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US headlines

  • Kyle Rittenhouse cries at his trial in November 2021 for killing two people.

    Kyle Rittenhouse reverses course on not endorsing Trump after online pile-on

    Man who killed activists in 2020 questioned Trump’s gun rights bona fides before backing down in face of hate tweets
  • Trump with head cocked.

    Trump agrees to debate on Fox News – but Harris insists on ABC

  • a man in a suit speaks

    Who is Tim Walz, the governor who could be Harris’s vice-presidential pick?

  • A man wearing a blue suit and red tie speaks into a microphone with his hand gestured

    Why conservative women dealing with infertility aren’t upset about Vance’s ‘cat ladies’ comment

  • Children play next to a fire hydrant

    Cold showers and ‘farmers’ hours’: how readers stay cool in a heatwave

  • Large color photos and crosses draped with leis are displayed outside with small mountains in the background.

    Lawsuit over last year’s deadly Maui wildfires settled for $4bn

  • Cori Bush under pressure as pro-Israel funding tips House race: ‘I have to do a lot more to win’

  • ‘Here we are again’: a fire-addled California enclave reckons with disaster on repeat

  • Inside the Maga mind: Trump’s most dedicated fans explain their fervor

  • What’s ahead for Kosa, an online safety act for minors, as it reaches US House?

  • Crunch time in ‘veepstakes’ as Kamala Harris prepares to choose running mate

  • Kamala Harris effectively clinches Democratic nomination for president

  • Plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters revoked by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin

  • Sick sea lions stranded on California coast as experts fear algae poisoning

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

  • LOTY 19 ROB NEG 34

    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

  • Donald Trump speaking at a Bitcoin event in Nashville on 27 July

    Silicon Valley’s Trump supporters are dicing with the death of democracy

    John Naughton
    • A middle-aged man at a lectern raises his arms in a 'whaddya want?' gesture.

      This one weird trick might win Democrats the election

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Pro-choice protesters in Parliament Square, London in September 2022.

      Women are being spat on outside my abortion clinic. Where is the safe zone we’re legally entitled to?

      Michaela McDaid
    • Protests Erupt After IDF Reservists Arrested Over Abuse Of Gazan Detainee<br>KFAR YONA, ISRAEL - JULY 30: Protesters knock a stick on barriers during a demonstration against Israeli military prosecutors near a military court on July 30, 2024 in Kfar Yona, Israel. Yesterday, far-right protesters broke into the Sde Teiman compound to show support for Israeli reservists detained over allegations of abusing a Palestinian detainee. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

      When will Israel free the Palestinians it is holding hostage?

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Funeral in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel.

      The war in the Middle East is escalating fast – and Biden has squandered too many chances to stop it

      Mohamad Bazzi

US sports

  • The United States’ Emily Sonnett goes in for a header.

    Live
    Japan v USA – Paris Olympics women’s football quarter-final goes to extra time – live updates

  • Simone Biles competes in the gymnastics individual vault final.

    Live
    Paris 2024 Olympics day eight: Biles in gymnastics action, men’s cycling road race nears finish – live

  • Simone Manuel is the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal in swimming.

    US Olympic swimming struggles continue as Simone Manuel misses 50m freestyle final

  • Kaleb Geiger takes the ball up for the New England Free Jacks, against Seattle Seawolves in April.

    New England face Seattle in MLR final as US rugby seeks swift growth

US politics

  • a woman wearing a light blue suit waves in front of people holding signs that read 'when we fight, we win' and 'Kamala'

    Crunch time in ‘veepstakes’ as Kamala Harris prepares to choose running mate

  • side by side screenshots of a gun being fired and a mosque in flames

    US-Israeli soldier posted videos showing detonation of Gaza homes and mosque

  • Kamala Harris campaigns

    Kamala Harris effectively clinches Democratic nomination for president

  • Lloyd Austin

    Plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters revoked by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin

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US business

  • An elderly man with a cane rides in a gold cart.

    Berkshire Hathaway sells off large share of Apple and increases cash holdings

  • People attend a job fair

    US jobs data ‘flashing red’ as poor growth sparks Wall Street sell-off

    • Guzman y Gomez composite. The image shows two burritos on a scale.

      We’re literally going to need a bigger burrito: can Guzman y Gomez crack the crowded US market?

    • A worker stacks packaged bed frames in a factory in Commerce, California, in 2017. US manufacturing data suggested the world’s biggest economy may be slowing.

      Federal Reserve interest rate cut bets rise as US jobs disappointment fuels growth fears – as it happened

    • A trader works on the floor of the New York stock exchange

      Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall

Pictures & video

  • 'It's overwhelming': WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich returns to US in Russia prisoner swap – video

  • Russian nationals involved in a complex swap of prisoners with Western countries arrived in Moscow and were met at the airport by President Vladimir Putin

    2:02

    Biden and Harris greet freed Americans after biggest Russia prisoner swap since cold war - video

    Russian nationals involved in a complex swap of prisoners with Western countries arrived in Moscow and were met at the airport by President Vladimir Putin
  • On a muggy evening at Andrews air force Base, Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva stepped onto American soil

    2:08

    Hugs and tears as Evan Gershkovich and other US citizens return home after prisoner swap - video

    On a muggy evening at Andrews air force Base, Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva stepped onto American soil

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