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  • *** BESTPIX *** Vice President Kamala Harris Campaigns In Milwaukee<br>WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN - JULY 23: Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin. Harris made her first campaign appearance as the party's presidential candidate, with an endorsement from President Biden. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

    Kamala Harris allies deploy new Trump attack line: he is ‘just plain weird’

    Tactic calibrated to resonate with young and independent voters who, polls show, are now more engaged with election
  • US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS<br>US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves while boarding Air Force Two from Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Massachusetts, on July 27, 2024, as she returns to Washington, DC, after attending a campaign fundraising event. (Photo by Stephanie Scarbrough / POOL / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Top Republicans call Kamala Harris a ‘dangerous liberal’ as attacks ramp up

  • Donald Trump<br>FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Two very different conspiracy theories are spreading in the days following former Trump's attempted assassination. For some Trump supporters, the failure of the Secret Service to stop the shooter before he fired at Trump suggests a conspiracy orchestrated by President Joe Biden. For some Trump critics, however, the same video footage is being used to suggest Trump staged the shooting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Swat team says it had no contact with Secret Service before Trump rally shooting

  • US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg gives a TV interview at White House<br>epa11493099 United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during a television interview at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 23 July 2024. EPA/CHRIS KLEPONIS / POOL

    Buttigieg: Republicans calling Kamala Harris a diversity hire is ‘a bad look’

  • Joe Biden speaks in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on 20 October 2021.

    ‘Good for Joe’: Scranton residents back Biden’s decision to quit race

  • A man wearing a navy suit and red tie claps in front of an audience

    Republicans’ social conservatism wins over some Arab Americans

  • Second Trump term could boost toxic ‘forever chemicals’, experts warn

  • Voters to choose between two starkly different candidates in US ‘Armageddon election’

  • Gen-Z voters spread the ‘Kamalove’ as Harris’s popularity earns youth support

  • Cooler temperatures bring relief as Park fire explodes in California

  • Illinois officer charged with killing Sonya Massey had history of ‘bullying’

  • Kamala Harris switch scrambles Republicans as Trump resorts to insults

  • Members of US family gospel group the Nelons killed in plane crash

  • From rising star to potential liability: how JD Vance’s fortunes have turned

Behind the magic

  • A truck trailer belonging to magician David Copperfield sits outside his warehouse in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. Copperfield has been contacted by law enforcement authorities and the FBI has conducted an investigation in Las Vegas, where the magician regularly performs, his lawyer and the FBI confirmed. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    The FBI investigated David Copperfield for two years
    The claim that he was ‘exonerated’ was widely embraced. Was he?

  • Epstein head Main Image

    ‘Magic David called’
    David Copperfield repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein

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    David Copperfield
    Former teen models accuse magician of misconduct

  • David Copperfield.

    ‘I honest to God believe I was drugged’
    Magician David Copperfield’s alleged victims speak out

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Opinion

  • A woman at a desk with her hands over a face, hunched over her computer in a dark, otherwise unoccupied office.

    We were promised a 15-hour working week. What’s the hold-up?

    Emma Beddington
    More UK companies are about to trial a four-day week, and all employees could soon get the right to switch off. It’s still just baby steps, writes Emma Beddington
  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a bat with red eyes flying in front of the moon.

    The end is nigh. For insects, bats, protest, the planet…

    Stewart Lee
    Our response to global heating and the decimation of animal species is to marginalise the Green party and lock up protesters
    • President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.

      Last Tango in Washington: how sad, sidelined Joe Biden may yet have the last laugh

      Simon Tisdall
    • Cutouts of Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch against a background of newspapers.

      Rupert Murdoch’s secret succession drama is a warning to rein in the super-rich

      Will Hutton
    • A young middle-aged white man with brown hair and a bomber jacket smiling and giving a double thumbs-up in front of a blue press background.

      Elon Musk’s 20-year-old estranged daughter responded to his rant about her

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Illustration: R Fresson

      Men are spending more time looking after their children – and it’s not just cultural, it’s in their genes

      Jonathan Kennedy

US sports

  • FENCING-OLY-PARIS-2024<br>US' Lee Kiefer celebrates with her country's flag after winning against US' Lauren Scruggs in the women's foil individual gold medal bout during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris, on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

    Lee Kiefer writes herself into fencing history with masterclass in all-American final

  • Adam Peaty wins silver.

    Paris 2024 Olympics day two: Peaty shares 100m breaststroke silver after Murray keeps tennis career alive – as it happened

  • The US have scored seven goals in two games at the Paris Olympics.

    USWNT thrash Germany to book spot in quarter-finals at Paris Olympics

  • Anthony Edwards and Kevin Durant celebrate during the United States’ 110-84 win over Serbia.

    Pressure is something USA’s basketball stars apply to others – they’re having fun

US politics

  • 12 Young People Killed In Rocket Attack In Golan Heights<br>GOLAN HEIGHTS, - JULY 28: Mourners attend a funeral for ten of the victims of yesterday's rocket attack on July 28, 2024 in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights. Yesterday, 12 young people were killed in a rocket attack on a football pitch in this Druze Arab community. Israel blamed the militant group Hezbollah, with which it has been regularly exchanging fire across the Lebanese border, although the group denied responsibility. Today, Israel said it had retaliated with strikes against Hezbollah targets "deep inside Lebanese territory." (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

    Biden administration blames Hezbollah for ‘horrific’ Golan Heights rocket attack

  • Older white man with orangey skin and poofy hair in dark suit with US flag lapel pin at bottom of airplane stairs, looking a bit tired.

    Kamala Harris switch scrambles Republicans as Trump resorts to insults

  • Older white man speaking at resolute desk

    Biden to announce plans to reform US supreme court – report

  • A woman wearing a purple blazer smiles at a podium, with a blue background behind her

    Record-breaking Zoom supporting Harris mobilizes white female voters

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US business

  • Mike Lynch arrives at federal court in San Francisco, California, US, on 18 March 2024

    Cleared UK tech tycoon feared he would die in US jail if convicted

  • A very old white man with a mostly bald head and dark-rimmed glasses, wearing an orange lanyard and suit without a tie, looks up from his phone and appears to listen to something likely very far away from where he is sitting.

    Rupert Murdoch goes to war with his children over his media empire

    • two people in plane cockpit overlooking cityscape

      Top pilots’ union sounds alarm as regulators consider smaller crew sizes

    • Farm workers in protective gear pick produce in a field

      Fines for child labor violations would increase under new Democratic bill

    • OpenAI logo on phone screen sitting on laptop keyboard

      OpenAI tests new search engine called SearchGPT amid AI arms race

Pictures & video

  • Donald Trump: Kamala Harris comments about Gaza war not ‘very nice’ to Israel – video

  • The former president and first lady have endorsed Harris as the presumptive&nbsp;Democratic nominee for president

    1:02

    Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris for president – video

    The former president and first lady have endorsed Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president
  • The vice-president's comments on the humanitarian situation in Gaza indicate she could take a firmer tack with Israel than Joe Biden if she succeeds him

    2:39

    'I will not be silent': Harris voices concern for Gaza after meeting with Netanyahu – video

    The vice-president's comments on the humanitarian situation in Gaza indicate she could take a firmer tack with Israel than Joe Biden if she succeeds him

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