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‘Better late than never’: Biden digs in for the fight

Could fear of another Trump presidency finally be uniting the Democrats after cracks emerged following Biden’s shocking first debate?

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Former president Donald Trump returns from a break during the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections on June 27. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
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Big decision looms. Who will be Trump’s running mate?

Former president Donald Trump’s campaign is aiming to announce his running mate by July 15, the first day of the Republican National Convention, according to people familiar with the situation.

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Participants gather during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Place de la Republique in Paris.
Politics
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New Popular Front: France’s shock election result explained

A leftist coalition in France has emerged as the surprising victor after the second and decisive round of voting in legislative elections Sunday. This is what that actually means.

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President Biden with supporters Friday at a rally in Madison.
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Biden campaign gave questions to radio hosts for interviews

Two radio hosts have revealed that they were supplied questions from aides to President Biden before separate interviews with him this week amid growing concerns about the President’s fitness for office.

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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JUNE 13: Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during the launch of Labour's general election manifesto on June 13, 2024 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Labour is consistently leading the polls by over 20 points, according to the latest YouGov data. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
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The intriguing life story of the UK’s next prime minister

His real-life story makes for a complex, messy, real-life story. It also makes it tricky to anticipate what sort of prime minister Keir Starmer will be.

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Rebecca Pollack, Micah Pollack, 11, and Mateo Zavala, 14, hold up signs outside the White House on Wednesday calling for Mr Biden to step aside.
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Perform or perish: Biden accepts Democrats’ grim ultimatum

Even a spotless performance over the coming week may not save the US President if significant cracks appear in public and internal polling, according to senior Democratic strategists.

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President Joe Biden and former president Barack Obama go to the unveiling of official White House portraits of Obama and wife Michelle during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in 2022. MUST CREDIT: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post
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Obama steps in to offer Biden advice after shaky debate

Barack Obama has long harboured worries about his party defeating Donald Trump in November, repeatedly warning Joe Biden in recent months about how challenging it will be to win reelection.

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Donald Trump challenged Biden to take a cognitive test during the debate. Kevin D. Liles
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Biden struggles in testy debate as Trump spreads falsehoods

Biden noticeably stumbled at times while Trump wheeled out lies that went unchallenged by the debate moderators.

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The video, released by Wikileaks, showed helicopter footage from a US attack on a Baghdad suburb that killed at least 11 people.
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This shocking airstrike video made Assange a household name

The horrifying clip turned Julian Assange into a household name overnight.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused Hamas of making unworkable demands during cease-fire negotiations. (Photo by Karim JAAFAR / AFP)
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War to go on: US warning as Hamas demands ‘numerous changes’

Rockets and artillery shells have bombarded Israel as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses Hamas of making unworkable demands during cease-fire negotiations.

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President Joe Biden talks with his son Hunter Biden as he arrives at Delaware Air National Guard Base.
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How Hunter Biden verdict impacts US President's re-election

With Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict handed down, many of US President Joe Biden’s allies are worried about the impacts on the upcoming US election.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during the announcement of the company’s new products on the Apple campus in Cupertino.
Technology
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Everything you need to know about Apple’s new AI tool

Apple’s jump into artificial intelligence underscores the extent to which the tech industry has bet its future on the technology.

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The longest-running wild dolphin research study paints a fuller picture of the marine mammals, showing they’re more like canaries in a global ocean coal mine than the ‘humans in wet suits’ we think they were.
Science
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The real dolphin tale: The ocean’s sexed-up smiling savage

The longest-running wild dolphin research study paints a fuller picture of the marine mammals, showing they’re more like canaries in a global ocean coal mine than the ‘humans in wet suits’ we think they are.

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Former president Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 charges in his hush money trial.
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‘Lay low’ warning to the Trump jurors

After delivering the verdict that has shaken the world, this is what comes next for the members of the Trump jury

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Juror’s are deliberating on their verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, and while they do so he’ll have to stay in the court building.
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The Trump jury is deliberating. Here’s what happens next

Donald Trump’s New York hush money case is now in the hands of the jury, which will decide whether he will become the first former president convicted of a crime.

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