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Biden says he ‘screwed up’ but vows to continue as polls show six-point lead for Trump

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President gives interviews with stations in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania as report says he plans to cut back on events after 8pm Joe Biden has told a radio show he “screwed up” and made a “mistake” in last week’s debate against Donald Trump, but vowed to stay in the election race, even as a series of polls show him now trailing the ex-president by about six points. In two interviews conducted Wedne

Trump calls Biden ‘broken-down’ and claims he quit 2024 race in leaked video

Trump insults Biden and Harris

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Clip obtained by Daily Beast shows ex-president sitting in golf cart, holding cash, as he discusses presidential debate “A broken-down pile of crap” on the verge of “quitting the race” was Donald Trump’s summation of Joe Biden in a surreptitiously filmed video leaked on Wednesday. The clip, obtained by the Daily Beast , shows the 78-year-old former president sitting in a golf cart, holding a pile

Small cities in US Rust belt are leading an urban transformation charge

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After empty streets and ruined economies, cities try to write a new chapter with new apartments, breweries and thriving arts scenes Life in Evansville, Indiana , during the 20th century mirrored much of the rest of the US’s industrial midwest: booming growth powered by manufacturing in the early decades – then a steep decline that left its streets empty and economy in practical ruins. Since its h

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Bertoletti downs 58 hotdogs to fill gaping void left by Joey Chestnut

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16-time champion absent after sponsorship argument Miki Sudo wins her 10th women’s title in Coney Island Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago has won his first title at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hotdog eating contest. Bertoletti won by consuming 58 hotdogs in a tight, 10-minute race in which the lead bounced back and forth between competitors. In doing so, he surpassed his previous perso

It has been a terrible general election. The least we can do is learn from it | Hugh Muir

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Tomorrow we’ll see politicians engaged in joy and recriminations, but they should worry about the cynicism and disappointment around us It started with dark comedy. The sight of Rishi Sunak, behind the podium at No 10, drenched by the rain – a drowned rat in a sharp suit, drowned out by a hostile loudspeaker, bellowing out the fact of his sudden-death election – belonged to vaudeville. The race i

Hurricane Beryl barrels through Cayman Islands after battering Jamaica

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Category 3 storm with wind speeds of up to 120mph continues to wreak ‘utter devastation’ in Caribbean Why Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season Hurricane Beryl is barrelling through the Cayman Islands after causing death and destruction in Jamaica . The British overseas territory is bearing the brunt of the hurricane, which has been causing “utter devastation” in the Caribbean since Mond

Alex Morgan urges ‘safe’ environment at Wave after claims by former team employee

San Diego Wave workplace controversy

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Former employee makes allegations about NWSL club Club says claims are ‘inaccurate and defamatory’ The San Diego Wave called accusations made by a former employee on social media “inaccurate and defamatory” in a statement on Wednesday. Brittany Alvarado, who says she is a former video and creative manager for the team, called on the NWSL to remove the team’s president, Jill Ellis, who is also a f

For all my adult life, politics has meant disappointment. A Labour win would be euphoric | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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For most of my adult life, politics has meant disappointment. On 5 July, I want my son to see me happy and hopeful It’s the hope that kills you – that’s how I have felt about every election for the past 14 years. That small swell of optimism almost instantly gives way to the embittered feeling that you have been a dreamer, a prize fool. So habitual has that emotion become that I’m not sure I, or

A newly discovered letter by Thomas Jefferson shows ‘a regular guy with financial burdens’

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The note, valued at $40,000, is for sale in honor of Fourth of July, also the 198th anniversary of the president’s death He came from one of America’s wealthiest landowning families, and was ranked the fourth richest US president in a recent study. But Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president, harbored a secret during his time in the White House: he was almost constantly in penury, and stru

US swelters on Independence Day with over 150m people under heat alerts

California facing dangerous heat wave

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‘Severe’ and ‘potentially record-breaking’ heatwave sends temperatures soaring across US More than 134 million people were under heat alerts on Thursday morning, as a brutal and potentially historic heatwave sent temperatures soaring across the US on Independence Day with little chance of relief over the next week, even after dark. Forecasters warned that high overnight temperatures and the long-

Biden says ‘I’m not leaving’ as cracks appear in support | First Thing

Democrats urge Biden to withdraw

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White House denies reports president is assessing candidacy. Plus, UK expected to elect Labour in landslide Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. President Joe Biden has struck a defiant tone and insisted to his campaign team that “I’m in this race to the end”, according to reports, despite the increasing pressure to step down as the Democratic nominee amid conce

This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope | Margaret Sullivan

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Let’s remember that we’ve come a long way – and the journey isn’t yet complete If you’ve been paying even the slightest bit of attention, you know that the American Experiment took some gut punches over the last week. Joe Biden – long considered the best hope for preventing another disastrous Donald Trump term – had a shockingly bad debate performance , looking and sounding every minute of his 81

