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One last check in with the Swing Shift voters before Election Day. All of them voted for President Trump. Now, they're rating his presidency and deciding who to support when he's not on the ballot.
Read moreMillions of Americans have already voted in the midterms. So what's worrying election experts? Not so much what happens at the polls, but what comes after they close.
Read moreAgreement to ease rules on food imports and exports is expected to come into force in first quarter of 2028 The EU and the UK have completed their deal to remove Brexit checks on imports and exports of food and animal products ranging from sausages and cheese to leather goods and flowers. A wider series of mini-deals expected to be sealed at a UK-EU summit on 20 November would also result in Britain once again contributing to the EU budget as the price of rejoining a single electricity market. Continue reading...
Read moreAngela Rayner previously said plans were "un-British" and ministers shouldn't shift "the goalposts".
Read moreIsrael's opposition is on Tuesday due to meet for the first time since last week's closely contested election in which neither Gadi Eisenkot's change bloc nor incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's…
Read moreParents of teenager stabbed in Southampton last year hit out at political ‘game’ played with son’s murder Henry Nowak’s family have said he “would have hated” the riots that followed his death, as they accused some politicians of playing a “game” with their son’s murder. Nowak, who was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa in December 2025, was handcuffed by police as he lay dying after his attacker falsely accused him of racial abuse. Continue reading...
Read moreAround the world, virtues such as compassion and kindness are gathering dust, like old hymn books in a long-deserted church Towards the end of the summer, the Tory-Reform defector Robert Jenrick authored an op-ed piece for the Daily Telegraph about the seemingly impossible economics of rising benefits bills because of mental ill-health. In his capacity as Reform’s Treasury spokesman, his task was to big up its plans to cut 25% of so-called welfare spending by 2030, and thereby tackle what he called the state’s “suicidal empathy”. Straight away, I wondered where this most opportunistic politici
Read moreCollection gems include 1605 Thanksgiving Act passed after Guy Fawkes’s failure and the longest act in the archives As Bonfire Night approaches and firework displays light up the UK, in a file on a shelf in the labyrinthine National Archives can be found a flat vellum page, inscribed in exquisite calligraphy, and the origin of this week’s explosive celebrations. The 1605 Thanksgiving Act was passed by James I after Guy Fawkes’s failure to assassinate the king, the Lords and the Commons, at the opening of parliament that year. Continue reading...
Read moreTuesday’s RBA decision will add more pain for households and Pauline Hanson and Angus Taylor stand to benefit if voters keep punishing Labor
Read moreA wild week in the NFL sees Chicago beat Seattle, Joe Burrow and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers make history, while Lamar Jackson is sidelined on his return from injury.
Read moreThe first results are expected on Tuesday as polls begin to close at 23:00 GMT. But final results might take days.
Read moreHope Haven in Whitehaven is one of six trial open-access, 24/7 schemes in England offering preventive care The night Tamara first walked through the doors of Hope Haven, a new community mental health hub in the heart of Whitehaven, she was afraid. “Terrified, actually,” she says. “Like, my life was falling apart. I didn’t know how to stop it from hurting.” The 22-year-old, who works in children’s transport, had been in and out of therapy and counselling since she was 14, after being abused by an acquaintance as a child. After a lengthy legal process her abuser was sentenced, but the “mental ch
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