The Guardian · US newsCanada coach: Had to beg US players to sing anthem
Marsch was assistant for USMNT from 2010-11
Dempsey says it was an ‘honor’ to represent country
Clint Dempsey, the US men’s national team’s joint all-time leading scorer, has fired back at Jesse Marsch after the Canada coach suggested that American players had to be begged to sing the Star-Spangled Banner.
Speaking to reporters this week before Canada’s World Cup opener – a 1-1 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday in Toronto – Marsch was praising the pride of his own team when he drew a comparison with US players. Marsch was an assistant for the USMNT from 2010 to 2011, including at the World Cup in South Africa, and became the first American to manage Canada when he was appointed two years ago.
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Guardian sport · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 6:24 PM
The Guardian · US newsOfficials given 21 days to comply with order after Angel Kelley condemns administration for ‘telling half-truths’
A US district court judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate any history or science materials it removed from the nation’s public monuments, finding that the White House’s actions “set a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization”.
In March 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “restoring truth and sanity to American history”, calling upon the secretary of interior to examine monuments, memorials and statues to see if they had been altered after January 2020 to represent a “false construction of American history”.
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Uwa Ede-Osifo · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 6:04 PM
The Guardian · US newsDeal still under UK scrutiny with new investigation, and could face lawsuit from state attorneys general
Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has decided to approve the $111bn merger of Paramount Skydance, controlled by the Ellison family, and Warner Bros Discovery, the parent company of networks like CNN and HBO.
The deal was approved by the justice department’s anti-trust division after months of review, and despite the concerns of many people in the entertainment and media industries who believe it will hurt competition by reducing the number of film studios and – most likely – merging two news networks, Paramount’s CBS News and CNN.
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Jeremy Barr · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 5:54 PM
The Guardian · CaliforniaIn video, The Hills actor, who did not contest the outcome of the election, said his campaign to ‘save’ LA was just starting
Spencer Pratt appeared to concede the Los Angeles mayor’s race on Friday in a new video where he says “the campaign portion of my mission to save Los Angeles is coming to a close”, but declares “war” against the two candidates advancing to the city’s general election.
In the video posted on social media, Pratt notably did not contest the results of the election, despite Donald Trump’s repeated, but unfounded claims the race was “rigged”. Trump, who endorsed Pratt, called California’s elections “crooked”.
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Cecilia Nowell · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 5:35 PM
The Guardian · US newsBeloved movie critic and arts reporter was known for bushy hair and mustache and affection for groan-inducing puns
Gene Shalit, a movie critic and arts reporter for the Today show over four decades who was known for his puffy hair, oversized handlebar mustache and affection for groan-inducing puns, has died. He was 100.
Shalit’s family announced the death Friday to NBC News, saying in a statement that he “passed away peacefully today after 100 years of an amazing life”.
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Associated Press · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 5:25 PM
The Guardian · US newsJustice department lawyers had appealed to stay a judge’s order to remove Trump’s name from facade
An appeals court in Washington DC rejected an emergency appeal seeking to pause the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the Kennedy Center on Friday.
Justice department lawyers for Donald Trump and his hand-picked Kennedy Center board filed the emergency appeal earlier on Friday, asking the court to stay a judge’s order that his name be removed from the facade of Washington’s leading performing arts venue.
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David Smith in Washington and Lauren Gambino · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 5:07 PM
The Guardian · CaliforniaHousing and urban development department alleges fraud in administration’s latest clash with California
The Trump administration has suspended federal funding to Los Angeles’s beleaguered homelessness agency.
The announcement is the administration’s latest move rescinding funding to California, where Donald Trump has feuded with the state’s Democratic leaders.
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Cecilia Nowell · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 2:52 PM
The Guardian · CaliforniaNo injuries reported as fire in Tracy destroys medical equipment warehouse and authorities investigate cause
A fire at a 1m sq ft warehouse complex continued to burn out of control in California early on Friday, as authorities warned the blaze could take days to extinguish and may contain toxic hazards.
The raging inferno was pumping thick black smoke up in billowing clouds as flame and a red hot glow were visible beneath from aerial images. The fire has destroyed the medical equipment warehouse in Tracy, in northern California, and prompted evacuations of other nearby facilities, with no injuries reported.
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Uwa Ede-Osifo and agencies · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 2:34 PM
The Guardian · US newsCyle Larin grabbed a historic point for the co-hosts in Toronto after Jovo Lukic’s first-half opener
Forget the World Cup just for a sec … some news from Scotland.
Canada: Crépeau, Johnston, De Fougerolles, Cornelius, Laryea, Buchanan, Koné, Eustáquio, Millar, Jonathan David, Oluwaseyi
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Taha Hashim · Fri, Jun 12, 2026, 2:27 PM
