38 minutes ago Polls show tight races for Trump and Harris in crucial battleground states as Election Day nears: Live

Polls tighten in key swing states as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump enter final two weeks of campaign

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2 hours ago Conspiracy theories and a $1m check: a night at Elon Musk’s surreal election giveaway

Musk’s latest ploy to assist Trump to win the US election has been to give away $1m every day to a member of the publicUS politics live – latest updatesStanding before a large US flag, which spanned the breadth of a vast stage, the world’s richest man told an assembled crowd that he loved them.“This kind of energy lights a fire in my soul,” he said, having just made one of the crowd a millionaire after everyone chanted his name. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago No 10 says Starmer won’t offer reparations or apology over Britain’s role in slavery at Commonwealth summit – UK politics live

Government opposed to idea of paying reparations for Britain’s historic role in slave trade and will not issue apology at Commonwealth meetingIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has discovered another weird budget ritual. On his Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast, he says:Someone messaged me to say: ‘Did you know that over in the Treasury as they’ve been going over all these spending settlements, in one of the offices, its full of balloons. And every time an indivi...

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6 hours ago Starmer and Streeting invite ‘entire nation’ to contribute to consultation on reforming NHS – UK politics live

Labour invite the public to share their experiences, views and ideas on fixing the NHS in a nation-wide consultationGood morning. When the Labour government came into power, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, declared on his first day in office “the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken”. The government is going to published a 10-year health plan to fix it, and it is due to be published next spring.Streeting has said the plan will involve three main elements: moving from analogue to digital; more focus on primary care, not hospital care; and more focus on prevention. Keir Starmer explained them in a speech on the NHS in September.Members of the public, as well as NHS staff and experts will be invited to share their experiences views and ideas for fixing the NHS via the o...

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7 hours ago Trump tries to troll Harris with McDonald’s stunt as CBS News finally hits back at interview claims: Live

Donald Trump dishes up French fries in Pennsylvania as 60 Minutes rejects his false claims about editing of its recent Kamala Harris interview

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13 hours ago Trump appears to get anchor Sage Steele’s name wrong at town hall before heading to Steelers game: Live

Trump, fresh from his townhall dance-off, rants about Arnold Palmer’s manhood while Kamala Harris spends her birthday campaigning in Georgia

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17 hours ago Trump, 78, claims he is not close to 80 at rambling town hall and suggests Harris has a ‘cognitive problem’: Live

Trump, fresh from his townhall dance-off, rants about Arnold Palmer’s manhood while Kamala Harris spends her birthday campaigning in Georgia

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19 hours ago Trump makes bizarre stop at McDonald’s and learns how to make French fries ahead of Pennsylvania town hall: Live

Trump, fresh from his townhall dance-off, rants about Arnold Palmer’s manhood while Kamala Harris spends her birthday campaigning in Georgia

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20 hours ago Trump has another go at Harris over her time at McDonald’s as he dons apron to work fry cooker: Live

Trump, fresh from his townhall dance-off, rants about Arnold Palmer’s manhood while Kamala Harris spends her birthday campaigning in Georgia

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