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Donald Trump’s “obvious mental decline” and “history as a convicted felon” should be enough reason for Americans not to vote for him, Michelle Obama has said. Speaking at a rally for Kamala Harris, the former first lady said she was “angry” at the “indifference” towards the Republican candidate’s behaviour. “I hope you’ll forgive me if

Beyonce has made a rare political appearance, as she hugged Kamala Harris at a presidential campaign rally, telling voters: “We need to sing a new song.” While she did not perform – unlike in 2016 when she sang at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland – she spoke as Ms Harris warned that her

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges. The 80-year-old appeared at federal court in Central Islip, on Long Island, New York, to enter his plea. He is due back in court on 12 December and is free on a $10m (£7.7m) bond. It is

Is Donald Trump a fascist? The ‘F’ word is in play in the final few days of this US election campaign. Trump’s opponent Kamala Harris was asked whether she thought Donald Trump is a fascist during a CNN townhall in Pennsylvania this week and replied “Yes. I do. Yes. I do.” She has shifted her

Rock icon Bruce Springsteen has warned Donald Trump wants to be an “American tyrant” as he backed Kamala Harris in the race to the White House. Performing at a rally for the Democratic candidate, Springsteen used time between his numbers to argue Ms Harris will protect democracy and fight for women’s reproductive rights. He said

A political strategist who worked on Sir Keir Starmer’s campaign has explained how she went to the US to share “lessons learned” with the Democrats following Labour’s election victory. This week, the Trump campaign accused Labour of illegal interference after the party’s head of operations, Sofia Patel, posted on LinkedIn she was coordinating nearly 100

Boeing staff have rejected the latest 35% pay rise, committing to further strikes as the company faces massive losses and delivery delays. As many as 33,000 workers at Boeing plants in Washington state, Oregon and California have rejected a proposal to increase wages by just over a third over four years as their union said

If there is a ground zero for US election trauma, it’s probably Georgia. It’s the state that gave us the election interference case, the Donald Trump mugshot, and his telephone call to the secretary of state asking for more votes. The Republican nominee is still among those facing prosecution – although the case has been

LeBron James and Bronny James have become the first father and son to play together in the NBA. The basketball great stepped on court with his 20-year-old son in the LA Lakers’ season opener against Minnesota Timberwolves. The pair got a huge ovation as they made history in the Crypto.com Arena. They had about two

With just two weeks remaining before the US 2024 presidential election, the main players were out campaigning in key battleground states to sway the vote in their party’s favour. Kamala Harris said her team is prepared to challenge Donald Trump if he tried to prematurely declare victory in the race. In an interview with Sky

Donald Trump’s campaign team has called for an investigation into “blatant foreign interference” in the election by the Labour Party. The complaint to the US federal electoral commission said there had been “interference” in the “form of apparent illegal foreign national contributions made by the Labour Party of the UK” which had been “accepted” by

America is full of contradictions. This is the story of one of them: the Arab-Americans who will vote for Donald Trump.  He’s the man who says immigrants are “poisoning the blood of the country”, who calls them “terrorists”, and who wants a “Muslim ban”. And yet, in a journey through Michigan, I’ve found they are

Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing new sexual assault and rape accusations, including one that involves a 13-year-old girl. Five new civil lawsuits, obtained by Sky News’s US partner NBC News, were filed on Sunday in the Southern District of New York by Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee. They include allegations the rapper, known as P Diddy,

Four people, including a child, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Texas on Sunday evening, Authorities in Houston say the R44 helicopter struck a radio tower just before 8pm local time in the city’s Second Ward area, to the east of the city’s business district. The identities of the victims have not yet

Authorities have said they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway that collapsed and killed seven people in Sapelo Island, Georgia. Crowds had gathered for an autumn celebration by the island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants. The gangway, installed in 2021, was crowded with people waiting for a ferry boat when

Singer Zayn Malik has announced he is postponing dates on his upcoming tour after the death of his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne. The 31-year-old posted on Saturday: “Given the heartbreaking loss experienced this week, I’ve made the decision to postpone the US leg of the STAIRWAY TO THE SKY Tour. “The dates are