87 m. ago Greens surge into the lead among young voters in fresh poll misery for Labour and Keir Starmer

A Savanta survey for ITV's Peston programme found that support for Labour among 18 to 25-year-olds has collapsed in recent months.

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19 h. ago Trump administration planning to allow oil and gas drilling off California coast

Plan, which Gavin Newsom, the governor, has said would be ‘dead on arrival’, will allow six lease sales from 2027 to 2030The Trump administration is planning to allow oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in decades, according to a draft plan shared with the Washington Post.The move is guaranteed to set up a battle with the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, a staunch opponent of offshore drilling. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Gavin Newsom winning with young male voters according to polling pitting him against JD Vance

Republican pollster League of American Workers/TIPP found the Californian governor is making headway with young men, following the demographic’s well-documented support for President Donald Trump in 2024

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3 d. ago Newsom uses AI picture of Trump as Marie Antoinette to blast his Mar

Trump’s weekend Mar-a-Lago trip marks his 13th visit this term

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4 d. ago Lucy Bronze defends Mary Earps: 'Female players are constantly under a magnifying glass'

England goalkeeper Mary Earps faced backlash this week over negative comments made about former teammates. In response, two time Euro-winning defender Lucy Bronze says that male footballers would not be subject to such forensic scrutiny as women

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4 d. ago Just one in five voters approve of Reeves breaking manifesto tax pledge at Budget, new poll shows

Exclusive: The government needs to provide a positive vision for change if it wants to win the public’s backing for manifesto-breaking tax rises, a new report shows

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6 d. ago ‘Live, laugh, lose’: Trump hammered over golden Oval Office sign tacked to White House wall

Donald Trump has been hammered on social media for taping a golden “Oval Office” sign onto the walls of the White House, while the government shutdown enters its 37th day

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6 d. ago Election results live: Trump sounds like mob boss assessing Mamdani win: ‘We’ll take care of it’

California Republicans sued California Governor Gavin Newsom hours after voters approve Prop 50

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6 d. ago California Republicans sue over new U.S. House map approved by voters

California Republicans have filed a lawsuit to block a new U.S. House map that voters just approved

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7 d. ago How California’s Proposition 50 ‘redistricting’ measures could help win back the House at the mid

Gavin Newsom accuses Trump of ‘rigging mid-terms’ as California approves redistricting measures to help win back the House

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7 d. ago Californian voters back new congressional map to boost Democrats in response to Texas ‘gerrymandering’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom spearheaded the ballot initiative after Texas carved out additional GOP seats at the urging of Donald Trump

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8 d. ago ‘Emo deer’ is spotted in rural Texas, officials say he’s ‘totally fine’

Texas officials noted that male deer naturally shed their antlers before the end of winter, meaning the ‘emo-chic accessory’ should drop off on its own soon

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8 d. ago New York mayoral candidates campaign across city in final push before election

Zohran Mamdani walked across Brooklyn Bridge while Andrew Cuomo headed to the BronxThe candidates for New York City mayor spent a frantic final day campaigning across the city, as voters prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday in one of the most closely watched races in the city’s history.Zohran Mamdani, the race’s frontrunner, whose campaign has been centered on affordability, has maintained a commanding lead, with most polls showing him leading by double digits. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago California law to protect Jewish students faces challenge over free speech concerns

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is challenging a new California law designed to protect Jewish students from discrimination

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9 d. ago NYC mayoral candidates make final push ahead of Election Day

New York City’s mayoral candidates are set to make a final push to get voters to the polls as the race to lead America’s biggest city nears its finale

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9 d. ago Gavin Newsom says ‘I don’t’ want to be president as he insists Democrats can no longer play by Michelle Obama rules

California governor backs away from 2028 speculation while taking first step to address why his party lost the White House: Joe Biden

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on the Dutch election: an uplifting victory for the politics of hope not hate | Editorial

Targeting the negativity of the far right, the big winner of last week’s poll was able to cut through with votersOne of the tightest elections in Dutch history produced an outcome so close that first steps in negotiating a new coalition government have yet to begin. But at a time when the forward march of the far right across Europe is dominating headlines, sapping the confidence of mainstream parties, one uplifting takeaway was immediately clear: a less divisive kind of politics can still cut through with the public, if it is prosecuted with conviction and panache.The big and unexpected winner of last week’s poll was 38-year-old Rob Jetten, the charismatic leader of the centrist liberal party D66, which almost tripled its vote and is set to top the polls by a whisker. Basing his campaign on the Obama-style slogan “Yes we can”, Mr Jetten presented himself as an optimistic unifier to an electorate exhausted by the polarising politics of Geert Wilders, whose anti-i...

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1 week ago California set to approve Prop 50 as voters signal displeasure with Trump

Voters set to accept new maps to help Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering – and check president’s powerCalifornia’s Proposition 50 began as a warning from the nation’s largest blue state to its largest red one: don’t poke the bear. But when Texas moved ahead with a rare, mid-decade gerrymander, pushed by Donald Trump as Republicans seek to shore up their fragile House majority in the midterm elections, California made good on its threat.Now, California voters appear poised to approve a redistricting measure placed on the ballot in August by Democrats and the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, who have cast it as a chance to check Trump’s power. Continue reading...

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1 week ago President JD Vance or Marco Rubio? We’re seeing the first signs of the battle over Trump's succession | Simon Tisdall

It’s currently a two-horse race – and the next US leader is guaranteed to be a careerist who knows nothing of statesmanshipMillions of Americans yearn for 7 November 2028, the scheduled date of the next presidential election. That’s the day the Trump era effectively ends. Probably. That’s the day the Democrats will atone for Kamala Harris’s calamitous 2024 failure. Possibly. That’s the day US democracy is reborn. Hopefully. Succession talk is tantalising Washington. Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has given the clearest sign yet that he’ll run and glossing over past blunders, Harris reckons she deserves a second chance.Yet most attention is focused on the Republicans, after Trump, 79, again threatened to defy the constitution and seek a third term. “I would love to do it,” he said this week. He rowed back later, albeit unconvincingly. “We’ll see what happens,” he teased. This undignified narcissist’s electoral fan dance will drag on interminably. Of greater practical interest a...

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1 week ago BBC enforce strict rule for Traitors Claudia Winkleman's hidden 'male alter

Claudia Winkleman, best known for hosting The Celebrity Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing, faced stern words from BBC bosses about her male alter-ego Jean

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