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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 emailDonald Trump traveled to Michigan on Saturday for his first campaign appearance since being shot last week, and his first alongside his newly announced running mate JD Vance, the US senator for Ohio. His ear may have been bandaged, but otherwise, Trump seemed little different than his old self, continuing to mock Democrats, lie about the 2020 election, demonize migrants in racist terms, praise right-wing dictators, and tell bizarre stories of dubious truthfulness.Trump didn’t waste time in quickly…

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 emailsIsraeli planes bombed Houthi-linked sites in Yemen in retaliation for a drone attack on Tel Aviv on Friday.The Israel Defense Forces struck targets in Yemen’s Hodeidah port on Saturday. Houthi-run media has reported the strikes were deadly, according to CNN. Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam said the strikes also hit civilian areas and a power station, CNN reports. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strike was a direct response to the Houthi’s strike on Tel…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailThe Trump campaign is reportedly already planning for a potential battle with Kamala Harris if Joe Biden decides to drop out of the 2024 race.That’s included drawing up attack ads, poll-testing Harris’s vulnerabilities on various issues, and compiling opposition research, two individuals briefed on the matter told The New York Times.The Trump camp’s thinking is that if Biden drops out, Harris will be the most likely replacement, given that the Democrats wouldn’t want to alienate the Black voters…

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 It seemed too good to be true. Sadly for Everton, it proved too good to be true. When the Friedkin Group entered into an exclusivity agreement to buy the Merseyside club, it seemed as if owner Farhad Moshiri had fallen on his feet. After the increasingly farcical saga of the supposed takeover by 777 Partners, with warnings rolling in from Australian airlines, American courts and foreign football clubs alike, Everton instead looked destined to be bought by…

Biden campaign chair insists president is staying in race against TrumpSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington email36 Democratic lawmakers have publicly called for President Joe Biden, who is currently self-isolating at his beach house in Delaware after contracting COVID-19, to bow out of the 2024 race.Among these lawmakers is Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, who said the president “didn’t seem to recognize him” at the Normandy, France event in a recent op-ed for The Boston Globe.“Of course, that can happen as anyone ages but,…

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 New signing Leny Yoro made his first appearance and Jadon Sancho took to the field in a Manchester United shirt for the first time in 11 months in Saturday’s 2-0 pre-season friendly victory over Rangers in Edinburgh.Both players played the first 45 minutes at Murrayfield before Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag changed his entire outfield 10 for the second period of a match settled by goals from Amad Diallo and Joe Hugill.Just 48 hours after United…

Trump formally accepts Republican presidential nomination at RNCSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump will appear alongside JD Vance for a campaign rally on Saturday, the pair’s first joint appearance since the Ohio senator was unveiled as Trump’s running mate at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The campaign event will take place at 5pm local time in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a crucial swing state that Trump won in 2016 and Biden clawed back in the 2020 presidential election.Beyond just a campaign event,…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailAs President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure to drop out of the 2024 presidential race while isolating in Delaware with COVID-19, Nancy Pelosi is reportedly looking to prevent the vice president from automatically taking the nomination.The California representative hopes to avoid Kamala Harris automatically becoming the Democratic candidate if Biden drops out, Politico and The New York Times report. Earlier this week, reports emerged that the influential Democrat told Biden privately he can’t beat Donald Trump in November.Pelosi…

Biden campaign chair insists president is staying in race against TrumpSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailA Democratic lawmaker said President Joe Biden, who is currently self-isolating at his beach house in Delaware after contracting COVID-19, appeared to not recognize him at a D-Day last month.Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts said the president “didn’t seem to recognize him” at the Normandy, France event in a recent op-ed for The Boston Globe.“Of course, that can happen as anyone ages but, as I watched the disastrous…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailRepublican vice presidential candidate JD Vance follows several accounts on X that espouse far-right and white nationalist views, according to an analysis by The Independent. The 39-year-old Ohio senator, who rose to fame with his best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy and was named as Donald Trump’s running-mate this week, follows 1,132 people on X, formerly known as Twitter.Among them are two of the most popular figures in the Right Wing Bodybuilders scene — an online community in which many…