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  • Joe Biden backstage before the debate against Donald Trump.

    Live
    Biden tells critics ‘challenge me at the convention’ after warning Democrats that talk of replacing him helps Trump – live

    President signals irritation in TV appearance; Biden sends letter to congressional Democrats saying he has no plans to end campaign
  • a man in a suit and tie looks down

    Alec Baldwin attends first day of trial for Rust film set shooting

  • woman's face pictured in shadows

    Gretchen Whitmer says she won’t run as nominee even if Biden stands down

  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone

    Democrats face pressure of revealing if they back Biden as Congress reconvenes

  • White woman, pink blazer, holds up finger and speaks into clutch of microphones.

    Stormy Daniels gets more than $1m from GoFundMe after alleged threats

  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone surrounded by people

    Biden insists in letter to Democrats and live TV interview he’s staying in race

  • Republicans call Trump’s move to distance himself from Project 2025 ‘preposterous’

  • Radio host resigns after admitting Biden aides gave her questions for interview

  • Internal memo reveals Anti-Defamation League surveillance of leftwing activist

  • First Thing: Surprise win for French leftwing alliance keeps far right from power

  • Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill

  • Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site

  • Biden’s health and threat of a second Trump term loom over Nato summit

  • Biden insists he can reunite US as high-profile Democrats reportedly want him to quit race

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?

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    ‘Magic David called’
    David Copperfield repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein

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    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

  • Joe Biden boards Air Force One to depart at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin.

    Democrats don’t just need a new candidate. They need a reckoning

    Osita Nwanevu
    Democrats will be impotent messengers on democracy as long as they remain beholden to the feudal culture this crisis has exposed
  • France's far-right National Rally supporters react after second round of legislative elections<br>epa11465873 Member of Parliament for the French right-wing party National Rally (Rassemblement National, RN), Marine Le Pen (R) smiles as she addresses journalists at the party's headquarters after preliminary results of the second round of the French parliamentary elections, in Paris, France, 07 July 2024. France voted in the second round of the legislative elections on 07 July. According to the first official results, the left-wing New Popular Front (Nouveau Front populaire, NFP) was ahead of President Macron's party and Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN). EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

    In a referendum on Le Pen, French voters said ‘non’. This opportunity must not be squandered

    Paul Taylor
  • An exterior view of the US supreme court building, a white structure with a row of columns in the center

    How the US supreme court shredded the Constitution and what can be done to repair it

    Laurence H Tribe
    Court’s troubling rulings on presidential immunity and regulatory power make it clear that change is an ethical essential
  • Joe Biden at an independence day celebration, Washington, 4 July

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Joe Biden’s re-election bid: democrats can’t go on like this

    • Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

      Do you struggle to accept rejection? We could all learn a lot from American cheerleaders

      Emma Beddington
    • Woman staring at her phone screen.

      Netflix, Now TV and Disney+ not enough? Sofa-bound scrollers rejoice, there’s a new platform in town

      Lauren O'Neill
    • row of flags on grass in front of a building

      The Nato alliance should not invite Ukraine to become a member

      Open letter
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      Arriving in Hollywood with a dream to be a producer, I underestimated the toxic culture waiting for me

      Kate Wilson

US sports

  • Jesse Marsh, Alphonso Davies and Ismaël Koné.

    Copa América: are Canada now the best team in North America?

  • Walker Zimmerman started three games for the US at the 2022 World Cup.

    Going for gold: US men’s soccer names experienced roster for Paris Olympics

  • Caitlin Clark, Rickea Jackson, Angel Reese.

    Caitlin Clark is heavy favorite for WNBA rookie of the year. It’s the wrong choice

  • Giannis Antetokoumpo celebrates his team’s victory as Greece confirm their place at the Paris 2024 basketball tournament

    Two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo makes his first Olympics as Greece beat Croatia

US politics

  • Protesters wearing yellow hats protest in favor of cancelling student debt, with one holding a sign

    Key plank of Biden student-debt relief plan can move forward, court rules

  • white man wearing navy suit and light blue shirt sitting on a light yellow chair looks up with his hand raised

    Biden’s health and threat of a second Trump term loom over Nato summit

  • man in front of film cameras

    Biden insists he can reunite US as high-profile Democrats reportedly want him to quit race

  • An older man wearing a suit speaks into a microphone at a podium with his hand gesturing

    Lindsey Graham calls for physical and cognitive tests for Biden and Trump

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US business

  • Family members of victims of Boeing Max 8 crashes hold up photographs of their loved ones

    ‘They can’t move on’: families of Boeing crash victims demand justice

  • File photo of a Boeing 737 Max jet preparing to land

    Boeing will plead guilty to criminal fraud over 737 Max crashes

    • People in field bend to pick bell peppers

      US economy adds 206,000 June jobs as labor market cools slightly

    • A Hawksmoor restaurant at Canary Wharf in London.

      Hawksmoor for sale in deal that could value restaurant chain at £100m

    • Man wearing sunglasses leans out of driver's window in car

      Ford chief says Americans need to fall ‘back in love’ with smaller cars

Pictures & video

  • California firefighters battle huge blazes amid heatwave and dry conditions – video

  • The incident disrupted Fourth of July at South Padre Island, as two were taken to the hospital

    0:36

    Shark bites two swimmers near Texas beach – video

    The incident disrupted Fourth of July at South Padre Island, as two were taken to the hospital
  • During the interview Biden also defended his competency following his poor debate performance last week

    0:26

    Joe Biden accidentally says he is the 'first Black woman' to serve in White House – audio

    During the interview Biden also defended his competency following his poor debate performance last week

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