Democrats’ generational battle erupts as 80-year-old senator faces younger challenger

Massachusetts is the latest battleground in the political fight between the left and the center for the future of the Democratic Party. But in a flip of the script, progressives are supporting the longtime incumbent against a more moderate challenger as solidly blue Massachusetts holds primary elections on Tuesday. The Senate nomination showdown between 80-year-old … Read more

London Stock Exchange to lose three more firms after takeover offers

Latest purchases take value of deals to leave capital’s stock market this year past $100bn Three more London-listed companies are set to be taken over as the value of deals removing firms from the capital’s under-pressure stock market passes $100bn (£74bn) so far this year. On Tuesday, Bodycote, the FTSE 250 industrials group that has … Read more

House to vote on stopgap funding bill as lawmakers scramble to avoid government shutdown – US politics live

Speaker Mike Johnson to launch a floor vote designed to prevent any federal shutdown before the November midterms Thousands of American service members are about to descend on eastern Thailand, as the USS Abraham Lincoln makes a port call near the city of Pattaya. The aircraft carrier sailed past Singapore over the weekend on its … Read more

Top election schemes roiling key midterm races as both parties accuse rivals of trickery

Republicans and Democrats are deploying increasingly aggressive tactics to shape the 2026 midterms — including efforts to influence rival primaries, obscure political spending and exploit election deadlines. Both parties are accusing one another of using cynical tactics to influence voters and shape the field ahead of Election Day, even as operatives aligned with each of … Read more

Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people | Howard Bryant

A decade after Kaepernick’s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followed America likes nice round numbers, perfect for anniversaries and reflections, and it has, suddenly, been 10 years since Colin Kaepernick first protested police killings – more accurately, police killings of … Read more

Get right out of town

The House of Representatives is back in town after not voting since July 23. But the House is only back for less than a week. And the Senate doesn’t even return until Monday, September 14. The first day of school, this is not. House members descending on the Capitol this week – then abandoning Washington … Read more