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After the strongest storm in a generation, Hawai’i residents take recovery into their own hands – in pictures

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On Kaua‘i, neighbors repair each other’s roofs, teens deliver meals and locals use their own equipment to clear roads It was a few hours after the sun rose over the verdant valleys and clear waters of Hā‘ena on Kaua‘i’s North Shore. Michael Olanolan was already in his excavator, clearing the main highway where a wall of fallen trees had blocked access. Other neighbors joined him, moving debris so electric crews could reach utility poles downed by Hurricane Lowell. The 76-year-old father of nine and grandfather of 26 did this every day for weeks after…

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Trump immigrant purge could cut social security for Americans by $2,000 a year

New report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034 Elderly Americans can expect to lose an average of $2,152 in annual social security benefits each, a projected 8.6% reduction in their retirement payments, by 2034 and every year after as a direct consequence of the economic fallout from the Trump administration’s anti-immigration campaign , if that carries on, according to a new report shared exclusively with the Guardian. Already, US food prices are up, housing permits to build new homes are…

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The Democrats taking the fight to Republican strongholds

In Florida, Kansas, Iowa and Texas, Democratic candidates are outperforming the predictions, but both parties may struggle to consolidate gains This was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it in your inbox The most valuable education I received for becoming a political editor was growing up in Florida. During the entirety of the 18 years I lived there, it was a purple state that voted for Barack Obama twice, and while I would not say my community was diverse, the spectrum of political…