9 h. ago Young voters want more women to hold political office — but wouldn’t vote for a woman to be president: new poll

Most voters want to elect more women, but sexist double standards emerge when picturing them as president

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31 h. ago Nearly 20% of younger voters say they would not elect a woman as president, new poll finds

Most voters want to elect more women, but sexist double standards emerge when picturing them as president

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6 d. ago Glam racing driver aiming to bring 'new dynamic' as first woman FIA president

Laura Villars has announced herself as a surprise third candidate for the FIA presidency, and the Swiss racer says she will bring a 'new dynamic' to the motorsport world

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9 d. ago How a baseless internet rumour has forced Brigitte Macron to prove she is a woman in a US court: Astonishing full story that led to French president's wife facing Candace Owens

The bizarre story of how an unsubstantiated internet conspiracy theory about 72-year-old Brigitte Macron secretly being a transgender woman has snowballed into a high-profile U.S. court case.

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2 w. ago Laura Villars interview: Meet the Gen Z racer bidding to be first woman FIA president

Incumbent president Mohammed ben Sulayem and challenger Tim Mayer have been joined by Laura Villars, 28, who announced herself as a surprise third candidate in the FIA presidential election

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4 w. ago Trump calls release of suggestive note to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein a ‘dead issue’

Administration says it would support an expert review of signature to determine whether it was Trump who signed itWhite House officials on Tuesday doubled down on their assertion that a sexually suggestive letter carrying what appeared to be Donald Trump’s signature that was included in a birthday book for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had not been signed by the president.The letter, and its drawing of a naked woman’s torso around an imagined conversation between Trump and Epstein, was part of a batch of documents released by the House oversight committee in response to a subpoena after its existence was first reported in July by the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago White House denies that Trump wrote Epstein letter and calls investigation a Democrat ‘hoax’ – live

White House press secretary denies that president wrote Epstein a card that included the outline of a woman’s body for the sex trafficker’s 50th birthdayPhoto of novelty check suggests Epstein ‘sold’ Trump a womanJeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday book – in picturesMy colleague, Oliver Holmes, has been going through the Jeffrey Epstein 50th birthday album that House Democrats on the oversight committee released on Monday, after they subpoenaed Epstein’s estate.As Oliver notes, much of the book seems to be a collection of flattering and celebratory letters – often highly sexualised – from people who knew Epstein. They include photos of him embracing women in bikinis whose faces were redacted, and others showing scenes featuring wild animals having sex.Bill Clinton, who had left the US presidency a couple years before the publication of the book, is listed in the “friends” section.Peter Mandelson, the current UK ambassador to the United States, called Epstein his “best pal”. There are al...

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