guardianby Dara Kerr25d ago
As lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the US have joined together calling for the regulation of powerful artificial intelligence models, one of the few vocal naysayers has been Donald Trump.
Readers reply: what would be the most useful superpower?
The Guardianby Guardian staff reporter25d ago
If you could have your pick, what would be the single most useful superpower you could ever have? And would it also be the most fun?
My mum has died - and every decision I make about her belongings feels wrong | Polly Hudson
The Guardianby Polly Hudson25d ago
In all the talk of the five stages of grief, I don’t recall one of them being spending hours on hold to energy suppliers. Perhaps I misunderstood, though, and that’s entirely what they’re about.
‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home
The Guardianby Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent25d ago
Doubled over a Heathrow baggage trolley, the former British business director is sobbing uncontrollably, exhausted emotionally and physically after being deported from Sweden.
How to make the perfect apfelschmarrn – recipe | Felicity Cloake's how to cook the perfect …
The Guardianby Felicity Cloake25d ago
Schmarrn, or schmarren, Anja Dunk writes, is “peasant food at its best: filling, simple and comforting”.
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
The Guardianby Tom Perkins25d ago
The EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba, newly released internal agency documents show.
Caitlin Moran: social media went from utopia to hellhole in a decade – if you want to feel hopeful again, get offline
The Guardianby Guardian Staff25d ago
Let me take you back to December 2012 … God, I love social media! I cannot believe my exquisite luck – to exist in a time when it was invented! Bliss it is in this dawn to be @live!
Dining across the divide: ‘He suggested the Clacton byelection was a vanity project. Obviously I disagree’
The Guardianby Erica Buist25d ago
Chris, 42, London Occupation Electrical supervisor of the maintenance team at an NHS hospital Voting record Labour Amuse bouche He used to play and referee mid-level community rugby until he got...
AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart
The Guardianby Heather Stewart25d ago
Warnings about powerful and uncontrolled AI have dominated the headlines this past week. But even amid the omens of apocalypse, it is still worth asking if the entire AI-industrial complex is...
Dominic West backs ‘top shagger’ Byron in poetry battle with Bob Geldof
The Guardianby Helena Horton25d ago
Dominic West has said Lord Byron is his favourite poet because he was a “top shagger” and said he was not concerned the rise of AI might snuff out poetry.
‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
The Guardianby Rachel Leingang25d ago
Brian Leeland, a 79-year-old Democratic voter in Detroit, had enough. Frustrated by the way the US media covers this febrile political era, from Donald Trump’s Washington to political campaigns...
As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails
The Guardianby Joseph Gedeon in Washington25d ago
Donald Trump’s sons, through a series of AI-linked defense and technology ventures, have picked up a $620m Pentagon loan, a Marine Corps robotics contract and an undisclosed air force drone deal in...
Kimchi tuna and beetroot halloumi: 10 easy, delicious lunch bowls to make for work – as suggested by chefs
The Guardianby Leah Harper25d ago
Nearly half of office workers are making packed lunches more regularly than they were a year ago, thanks to the rising cost of buying food on the go, according to new research.
This is how we do it: ‘As a Catholic monk, I was celibate. But sex with Orla feels so natural’
The Guardianby As told to Olivia Ladanyi25d ago
Orla, 25 We had sex after a week. I remember thinking afterwards wow, everything has changed On our first date, last October, I asked Rory how conservative he was and he said: “I have premarital...
‘Resident Evil movies? I’ve never seen one’: Weapons director Zach Cregger on resurrecting the beloved zombie franchise
The Guardianby Ellen E Jones25d ago
When Barbarian, Zach Cregger’s debut film as a solo writer-director, came out in 2022, it was a big success, creating a buzz among horror connoisseurs, garnering good reviews, and grossing $46m.