2 hours ago Jill Biden says it was the ‘right call’ for her husband to drop out of 2024 campaign

The First Lady admitted it might be ‘tough’ for the couple to relinquish power

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2 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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2 hours ago DeSantis using state money, time and his power to fight abortion rights measure

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is focusing his official office on fighting an abortion rights amendment

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5 hours ago 'We're all struggling so much... I'm surviving but I don't know how long for'

The cost of living crisis is still hurting many around Salford.

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6 hours ago Meet Georgia's billionaire 'Bond Villain' oligarch who appears set to hand Vladimir Putin one of his biggest victories over the West

Meet Bidzina Ivanishvili, the cold, calculating recluse who rules the Black Sea nation from the shadows. Ivanishvili's government finally pushed through a 'foreign agents' law in May.

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6 hours ago Pakistan’s government curbs judiciary’s power after alleged harassment of MPs

Coalition will now be able to hire and fire judges but faces accusations it bribed and abducted lawmakers to get its wayPakistan’s government has passed a controversial amendment to the constitution that has been accused of weakening the power and independence of the judiciary, throwing the country’s democracy into further crisis.The 26th constitutional amendment was passed in a clandestine, late-night parliamentary session that was clouded in secrecy and marred by allegations of abductions and intimidation of parliamentarians to force them to vote in favour of the bill. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney; Trump trying to politicize military with ‘enemy within’ remarks, says Walz – US elections live

Vice-president campaigns in Pennsylvania in effort to win over Republican voters as her running mate warns over Trump commentsDon’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...

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7 hours ago Britain to pay Saint Helena £6.5m to take in migrants who arrive on the Chagos Islands (more than 5,000 miles away)... but Labour insists it's NOT a Rwanda

Stephen Doughty, the Foreign Office minister responsible for Britain's overseas territories, hailed the agreement as a 'win-win' for the UK.

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7 hours ago London Sinfonietta/Berman review – Schoenberg celebrations fail to get the party started

London Sinfonietta/Berman review – Schoenberg celebrations fail to get the party started  The Guardian

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