The Guardian · US newsLeaky aqueducts and mega-projects for the wealthy exacerbate a water crisis in the US island territory
Dhara Rivera de Jesús keeps at least 30 large water containers in her home at all times. After more than a year without consistent service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she fills them whenever water returns, which sometimes only happens for a handful of hours every few days. Going without reliable water to bathe, flush toilets or cook has affected her ability to work and stick to a usual routine – a catch-22, now that she has to spend more money and time buying water and prepared food.
This summer, water levels in the island’s key dams fell below the thresholds needed to supply about half a million residents, leading to a severe drought that prompted Puerto Rico’s governor, Jenniffer González-Colón, to declare a state of emergency. But residents of San Juan, including Rivera, had already spent months grappling with water insecurity as the archipelago’s ageing and deteriorating infrastructure continued to fail amid government mismanagement.
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Coral Murphy Marcos with visuals by Jesse Ilan Kornbluth · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 11:06 AM
The Guardian · US newsPresident and defense secretary try to link worst terrorist attack in US history to current unpopular war
US politics live – latest updates
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth used remarks at the memorial ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to defend the US-Israel war on Iran – and suggest the controversial conflict was part of the legacy of the worst terrorist attack in US history.
While such ceremonies on September 11 typically focus on the victims of the 2001 attacks, the US president and his defense secretary each pointed to the war they launched on Iran more than six months ago, with no end in sight.
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Shrai Popat and Joseph Gedeon in Washington · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 11:06 AM
The Guardian · US newsGST founder Michael Johnson said he ‘got the athletes paid’
Money stuck in escrow account after bankruptcy filing
Grand Slam Track athletes have still only received 50% of their earnings nearly 15 months on from the collapse of Michael Johnson’s ill-fated venture.
Many of the Grand Slam stars are at the Ultimate Championships here in Budapest, where they will compete for a $10m prize fund, the richest in the sport’s history, with first prizes of $150,000 for individual events.
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Sean Ingle in Budapest · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 11:00 AM
The Guardian · US newsSpain’s Carlota Ciganda made an amazing par at 18 to tie her match as day one ended all square after both foursomes and fourballs were tied 2-2
Europe do indeed escape from their travails on 1 with a half. Alison Lee leaves her birdie putt short, and Nanna Koertz Madsen tidies up. But the USA strike back on 2, Nelly Korda wedging close with her approach on the par five, and Lottie Woad can’t save the day with her 15-foot right-to-left putt. All square in the opening two matches.
Corpuz/Korda A/S Hull/Woad (2)
Koerstz Madsen/Boutier A/S Coughlin/Al. Lee (1)
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David Tindall (fourballs) and Scott Murray (foursomes) · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 10:47 AM
The Guardian · US news25 years on from the terror attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in New York City, Washington DC and Pennsylvania, the dark legacy of September 11 continues to unfold in the US and across the world. A throughline can be drawn from that day in 2001 to much of the geopolitics and conflicts of today.
Annie Kelly speaks to the Guardian’s international security correspondent, Jason Burke, about how 9/11 changed the world
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Presented by Annie Kelly with Jason Burke ; produced by Angus Neale ; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin ; executive producer Zoe Hitch · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 10:38 AM
The Guardian · US newsTeen and his brother and cousin, who both drowned, were fishing off Alaska’s St Lawrence Island when boat capsized
A teenaged boy was rescued having clung to a capsized fishing vessel in the Bering Sea for days after the boat overturned and his older brother and cousin drowned.
The group had last been seen been leaving Alaska’s St Lawrence Island in an 18ft fishing vessel on Friday, and were expected back early on Sunday but failed to return, the coast guard said in a statement. Authorities began their search on Sunday evening, and an aircrew found the sole survivor on top of the overturned vessel on Monday afternoon.
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Dani Anguiano · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 10:26 AM
The Guardian · US newsDemocrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relations
A bipartisan pair of American politicians is telling Britain’s most secretive court to stop hiding its handling of Apple’s legal fight against a government demand to break into its customers’ encrypted data, warning that Whitehall’s taste for secrecy is “needlessly” straining relations between the two allies.
The letter, shared with the Guardian ahead of being sent to the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) on Friday, is signed by the Democratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and the Republican congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio.
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Joseph Gedeon in Washington · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 10:09 AM
The Guardian · US newsThousands gather in New York City and across the country to honor the memory of the victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks
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Compiled by Julius Constantine Motal · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 9:34 AM
The Guardian · US newsKeeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend
If there were a 10% chance that AI could wipe out humanity, no responsible government would leave its development to companies racing to build it. Yet until recently, that seemed to be the case. The warning was all the more ominous because it was made by a researcher at Anthropic, the trillion-dollar AI company behind the Claude chatbot. The dangers of AI-enabled pandemics or attacks on nuclear systems are real. Countries need not agree on democracy or trade policy to accept this.
The US and China will hold, reportedly, their first bilateral AI-safety talks before a planned White House summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Despite their tech rivalry, neither Washington nor Beijing can make the most advanced AI safe on their own. A US-China settlement won’t be able to say how AI works everywhere. Countries deploying AI must help write the global rulebook. The odds on an extinction event are shortening. This week Anthropic said that it identified five cases in which attempts were made using its models to support biological weapons development. It banned the accounts. In one case, a platform sent requests rejected by Claude to a rival with weaker safeguards. AI safety, clearly, cannot be that of the least responsible model.
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Editorial · Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 9:34 AM
