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Evan Gershkovich release: Biden and Harris greet Americans freed after prisoner swap
US  
Evan Gershkovich release: Biden and Harris greet Americans freed after prisoner swap
Emotional scenes at Andrews air force base as Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva step onto American soil
US  
For-profit colleges fund lawmakers who led attack on top universities over campus protests
Venezuela  
US recognises opposition's Edmundo González as Venezuela election winner
Paris 2024 live  
Olympics day seven: GB take rowing gold, athletics, tennis and more
US  
Harris should take on oil industry if she wins election, climate advocates say
Paris Olympic Games 2024
Simone Biles dazzles star-studded audience by passing her toughest test
Gymnastics  
Simone Biles dazzles star-studded audience by passing her toughest test
In reclaiming her all-around crown, the US gymnast overcame her fiercest rival and sealed her undisputed greatness
Swimming  
USA’s Ledecky wins 13th Olympic medal to set all-time female record
Swimming  
China rallies behind Pan after Australian coach’s disbelief at world record
‘Fast, expensive … fancy’  
How Sha’Carri Richardson revived her Olympic dream
The goat pendant  
Biles: ‘Haters hate it, so I love that even more’
 

Betsy Reed

Editor, Guardian US

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In focus
‘We have to be voting biblically’: the Courage Tour rallies Christians to get Trump in office
US elections 2024  
‘We have to be voting biblically’: the Courage Tour rallies Christians to get Trump in office
A travelling tent with self-styled prophets hits swing states and brings a message: help deliver the election to Trump
Film  
‘It’s not a theoretical proposition’: the ‘war game’ imagining a coup in the US
Extremism  
How TikTok bots and AI have powered a resurgence in UK far-right violence
Spotlight
‘Your favourite rappers are only alive because of our sacrifices’: the secret life of rap bodyguards
Music  
‘Your favourite rappers are only alive because of our sacrifices’: the secret life of rap bodyguards
From 2Pac in the 90s to XXXTentacion and more in recent years, murder is frequent in the US rap scene. The men trying to protect the artists explain the physical and psychological toll
Experience  
My dying wife found me a girlfriend
You be the judge  
Should my boyfriend let the neighbours have keys to our garden?
Film  
‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on the prisoner swap
Well actually  
Can an AI friend make you less lonely?
Canada  
‘We didn’t sign that treaty’: in Canada, the Anishinaabe fight for land they never gave up
Opinion
How Kamala Harris can lose the cop’s badge and still look tough
How Kamala Harris can lose the cop’s badge and still look tough
Black journalists were right about Trump. NABJ ignored them
Sports
MLB  
‘Devastated’ three-time MVP Mike Trout ruled out for rest of MLB season
‘Devastated’ three-time MVP Mike Trout ruled out for rest of MLB season
Chess:  
Yagiz Erdogmus, 13, on the verge of 2600 and closing on world age record
Culture
Gaming  
Grab your Ouija board: behind Fear the Spotlight’s 90s-inspired horror
Grab your Ouija board: behind Fear the Spotlight’s 90s-inspired horror
Film  
Un oeuf is enough: have we had our fill of movie Easter eggs?
In case you missed it
Who is Mark Kelly, the potential vice-presidential pick from Arizona?
Profile  
Who is Mark Kelly, the potential vice-presidential pick from Arizona?
Background as senator, US navy pilot and astronaut helps his case to become Kamala Harris’s running mate
Project 2025  
Inside rightwing manifesto Project 2025’s key proposals and how they could affect you
Analysis  
Incredulous laughter, audible gasps: Trump’s performance at Black journalists’ panel left him exposed
Gaza voices  
The tech worker: 'I heard about airstrikes where my sister lives – it took six phone calls to reach her'
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