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Who can we blame for Joe Biden's gamble? Angry Democrats are starting to point the finger | Emma Brockes

Rep. Lloyd Doggett calls for Biden to withdraw

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The president’s hubris in thinking he was capable of a second term could be catastrophic – now the inquest is under way In the wake of Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in the US presidential debate last week, the national tone shifted from shock and horror to fury. Biden himself, pityingly regarded, was spared the worst of the criticism. Instead, the two people who seem to have incurred the mos

The Mariners have never reached a World Series. Fans hope for a drought’s end

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Seattle are sitting atop the American League West but the team’s ambitions have been dashed plenty of times before Billy Mac remembers being in the broadcast booth in 2019 when Félix Hernández pitched his final game for the Seattle Mariners. Hernández, a Cy Young Award-winner and six-time All-Star who also threw a perfect game , came up in the big leagues with the team in 2005. But over the cours

Copa América power rankings: verdicts on the 16 teams after the group stage

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Argentina are cruising, Colombia, Venezuela and Uruguay are rising, while the US and Mexico are in crisis There’s a recipe for making the best tournaments. You need the right balance of favorites marching towards the final and underdogs carving their way out of the group stage. A nation furthering a massive unbeaten streak doesn’t hurt, either. The same goes for a host nation crashing out in dram

Ten years after a celebrity summit promised to end rape as a weapon of war, is there any change for the women of South Sudan?

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Guardian investigation reveals conflict-riven country received little funding or support and that high-profile perpetrators remain in public office They were minding their own business, scanning the forest for fruit, when the troops approached. Six of them, all holding guns. Victoria Peter, 19, remembers glancing at her five sisters, thinking it might be OK. It was shortly after 10am on 15 Decemb

I never thought I’d argue for rearmament. But a looming Trump presidency changes everything | George Monbiot

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A Putin-friendly president would pose a grave danger to Europe. Like it or not, this calls for greater defence Soon after Labour forms a government, it will find itself in a new world. It now seems likely that Donald Trump will win the presidency of the United States. If he does, this should bring an end to our abiding fantasies about a special relationship. It was always an illusion. After the a

Spain’s traditional food markets are fading away – and with them, a whole way of life | Stephen Burgen

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At my local market in Barcelona, I see how few young people have the time or inclination to join the queues for a friendly chat Barcelona’s famous market, La Boqueria, was voted the best in the world by Food & Wine magazine last month (ahead of Marché des Enfants Rouges in Paris and Campo de’ Fiori in Rome), much to the derision of residents who long ago abandoned the city’s famous 13th-century m

Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls | Jonathan Watts

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It is no coincidence that ever more extreme politics has come at a time of ever more extreme weather A disrupted climate and diminished natural world are widening the dividing lines of ideological debate. Left unchecked, this will undermine democracy. That may not be the first thing on the minds of British voters as they go to the polls on Thursday. It is probably also a minority view in the rest

Governors admit worries but rally behind Biden after meeting: ‘We have his back’

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President meets with Democratic governors for ‘candid’ talks as he seeks to reassure his party and the public A group of leading Democratic governors offered words of support for Joe Biden on Wednesday as pressure mounted on the president to leave the race. The governors, including Tim Walz of Minnesota, Wes Moore of Maryland, Gavin Newsom of California and Kathy Hochul of New York, held a closed

Netflix co-founder and Democratic megadonor calls for Biden to step aside

Rep. Lloyd Doggett calls for Biden to withdraw

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Reed Hastings one of first major party donors to urge Biden to bow out, telling him to make room for a ‘vigorous’ leader Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netflix and a Democratic party megadonor, has called for Joe Biden to take himself out of the presidential race following his disastrous performance at last week’s debate against Donald Trump. Hastings told the New York Times on Wednesday that t

California neo-Nazi found guilty of murder of former classmate

Samuel Woodward on trial

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Samuel Woodward faces life without parole after conviction in killing of Blaze Bernstein, 19, in Orange county in 2018 A southern California jury has convicted Samuel Woodward of the 2018 murder of former high school classmate Blaze Bernstein, following a three month-long trial that re-excavated a brutal killing that made international headlines for the perpetrator’s membership in the neo-Nazi At

Kamala Harris: insiders rally behind VP to replace Biden if he bows out

Kamala Harris fundraises and campaigns

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After president’s poor debate performance, pundits point to polls saying Harris would do better in a race against Trump As Joe Biden faces increasing pressure to withdraw his candidacy following last week’s poor debate performance , Kamala Harris has emerged as the frontrunner to replace him. The president forcefully rejected calls to end his campaign on Wednesday, telling his staffers: “No one i

Gretchen Whitmer wants to meet far-right plotters who tried to kill her, book reveals

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Exclusive: Michigan governor and potential Biden replacement writes in memoir True Gretch of desire for ‘face-to-face’ talks Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan widely spoken of as a possible Democratic candidate for president should Joe Biden cede to growing pressure and leave the race, wants to meet members of a far-right militia who plotted to kidnap and kill her. “I asked whether I cou

White House efforts to shield Biden’s missteps are unraveling

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Reducing press conferences, interviews and meetings with Congress members exposed as damage control measures For three and a half years, Joe Biden was wrapped in a metaphorical ball of cotton wool by an anxious White House staff eager to protect him from the worst of himself. Worried about signs of ageing and an increasing propensity for verbal missteps, they cut press conferences and media inter

Kamala Harris may be our only hope. Biden should step aside and endorse her | Mehdi Hasan

Trump leads in Michigan polls

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It is with some surprise, reluctance and even trepidation that I write these words: Joe Biden should stand aside and endorse Kamala Harris I have never been a fan of Kamala Harris. I was an outspoken critic of her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, earning the ire both of her then spokesperson and also the notorious “ KHive ” of terminally online Harris fans. Continue r

The week that changed the US election: Trump’s immunity as Biden falls flat on his face

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Plus: A dispatch from Wisconsin, more lies and no more lawyering for Rudy Giuliani Hello there. Well, that was interesting, wasn’t it? The election was trundling along pretty normally, then we get a momentous week that changed the shape of the race and the stakes involved. Continue reading...

Our attitudes towards AI reveal how we really feel about human intelligence

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We’re in the untenable position of regarding the AI as alien because we’re already in the position of alienating each other The idea that superintelligent robots are alien invaders coming to “steal our jobs” reveals profound shortcomings in the way we think about work, value, and intelligence itself. Labor is not a zero-sum game, and robots aren’t an “other” that competes with us. Like any techno

Phillies radio host Howard Eskin banned from home games over ‘unwanted’ kiss

Howard Eskin banned from Phillies

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Eskin barred from Citizens Bank Park WIP host alleged to have kissed a worker without consent Philadelphia sports radio host Howard Eskin has been suspended from Phillies home games for the rest of the season after investigations by his employer showed he kissed a worker for Citizens Bank Park’s food service provider without consent. Audacy, the parent company for Philadelphia’s SportsRadio 94WIP

The Guardian view on Trump and presidential immunity: the return of the king | Editorial

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The supreme court’s sweeping ruling is a blow to democracy in the US The supreme court’s ruling on presidential immunity combines a tectonic constitutional shift and immediate political repercussions to devastating effect. It allows one man to stand above the law. It slows and appears to gut the 2020 election-subversion case against Donald Trump, though it does not necessarily end it. No one beli

Arizona proposal to protect abortion rights in state constitution advances

Abortion advocates submit signatures Arizona

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Coalition behind measure says it turned in more than double the needed signatures to get it on November ballot A proposal to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution of Arizona, a key battleground state in the upcoming US elections, has inched closer to becoming an official ballot measure. On Wednesday, Arizona for Abortion Access, the coalition behind the measure, announced that it h

The supreme court’s presidential immunity ruling mocks the rule of law | Corey Brettschneider

Biden warns of presidential immunity

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Citizens must make this presidential election about rescuing our democracy from authoritarianism The US supreme court found this week that former presidents have presumptive immunity from prosecution for “official acts”. This ruling doesn’t just place Donald Trump above the law. The true danger of the opinion is that it could protect precisely the kind of official acts that might destroy the Amer

Newsom scraps plan to put California Prop 47 reform measure on ballot

Newsom drops rival crime ballot

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Governor says tight schedule to blame for withdrawing proposal to crack down on theft and drug possession The California governor and top Democrats in the state have abandoned a last-minute plan to ask voters whether a landmark criminal justice bill should be reformed. California Democrats over the weekend had outlined plans to put a measure on the November ballot that would ask voters to approve

Uncommitted voters take on added influence amid swirl over Biden future

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Voters who snubbed Biden over Gaza stance could play key role at Democratic convention After Joe Biden’s poor debate performance and calls by some prominent Democrats to replace him, the hundreds of thousands of anti-war voters and the delegates who represent them have taken on new significance in the US presidential race. More than 700,000 voters cast ballots in the Democratic primaries for “unc

My superpower? Turning a lovely afternoon into a nerve-shredding orgy of panic | Adrian Chiles

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Another day, another disaster, and all of my own making. But this one left me with a triumphant smile I left a bag with everything in it on platform three at York station. Imagine my disappointment. I was on a direct train to London, finishing the puzzle I’d been doing on my phone as I’d boarded the train, so absorbed that I’d left half my luggage – the important half – behind. My Sunday was in t

