The Michigan Senate candidate is calling for public ownership and other reforms, offering a potential antidote to ideological gridlockThe Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, occupies a strange but increasingly common place in modern American politics. He's praised by progressives, begrudgingly tolerated by moderate Democrats and largely demonized by Republicans.He's also uniquely positioned to forge an all-too-elusive thread of political kinship between these perpetually-at-odds groups with his bold but contentious plan for reining in AI, called AI Under Democracy. Continue reading...
The Democrat is challenging incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith for US SenateOn Tuesday, with just one week until the election, Scott Colom's headquarters was buzzing. Volunteers arrived for phone-banking, while staffers prepared for another day of campaigning. Colom, a Democrat who is challenging incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith for US Senate, had just held a press conference in Corinth, Mississippi.Trump campaigned for Hyde-Smith in Corinth, a small city near the Tennessee border that typically leans Republican on Tuesday, too. He told attendees that he was there because Cindy's doing great, but I just got to make sure. I can't take a chance." Continue reading...
A luxury cruise ship on a years-long voyage around the world was forced to suspend its operations because of high fuel prices, stranding passengers in Cambodia. The ship, which began its journey in 2024, had been carrying 203 passengers, mostly Americans, and 156 crew. It is one of only a handful of ships that rent or sell long-term, or even permanent, accommodation onboard.
President's son-in-law denies completely insane' claims he profited from unofficial position. Plus, the battle between psychics and AI Don't already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning. A book that contains incendiary claims about Jared Kushner's financial dealings during Donald Trump's first term has ignited a political and media storm. The book, by the author Matthew Cole, drew a furious response from Kushner, who called its claims completely insane".It contains numerous allegations about Kushner, who has served as one of Donald Trump's top diplomatic envoys in the Middle East. The most explosive are claims linking him to huge bank accounts allegedly funded by Gulf states. Kushner continues to steer US foreign policy despite having no official role. The Guardian contacted Kushner's legal counsel and received no response.Barack Obama offered a closing argument for Democrats in the final week of the campaign. These are not serious people," he said of Trump and the Republican party. And we're all paying the price for their lack of seriousness."The campaign of the Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola was behind an effort to recruit a challenger with almost the same name as the Republican US senator Dan Sullivan. Both men will appear on the ballot in next week's midterm elections, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Peltola's campaign has denied involvement with the other Dan Sullivan, who will be listed on the ballot as Sullivan, Daniel J Jr".Two rightwing influencers have been charged with felonies in Minneapolis over attempts in the state's election primary to disguise themselves in what they called Muslim garb" and claim they were local voters.If you are having trouble keeping track of all the ways Trump and his administration have been attempting to disrupt the midterms, this four-minute video explainer has you covered. And the Guardian's Washington bureau chief, David Smith, has this analysis piece looking at Trump's midterm rally bigotry, with the president's repeated attacks on Muslims and his strange obsession with people's bodies. Continue reading...
Despite structural differences between countries, protests are a reminder of what makes demonstrations so powerfulSince mid-September, students in metropolitan France have been mobilizing against poor conditions in public high schools. The mouvement lyceen has spread from a single campus in a Parisian suburb to include high schoolers and university students nationwide, with public sector workers, climate activists, labor unions and everyday people joining in solidarity. The unifying concerns have largely centered on the climbing costs of daily life, shrinking funds for social services and general anxiety about the future.For two weekends running, France has seen hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets: first on 17 October, when a day of largely peaceful gatherings ended in looting and vandalism; then on 24 October, as the state met the movement with aggressive policing and protest bans intended to keep people at home. Continue reading...
With his poll numbers tanking and his behavior getting odder, the remark seems more appealing to himself than to votersAs he criss-crosses the nation, stumping for Republican candidates, Donald Trump keeps asking voters to use their imaginations.In this election, I'm asking you to pretend, please, that I'm on the ballot. Just pretend," he urged at a Kansas rally as he campaigned for the incumbent senator Roger Marshall and gubernatorial challenger Ty Masterson last month. Continue reading...
