Biden conspicuously absent from campaign trail as Obama, Harris step up for midterm push

Former President Joe Biden has been largely absent from the campaign trail as Democrats fight to win back House and Senate majorities in November, even as former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris step up efforts to boost the party’s candidates. Biden, 83, has kept a limited public schedule while battling advanced, […]
The 90s: Art and Fashion review – this isn’t an exhibition, it’s a magazine spread

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Who owns ‘brain rot’?: inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme

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The west has a blinkered view of African music – and it’s hurting the whole continent’s culture

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How I Shop with Jonathan Van Ness: ‘The price you pay for impulsivity is years later’

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Don’t mention the Iron Dome: comedy genius Kemi on warpath at Tory conference | John Crace

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Biden-era FBI’s ‘Nixonian’ Trump family surveillance draws scrutiny from unlikely corner

Revelations that the Biden-era FBI tracked Trump family travel and top aide Susie Wiles’ phone records received a blistering rebuke from a former top Democratic official who compared the behavior to Nixon-era abuses of federal power that surfaced amid the Watergate scandal. The FBI investigation codenamed “Plasmic Echo,” later taken over by special counsel Jack […]
Republicans sound alarm over hidden midterm stakes that could reshape Supreme Court for decades

Republicans are quietly warning that the true consequence of losing the Senate could be one that shapes the makeup of courts and the law for years to come. While Republican candidates and surrogates on the campaign trail are warning of a rise in socialism and a return to Biden-era policy should Democrats flip Congress this […]
A surprising industry is fueling a new rush for gold — and it’s not slowing down

Investors have long prized gold as a hedge against inflation and economic uncertainty, but one of the world’s fastest-growing industries is now fueling a new source of demand for the precious metal. The buildout of artificial intelligence (AI) is driving investment in advanced semiconductors, servers and the sprawling data centers needed to power the technology. […]
Trump turns to emerging tech giant in multi-billion bid to ramp up US submarine production

The Trump administration is turning to a defense technology giant in a $6.6 billion effort to speed production of submarines as the U.S. struggles to keep pace with China’s vast shipbuilding capacity. The ramp-up in production brings a Silicon Valley-style manufacturer into one of the Pentagon’s most troubled industrial bases as they fall behind expected […]