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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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Mike Lawler flipped a New York district red in 2022. But his ties to Trump might bite him in the midterms
Republican congressman’s support of many of the president’s policies has infuriated some of his constituents
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Green party must avoid being taken over by hard left, says former leader
Adrian Ramsay says some new members would be ‘more at home’ in Your Party or Socialist Workers party
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‘There’s a lot of hate’: rightwing racism stirs south Asian mobilization in Texas
In state that has become ‘ground zero’ for discrimination against south Asians, experts say they are seeing voters motivated to fight back
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The US founders made a grave error in granting presidents pardon power
Trump’s utter abuse of the power proves it. As the midterms approach, voters have not forgotten January 6
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The coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban – Full Story podcast
Technology reporter Josh Taylor speaks to Reged Ahmad about the high court challenge whether this is the beginning of the end for Labor’s world-leading policy
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Former NSW Liberal leads overhaul of One Nation candidate selection process
Exclusive: Mark Jones, once on track for one of the Liberal party’s most powerful roles, is now instrumental in One Nation’s expansion
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Australia’s bizarre selection choices backfired – predictably – in South Africa. It’s time for a reality check
The team’s management needs to offer decisions that make sense, rather than spurious justifications for ones that don’t
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Readers reply: with governments asking us to stockpile, can we learn anything from disaster films?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
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MP facing voice loss after surgery shows recovery signs
Anne Sabine says her voice is showing signs of recovery after facing permanent damage from surgery.
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