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An embattled Karen Bass is fighting tooth and nail to keep her mayorship in LA. It might be too late
With affordability a major election issue, the incumbent is trying to ward off her democratic socialist challenger
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How Rachel Reeves has mapped out the economic agenda for Andy Burnham’s government
On Brexit, devolution and investment, the former chancellor is eerily in tune with the man who sacked her Reeves says UK’s future is in the EU Which senior politician has argued that “Brexit did deep damage” and that the government seeks “not to turn back the clock but to look toward a new and stable, future relationship?” It was not Andy Burnham, who has been the torchbearer for thinking the unthinkable on Brexit since he became prime minister. Instead, these are the words of the former chancellor Rachel Reeves, in a lecture six months ago. Continue reading...
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How a small Wisconsin city scuttled a secretive $1.6bn datacenter project
Residents of Menomonie mounted a successful protest against a huge campus in the city as national resistance to the AI boom grows
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The Guardian view on the US midterms and election interference: Trump’s attempted heist is already under way
Editorial: Voters are turning against the Republicans. But the clearest possible message is needed to safeguard democracy
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This government should rebuild adult education as a democratic bulwark
Letters: John Holford, Alan Wells, Jol Miskin and Isobel Hunter respond to an editorial that championed the freedom to learn at any age
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A new strategy is needed to address the harms related to cocaine and other drugs
Letters: Dr Will Haydock calls for a new government plan with clear priorities, while a reader in Ecuador points to the devastating impact of UK cocaine use there
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Lindsay Clancy is back in court - where will her case go next?
The Massachusetts mother, accused of murdering her three children, is expected back in court as she awaits a decision on whether her case will be retried.
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Violence after Germany's 'Gen Z' demos slammed by politicians
Multiple German politicians on Sunday criticised clashes and looting the day before on the margins of youth-led demonstrations, though several also warned that the acts should not eclipse the protesters'…
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UK willing to spend £450m a year on EU students if it can join Made in Europe scheme
Exclusive: Plan to allow students from bloc to pay same fees as Britons contingent on entry to industrial programme, officials say
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What are the races to watch in the US midterm elections and why do they matter?
US voters will decide whether Republicans will retain control of Congress or whether Democrats will rise up to stymie Trump’s agenda
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Green Party at 'crossroads', says former co-leader
Adrian Ramsay suggested the party needs to focus on its "core values", including environmental issues.
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John Healey says UK apology over historic role in slave trade won’t lead to financial reparations – as it happened
Ahead of a meeting with Commonwealth leaders, Andy Burnham wrote that Britain needed to ‘acknowledge its complicated history’
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