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  • two white men in blue suits point as a crowd of people stand behind them

    Trump’s arrival and ‘our God saves’: key takeaways from day one of the RNC

    The ex-president names JD Vance as his running mate and becomes the official party nominee on an eventful first day
  • man wearing navy suit and light purple tie holds arms wide and stands in front of microphone

    Teamsters union president calls Trump ‘tough SOB’ in unprecedented speech at RNC

  • Man in sunglasses wearing suit speaks to reporters

    Biden touts record in NBC interview – but the doubts won’t go away

  • Trump at RNC

    Trump joins crowd at Republican convention hall with bandaged ear, in first public appearance since assassination attempt – as it happened

  • President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance shake hands

    Trump appears with bandaged ear at Republican national convention

  • Joe Biden talks to people welcoming him after stepping off Air Force One in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Biden says he meant ‘focus on’ Trump when asked about ‘bullseye’ remark

  • ‘Braveheart of our time’: RNC day one shows Trump inspires more awe than ever among Republicans

  • Republican national convention: day one – in pictures

  • California bans rules requiring schools to tell parents of child’s pronoun change

  • Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who exposed Tuskegee syphilis study, dies aged 86

  • JD Vance: six takeaways from Trump’s pick of the Ohio senator as running mate

  • Democrats warn JD Vance will enable Trump’s ‘extreme Maga agenda’

  • In JD Vance, Trump has picked a mini-me offering red meat to his Maga base

  • Trump shooting motive remains elusive as FBI pores over suspect’s home town

Behind the magic

  • A truck trailer belonging to magician David Copperfield sits outside his warehouse in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. Copperfield has been contacted by law enforcement authorities and the FBI has conducted an investigation in Las Vegas, where the magician regularly performs, his lawyer and the FBI confirmed. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    The FBI investigated David Copperfield for two years
    The claim that he was ‘exonerated’ was widely embraced. Was he?

  • Epstein head Main Image

    ‘Magic David called’
    David Copperfield repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein

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    David Copperfield
    Former teen models accuse magician of misconduct

  • David Copperfield.

    ‘I honest to God believe I was drugged’
    Magician David Copperfield’s alleged victims speak out

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Opinion

  • man holds sign saying 'trump' in big letters with stars

    Did Donald Trump just win the election?

    Arwa Mahdawi
    There’s still a lot we don’t know about the rally shooting – but it will almost certainly boost his campaign
  • A middle aged woman sitting on a couch, lost in her thoughts

    Is there a single woman in the world over 40 who is not gaslit about her love life?

    Melanie Tait
  • Tom Usher

    Beards are Alpha, ‘rat boys’ are in – and the rules of masculinity are as baffling as ever

    Tom Usher
  • a man in a suit holds up a fist in front of an American flag

    Blue Maga: we need to talk about the cult-like turn of the Democratic party

    Mehdi Hasan
    The calls for Joe Biden to step aside have been met with furious accusations of treason, disloyalty, and betrayal. This is bad for the entire country
    • JD Vance and Donald Trump standing near a podium during a rally.

      JD Vance is a rightwing troll disguised as a populist. He could be our next vice-president

      Jan-Werner Müller
    • Reform party leader Nigel Farage speaking to the media following his election win in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, 5 July

      I went to see how the Tories are handling defeat – and found Faragism and a total lack of reflection

      Polly Toynbee
    • Illustration of the yellow-tail moth caterpillar

      A hairy caterpillar: a ginger toupee, twitching cartoonishly

      Helen Sullivan
    • Giorgia Meloni with Viktor Orbán.

      The Guardian view
      The far right in Brussels: the center must do more than hold

US sports

  • Copa America 2024 - Final - Argentina v Colombia<br>Soccer Football - Copa America 2024 - Final - Argentina v Colombia - Hard Rock Stadium, Miami, Florida, United States - July 14, 2024 Colombia's Miguel Borja in action with Argentina's Lisandro Martinez REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

    Head of Colombian FA arrested after allegedly fighting security guards at Copa América final

  • LeBron James drives to the basket against Australia in their Olympic basketball warmup

    USA overcome Australia and sloppy turnovers in Olympic basketball warmup

  • FBL-COPA-AMERICA-2024-ARG-COL<br>Argentinian fans celebrate after Argentina won the 2024 Copa America final football match between Argentina and Colombia, in Buenos Aires on July 14, 2024. (Photo by Tomas CUESTA / AFP) (Photo by TOMAS CUESTA/AFP via Getty Images)

    Argentinians celebrate a Copa title – and consider the beginning of the end for Messi

  • graphic illustration with pictures of a female singer, a male footballer and a man being arrested

    Mediocre Euros and Copa América show there is such a thing as too much football

US politics

  • white man wearing blue suit, surrounded by people

    JD Vance: six takeaways from Trump’s pick of the Ohio senator as running mate

  • A police officer walks past a home believed to be connected to the shooter in the assassination attempt of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Bethel Park, Pa. Investigators are hunting for any clues about what may have driven Thomas Matthew Crooks to try to assassinate Trump. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

    Trump shooting motive remains elusive as FBI pores over suspect’s home town

  • Tiffany Trump, Eric Trump, Lara Trump and Donald Trump Jr., react as they watch the roll call of states during the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

    Donald Trump formally nominated to be Republican presidential candidate

  • Americans React To Possible Trump Assassination Attempt<br>MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 13: A Trump sign is covered outside the Fiserv Forum, which is scheduled to host the Republican National Convention (RNC), shortly after presumptive Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump was injured at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger, the suspected gunman is dead after grazing former President Trump with a bullet, killing one audience member and injuring at least one other. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    Republican convention 2024: what to know about Trump, Don Jr and Maga mania

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US business

  • the logo for AT&T

    Hackers stole call and text message records on ‘nearly all’ AT&T customers, company says

  • Graphcore co-Founder and CEO Nigel Toon introduces the company's range of Mk2 IPU systems.

    UK risks tech ‘talent drain’ to US if pension funds fail to back sector

    • Target's stock shares slide as consumers buy fewer goods<br>epa11361866 People shop at a Target store in Los Angeles, California, USA, 22 May 2024. Target posted a year-over-year sales decline and missed Wall Street's earnings estimates as consumers faced with inflation are buying both fewer discretionary items and groceries. This marks the first time since November 2022 that Target missed earnings expectations. EPA/ALLISON DINNER

      US consumer prices unexpectedly fell in June, drawing Fed closer to cutting interest rates

    • A hand holding a phone screen displaying the Etsy logo, in front of the Etsy website on a desktop screen

      ‘A lazy solution’: Etsy sellers say ban on sex toys is a betrayal

    • Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang, founder and head of the private investment firm Archegos.

      Billionaire Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang convicted of fraud by New York jury

Pictures & video

  • Rally attendees spot gunman minutes before Donald Trump shot – video

  • Secret Service agents jumped on Donald Trump before shouting 'shooter down' and escorting the former president into a car

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    'Let me get my shoes,' Trump tells Secret Service agents after assassination attempt – video

    Secret Service agents jumped on Donald Trump before shouting 'shooter down' and escorting the former president into a car
  • Film and Television<br>No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock (1570850a) Heathers, Shannen Doherty Film and Television

    Shannen Doherty – a life in pictures

    Best known for her roles in Beverly Hills, 90210, Heathers and Charmed, the former child star has died aged 53. We look back at some of her key roles

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