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The Associated Press reports press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which the US president appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald TrumpWhite House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two US government officials and an internal email obtained on Thursday by the Associated Press.Biden created an uproar earlier this week with his remarks to Latino activists responding to racist comments at a Trump rally made by the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who referred to the US island territory of Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage." Continue reading...

Nerves are particularly stretched in Maricopa county, which will likely decide which way the state swings in the pollsPearl Hubbard picked up some yard signs for Kamala Harris at the vice-president's speech in Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday afternoon, but wasn't yet sure whether she'd risk displaying them outside her home in a city that sits in some of the most hotly contested political territory in the country.I'm scared to put them up," Hubbard said. As I drive ... I only saw one place that had a [Harris] sign. Just don't see them. I think people are scared to put them up." Continue reading...

Actors Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Chris Evans, Danai Gurira and Paul Bettany appear in video, released days before the US electionThe cast of Marvel's Avengers movies have come out in support of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris less than a week before the US election.In a video posted first on Vanity Fair on Thursday evening, actors Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Chris Evans, Danai Gurira and Paul Bettany playfully riffed on their respective characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe while encouraging viewers to vote for Harris. Continue reading...

Speaking at a rally in Arizona, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Donald Trump doesn't believe women should 'make decisions over their own bodies'. Harris made the comment after Trump's appearance in Wisconsin, when he declared he would protect them 'whether the women like it or not'. Harris said: 'There's a saying that you gotta listen to people when they tell you who they are. He does not believe women should have the agency and authority to make decisions about their own bodies'

Organizers award embattled actor and magic practitioner, under belief she has fallen victim to modern-day witch huntPracticing witches from around the world gathered in Salem by the hundreds on Thursday night to honor Stormy Daniels at their annual magic circle" ceremony recognizing loved ones who have died.Daniels - the adult film actor who allegedly had an affair with Donald Trump and was at the center of his May criminal trial that led to the former president's conviction on 34 felonies - was chosen to be honored in the Halloween ceremony as the organizers believe that she has been the victim of a modern-day witch hunt. Continue reading...

Trainer with quality and class' has eyes on second Juvenile Turf Sprint while Aidan O'Brien's City Of Troy has grand designs in the ClassicThere is more than a touch of the Jamie Vardys about Mick Appleby. Both were born in Yorkshire, both have a prolific strike-rate in their chosen professions, and in the same way that no profile of the Leicester forward was once complete without a nod to his non-league roots, Appleby is still familiar to many racing fans from his breakout seasons as the king of the sand".By Sunday morning, however, he may have earned a new title: the king of the Grade One sprinters. Big Evs, who was Appleby's first runner and first winner at the Breeders' Cup when he took the Juvenile Turf Sprint at Santa Anita 12 months ago, is back in southern California for a crack at the Turf Sprint at Del Mar on Saturday night. And, quite remarkably, Appleby has found another lightning-fast juvenile, Big Mojo, to attempt a repeat win in the Juvenile Turf Sprint on Friday. Continue reading...

Trump has vowed to stage the largest deportation operation in American history'. The totality of it is to make life so hard for immigrants that they are left with two options: stay and be subject to presidential demagoguery ... or leave their lives here'Every day, Nayeli arrives for work at a meat-processing plant in rural Tennessee - the same place where, on the morning of 5 April 2018, federal agents swept in, helicopters buzzing above, and took her and nearly 100 other workers into custody, as part of the Trump administration's then escalating crackdown on illegal immigration.They were rounded up and put on buses without the opportunity to explain who they were or how long they had worked there, she said. Many were sent to out-of-state detention centers. Nayeli was among those released that evening, allowed to return home to her son, who was nine at the time. All faced deportation. Continue reading...

Troopers report that multiple animals apparently killed Tad Fujioka, 50, and ate deer that he had huntedA 50-year-old hunter has been found dead in an apparent brown bear mauling on an island in south-eastern Alaska, authorities said Thursday.Tad Fujioka, of Sitka, was reported overdue on Tuesday evening after not returning from a solo daylong hunting trip on the heavily forested Baranof Island, Alaska state troopers said. Continue reading...

Ally of ex-president could be disbarred days after pleading guilty to trying to overturn Georgia's 2020 election resultsKenneth Chesebro, an attorney for Donald Trump, has been suspended from practicing law in New York and could be disbarred just days after pleading guilty in what prosecutors claim was an effort to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results.Chesebro was charged in 2023, alongside Donald Trump and 17 others, with violating Georgia's anti-racketeering law relating to alleged efforts by the defendants to knowingly and willfully" join a conspiracy to change the outcome of the 2020 election in the state. Continue reading...

