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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 Jack Grealish, James Maddison and Harry Maguire were all left “devastated” by Gareth Southgate’s decision to cut them from England’s final Euro 2024 squad.An initial 33-man training squad needed trimming to 26 players by 11pm on Friday, just over an hour after their last warm-up friendly against Iceland finishes.But rather than wait until UEFA’s deadline, Southgate decided to announce his final selection on the eve of the Wembley send-off.The inexperienced quartet of Jarrad Branthwaite, Curtis Jones, James…

Trump and Dr. Phil repeat lies Biden can stop state court criminal prosecutionsSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump is back on the campaign trail following his conviction in New York last week.The former president is doing a sweep of western states, beginning in Arizona, where at a town hall rally he mocked Joe Biden during a segment on the border calling the president’s immigration order “bulls***”.Mr Trump also sat down for an interview with Dr Phil. He was asked about his “hardest,…

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 announced his official England squad for Euro 2024 on Thursday evening with the big news being the omissions of Jack Grealish and James Maddison, who were both in the squad at the last major tournament, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The England boss named a 33-player preliminary squad for two warm-up matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland knowing that he would need to cut seven players ahead of the tournament. The squad announcement…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump branded Joe Biden’s recent asylum executive order “bull****” during an Arizona campaign rally as he returned to the fiercely anti-immigrant rhetoric that defined his 2016 campaign. The former president said he didn’t want to use the swear word in front of the children in the crowd on Thursday, but the audience took the hint and began to chant “bulls***!” over and over again.Elsewhere, Trump described the border as a “dumping ground for the dungeons of the…

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 has promised a “different” England, with “different strategies”, after picking one of the boldest and youngest squads in both Euro 2024 and the national team’s history. With 12 players picked for their first ever tournament, the manager took the ruthless decision to cut “devastated” Manchester City playmaker Jack Grealish. Southgate admitted this was one of his most difficult tournament squads to pick, especially as it involved letting down so many stalwarts. Harry Maguire also misses…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsBritish tech mogul Mike Lynch has been cleared of fraud charges over the multi-billion dollar sale of his company Autonomy to HP.The Autonomy founder was acquitted by a jury in San Francisco on Thursday, in a major win for the entrepreneur who has been dogged by legal problems since the disastrous sale of his company for $11 billion in 2011.Representatives for Lynch and US prosecutors said Lynch was acquitted on all 15 charges – one count of conspiracy, and…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA new biography about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will be released just days before the election chronicling the longest-serving leader in the US Senate.Associated Press deputy Washington Bureau Chief Michael Tackett’s book The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate will be released on 29 October, a week before the 2024 presidential election through Simon & Schuster.“Drawing on thousands of pages of archival materials, letters, and more than 100 interviews with associates, colleagues, and McConnell…

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 Paul Dalglish, the son of Liverpool great Sir Kenny Dalglish, says he is focused on developing talent rather than moving players like estate agents sell houses after co-founding an agency.The 47-year-old enjoyed a varied playing career before moving into coaching in the United States and Canada, most recently as manager and technical director of Miami FC.Dalglish left the club at the end of 2021 and a catch-up with old school friend Ben Mawson in Florida a few…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USAccused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been charged with the brutal murders of two more women whose remains were found over two decades ago after authorities found a damning document in which he discussed his crimes in “excruciating detail,” prosecutors announced Thursday.Heuermann, 60, was back in court in Riverhead, New York, on Thursday morning where he was arraigned on murder charges in the 2003 dismemberment death of 20-year-old Jessica Taylor and the 1993 death…

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 Watch live as Gareth Southgate speaks to the media after England’s Euro 2024 squad was announced on Thursday, 6 June.Twenty-six players will travel to Germany for the tournament.The confirmed England squad includes goalkeepers Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale, Dean Henderson.Defenders are Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier, Joe Gomez, John Stones, Lewis Dunk, Marc Guehi, Ezri Konsa, Luke Shaw.Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Conor Gallagher, Adam Wharton, and Jude Bellingham have been selected as midfielders.Forwards will include Bukayo Saka,…