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Business
What Chipotle and McDonald’s say about the consumer slowdown
Americans still want more than just the lowest price
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The Kamala Harris effect on the polls has been dramatic
The latest surveys point to a tightening race
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The demise of an iconic American highway
California’s Highway 1 is showing the limits of mankind’s ingenuity
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How the election will shape the Supreme Court
A second Trump administration could lock in a conservative supermajority for decades
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Could the Kamala Harris boost put Florida in play for Democrats?
Some party enthusiasts think so, but realists see re-energised campaigning there as a savvy Florida feint
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America is not ready for a major war, says a bipartisan commission
The country is unaware of the dangers ahead and of the costs to prepare for them
Asia
America recreates a warfighting command in Japan
The threat from China hastens the biggest military transformation in the Pacific in decades
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The southern border is Kamala Harris’s biggest political liability
What does her record reveal about her immigration policy?
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Can Donald Trump win back suburban voters?
In Michigan, Republicans are selling a kinder, gentler Trumpism to college-educated voters. It isn’t sticking yet
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Who will be Kamala Harris’s running-mate?
She is reportedly down to six candidates
Graphic detail
Donald Trump is now the oldest candidate to run for president
But America’s issue with ageing politicians goes beyond the White House
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Reliable numbers on Trump v Harris are scarce for now
But the forecasting and tracking of America’s presidential race will resume shortly
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A Texas judge gives a nod to America’s at-home distillers
Life, liberty and the pursuit of liquor
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Class, race and the chances of outgrowing poverty in America
A big-data analysis offers explanations—and hope
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What identity politics will Kamala Harris practise?
The lessons of Barack Obama, Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Hillary Clinton
Middle East & Africa
Bibi Netanyahu offered spectacle over substance in America
His fourth address to Congress was historic, but held few answers for Israelis