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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 emailJoe Biden has narrowed Donald Trump’s lead in crucial swing states including Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina in spite of his disastrous debate performance fallout, according to a new poll.In the new Morning Consult and Bloomberg survey, Trump holds only a three-point lead over Biden in Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina and a one-point lead over Biden in Georgia. The former president holds a more significant lead over Biden in Pennslyvania.Meanwhile, Biden is polling slightly ahead of…

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 Bukayo Saka said he had belief in himself as he capped a man-of-the-match performance by scoring in the Euro 2024 shoot-out win over Switzerland to book a semi-final slot and banish his penalty demons of three years ago.Not only did he equalise for England with a fine individual strike to cancel out Breel Embolo’s opener – to make it 1-1 and take the match to extra-time – he took the third of the five penalties all scored…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump offered Joe Biden some sarcastic encouragement on Truth Social on Saturday in light of recent calls by some — including a few Democrats — for the president to bow out of the 2024 race following his highly criticised debate performance. Trump’s post — filled with numerous misrepresentations about the president’s policies — “encouraged” Biden to ignore his critics and to continue his 2024 candidacy. “Crooked Joe Biden should ignore his many critics and move forward, with…

Gary Lineker’s “embarrassing” moment celebrating England’s Euro 2024 win against Switzerland om Saturday (6 July) was caught on camera.The BBC Match of the Day host was celebrating England’s penalty win with fellow pundits Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand and Micah Richards, when he made an unfortunate slip up.Showing the celebrations of fans across the country, Lineker said: “Here is my embarrassing moment.”The pundits can be seen jumping to their feet and celebrating when suddenly the sound cuts out.Lineker is asked: “Where is the sound?”He replies: “I think I dropped the ‘f’ bomb.” Source link

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDemocratic leaders are said to be planning to hold a crisis meeting this weekend to discuss Joe Biden’s future on the presidential ticket, after his make-or-break ABC News interview did little to dampen concerns within his party.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is set to meet virtually with committee ranking members at 2pm on Sunday afternoon, three sources told NBC News.The meeting, which was abruptly scheduled on Friday night, is not part of any regular scheduled gatherings and comes…

Netherlands and Turkey clash in Berlin (AFP via Getty Images)Ronald Koeman’s resurgent Netherlands side take on Turkey in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals tonight in Berlin. The Dutch eased past Romania in their last-16 match, with impressive performances from Cody Gakpo, Donyell Malen and Xavi Simons handing them a 3-0 win in Munich earlier this week. And though many neutrals expected them to be facing Ralf Rangnick’s impressive Austria side in the last eight, they were surprised as Turkey battled to an enthralling 2-1 win in Leipzig, with two goals from Merih Demiral proving the difference. That result has set up…

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 teenager has tragically died on a July 4 trip in Virginia after he jumped into a lake that may have been electrified, according to police. Jesse Hamric, an 18-year-old from Colorado, was at Smith Mountain Lake in Huddleston – around an hour from Roanoke – with friends on Thursday.According to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, Hamric leaped into the lake and appeared to suffer an electrocution near a dock.Two friends who were at the lake…

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 The Netherlands reached the knockout stages for the first time in 16 years and will take on Turkey in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals.Ronald Koeman, who won the tournament as a player in 1988, has led the team into the knockout stages, after a tumultuous period where they failed to reach the 2018 World Cup.After losing to Austria in their final group match and only reaching the round of 16 as a best third-placed side, the Dutch showed…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USFour people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting in Kentucky where the suspected shooter led police on chase before turning the gun on himself.Police responded to a call just before 3am on Saturday morning for an active shooting situation at a home in Florence, Kentucky. When they arrived on the scene, law enforcement found seven people suffering from gunshot wounds. Four of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, according to…

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 will play Switzerland in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 after Jude Bellingham saved Gareth Southgate’s side with a dramatic overhead kick against Slovakia in the last-16.England were heading for one of their worst ever defeats at a major international tournament as Slovakia led to Ivan Schranz’s goal midway through the first half.Southgate’s job was on the line, but the manager’s lack of changes were vindicated as his biggest stars finally delivered to turn defeat into a…