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Trump calling Harris a communist shows he’s desperate
The vice president is a social democrat, but that doesn’t mean she believes in state control of the economy.
- Paul Krugman
Yesterday
Pelosi welcomes Harris home as West Coast donors raise $18m
The former House speaker appeared with the Democratic presidential nominee in San Francisco at an event the Harris campaign said raised more than $18 million.
- Jeff Mason
Frustrated Trump claims large crowds at Harris rallies are fake
The former president, in a series of social media posts, said Vice President Kamala Harris had used AI technology to create images of crowds at her events.
- Shane Goldmacher
Harris more trusted on US economy than Trump: poll
The Michigan Ross poll shows a Democratic candidate leading on the key issue for the first time in nearly a year.
- Lauren Fedor and Eva Xiao
This Month
Harris courts Latino vote with tax pledge, leads Trump in key states
In a dramatic turn for the Democrats, the vice president is ahead of the Republican candidate by 4 percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
- Darlene Superville and Josh Boak
Inside the worst three weeks of Donald Trump’s campaign
People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.
- Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked
The former president’s team accused Iran of stealing sensitive internal documents, a day after Microsoft warned of foreign interference in the US election.
- Bill Barrow
Harris leads Trump in three key states, say the latest polls
In a dramatic turn for the Democrats, the vice president is ahead of the Republican candidate by 4 percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
- Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik
Trump says debate back on, lashes ‘radical left’ Harris
The former president and Republican candidate taunted his Democrat opponent while recommitting to a face-off against Kamala Harris after earlier backing out.
- Lisa Lerer
Harris seeks centre-left sweet spot in US election battle
The Democratic candidate has dropped her left-wing policies from her failed 2020 presidential campaign.
- Alex Rogers and James Politi
Vance pulls tarmac stunt as US swing state battle kicks off
Kamala Harris and her new running mate, Tim Walz, hit the swing state of Wisconsin to sell their economic message – followed closely by Republican rival J.D. Vance.
- Updated
- Akayla Gardner and Hadriana Lowenkron
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why Harris’ new running mate is no J.D. Vance
Tim Walz is a blue-collar moderate who branded the Trump-Vance ticket “weird”. His working-class appeal can help Democrats prevail in swing states.
- Edward Luce
How geopolitical tension is changing ANZ and its clients
Geopolitical risk is hitting boardrooms with a bang, with ANZ the first of the big four banks to create a specialised unit.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Opinion
What does China make of America’s topsy-turvy election?
Beijing will have trouble working out whether a hard or soft approach to a new US administration will work best.
- Ian Bremmer
- Analysis
- Kamala Harris
Folksy attack dog: Why Harris chose Tim Walz as VP
The plain-speaking Minnesotan brings Midwestern colloquialism and progressive appeal to the Democratic ticket.
- Steff Chávez
Harris presents running mate in battleground rally
The vice president introduced Tim Walz on stage, hailing him as a “fighter for the middle class” and touting a biography Democrats hope will broaden the ticket’s appeal.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Why America’s broligarchs support Donald Trump
Some Silicon Valley CEOs see any form of democratic constraint on themselves as illegitimate by definition.
- Brooke Harrington
Two left: Harris set to name White House running mate
Kamala Harris only has days to choose either Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro or Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her vice presidential candidate.
- Rozina Sabur
Trump seizes on market meltdown, blames Harris
The former president sought to raise voter concerns about the health of the US economy, saying “we are heading to World War III”.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
‘This country is better than that’: Caroline Kennedy on Trump shooting
The only remaining child of John F. Kennedy says she’s ashamed there are still Americans prepared to resort to extreme violence because of political differences.
- Matthew Cranston
