PoliticsNews brief
Has Trump won over voters with his midterm convention?

The BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith breaks down the main takeaways from the first-ever Republican convention held in the middle of a US presidential term.
Read in depth: Politics
California billionaire tax vote draws record campaign spending
Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires’ net worth. A new analysis finds record spending by current and former California billionaires ahead of the 3...
John Healey’s Budget: bank, gambling and online VAT measures among possible revenue options
BBC analysis examines ways the chancellor could raise money without increasing income tax rates ahead of the 28 October Budget. None of the measures discussed is a confirmed...
Sources and context
The BbcSource headline and summary supplied via NewsData.io. First collected by NewsJaws on 2026-09-11. This is an automated news brief, not original NewsJaws reporting. Dates reflect the source publication. Feed delays may apply.
Topics in this story
More from Politics
Lee Jae Myung’s approval rises to 46% in South Korean poll
Illustration