Elizabeth Warren and others joined by unions and industry experts in warning against the weakening of regulationsThe senator Elizabeth Warren, the congresswoman Ilhan Omar and several other Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Osha) to abandon a rollback of respirator mask regulations, a change the lawmakers say would weaken worker protections against hazardous substances.Under the proposed rules, employers would face fewer requirements to provide workers with respirators masks when working with substances including lead, asbestos, formaldehyde and inorganic arsenic, among other chemicals", the lawmakers wrote in a letter to the Osha assistant secretary, David Keeling, a former UPS and Amazon executive. Continue reading...
Regulator demands companies explain how and why they charge different prices for the same product or serviceThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is demanding some of the US's biggest airlines, ride-share companies and retailers divulge how they are using algorithms and loyalty programs to target customers and drivers with different prices and wages.Nine companies - Delta, United, JetBlue, Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, Target and Walmart - were named in the inquiry, which comes after investigations and lawsuits alleging consumers are charged different prices based on their buying histories and drivers paid different fares based on their personal histories. Continue reading...
Legacy Church's endorsements violate law banning tax-exempt nonprofits from endorsing political candidatesA megachurch in New Mexico has endorsed two Republican candidates running in this year's midterms, including a Donald Trump-backed candidate running in one of the blue state's few competitive races. The church's endorsements, which violate federal law banning tax-exempt nonprofits from endorsing political candidates, come as the Trump administration is challenging that ban in federal court.In mid-August, pastor Steve Smothermon of Legacy Church, a nondenominational church with nine locations across the state, told his congregation about one of the candidates: Greg Cunningham has faithfully served our church for 14 years and shares our biblical values. Let's pray for him, support his campaign, get registered, and vote to flip this seat for someone who will stand for God, our Constitution, and a better New Mexico!" Continue reading...
Marilyn Hampton, who regularly bought supplies for and gave rides to children, was honored at public meetingUS schools are often named after presidents, historical figures and civil rights leaders. And soon joining those ranks is a retired longtime Texas school custodian known for going above and beyond her duties by buying classroom supplies for children in need and helping students with their assignments.That heartwarming story centers on Marilyn Hampton, whose former employer of 39 years - the Aubrey independent school district (AISD) - recently moved to rename its new elementary school No 5 in her honor. Continue reading...
Really change things for the working class,' the ex-presidential candidate saysA corporate plutocracy. A broken healthcare system. Massive and widening inequality. Cash-soaked elections. Angry people struggling to pay their bills and disgusted with lawmakers in Washington DC.Nearly everything that pushed famed consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader to launch the 2000 presidential run that made him a political pariah in Washington is front and center as the US gears up for the 2026 midterm elections. But this time, things are much, much worse. Continue reading...
Pat McAfee's reaction to a few mild jokes shows how the ubiquitous ESPN personality is happy to whip up a crowd into a hostile frenzy but is terrified of any criticismIt was all shaping up to be a golden year for Pat McAfee. The man who landed a five-year, $85m deal in 2023 to take The Pat McAfee Show to ESPN had cemented himself as the star attraction of the sports broadcaster's bold new era of stunts, stupidity and memebrain swill. His persistently honking presence on the set of ESPN's College GameDay had helped push ratings to new heights. ESPN executives were so impressed with McAfee they were reportedly in negotiations to award him a new contract worth between $60m and $65m a year; one even went so far as to describe him as a generational" media talent.Then, over the weekend, disaster struck. A handful of college kids attacked him online ahead of his appearance with College GameDay at the University of Utah. Well, attacked" is maybe overstating things: they made a few mild jokes at his expense. But it was all too much for ESPN's brightest blimp. Suddenly, McAfee's world came crashing down. His initial reaction, to be fair, was mild: The university's Instagram account posted something talking a little trash about me last night, which I certainly love," he said ahead of the Utes' clash with the Houston Cougars last week. Continue reading...
Quarterbacks in 2026 have a series of dazzling weapons at their disposal. We rank the best of the receivers in the NFL at the momentNB: We have restricted the list below to players in their prime years, so excellent, older receivers such as Mike Evans and Davante Adams have been left out. Continue reading...
