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Attorney general pick sends shockwaves through Washington
Live  
Attorney general pick sends shockwaves through Washington
Republicans express shock and concern after far-right Republican congressman Matt Gaetz nominated by Trump
US elections  
Republicans secure House majority
Environment  
Trump promise to repeal Biden climate policies could cost US billions, report finds
Middle East crisis  
Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza
Capital punishment  
Calls mount for Biden to spare federal death row inmates before Trump retakes office
Cop29
Poorer nations need $1tn a year by 2030 in climate finance, top economists find
Climate crisis  
Poorer nations need $1tn a year by 2030 in climate finance, top economists find
Study says funding to cope with climate breakdown needed five years earlier than expected
Climate crisis  
Shell’s successful appeal will not end climate lawsuits against firms, say experts
Cop29  
Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit
Environment  
Meat, oil and pesticide industry lobbyists turned out in record numbers at Cop16
In focus
California’s unhoused people protest US supreme court order: ‘Not going to push us out of view’
California  
California’s unhoused people protest US supreme court order: ‘Not going to push us out of view’
In Berkeley, advocates, activists and unsheltered people are staging a last-ditch effort to claim safe public space
This is climate breakdown  
I had to fight the flames burning down my own house
US  
‘Partisan politics’: how efforts to overturn the Johnson amendment could upend campaign finance
Spotlight
I’ve been to more than 100 Trump rallies since 2016. This is why I think he won
Anywhere but Washington  
I’ve been to more than 100 Trump rallies since 2016. This is why I think he won
Travelling many miles across multiple states, I saw Republicans united in their disdain for facts – and a Democratic party far too relaxed about challenging them, writes Oliver Laughland
The experts  
Pest controllers on 17 simple, lasting ways to get rid of unwanted house guests
Drugs trade  
Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings: the rapid rise of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry
Music  
Luther Vandross: the tragic R&B crooner who struggled for acceptance
Happy eater  
What’s the silliest question you can ask a restaurant critic? (And yes, I have the answer)
Jay Rayner
Film  
‘The coolest girl in the world’ at 50: Chloë Sevigny’s best films – ranked!
Opinion
The Democrats must become an anti-establishment party
Robert Reich
The Democrats must become an anti-establishment party
Survival of the richest: Trump, climate and the logic of the doomsday bunker
Jonathan Watts
Sports
Skiing  
Vonn to end five-year retirement and rejoin US team aged 40
Vonn to end five-year retirement and rejoin US team aged 40
NBA  
Spurs’ Wembanyama shrugs off 50-point eruption that leaves teammates in awe
Culture
Poetry  
‘Yesterday a missile hit. Tonight, we have poetry’: the writers drawing crowds on Ukraine’s frontlines
‘Yesterday a missile hit. Tonight, we have poetry’: the writers drawing crowds on Ukraine’s frontlines
Television  
From Sunset Beach to Dallas: the top 20 TV soap operas that are no more
In case you missed it
What’s behind the global political divide between young men and women?
Electoral gender gap  
What’s behind the global political divide between young men and women?
Trump’s victory in the US shone a light on the growing political polarisation between young male and female voters happening all over the world
The politics sketch  
Biden welcomes Trump for fireside chat as he prepares to watch his legacy burn
David Smith
Books  
‘I’m so not an astronaut!’ Samantha Harvey on her Booker-winning space novel – and the anxiety that drove it
New York  
‘I had one thing young people didn’t’: how Subway Takes’ Kareem Rahma got famous in his 30s
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