3 hours ago Harris holds 2:1 lead in early voting – as poll goers cite abortion as a main issue

Early voters tend to favor the Democratic candidate, and those waiting until Election Day will tend to favor her Republican opponent, according to a recent poll

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3 hours ago Trump’s policies could drain Social Security in just six years, report warns

Retirement program might be forced to cut checks as early as 2031 under Trump’s proposed agenda

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4 hours ago The Franchise review – Armando Iannucci’s superhero satire is saved only by a standout star

This spoof from a team of comedy greats ends up a bit of a mess – largely due to the lack of great jokes. But one actor comes up with the goodsIt is a strange truth that to satirise something effectively, you have to love it – at least a little. You have to see it in the round and understand not just where it fails but where it succeeds, and why some people like it while others loathe it. Good satire doesn’t come from indifference: it comes from disappointment, rage and the desire to show not just how things fail but how they could be better.Jonathan Swift wrote about people eating babies because he was furious. Jane Austen looked at Georgian women’s lot and laid bare all its miseries through laughter. Leaping over a few centuries, the likes of Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister an...

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4 hours ago Election 2024 live updates: Trump slams Harris as a ‘cognitive mess’; Cheney urges pro

Polls tighten in key swing states as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set to end busy day of campaigning with events in Concord, North Carolina, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, respectively

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4 hours ago Harris and Cheney talk economy, women’s health and Trump in Michigan campaign event – US elections live

VP and former Republican congresswoman meet voters in swing state; Trump holds rally in North CarolinaDon’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsWe reported earlier that Kamala Harris has a huge advantage in campaign cash over Donald Trump. But the former president has his own deep-pocketed backer in the former of Tesla boss Elon Musk, who held a strange town hall in swing state Pennsylvania this weekend where he started handing out mammoth checks to voters to get them to back Trump. The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland witnessed the spectacle in person:Standing 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.Today, my Administration is taking a major step to ...

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4 hours ago Robert Pattinson fans shocked by his 'real voice' and claim he sounds just like popular cartoon character

Comments about the Twilight actor's accent started flooding social media after a TikTok video of his fiancée Suki Waterhouse hilariously prank calling him went viral over the weekend.

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5 hours ago Trump repeats FEMA conspiracy during North Carolina visit; Harris joins Cheney to court suburban voters: Live

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

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5 hours ago McDonald's claims they are missing Kamala Harris's employment records as staff are 'sworn to secrecy'

McDonald's corporation has finally detailed why they do not have records to verify vice president Kamala Harris claim that she worked at a franchise restaurant in the 1980's.

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5 hours ago Donald Trump calls boxer Imane Khelif a 'man' during podcast with WWE's Undertaker

Former US president Donald Trump has continued his political campaign trail by appearing on the podcast of American wrestler and WWE legend The Undertaker's podcast

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5 hours ago Tim Cook responds to questions over Apple’s AI plans as world waits for iPhone’s new features

Apple may be late to new technology but claims it will change users’ lives

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