From Ms Rachel to Roc Nation, the internet embraced a Florida toddler. Police records reviewed by the Guardian complicate the story - and raise troubling questionsThere is real tragedy in this week's story of the three-year-old Florida boy whose parents claimed he was so good at soccer that police were called to do what opposing defenders couldn't. But it doesn't lie where the outrage cycle wants you to think. It's broader, implicates more people, and to me, is far more depressing.You may have seen the video by now. Here was a toddler with fabulous soccer talent, running end-to-end and scoring goal after goal against opponents who have seemingly just found their feet. The cameraman, later identified as the child's father, loudly and proudly cheers his son on. Way to go, kid. Continue reading...
Former US president comes to Georgia to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governorBarack Obama, speaking at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta, offered a closing argument for Democrats in the final week of the midterm election campaign.These are not serious people," he said of Donald Trump and the Republican party. And we're all paying the price for their lack of seriousness." Continue reading...
Firm calls charges, which include violating state gambling ban and profiting from illegal activity, crazy overreach'Utah on Wednesday filed criminal charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and two of its executives, months after a federal judge rejected Kalshi's effort to prevent Utah from enforcing its strict anti-gambling laws against the activity.The felony charges could represent a new tactic in how states try to assert regulatory authority over the fast-expanding activity, a clash that appears headed to a showdown at the US supreme court. Continue reading...
Justice department had demanded state segregate and not count ballots from people it claimed were non-citizensA federal judge declined to order California election officials to segregate and not count ballots from people the Trump administration claimed were non-citizens, rebuffing a legally thin request from the justice department that appeared designed to cast doubt over the results of the midterms.The ruling from US district judge David Carter, nominated to the federal bench by Bill Clinton, comes about two weeks after the justice department delivered a USB drive to election officials in Los Angeles and Sacramento that it said contained the names of 20,000 non-citizens on the state's voter rolls. There are more than 23 million registered voters in California and non-citizen voting is extremely rare. Continue reading...
Information released by Distributed Denial of Secrets is the third such government data disclosure in the last monthData identifying more than 41,000 employees and contractors for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was released on Wednesday in an unprecedented leak that reveals how the agency is organized. The records, which were made public by the transpaency nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets reference operation names, surveillance programs and information on undercover initiatives.DHS did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Continue reading...
Lawmakers, activists and union leaders across the US remember the co-founder of United Farm Workers unionFollowing the news that Dolores Huerta - the civil rights icon who popularized the rallying cry Si, se puede! - had died at the age of 96 on Wednesday, activists, lawmakers and civil rights leaders paid tribute to Hureta's long and lasting legacy.In California - where Huerta helped found the United Farm Workers (UFW) union - her death was deeply felt. It was in California's central valley that she laid the foundations for the United Farm Workers, and helped organize the 1965 Delano grape strike - a national boycott of table grapes that resulted in better wages and working conditions for grape pickers. Several schools in California bear her name, and murals across the state depict her likeness. And in 2018, California declared 10 April - her birthday - Dolores Huerta Day. Continue reading...
Dolores Huerta, the celebrated 1960s labor union leader and civil rights activist, died on Wednesday in California at the age of 96, her family said in a statement.Huerta was a co-founder with Cesar Chavez, another veteran unionist and political activist, of the United Farm Workers union (UFW), which was credited with improving pay and conditions for agricultural workers through a series of strikes, boycotts and protests in the 1960s and 1970s.
Kushner threatens to sue, denying allegations that two slush funds were set up to influence his Middle East roleA new book containing incendiary claims about Jared Kushner's financial dealings during Donald Trump's first term has ignited a political and media firestorm.The book by author Matthew Cole is called Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East and was released in the US this week. An excerpt was published by Vanity Fair last Thursday, and immediately drew a furious response from Kushner, who called its claims completely insane". The book contains numerous allegations about Kushner, whose father-in-law is Trump and who has served as one of his top diplomatic envoys in the Middle East - the most explosive of which are claims linking him to huge bank accounts allegedly funded by Gulf states. Continue reading...
Keaton Denlay says agents handed him poorly formatted Excel spreadsheet' and threatened to criminally prosecute himA California county elections official is speaking out about the Department of Justice's campaign against purported voter fraud", saying federal officials provided him a disorganized list of names filled with inaccuracies - and threatened to criminally prosecute him if he didn't take action.Keaton Denlay, the county clerk-recorder for Butte county, a region north of Sacramento, said a federal agent on Friday hand-delivered what appeared to be a printout of a poorly formatted Excel spreadsheet with missing and jumbled information". The DoJ claimed the list was of 47 likely" noncitizens who were unlawfully registered to vote and demanded the county set aside their ballots. But Denlay said the document was riddled with errors and lacking crucial details, and he declined to act on it. Continue reading...
Pete Hoekstra, controversial US ambassador to Canada, has also accused Canadian officials of interfering in US electionsThe US ambassador has suggested Canada could be blamed if Republicans perform poorly in next week's midterm elections, the latest intervention from a controversial figure who has been accused of inflaming a bitter dispute that has angered and baffled residents of both countries.On Wednesday, CTV news reported that Pete Hoekstra told business leaders at a closed door meeting that if a number of swing races - including Maine and Michigan - go to the Democrats, it could make things harder for Canada because Donald Trump might try to blame the loss on it. Continue reading...
A jet carrying the Brazilian far-right senator Flavio Bolsonaro has landed in Miami, Florida, where the losing candidate in Sunday's presidential election runoff left the airport under police escort without speaking to the press. The Gulfstream IV, registered as LV-JQW, left Guayaquil in Ecuador earlier in the day. After losing Sunday's election to the incumbent president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro disappeared for more than 24 hours, until Argentina's migration authorities said he had entered the country by land on Tuesday night
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Circumstances are ripe for change in this onetime Republican stronghold given the current dissatisfaction with Trump agenda, experts sayDonald Trump has repeatedly asked voters to pretend that he is on the ballot in November's crucial midterm elections. And in the comfortable confines of Arizona's most affluent and fiercely contested congressional district, Trump is definitely on voters' minds.But whether that helps or hurts the warring congressional candidates in this sun-drenched swath of suburbia, where Teslas and walled-in luxury homes dominate, depends on who you ask. Continue reading...
Fed chair Kevin Warsh said politics played no role in pause of interest rate hikes, despite inflation remaining above 3%The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday during its last board meeting before the midterm elections, keeping rates at one of the highest pre-election levels seen in over 20 years.Two out of 12 board members voted against the pause, preferring to raise rates by a quarter point this meeting, the Fed board said in a statement. Continue reading...
Effort to loosen rules on unproven peptide drugs, favored by RFK Jr, faced fierce pushback from agency scientistsA plan to give people in the United States easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with its development.The document posted online on Wednesday by Kennedy's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) covers a handful of injectable peptides promoted within the wellness industry for building muscle, healing injuries and boosting energy. Continue reading...
Obama has been accused of snobbery' over his Trump diss, as people rush to defend the restaurant chain's affordable opulence'Around lunchtime on Tuesday, a Rolls-Royce stopped at the intersection of Beverly Drive and Dayton Way in Beverly Hills, California. Local people in athleisure walked past Balenciaga, Dior and Prada boutiques, as visitors on Hollywood bus tours ogled nearby Rodeo Drive, where Burberry and Louis Vuitton shops meet at a celebrated street corner.Up the street, across from the upmarket Erewhon grocery store - home to $21 smoothies - a few diners sat outside an American landmark: the Cheesecake Factory. Continue reading...
Twin brothers, 22, from Ghana and a 53-year-old American woman targeted older adults in 25 US states, officials sayThree people have pleaded guilty in a $9m romance fraud scam that targeted elderly Americans.On Monday, the US attorney's office in the northern district of Ohio announced that twin brothers from Ghana and an American woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Continue reading...
Democrats urge FTC to tackle systemic failure' of biggest convenience and dollar stores over pricing practices after Guardian investigationsThirty-four members of Congress are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports of widespread overcharging by some of America's most-recognized brand-name retailers.The 28 October letter to the FTC comes in direct response to Guardian investigations of four of the nation's largest dollar-store and convenience-store chains. Both investigations revealed pervasive mismatches between shelf labels and register prices. Continue reading...
