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Joe Biden has given America a fighting chance to defeat Donald Trump

Biden has chosen to preserve the prospect of a Democratic victory in November even at the expense of his own ego

The Guardian - US

Compulsory voting in Australia is 100 years old. We should celebrate how special it makes our democracy

For nearly 200 years, the notion of American political exceptionalism has had currency in the United States: it is an idea rooted in the nation’s status as the first modern republic. As we watch from afar, disturbed yet mesmerised by the latest chapter of violent political division in America, the…

The Conversation

Newsom backs Harris as best candidate to take on Trump – as it happened

Vice-president says she will do ‘everything in my power to unite’ the party; liberal political action committee ActBlue says $46.7m raised in hours since Biden withdrew

The Guardian - US

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Kamala Harris, Trailblazer Eying America's Last Glass Ceiling

For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the presidency.

International Business Times

Biden, Stubborn President Who Fought A Battle Too Far

Joe Biden wanted to save the "soul of America" from Donald Trump, but his stubborn defiance of the march of time may have cleared his rival's path back to power.

International Business Times

Joe Biden: A ‘lion of history’ who struck a blow for democracy

Joe Biden’s long career gave him an unrivalled view of how power works in America but, at the end, his experience weighed him down, writes Richard Hall

The Independent UK

The tragedy and resilience of Joe Biden: a look back at a life in politics

The oldest-ever American president’s political career began in 1972 and culminates as he yields to pressure to step aside

The Guardian - US

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Usha Vance Emerges As Powerful Figure In GOP Politics

Usha Vance's impactful introduction of her husband at the Republican National Convention and the rising influence of Indian Americans in politics, highligh...

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The week America was at its worst

And it all started with Donald Trump's Miracle of Butler

Salon

How Muslim media saw Trump shooting

Beyond the familiar conspiracy theories, many commenters in the Arab world fear a new U.S. assault on Islam

Salon

Which Home Alone child star should everyone blame if Trump is re-elected?

Macaulay Culkin might have convinced the billionaire to shun political ambition when they met on the film sequel, but didn’t

The Guardian - UK

In brief: A Ride Across America; This Motherless Land; Be Mine – reviews

A bicycle-led musing on the state of the US; a page-turning, Nigerian-inflected reworking of Mansfield Park; and a wistful final chapter for Richard Ford’s sportswriter Frank Bascombe

The Guardian - UK

“We opened for bands we really hated, like Styx. People were relating to us and not them. They got a little pissed”: the stellar rise and sudden fall of The Cars, the new wave band who soundtracked America

For nearly a decade in the late 70s and early 80s, The Cars were one of America’s most popular bands

Louder

Pity US voters their choice of leaders. Surely democracy is better than this?

Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s failings put a focus on their understudies, but in JD Vance and Kamala Harris there’s precious little to cheer

The Guardian - UK

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Tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump. And Vance is one more link in the chain

Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, a longtime backer of the new vice-president pick, are among those pledging support

Golf Monthly

Tiger Woods Flies To Michigan To Support Son Charlie At US Junior Amateur

The 15-time Major winner missed the cut at The Open in Scotland and quickly flew back to America to support his son

The Guardian - US

Pro-Trump Patrick Byrne boosts funds to far-right voter-conspiracy groups

Ex-Overstock chief using Maga-allied America Project to steer large amounts to groups pushing fringe theories

Fortune

Apple and Walmart banking partner fined $44 million by the Federal Reserve

Green Dot Bank, the banking-as-a-Service partner to some of America’s biggest companies agreed to pay the fine for policies they say they fixed years ago.

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The Independent UK

If you’re a ‘Real American’, you’re in with Trump. What does that really mean?

What are we gonna do, brother?

Reason

Trump Wishes Americans Stayed in Afghanistan To Fight China

The president who helped end America’s longest war now regrets leaving behind U.S. bases.

International Business Times

Trump Triumphs In Milwaukee As Biden Crisis Deepens

America is witnessing a split-screen moment for the ages: a wounded but triumphant Donald Trump uniting Republicans behind his White House bid as his Democratic rival Joe Biden's campaign teeters on a cliff edge.

Reason

We Showed Trump Voters the National Debt

We asked delegates at the Republican National Convention whether a second Trump term would address America's debt problem.

Evening Standard

Donald Trump plea for US unity before falling back into lies and attacks on Democrats

In a rambling 92-minute address, he broke the record for the longest Republican nomination acceptance speech in history

The Conversation

Why I turned the ‘Red Dead Redemption II’ video game into a history class on America’s violent past

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Evening Standard

Melania, Hulk Hogan and Russell Brand: inside the glitziest Trump show yet

Ageing wrestlers, kisses with his wife and controversial celebrities — the Republican convention was electric for the former Potus who just escaped death. Anne McElvoy reports from Milwaukee

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