DoorDash and CVS also contributing funds to Raga group trying to re-elect Todd Rokita, who favors total abortion banAmazon, DoorDash and CVS Health are among major US companies publicly committed to supporting reproductive rights that have nonetheless contributed this year to a group supporting the re-election of Todd Rokita, the Republican attorney general of Indiana who supports a total abortion ban.He was also reprimanded by his state supreme court for criticizing a doctor who provided an abortion for 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio. Continue reading...

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Workers have been struggling to keep up with rising costs. Trump and Harris are hyper-focused on winning them overUrbin Gonzalez could be working inside, in the air conditioning, at his regular job as a porter on the Las Vegas strip. Instead, in the final few days before the US election, he chose to go door-knocking in the 104F (40C) heat, with the hopes of mobilising a few more voters to cast their ballots for Kamala Harris.I don't care because I'm fighting for my situation," said Gonzalez: for his retirement in 10 years, for a more affordable life, for housing that he and his family can afford. I'm doing this for me." Continue reading...

Speakers at ex-president's Madison Square Garden event spewed hateful rhetoric aimed at immigrants, Black and trans people and womenDonald Trump's infamous Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday ignited a firestorm of criticism and has been repeatedly denounced as racist, most notably due to the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's reference to Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage" .But the bigoted statements from the rally did not stop there. Here is a list of the people and groups who were attacked at Trump's campaign rally by speakers who spewed hateful vitriol throughout the night. Continue reading...

Democrat criticizes Republican candidate after he said he would protect women whether they like it or not'

The once solidly Republican bastion in southern California is up for grabs, and Democrats are campaigning hardIn an industrial business park in Orange county - the affluent, largely suburban slice of southern California wedged between Los Angeles and San Diego - Dave Min was feeling the weight of the world last weekend.If we sit on our asses for the next 10 days, we lose," the Democratic candidate for California's 47th congressional district told a roomful of Asian American supporters at his campaign headquarters. We need to get out that vote." Continue reading...

Donald Trump dressed as a sanitation worker and sat in the cab of a garbage truck in a stunt meant to convince his supporters that Democrats believed those who were voting for him were 'garbage'. It follows an apparent gaffe made by Joe Biden, which the president said was intended to condemn the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke about Puerto Rico at Trump's recent Madison Square Garden rally

TV, radio and mailboxes in Saginaw, Michigan, and any place likely to decide next week's election, are being bombardedThere is almost no escape. One minute, you're watching the spin of a wheel on a game show and a few seconds later, Jeffrey Epstein is staring out of the screen with a youthful Donald Trump at his side.What follows is yet another of the election ads bombarding viewers in Saginaw, Michigan, or any other place likely to decide the outcome of next week's presidential election. The attack ad goes on to remind viewers that Epstein was accused of sex trafficking and abusing girls as young as 14 years old, and that Trump spent a lot of time in his company. Continue reading...

Parts of north-east and Great Lakes regions to surpass 80F as thunderstorms predicted from Indianapolis to LouisianaDo the undead sweat? If they do, this year's Halloween could be a taxing time for them across parts of the north-east and Great Lakes regions of the US, where temperatures are set to soar above 80F (27C) in some areas.On Thursday, CNN reported that nearly 50 daily high temperature records may fall, with temperatures rising more than 20F above normal. Continue reading...

Los Angeles have resources beyond the wildest dreams of most other MLB franchises. But they still had to scrap for their second title in five seasonsHours after the last out of the 2024 Major League Baseball season, the field at Yankee Stadium was strewn with ribbons of gold confetti. Jack Flaherty, who started Game 1 of the World Series for the now-champion Los Angeles Dodgers, spotted Shohei Ohtani, the presumptive National League Most Valuable Player, in the middle of an interview with the MLB Network crew on a small stage that had been erected in left field.Sho!" he yelled over the legion of fans who stayed to cheer and chant the players' names. Focus!" Flaherty reprimanded, having purposefully distracted Ohtani. Continue reading...

Find out who's up and who's down in the latest US presidential election opinion pollsOn 21 July, Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris. This historic move changed the landscape of the election and how many felt about the race. As the election enters its final weeks, Guardian US is averaging national and state polls to see how the two candidates are faring. We will update our averages once a week, or more if there is major news. Continue reading...

Genealogy testing confirmed DNA sample belonged to William Herman Hietamaki, last seen by his family in 1995Human remains discovered near the Hoover Dam over a decade ago have been identified as a Michigan man last seen by his family in 1995.Investigators with the Mohave county sheriff's office in Arizona announced on Tuesday that they had identified the remains through forensic genetic genealogy as William Herman Hietamaki, born in 1950, from Trout Creek in Ontonagon county, Michigan. Continue reading...

