Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

1 October marks the UN’s International Day of Older Persons. To celebrate the occasion, the UK’s theme is ‘What’s on your doorstep?’

Some prominent MAGA figures are dismissing a run of disastrous midterm polling for Republicans, with several expressing the belief that the numbers are not just wrong but part of a coordinated “psyop” aimed at keeping conservatives home this November.The accusations spread as President Donald Trump’...

Jonathan Freedland speaks to James Henson, founder and executive director of the Texas Politics Project, about why a blue wave in the Lone Star state would be seismic

Head of party in England and Wales says vote in Keir Starmer’s old seat is ‘high stakes for people in Holborn and St Pancras, and for the climate crisis’ Zack Polanski has insisted his authority as leader of the Green party of England and Wales does not depend on winning next week’s Holborn and St Pancras byelection, amid suggestions that the party’s popularity has peaked. Polanski, who is trying to take Keir Starmer’s former seat from Labour, described the contest as “probably 50/50 right now” and “really on a knife edge”. Continue reading...

Mediaite reports Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) backed out of a planned C-SPAN appearance after his planned “gotcha” of former special counsel Jack Smith went down in flames this week.

Editorial: Three-quarters of nations have rightly abolished capital punishment in law or practice, but killing by the state has surged in the US

As Trump threatens retaliation over the Flydubai attack and touts a sweeping energy win, South Korea says its Alaska LNG decision still depends on legal and commercial review.

DNC accuses Pentagon of pushing through changes to how voters abroad request absentee ballots ahead of midterms

Rejecting a core tenet of the administration's executive power grab, a federal judge blocks the White House from purging independent prosecutors who bypass Senate confirmation.

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Court will review practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US The US supreme court agreed on Thursday to take up a case challenging the Trump administration’s practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US and awaiting deportation proceedings. At the center of the immigration case is a dispute over Donald Trump’s reinterpretation of a longstanding policy that has led to a huge surge in the number of migrants held in detention centers. Continue reading...

House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for president’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, once confirmed, will be one of three current Supreme Court justices who assisted the legal team of then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the Florida ballot-recount battle that cam...

The spots, including a recycled campaign ad, are funded by taxpayers and present the president as a hero

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It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.

The Ministry of Defence has refused to clarify whether the catastrophic mid-air failure of the Trident relay system was a weather accident or sabotage

The Ministry of Defence has refused to clarify whether the catastrophic mid-air failure of the Trident relay system was a weather accident or sabotage

A Democratic-backed survey puts educator Pia Dandiya ahead in a South Florida district Republicans redrew this year to expand their House advantage — with no incumbent to save either party.

The Intercept reports: Amid mounting concerns about its sprawling surveillance camera network, Flock Security told the press this summer that it operates more than 120,000 cameras nationwide. But a ne...

Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...