Tanker attacked off Qatar as Iran claims route transporting oil through strait of Hormuz will be ‘closed’
Oil rises above $100 as attacks on ships hit new high, amid reports Trump is discussing launching strikes before the US midterms
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Chuck Rocha: Mike Rogers’ tariff flip is “good politics”
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers is bucking Trump on tariffs, a sharp shift from his earlier praise of the president’s trade policy. Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha says...
Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests
Trump briefly stepped away from the microphone after one protester appeared to approach the stage Donald Trump’s latest campaign rally was rocked by repeated protests on...
Politics
Takeaways from the first Iowa Senate debate
Donald Trump’s shadow looms over every contest in November’s midterm elections — but on an Iowa debate stage Wednesday night, the president’s name was rarely mentioned.
World
Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in US Senate race
President Donald Trump fought to rally Texas voters behind embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton as a series of protests disrupted his rally in San Antonio.
World
The Guardian view on the US midterms: the cost of living is on the ballot, but this is about democracy too | Editorial
Editorial: Donald Trump’s unpopularity and the economic struggles of voters have boosted Democrats. But with less than a month to go, there is no complacency
Trump floats firing top political advisers after report they helped a pro-Russian government
President Donald Trump distanced himself on Wednesday from two of his top political advisers — less than 30 days before the midterm elections — writing that if their outside...
Business
Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio
Texas attorney general acknowledged affordability was his party’s ‘biggest problem’ heading into the midterms US politics live – latest updates Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney...
Politics
Trump seems pretty sore over Republicans not wanting to campaign with him
It has become abundantly clear that Republicans in tough races aren’t especially eager to campaign with President Donald Trump ahead of the midterm election.
Sports
Ex-Spurs player Vega set to run for Fifa president
Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Ramon Vega says he intends to stand as a candidate in next year's Fifa presidential election.
Politics
Trump administration sued over plans to send election monitors to voting sites
NAACP files lawsuit after head of DoJ’s civil rights division says she hopes to send election monitors to polls The Trump administration has been sued over its plans to deploy...
Politics
Migration has become a major political talking point – how do parties’ policies compare?
Labor, the Coalition and One Nation are all planning to reduce net overseas migration – but their plans may not be realistic or beneficial, experts say The next federal...
Politics
The Coalition’s race to the bottom on migration – podcast
With a pledge to slash net overseas migration to just 100,000 people, with incremental increases in the years following, the Coalition have promised history-making immigration...
Politics
The Odds: GOP’s Registration Edge
CNN News Central's John Berman and Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten look at how major Republican gains in voter registration across key states have positioned the party at its...
Politics
Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan
Party hopes to win over affluent middle-class voters as Badenoch rejects calls to ‘unite the right’ in conference speech
World
US Midterms: What are they and why do presidents dread them? - explainer
The US midterms may not be as much of a spectacle as the presidential elections, but they are just as important and can completely change not just the course of a presidential...
World
‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election
Campaigners set up in more than 1,200 tents in Puerto del Sol square say challenge now is to translate a groundswell of public support into concrete change
Politics
ICE reviewed tens of millions of voter records looking for noncitizen voters, records show
DHS’s sweeping election-fraud operation has drawn on tens of millions of records, scrutinized dozens of nonprofit voter-registration groups and considered deploying undercover...