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Joe Biden speech LIVE updates: US president to address nation after stepping down as Democratic presidential nominee
United States President Joe Biden is set to speak from the Oval Office, the first formal speech since he announced he was no longer running for president.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Gunman researched JFK assassination before trying to kill Trump, says FBI
The 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks is believed to have done a Google search one week before the shooting of “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?
- by Eric Tucker
Boycotted but unbowed: Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress
The Israeli leader was invited to address the congress by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson amid a war that has mobilised youthful protesters, while Kamala Harris stayed away from the speech.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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A Trump victory would leave Australia handcuffed to the whims of a narcissist
America is not well, and it will take a long time before it gets better, if it ever does. If this is not the time to take a hard look at how we approach and deal with the US, when will that time come?
- by Shaun Carney
Why people stopped talking about what Kamala Harris is wearing
The US vice president shows public scrutiny of women politicians has moved from style to substance.
- by Damien Woolnough
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Trump trades: Markets are betting against Europe, oil and humanity
How would one have “priced” global markets in 1912 or 1937, when the writing already was on the wall, but nothing was predetermined, and one could still hope? Worth pondering.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
How Trump’s new rival may bring out his worst instincts
After years planning to face Joe Biden, Donald Trump and his team will be campaigning against Kamala Harris. He has attacked past female rivals and critics in brutal and personal terms.
- by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
In first rally, Kamala Harris frames election as choice between ‘freedom and chaos’
The 59-year-old prosecutor entered the stage to loud and lengthy cheers, as people waved “Kamala” banners from the bleachers.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Head of US Secret Service resigns following Trump rally shooting
Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation came after a scathing hearing in which she was excoriated by both sides of politics over the assassination attempt.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Kamala Harris’ nomination to be America’s own ‘teal’ movement
With Donald Trump’s support of Project 2025 which proposes to remove women’s rights at the federal level this has become a #metoo or “teal” moment in America where women and women of colour decide to support a progressive woman.
Kamala is brat: How a pop phenomenon took over culture and politics
A Charli XCX and Kamala Harris collab was probably not on many of our bingo cards for this year.
- by Nell Geraets