Join executive editor Holly Baxter and a panel of experts as they dissect the campaign trail so far, break down the latest polling trends, and offer insights into how pivotal moments in the race for the White House could unfold.

An eleven-year-old girl was charged after making a fake abduction report.Source: Volusia Sheriff's Office, Facebook.

An eleven-year-old girl was charged after making a fake abduction report.Source: Volusia Sheriff's Office, Facebook.

Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, says he didn't admit he lied after conceding defamation claims. Source: Ron Filipkowski, Twitter

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says its ‘fortunate’ only four civilians were injured in crane collapse.Source: NYPD News

A woman claiming to have won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot has broken down in hysterics as she returned to the tiny downtown Los Angeles convenience store which sold the lucky ticket. Source: KTLA

Furniture thrown out of Ceasars Palace window as police respond to hostage situationSource: @kaylacornwell, TikTok

A plane passenger projected a film onto the overhead bin during a flight. The clip was taken from another account but shared on Instagram by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which uses the platform to share tips about...

A tornado swept through the northern Texas town of Perryton, killing three people and injuring dozens more. Locals captured the extreme weather event as it passed through the town. Source: Sabrina Devers/ Weather Tracker / TMX

Tearaney Burroughs faces assault charges following an altercation that escalated after she was turned away from gate E-3 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for being “too intoxicated” on the evening of 11 May. Source:...

Oscar-winner Colin Farrell and fellow actor Michael Kelly turned out to support protesters striking with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday, May 25.Source: Facebook, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

The world’s richest man is buying Twitter for $44 billion, but why? Elon Musk has made a series of big plays since he made his fortune selling PayPal and has since constantly made the headlines for his electric car company Tesla, his...

An initial draft majority opinion, leaked by Politico, suggests a ruling that overturns the 1973 Roe v Wade decision, is likely to take happen and fundamentally alter abortion rights for women in the USA.The 2018 Mississippi state law...

During the building of the National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., engineers faced major flooding risks, especially from underground water that could have damaged the nearby Washington Monument. To protect the...

Today about half of America’s newspapers are controlled by private equity, hedge funds and other investment groups. But as the FT’s James Fontanella-Khan explains, one name stands above the rest: Alden Global Capital. The Alden recipe is...

Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM have banned the police use of their facial recognition systems, either temporarily or permanently. What does this mean for the future of facial recognition technologies?

Cindy McCain shocked the Republican Party when she endorsed Joe Biden for president. Now, the widow of John McCain tells The Economist Asks podcast about her prediction that the Republican Party will split and her hopes for a new era of...

Can the Democrats take back the House of Representatives from the Republicans? In what is perhaps the most significant mid-terms ever, The Economist's Data Editor gives our prediction on who is going to win.

Olugbenga Ajilore explains the high cost of the American government’s arming of local police with military weapons, which has exacerbated lethal use-of force against black communities.



The acquisition of military...

“The West can turn around its post-9/11 crisis of self-confidence & decline” Twenty years on from the 11th September attacks we could still witness a return of confidence and initiative to the West. The Telegraph’s Leader Writer Tim...

The Ho-Chunk Nation are a Native American tribe that owns a string of casinos across Wisconsin. Ho Chunk children get a share of casino profits once they’ve graduated and turned 18. It’s called their 18 Money. When they finish high...

Ashley Heavyrunner Loring was 20 when she disappeared from the Blackfeet reservation in Montana in June 2017. Her family has been searching for her ever since. Ashley was one of more than 5,000 Native American women listed missing in...

If you are a black, gay man in America, your risk of contracting HIV is one in two. Leah Green travels to Atlanta, Georgia, which has the largest gay and black community in the country. She finds out how stigma, education and structural...

In this episode of Modern Masculinity, the Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to Mark Maciver, who owns the barber shop SliderCuts in Hackney, London. His clients include the boxer Anthony Joshua and the musician Stormzy, but his...