Doctors sign the hippocratic oath to do no harm, but how can we treat people without hospitals, staff and enough medicines?On 1 July 2024, the European hospital in Gaza evacuated all patients and staff. On that day I should have been shoulder to shoulder with my colleagues. I should have been tending gravely injured patients. I should have been helping them to flee. On ventilators, hooked up to IV fluids, on gurneys, in and out of consciousness and clinging to life, they had done nothing to deserve their situation, and they deserved my help.Instead, I watched from my home in Texas and read messages from the other medics, as an overcrowded hospital transformed into a ghost town. With anguish, I witnessed the tragedy unfold from afar.Dr Ali Elaydi is an orthopaedic surgeon. He is Palestinian-American and originally from GazaDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

Many feel this US election cycle has been the dirtiest yet in terms of campaigning. Donald Trump has viciously attacked Kamala Harris, including questioning her racial identity and her mental resilience, and held rallies marked by racist comments, insults and dangerous threats about immigrants. But mudslinging has always beenpart of US politics. The Guardian's US politics editor in London, Chris Michael, digs into the history of personal attacks, why people feel things are getting worse and the dangers of Trump's 'nasty' tactics

In swing state Georgia, activists are urgently organizing against Trump amid a break from Democrats over GazaIt's a Saturday afternoon at Al Madina Halal market and restaurant in Norcross, Georgia, and the line is four people deep for shawarma sandwiches or leg of lamb with saffron rice and two sides.A television on the wall by a group of tables has Al Jazeera correspondents reporting from several countries on a split screen about Israel's attack on Iranian military targets the day before. Continue reading...

As a steelworker, I know how hard people are struggling - and I fear that next week they may fall for Trump's simple answers

Election betting platforms have put Trump's chance of winning higher, and with trust in media depleting, more people are turning to themMost gamblers might want to sit out the US election. It's too close to call with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck and neck, according to official polls. But the former president's campaign has latched on to signs he says prove he's actually leading".In a close race, Trump and his allies claim some gambling polls", as he described them last week, put him significantly ahead of Harris. Like, 65 to 35, or something like that." Continue reading...

Davy Russell's magnificent autobiography of life as a jockey taught me a valuable lesson about gratitude and achievementToday, I'm interviewing a jockeyon my radio programme about his memoir. Being not much into horse racing, I knew next to nothing about Davy Russell until I opened his book. I'm very glad to have made his acquaintance because, in a blistering opening chapter, as well as conveying a vast amount of information about the art of riding a racehorse over jumps, he comes up with an observation about winning which applies to life as much as racing.This chapter has him describing the first of his two consecutive Grand National wins on Tiger Roll, in 2018 and 2019. From the flag to the finish, you're on that horse with him over every jump. It's all breathtaking - film from a camera on his helmet with a running commentary wouldn't convey it better - but it's just after the fourth fence that the wisdom comes: Continue reading...

A lot of households are not democracies; they're dictatorships. This may mean voter intimidation and suppressionLots of memes and tweets and posts and videos are popping up, assuring women that they can keep their votes secret from their husbands and boyfriends. The unspoken assumption is that lots of women are bullied, intimidated or controlled by their partners, specifically in straight couples when she wants to vote for Harris and he supports Trump. The messages assure these intimidated voters that they can vote in peace and privacy at a polling place. But a lot of Americans now vote by mail, which generally means they fill out their ballots at home, where that privacy may not be available.On the one hand, I'm glad there's outreach to those voters. On the other, the way these messages are framed seem to regard the grim reality that a lot of women live in fear of their spouses as a given hardly worth stating outright, let alone decrying. I get that right now we're fighting for the future of democracy in America, the public version in which rights and norms and the rule of law are preserved - as the Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri put it: I am endorsing Kamala Harris for president, because I like elections and want to keep having them."Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. She is the author of Orwell's Roses and co-editor with Thelma Young Lutunatabua of the climate anthology Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility Continue reading...