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From redrawing electoral maps to installing a sense of uncertainty around the electoral process ahead of the midterms elections on 3 November, Republicans have deployed several tactics to try to skew the vote in their favor. As the president's popularity continues to drop, it is crucial for him and his administration to retain a majority in Congress or they could face investigations and even impeachment. Guardian political reporter Shrai Popat looks at the ways the Republicans have tried and are still trying to influence the election
You try to leave, it is death,' Halima Salman testified. Her mother and defense attorneys wept after the verdictA New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted on Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group.Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a US citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and willingly participated in its activities. Jurors were shown a video of her holding an assault rifle, a photo of her with the group's flag and loving text messages she sent her husband. Continue reading...
US health secretary falsely claims at Mike Rogers rally that Arabs have never won major prizes in science or literatureRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, faced backlash on Wednesday for a wildly racist tirade" during a campaign stop in Michigan in which he falsely asserted that Arabs never won leading awards in science or literature.Kennedy was speaking at the Monday night event in Grand Rapids in support of Mike Rogers, the Republican US Senate candidate trailing his Democratic midterms opponent Abdul El-Sayed, who is Muslim, in polling. Continue reading...
When Stiggers' father died, he dropped out of college to help his mother and 12 siblings. He thought his football dream had ended but made it in the endQwan'tez Stiggers had only been in college for a few days when his world fell apart. Seven months after the car crash that put him in a coma, Stiggers' father died. Stiggers quit college and returned home to support his mother, Kwanna, and 12 siblings. It was a huge blow to the 18-year-old. His partner, Cheyenne, was also processing a tragedy after her teenage sister had been killed by a stray bullet. Over the last six years, Cheyenne and Qwan'tez have helped each other off the bottom of an emotional well.Working as a delivery driver and washing trucks while his old teammates progressed in their football careers could have driven him off the rails. I wouldn't necessarily say I was envious but I wanted better for myself," says Stiggers. I had a child, was living with my wife - my girlfriend at the time - and got those late-night delivery jobs to pay the bills. Continue reading...
Increase will add strain on healthcare system already struggling amid cuts by Trump administration, experts sayThe number of people with dementia in the United States is projected to increase dramatically over the next 25 years, which will place increasing strain on a healthcare system already struggling to help them amid cuts by the Trump administration, experts say.According to a new study in Jama Neurology, the annual incidence of new dementia cases globally will more than double, from 11.4m in 2023 to 24.7m in 2050. In the United States, the number of adults diagnosed with dementia each year will increase from 514,000 in 2020 to 1m by 2060, according to a Jama study published in 2024. Continue reading...
Benjamin Netanyahu vows to form new coalition while opposition bloc leader says result shows prime minister should step down. Plus, a scathing review of Elon Musk's AI-generated version of The OdysseyGood morning. Israel could be in for weeks of political haggling after exit polls and partial official results showed neither Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition nor the opposition bloc led by the former general Gadi Eisenkot had won enough seats to form a government.With 70% of the vote, or 4m ballots, counted so far, the Netanyahu bloc had 54 seats, the Eisenkot-led Change bloc 47 seats, and the Palestinian parties 19 seats. Sixty-one seats are needed for a majority.What have the two leaders said so far? Israel's longest-serving prime minister vowed to assemble a coalition through agreements between his Likud party, far-right factions and Jewish religious parties. Eisenkot had said earlier in the evening that people decided in favour of change" and Netanyahu should have announced today his retirement from politics".What does the increase in the Palestinian bloc mean? The election was marked by a record participation by Israeli citizens of Palestinian origin, a discriminated minority that makes up about 20% of the country's population. Julian Borger explains from Nazareth that Eisenkot will have to work with Arab-Israeli leaders to have a hope of governing. Millions of other Palestinians living under Israeli rule in the occupied West Bank and Gaza cannot vote.Here is what we know about the declared results so far. Our live coverage continues on the website.What else has Trump been saying about fossil fuels? Trump suggested on Tuesday that Venezuela would become the 51st US state as the president showed off a tanker he claimed had 1m barrels of oil on it" from the country, nine months after deposing its president. Continue reading...
