Pardoned January 6 defendant runs for Florida political office pred 10 urami in 44 minutami Adam Johnson served 75 days in prison before being pardoned by Donald Trump in January 2025A Florida man who was convicted then pardoned by Donald Trump after he grabbed then House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern and posed for photographs with it during the US Capitol riot is running for county office.Adam Johnson filed to run as a Republican for an at-large seat on the Manatee county commission on Tuesday. That was the fifth anniversary of the January 6 riot, when he was photographed smiling and waving as he carried Pelosi’s lectern after the pro-Trump mob’s attack in 2021. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ilhan Omar and two other House members blocked from visiting ICE facility in Minnesota pred 10 urami in 47 minutami Democrats ejected even though judge ruled Congress members can’t be barred from visiting ICE facilitiesThree Democratic members of Congress from Minnesota, including House representative Ilhan Omar, were blocked from entering an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center located near Minneapolis on Saturday morning.The incident took place near the Whipple federal building in the Twin Cities as clashes and demonstrations continued after the shooting death of 37-year-old Renee Good by an ICE agent in south Minneapolis earlier in the week. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia’s Cop31 chief negotiator plans to lobby petrostates on fossil fuel phaseout pred 11 urami in 31 minutami Exclusive: Chris Bowen says key to next UN climate summit will be ‘engagement, engagement, engagement’ with countries such as Saudi ArabiaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChris Bowen wants to use his stint as the world’s chief climate negotiator to lobby Saudi Arabia and others to stop resisting progress at UN summits, heeding calls for a “hard-nosed” approach in dealing with big emitters obstructing the transition.Appointed “president of negotiations” for Cop31 under the deal that handed Turkey hosting rights for the conference, Australia’s climate change and energy minister has told Guardian Australia a focus ahead of the summit would be talking to countries “with whom we don’t traditionally agree”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Call centre operator that won major Centrelink contract paid no corporate tax for two years pred 11 urami in 31 minutami Telco Services Australia generated more than $185m in revenue in 2024-25 and $130m the year before but paid zero taxGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn outsource call centre operator for Centrelink paid no corporate tax for several years even after winning a major government agency contract worth tens of millions of dollars, Guardian Australia can reveal.The Perth-headquartered company, Telco Services Australia, generated more than $185m in revenue in 2024-25 but reported no taxable income, new financial documents show.Do you know more? Email jonathan.barrett@theguardian.com Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Protester pulls down national flag from Iranian embassy in London pred 11 urami in 45 minutami Demonstrator seen putting up pre-Islamic revolution lion and sun flag in support of rallies challenging Tehran regimeA protester has climbed on to the balcony of the Iranian embassy in central London and pulled down the country’s flag during an anti-regime demonstration.
Social media footage appeared to show a man replacing the flag with the pre-Islamic revolution lion and sun flag, often used by opposition groups in the country.The Iranian embassy later posted a picture on its X account of the flag back in place with the caption “Iran’s flag is flying high”.
The Metropolitan police said an estimated 500 to 1,000 people attended the protest on Saturday at its peak in Kensington. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