Politicians have always courted the wealthy, but Elon Musk and co represent a new kind of donor, and an unprecedented danger to democracyThe concept of elite overproduction" was developed by social scientist Peter Turchin around the turn of this century to describe something specific: too many rich people for not enough rich-person jobs. It's a byproduct of inequality: a ton of poor people, sure, but also a superfluity of the wealthy, without enough positions to house them in the influence and status to which they think themselves entitled. In a modern context, that would mean senior positions in the government and civil service, along with the top tier of finance and law, but Turchin tested the hypothesis from ancient Rome to 19th-century Britain. The names and nature of the contested jobs and titles changed; the pattern remained. Turchin predicted in 2010 that by the 2020s it would be destabilising US politics.In the UK in recent years the phrase has been repurposed in the wildest ways - to mean an excess of people at university creates unwanted activism (my precis); or, in the Economist (paraphrasing again), landslides create too many mediocre backbench MPs, who can't hope for preferment so make trouble instead. And while the second proposition might be true, the first is basic anti-intellectualism. Turchin didn't specify exactly how much wealth puts you in a situation with an overproduced elite, but he didn't mean debt-laden students; he didn't mean MPs; he meant, for brevity, billionaires or the top 1%. When a lot of your media are billionaire-owned, those media sources become endlessly inventive in taking the heat off billionaires, nipping criticism in the bud by pilfering its vocabulary and throwing it back at everyone.Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

From abortion to international issues, people share what issues and outcome worries them as election day nearsHundreds of US voters from across the country shared with the Guardian how they are coping with the stress of the looming election, and which issues and possible outcomes make them the most anxious or concerned.Here are six of them. Continue reading...

As the business end of the regular season comes into view we looks at the contenders for the top awards so farLet's roll out the red carpet for the midseason-ish awards. A quick note, these awards are based on what has happened through eight weeks. They're not projections on how the awards race will stack up at the end of the year. Continue reading...

The modern ritual is just a chance for children to dress up, eat sweets and stay up late. For Christians to hate Halloween seems an own goal

Ghouls in Y-fronts and ghostly bums feature in Ken Werner's vintage Halloween pictures, taken between 1976 and 1980 at San Francisco's outrageous outdoor parties Continue reading...

The Republican candidate poses the biggest threat to the continent. But we're also not prepared for a Kamala Harris winI've just returned from Washington DC, where the level of anxiety about the presidential election is sky high. Almost as high as it is in Europe. Elections in the US are by far the most influential globally and the region that will be affected most is Europe (followed by Asia Pacific). The ripples from the election on security, the economy and democracy will be felt across the continent more than in any other part of the world.Aware of this, European policymakers and pundits in Brussels and national capitals have been fretting for more than a year. But we have worried more than we have taken action. And we have focused on some possible repercussions more than others.Nathalie Tocci is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

Less than a week before the 5 November election, polls show Harris and Trump tied, with both attempting to win over the final undecided voters

Republican presidential candidate in high-vis vest says 250 million Americans are not garbage' as he capitalises on latest twist in Puerto Rico debateDressing like a sanitation worker and, at one point, appearing in the cab of a garbage truck, Donald Trump sought to convince voters in battleground state Wisconsin on Wednesday that Democrats believe those who vote for him are garbage".The theatrics came in response to an apparent verbal gaffe made by Joe Biden the night before, which the president said was intended to condemn a comedian over his racist remarks at a massive rally Trump staged at New York City's Madison Square Garden over the weekend. Continue reading...

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Artists including Remi Wolf, Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons join VP at rally briefly interrupted by Gaza protestersKamala Harris warned a crowd that time was running out at a get-out-the-vote event in Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, joined by a lineup of folk and pop musicians including Remi Wolf, Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons.We have six days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime," the vice-president and Democratic nominee told the crowd, denouncing Donald Trump and issuing a dire warning about the consequences of a second Trump presidency.Don't miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

Star-Ledger's owner said decision was due to rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print copiesThe owner of New Jersey's largest newspaper says it will stop publishing a daily print version of the paper early next year, but its online version will continue.The Newark Morning Ledger Co said the decision announced Wednesday was due to rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print copies of the Star-Ledger. Two other daily New Jersey newspapers are also expected to end their print publications in the coming months, while a fourth daily newspaper, the Jersey Journal, is expected to cease publication altogether. Continue reading...

After a comedian at a Trump rally described Puerto Rico as garbage', old resentments were fired up, as residents say it's unfair to be disfranchised in electionsDonald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally was meant to be a triumphant return to the city that made his name. Instead, the event has reheated simmering tensions on the island territory of Puerto Rico, where locals say they feel like second-class citizens, days out from a historic US election.Comments from a comedian at Trump's rally this week, describing Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage", might have fired up local resentment against the Republican candidate, but those who live there will be unable to show their anger through the ballot box. Continue reading...

Vice-president continues to make closing argument to voters, reminding Americans of two different futures for USKamala Harris continued to make her closing argument to voters just six days before voting ends, reminding Americans in what is perhaps the most critical battleground state that two very different futures for the United States could be around the corner.We know who Donald Trump is. This is someone who is not thinking about how to make your life better," she said in remarks that lasted about half an hour to a packed crowd at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. Continue reading...