In social media posts, president has said network is doing little to help' Republican party in midterm electionsDonald Trump has always viewed conservative media as a tool to help him and his party achieve political victory and stay in power. But with polls flashing red for his party ahead of next week's midterm elections, the president and his allies have trained their fire on the most prominent player in the space: Fox News.For years, the president has criticized Fox's non-partisan polling operation, and in recent weeks he has called out the network for not sufficiently airing his midterm rallies - even when they are not particularly newsworthy. Continue reading...
Mexican police had said they found Shayna Feinman in Tijuana, raising the hopes of missing Arizonan's familyArizona authorities say their Mexican counterparts were resoundingly mistaken when they publicly claimed recently that they found alive a woman who was feared slain after disappearing in 2024 - a turn of events that her sister has called turmoil" and heartbreaking".The case in question centers on Shayna Feinman, who was reported missing in rural Yavapai county, Arizona, in March 2024 at age 38. Continue reading...
Psychopatriarchy is jet fuel to racism, colonialism, imperialism and capitalismFor those of us who have spent our lives trying to dismantle this endlessly destructive paradigm of patriarchy, it has become increasingly clear in recent months that something more terrifying is afoot.The wheels are off the cart. We are in the midst of a chaotic, demented acceleration of the most violent and cruel aspects of this system which has evolved into what I am calling Psychopatriarchy.V (formerly Eve Ensler) is a playwright and activist and the founder of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls Continue reading...
The rapper lends the NFL a veneer of credibility but is unlikely to push back on the establishment figures who run the leagueOn Monday the NFL named Jay-Z as the headliner for this season's Super Bowl half-time show. His company, Roc Nation, produces the show under a 2019 deal reportedly worth $5m a year, and the agreement was extended for another five years in 2024. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said his one request when the partnership began was that Jay-Z take the stage himself one day.Goodell's wish makes total sense: Jay-Z is the perfect choice for the half-time show, and that's not a compliment. The NFL wants a shill who can still pass for a rebel, and nobody in American music plays that part better than Jay-Z. Continue reading...
Once the midterms are over, Trump will be free to pursue vendetta politics. But with will and diplomacy, he can be reined inAs another Iran catastrophe looms, one question matters more than any other: how to stop it before it's too late? Whatever the eventual outcome of Israel's election and next week's US midterm polls, Donald Trump, playing the Lone Ranger, and Benjamin Netanyahu, his badass Tonto, appear hell-bent on resuming the illegal war of choice they began in June last year and expanded in February. Like a Shakespearean tragedy moving inexorably to a bloody denouement, the worst is yet to come. And yet three things seem certain: the US and Israel will again fail to totally destroy Iran's largely hypothetical nuclear capabilities; its regime will survive; and millions of ordinary people, there and around the world, will pay the price for this unjustified, reckless aggression.Ducking and weaving, Trump is desperate to dodge the blame for the Republicans' anticipated midterm meltdown, largely triggered by war-related fuel and consumer price inflation. He claimed Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries were responsible, but that didn't wash. He cut a treacherous diesel deal with Vladimir Putin but, as usual, Russia's smirking mafioso conned him. He urged US allies to tap their strategic reserves but, unsurprisingly, vilified and sidelined European leaders, who view his war as an unmitigated disaster and declined to bail him out. Trump also reportedly rebuffed last-gasp, electorally driven pressure from Netanyahu to hit Iran this month, fearful it would unleash a Democratic tsunami.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...
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In this episode of Guardian Australia's US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy talk about Barack Obama's war of words with Donald Trump, after the former president spoke at a campaign rally in Ohio and compared Trump's White House changes to the Cheesecake Factory. But how effective is Obama on the Democratic party campaign trail? What are the risks around personal attacks? And how much does Obama's legacy help or hinder when it comes to the midterms?Reged and Jonathan also look at the backlash over an attack ad from the campaign of Republican nominee for governor of Ohio, Vivek Ramaswamy, and why some are saying it's a new low for US politics. Finally, how has the perception of corruption in government become such a key issue for voters on both sides of the aisle? Continue reading...
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