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  1. Judge orders Trump administration to reveal who set up $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization fund’
    By Edward Helmore

    Judge issued order as part of discovery process in lawsuit brought by non-profit into now defunct compensation fund

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #ToddBlanche #Republicans #LawUS #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  2. Lindsay Clancy murder trial ends in dramatic deadlock – what comes next?
    By Edward Helmore

    District attorney must decide whether to retry case after jury’s failure to reach verdict despite hours of deliberation

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #Massachusetts #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  3. Judge set to declare mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlocked again
    By Edward Helmore

    Defense lawyer has asked for an hour to request emergency stay after jury deadlocked for third time

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s

    #Massachusetts #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  4. Trump says NBC’s Kristen ‌Welker should face ‘punishment’ from FCC
    By Edward Helmore

    Trump’s threat comes after host described success record of candidates whom president had endorsed as ‘mixed’

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #DonaldTrump #NBC #USpolitics #USnews #Trumpadministration #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  5. Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates
    By Edward Helmore

    Meanwhile, Trump posts video of himself kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with Lake America sign

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #DonaldTrump #Canada #Americas #USnews #Worldnews #USpolitics #USforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  6. Palestinian woman and NBC News team reportedly attacked in West Bank
    By Edward Helmore

    Matt Bradley and crew assaulted while interviewing woman who said settlers had driven family out of home

    theguardian.com/world/2026/aug

    #WestBank #NBC #USnews #Israel #Palestine #Media #Worldnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  7. Tennessee governor says he backs airport name change to honor Dolly Parton
    By Edward Helmore

    Bill Lee says he favors proposal to rename Nashville’s international airport after legendary country singer

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #DollyParton #Nashville #Tennessee #Airlineindustry #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  8. Final witness in Lindsay Clancy trial says he doesn’t believe she heard a voice during killings
    By Edward Helmore

    FBI psychiatrist Gregory Saathoff says he’s treated only two women with postpartum psychosis, both decades earlier

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #Massachusetts #UScrime #Mentalhealth #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  9. Texas law banning drag shows where children may be present struck down again
    By Edward Helmore

    ‘This is a profoundly flawed decision that endangers our children and is an affront to Texas values,’ Ken Paxton says

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #Texas #LGBTQrights #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  10. ICE agent embroiled in interstate extradition dispute after allegedly shooting Venezuelan man
    By Edward Helmore and agency

    Christian Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime by another

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #USimmigration #USnews #Texas #Minnesota #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore #agency

  11. Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking appeal, calling claims ‘demonstrably meritless’
    By Edward Helmore

    Maxwell sought to vacate Epstein-related conviction, alleging hidden trial evidence and juror’s abuse history

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #UScrime #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  12. Louisiana supreme court justice wins rare $300,000 defamation trial against newspaper
    By Edward Helmore

    Then Advocate editor-in-chief and writer testified editorial was not part of agenda against Jefferson Davis Hughes III

    theguardian.com/media/2026/aug

    #USpressandpublishing #USnews #Louisiana #Media #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  13. Indiana mayor calls it ‘unacceptable’ for thousands to have no power two weeks after storm
    By Edward Helmore

    Gary mayor says 12 days is ‘too long’ for residents to go without power after storm downed trees on to power lines

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #Indiana #USnews #USweather #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  14. Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her home dies aged 32
    By Edward Helmore

    Sean Grayson, who was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2023, was serving a 20-year sentence for second-degree murder

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #SonyaMassey #UScrime #Illinois #USpolicing #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  15. Free speech group calls foul play at prosecutors using Comey novel in case against him
    By Edward Helmore

    PEN America condemns lawyers using passage from thriller to bolster claim ex-FBI director intended to harm Trump

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #JamesComey #DonaldTrump #USjusticesystem #USpolitics #Trumpadministration #UScrime #USnews #LawUS #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  16. Indiana residents endure 11th day without power after storms topple power lines
    By Edward Helmore

    33,124 residents still in the dark as utility company says it is working to restore power in north-west of state

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #Indiana #Extremeweather #USweather #Chicago #Illinois #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  17. Lindsay Clancy trial: everything that happened this week in court
    By Edward Helmore

    Outcome of trial of a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children may come down to witness testimony

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #Massachusetts #USnews #LawUS #UScrime #Parentsandparenting #Mentalhealth #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  18. Pentagon reportedly fires publisher and editor of US military news outlet Stars & Stripes
    By Edward Helmore

    Max Lederer and Erik Slavin receive termination notices after publication reported on crew conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #USmilitary #Trumpadministration #USpolitics #USnews #Media #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  19. Tornadoes pummel New York’s Long Island and Delaware capital
    By Edward Helmore and agency

    First responders also rescued flood-stranded people after storms unleashed heavy rains in the US north-east

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #NewYork #Delaware #NewJersey #Tornadoes #Flooding #Extremeweather #USweather #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore #agency

  20. US man sentenced to 77 years for child sexual abuse charges tied to online extremist group
    By Edward Helmore

    Kyle Spitze of Tennessee faced federal charges for targeting girls online as part of ‘764 network’ investigated by FBI

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #UScrime #USnews #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Internet #Youngpeople #Technology #Cybercrime #FBI #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  21. Stars and Stripes publisher could be fired before planned retirement, sources say
    By Edward Helmore

    Max Lederer, longtime head of the US military news outlet, says his ‘philosophy of leadership’ differs from defense’s

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #Trumpadministration #Newspapers #Media #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  22. Lindsay Clancy had ‘thoughts of harming the children’, mother testifies at trial
    By Edward Helmore

    Paula Musgrove stated her daughter had said medications were ‘destroying’ her mind and she was becoming ‘paranoid’

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #USnews #Massachusetts #UScrime #Mentalhealth #Depression #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  23. US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power
    By Edward Helmore

    USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioning

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #USmilitary #Trumpadministration #USIsraelwaronIran #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  24. Lindsay Clancy murder trial: prosecutors revive theory of faked suicide attempt
    By Edward Helmore

    Prosecutors pointed to internet searches made on the family computer in the months before the killings to make their case

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #USnews #Mentalhealth #Massachusetts #Boston #Postnataldepression #UScrime #Health #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  25. Baby with heart defect at center of US surrogacy dispute handed to parents
    By Edward Helmore

    Biological parents given custody of child born in Texas amid dispute over surrogate mother’s claim of abortion request

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #USnews #Texas #Surrogacy #Children #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

  26. Senate committee says it has copy of Fauci’s phone as it weighs holding him in contempt
    By Edward Helmore

    Veteran US health official invoked fifth amendment right amid hostile questioning from Republicans last week

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #AnthonyFauci #USSenate #Coronavirus #USnews #USpolitics #Trumpadministration #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore