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FCC regulator claims Harris appearance on SNL violates ‘equal time’ rule

Harris SNL skit criticized for plagiarism

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300+by Edward Helmore / 7h

But a spokesperson says ‘the FCC has not made any determination regarding political programming rules’ A US government communications regulator has claimed that Vice-President Kamala Harris’s surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live violates “equal time” rules that govern political programming. Brendan Carr, a commissioner with the federal communications commission (FCC), claimed on the social

If Trump wins the election, these 11 issues will be under threat

400+by Guardian staff / 11h

A second Trump term will threaten everything from freedom of the press and gun safety to foreign policy, abortion, immigration and climate change. The impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and across the world If Donald Trump returns to the White House for a second term as president, the impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and also across the world. On almost every

Trump says ‘I shouldn’t have left’ White House, despite losing 2020 election

Trump regrets leaving the White House

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88by Hugo Lowell in Washington / 2h

Former president also denounces polls showing him trailing Harris at one of his final rallies of campaign in Pennyslvania Donald Trump said with two days until the presidential election that he should never have left the White House after his defeat in 2020 and joked darkly he would be fine with reporters getting shot, dredging up grievances that overshadowed his attack lines against Kamala Harri

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Harris avoids weighing in on California’s tough-on-crime measure Prop 36

Harris silent on California ballot measure

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by Edward Helmore / 25min

VP dodges question on whether she voted for measure that would increase sentences for drug and theft crimes in state Kamala Harris dodged a question on Sunday if she voted for California’s Proposition 36, a controversial ballot measure that increases sentences for certain drug and theft crimes. “I am not gonna talk about the vote on that because, honestly, it’s the Sunday before the election and

NFL roundup: Bass’s 61-yard field goal clinches Bills’ thrilling win over Dolphins

Falcons beat Cowboys 27-21

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by Associated Press / 1h

Lamar Jackson perfect as Ravens beat Broncos Dallas slump to third defeat as Falcons soar Tyler Bass kicked a career-best 61-yard field goal with five seconds left, Josh Allen threw three second-half touchdown passes in a back-and-forth duel with Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa, and the Buffalo Bills (7-2) continued their domination of the Dolphins (2-6) with a 30-27 victory. The teams traded leads four t

California drug bust yields enough fentanyl to kill quarter of state’s population

Fentanyl bust could kill Sacramento

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28by Maya Yang / 4h

Officials uncovered ‘alarming amount of fentanyl-laced pills’ during routine traffic stop in state’s central valley A routine traffic stop in California’s central valley turned into a major fentanyl bust when authorities seized enough lethal doses to kill a quarter of California’s population, according to California highway patrol (CHP). In a statement released on Friday , CHP officers in Stockto

In Florida, the future of abortion might come down to men

23by Carter Sherman in Orlando / 4h

Women’s access to abortion is a top issue, as activists rush to convince men they also have stake in the fight When Maxwell Frost bounded on stage at a Saturday morning rally in support of Florida abortion rights, the 27-year-old congressman was quick to explain why he had shown up. “I’m so proud to be here as an ally and partner in this fight!” he yelled to the roughly hundred-strong crowd who h

RFK Jr says Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water

Trump to remove fluoride from water

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by Associated Press / 4h

Kennedy, who Trump promised to let lead health programs, makes claims against fluoride, which strengthens teeth Robert F Kennedy Jr, a prominent proponent of debunked public health claims whom Donald Trump has promised to put in charge of health initiatives, said Saturday that the former president would push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office if elected. Fluoride st

Trump and Harris agree on a bleak view of the US – if the other one wins

20by Chris Stein in Ann Arbor and Saginaw, Michigan; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Phoenix and Glendale, Arizona / 5h

The ex-president and vice-president converge on a unifying message: if I lose, the country will not be the same In a speech filled with promises, falsehoods, insults and jokes delivered by Donald Trump to a packed Wisconsin arena six days before the presidential election, one line stood out: “November 5 will be the most important day in the history of our country.” Hyperbole? Undoubtedly, and exa

Trump disputes Iowa poll showing Harris ahead in red state: ‘It’s not even close!’

Harris leads Trump in Iowa

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100+by Edward Helmore / 5h

Selzer poll, widely respected organization with good record in Iowa, shows vice-president leading Trump 47% to 44% Donald Trump has passionately disputed a shock Iowa poll that found Kamala Harris leading the former president in the typically red state 47% to 44%. “No President has done more for FARMERS, and the Great State of Iowa, than Donald J. Trump,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social

Welcome to the new era of midlife lust! I need a lie down | Emma Beddington

by Emma Beddington / 6h

Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman and Miranda July are showing us middle age can be full of sexual energy. So why do I feel so fatigued? Are middle-aged women absolute horndogs and does that make for good box office? That’s what Grazia wondered recently, asking if the film industry is finally “ embracing midlife sex ”. This proposition turns on three films – two starring Nicole Kidman and one with Ann

Can you ‘undo’ political polarization? Left and right might be closer than we think, study finds

31by Robin Buller / 6h

University of California, Berkeley, research shows people are committed to protecting democratic institutions despite differences You know that uncle whose political takes threaten to turn family gatherings into food fights? Don’t decline his Thanksgiving invitation just yet. When it comes to support for democracy, left and right in America are much closer than you might think. As a historic US e

Remains of beloved Grizzly No 399 killed by car returned to Wyoming park

Vigil held for Grizzly No. 399

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52by Maya Yang / 6h

Ashes of 28-year-old female grizzly bear returned to Grand Teton national park where she spent much of her life The remains of a beloved grizzly bear who died last month after being hit by a car in Wyoming have been returned to Grand Teton national park. In a statement released on Friday, the US Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it returned the ashes of Grizzly No 399, a 28-year old female

Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui win maiden New York City Marathon titles

Sheila Chepkirui wins New York Marathon

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by Callum Jones in New York / 6h

Victories for Kenya and Netherlands in sunny race Marcel Hug suffers upset in men’s wheelchair race Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won the 2024 New York City Marathon, each prevailing in the final stages of the race to clinch their first world major titles. After a brutal 26.2-mile slog through New York’s five boroughs, from Staten Island to Central Park, in the hea

Six injured after severe storms and tornadoes sweep across Oklahoma

Severe storms injure Oklahomans and cause outages

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22by Edward Helmore / 6h

More than 80,000 customers were without power as damage included downed power lines, gas lines and trees Severe storms and reported tornadoes swept across Oklahoma early on Sunday, injuring at least six people, and causing injuries and widespread power outages. Those injured were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, the Oklahoma city police department captain Valerie Littlejohn

Presidential candidates silent on opioid crisis beyond ‘war on drugs’ rhetoric: ‘It’s easier to point fingers’

by Hannah Harris Green / 8h

Both Harris and Trump ignore harm reduction strategies, trying to outdo each other on border policy and law enforcement Overdoses killed 108,000 people in the US last year, more than Covid-19 or diabetes , yet overdose prevention has barely gotten mention this election cycle . On the relatively rare occasions when presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris discuss opioids, they draw f

Small business in Pennsylvania is middling – will that affect the vote?

by Gene Marks / 8h

A dip in prosperity may not bode well for Harris, although whoever sits in the White House may not have much impact Pennsylvania has been bombarded with political ads as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump duke it out for my state: the vital swing state of Pennsylvania. As we finally head to the polls, one of the – if not the biggest – issues on most small-business owners’ minds will be their pocketbo

2024 US presidential polls tracker: Trump v Harris latest national averages

Harris leads Trump in polls

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by Will Craft, Anna Leach and Andrew Witherspoon / 8h

Find out who’s up and who’s down in the latest US presidential election opinion polls On 5 November 2024, millions of Americans will head to the polls to choose between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for president of the United States. The two candidates have offered starkly different visions for the future of the nation. As the election enters the final stretch, the Guardian US is averaging nati

What to know about early voting and mail-in ballots

Voter turnout lags behind 2020

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by Alice Herman / 9h

The push to vote early has amounted to an unprecedented wave, with more than 76 million having voted early so far The US election is under way across the country, and so far more than 76 million people have voted early, according to the University of Florida’s election lab. In numerous states, the push to vote before election day, whether by mail or in-person, has amounted to an unprecedented wav

Where do Harris and Trump stand on the key election issues?

by Lauren Gambino / 9h

From abortion to the economy, the Democrat and Republican have widely diverging visions for the country Kamala Harris and Donald Trump offer two starkly different visions for the country with much at stake – from pocketbook economic issues and reproductive rights to the strength of the country’s global alliances and existential questions about the future of American democracy and the planet. As t

Florida’s convicted ‘killer clown’ released from prison

Killer clown released from prison

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by Associated Press / 9h

Sheila Keen-Warren pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married was released from prison on Saturday, ending a case that has been strange even by Florida standards. Sheila Keen-Warren, 61, was released 18 months after she pleaded guilty to

Which celebrities have endorsed Kamala Harris and Donald Trump? Here are the biggest names

47by Maya Yang in New York / 9h

It is debatable what effect celebrity endorsements – in this case, highly contrasting groups of A-listers – have on voters It is debatable what effect celebrity endorsements have on voters, but candidates always welcome them. Here are the highly contrasting groups of A-listers who have endorsed Kamala Harris and Donald Trump : Continue reading...

My mother nursed a life-affirming 25-year grudge. Hard as I try, I don’t have the attention span | Zoe Williams

Crows hold grudges against people

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76by Zoe Williams / 10h

It turns out long-held resentments exist even in the animal kingdom. Does that mean they hold an evolutionary advantage? The best thing that happened to me during the whole of the pandemic was a story on the internet. An Oregon resident, furloughed, saw on a daytime nature documentary that, if you fed crows, they would bring you small gifts . Curious, they tried it, and were delighted to find the

Can democracy work without journalism? With the US election upon us, we may be about to find out | Margaret Simons

51by Margaret Simons / 10h

Most serious news organisations are not serving the politically disengaged, yet it’s these voters who will decide the next president It is commonly claimed that democracy can’t work unless you have journalism, and a free media at that. How are people to decide how to cast a vote if they don’t access independent, reliable information? With the US election upon us , we may be about to find out. Con

How the Christian right is twisting the legacy of an anti-Nazi hero

100+by Alice Herman, the Guardian, and Karen Goll, Documented / 10h

As the election approaches, experts say a rightwing author is using the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer – executed for resisting Hitler – as a figurehead against the left, raising fears of political violence This article is co-published with Documented Leading figures on the Christian right have seized on an unlikely hero in their campaign against secular government: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, an antifa

Trump’s alternate-reality ‘mirror world’, where only he can save America

100+by Rachel Leingang / 10h

The mirror world has been a feature of the 2024 race – where Trump’s liabilities are twisted to become his opponents’ For many observers of the coming presidential election, especially those overseas, Donald Trump and his Maga-infused Republican party represent a foreboding stress test for American democracy. Historians have weighed in with analysis that Trump now heads a movement close to fascis

America’s fight with inflation has been won – just in time for a bigger battle

by Phillip Inman / 10h

The Fed is likely to cut base rates this month – but its decision will come the day after an explosive US election There could be recriminations, protest marches and even social unrest on US city streets when Federal Reserve officials meet at their Washington HQ a day after the election of a new president on 5 November. The election of Kamala Harris could bring supporters of Donald Trump on to th

‘Sounding alarm for 10 years’: Mississippi residents warn of Project 2025 ramifications

100+by Adria R Walker / 11h

In the state with a conservative majority in power, many of the project’s proposed policies are making life difficult, with ‘cruelty the point’, say activists Project 2025, the conservative blueprint for a second Trump presidency, has been used as a warning by Democrats to highlight what would be in store for the country if he were to win the upcoming election. But for some Americans, much of Pro

Mass production of genetically selected humans: inside a Pennsylvania pronatalist candidate’s fantasy city-state

100+by Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Hannah Devlin / 11h

Simone Collins espouses a philosophy in which voting rights would be linked to people’s contributions to society When Simone Collins, a Republican running for a seat in Pennsylvania’s state legislature, and her husband, Malcolm, were privately asked last year about their ideas for the model “pronatalist” city-state, they sensed an opportunity. With their own YouTube channel, online education plat

Trump or Harris? Whoever wins will face a shift in power in the global economy | Larry Elliott

30by Larry Elliott / 11h

West’s dominance is being challenged, with Brics summit showing emerging markets are unwilling to bow to pressure US politics live – latest updates It is November 1992 and the US is at the height of its power. Communism has been defeated. The Berlin Wall has been demolished. The Soviet Union has broken up and Russia is being used as the laboratory mouse for free-market shock treatment. Liberalisa

Frantic campaigning by Trump amid Iowa poll shock – US election live updates

Harris leads Trump in Iowa

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100+by Vicky Graham / 12h

Republican nominee to hold events in three swing states as the presidential race enters its final hours Europe will need to rethink its support of Ukraine if Donald Trump is elected, the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán said on Sunday, as the continent “will not be able to bear the burdens of the war alone”. Orban opposes military aid to Ukraine and has made clear he thinks Trump shares his

Trump aides confident in his chances – but admit results are wildly unknown

23by Hugo Lowell in Washington / 12h

Some polls offer promising outlook for Trump in swing states and reveal most believe US is on the wrong track Donald Trump ’s aides are bullish about their prospects with their internal polls showing them ahead of his rival Kamala Harris during the final weekend of the campaign before