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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe last time Joe Biden made even a token effort to appear as if he was taking questions from the entire White House press corps was 610 days ago, just days after Republicans took control of the House of Representatives and ended his party’s unified control over Washington.Standing in the White House’s State Dining Room, Biden kept to a list of reporters chosen by his aides and held forth for just under an hour, answering questions from eight…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Phil Foden’s youth coach has said there was “always something a bit different” about the England midfielder and that he was “destined for stardom” from the age of seven.Joe Makin, football development officer at the Reddish Vulcans club in Stockport, taught Foden from 2007 to 2008 and said he was a “shining light” from the beginning.Foden, who has won six Premier League titles with Manchester City, as well as the Champions League and two FA Cups, is…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump and his cronies mocked Joe Biden following a gaffe at his high-stakes press conference where he mixed up the former president and his own VP Kamala Harris.In his first question from reporters following scripted remarks, Biden was asked if he had any concerns about Kamala Harris’ ability to govern should she take over the top of the ticket in his stead.”I wouldn’t have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president, though I think she was…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds admits he “lives, breathes, eats and sleeps” the Welsh club.Hollywood actor Reynolds and fellow owner Rob McElhenney have overseen the rise of the Red Dragons from the National League to League One with back-to-back promotions.The 47-year-old was appearing on BBC One’s The One Show to promote his new film Deadpool & Wolverine when he revealed he once clocked up nearly 10,000 steps watching Wrexham in action.Asked how he deals with match nerves, he…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailPresident Joe Biden accidentally referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “Vice President Trump” while answering his first question at a closely watched, high-stakes press conference under pressure from Democratic officials to end his re-election campaign against his Republican rival.All eyes are on his fist solo public-facing appearance in Washington on Thursday after the 81-year-old president appeared to unravel during a presidential debate with Donald Trump two weeks ago.Biden arrived on stage facing a mandate from Democratic officials…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Declan Rice says that England know “not to sit back” in order to win Sunday’s Euro 2024 final against Spain at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, having learned from the painful memory of Euro 2020. The midfielder said the squad are “desperate” to “rewrite history”, as he admitted that “seeing Italy lift that trophy” will haunt him forever. That may also involve learning from history, as Rice said that experience has shown them “how we can win this final”.The 25-year-old…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USA firefighter pilot died while tackling a Montana wildfire on Wednesday.Juliana Turchetti, 45, was killed when her plane crashed northeast of Helena during the Horse Gulch fire.The pilot died when her single-engine, water-scooping Air Tractor AT-02, hit a mountain and landed in Hauser Lake, according to the Daily Montanan.She was employed by Dauntless Air, an Idaho-based firefighting aircraft company that has state and federal contracts.Turchetti, who is from Brazil, was working in the US on a…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Gareth Southgate says England will have to be “perfect” to beat Spain in Sunday’s Euro 2024 final in Berlin. The manager stressed that the resilient manner of the squad’s progress through the tournament has created a “togetherness” and “spirit” but that will be essential as the team “will have to find everything that we have got from within”. England have a chance to make up for their Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy at Wembley, as they…

Nancy Pelosi gives cagey response on Joe Biden’s future: ‘Whatever he decides we go with’Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailWashington is breathlessly awaiting the first press conference given by Joe Biden, not just since his disastrous presidential debate against Donald Trump amplified questions about his age and capability, but in eight months.While the president routinely responds to a handful of shouted questions while on the move, Biden has not handled such a formal event since November 2023 when he spoke with reporters after…

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for freeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter England woke up blurry eyed following the night before as the nation digested the last-gasp win over the Netherlands.There will be, though, little time for Gareth Southgate’s squad to reflect on achievements so far as thoughts quickly turn towards Sunday’s final against Spain in Berlin.Here, the PA news agency takes a look over Euro 2024 as the tournament heads into its last few days.Once more unto the breach…A summer which began with unconvincing displays, fan discontent and…