NBA free agency: LeBron James reportedly extends Lakers stay with $104m deal

Klay Thompson considering Lakers

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39-year-old expected to re-up on a two year contract Lakers drafted LeBron’s son, Bronny James, last week LeBron James is making it official: He’s coming back for a record-tying 22nd season in the NBA, one where the league’s all-time scoring leader could share the floor with his son Bronny as teammates with the Los Angeles Lakers. James has agreed to a two-year contract to remain with the Lakers,

Nearly 30,000 people in northern California evacuated as raging wildfire spreads

Fresno County wildfires sparked by lightning

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Thompson fire near Oroville destroys homes and vehicles as state simmers in brutal and potentially historic heatwave Thousands of homes are under threat from a raging wildfire that erupted in northern California on Tuesday, as the state simmers in a brutal and potentially historic heatwave. Roughly 28,000 residents have been forced to evacuate as the Thompson fire quickly swept across more than 3

Biden scrambles to bolster support as Democrats reportedly look to Harris to replace him – live

Rep. Lloyd Doggett calls for Biden to withdraw

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Biden invites Democratic governors to the White House amid reports that as many as 25 Democratic House members are preparing to call for him to exit the race Cracks showing in Democratic support as Biden says he ‘nearly fell asleep on stage’ Who could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilities The majority people in a new poll said that they did not think Biden was fit to be president for anot

Wimbledon 2024: Alcaraz v Vukic, Muller v Medvedev, Kartal v Burel, Gauff through – live

Wimbledon 2024 updates: Murray uncertain

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Follow live updates from the third day of action at SW19 Jonathan Overend on Andy Murray | You can mail Katy The current scene. Do you want the good news or the bad? Let’s start with the bad. The forecast is now worse than first expected, and there could be on-off light rain for the next few hours. Not ideal when the tournament is already playing catch-up. But the weather is looking much better f

At the Arizona-Mexico border, residents are fed up: ‘The politicians are creating the mayhem’

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People of various political backgrounds in the US state say they are increasingly feeling like pawns in a political game A few hundred feet from the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona, Laura Aldana chuckled at the suggestion – made by both leading presidential candidates – that the region had fallen into chaos. “Where?” she asked rhetorically. She gestured toward the street outside the downtown

White House denies Biden weighing whether his candidacy is still viable as cracks appear in Democratic support

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Key ally of president says Biden knows upcoming appearances have to be successful to stay in race The White House has denied a report that Joe Biden is weighing whether his candidacy for president is still viable, ahead of a furious effort from his campaign to shore up his support, including a key meeting with Democratic governors on Wednesday evening and a TV interview in two days’ time. An ally

Georgia lawsuit challenges anti-LGBTQ+ book bans over ‘real harms’

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Lawsuit says student and youth groups hurt after teacher was fired for reading My Shadow is Purple to students The Southern Poverty Law Center and another group have amended a federal lawsuit against a Georgia school district to include a transgender student and a grassroots youth organization, effectively becoming the “first case challenging anti-LGBTQ book bans” in the state. The move – done an

Britain is getting behind tactical voting – and it could wipe the Tories out for a generation | Carol Vorderman

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Voters are realising that we have the chance of a lifetime to consign this destructive, incompetent party to third place Carol Vorderman is a broadcaster and writer With coordinated tactical voting in this election, the unthinkable could become possible. We pretty much know that Labour will form the next government, probably with a large majority (I’m sure even Tories have placed a bet on that).

Biden to meet Democratic governors in bid to assuage fears | First Thing

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Up to 25 House representatives could call for president to step aside. Plus, US expels more than 100 Chinese migrants Good morning. Joe Biden is to meet with Democratic governors today in an attempt to stave off growing discontent over his candidacy , with a congressional Democrat calling for him to withdraw from the presidential race. Are any sitting Democrats calling on Biden to step aside? So

‘It’s nonsensical’: how Trump is making climate the latest culture war

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The ex-president is ranting about low water pressure and attacking mundane rules and technologies – and Republicans in Congress are now following his lead When Donald Trump embarked upon a lengthy complaint at a recent rally about how long it takes to wash his “beautiful luxuriant hair” due to his shower’s low water pressure, he highlighted the expanding assault he and Republicans are launching a

What do Rudy Giuliani’s Amazon purchases reveal? Appallingly bad taste – and even worse morals | Arwa Mahdawi

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The former Trump attorney is spending as much as $2,000 a month on the site. It’s a lot of cash for someone who has filed for bankruptcy As the ancient proverb goes, a man’s Amazon purchase history is a window into his soul. And Rudy Giuliani’s soul, it would seem , is crammed full of $4 polyester ties . According to court documents filed as part of bankruptcy claims proceedings, the former mayor

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