Race for crucial midterms attracting vast sums of money on both sides | First Thing
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is spending $80m to help Democratic candidates, while Trump has promised Republicans $400m. Plus a vital investigation into justice in LouisianaGood morning. Vast sums of money are being ploughed into November’s midterms,…
Trump calls for data center ‘dividends’ in bid to win over midterm voters – US politics live
President’s social media post says sites should pay the communities where they will be located and comes amid growing unpopularity of facilitiesSign up for Breaking News US emailWitkoff announced this morning that Russia authorities had freed Hubbard,…
MNEK cancels tour over lack of ticket sales and high production costs
The Grammy-nominated artist was due to start a run of shows for his latest album Bulldozer!! next month.
OpenAI Invests in Startup That Uses Brain Implants to Detect Cancer
It’s the latest in a growing wave of bets that AI companies are making on brain data.
‘What are you implying?’: El-Sayed confronts critics head-on as attacks ramp up
Against a backdrop of rising Islamophobia, Michigan Senate hopeful has challenged premise of repeated questions on Muslim Brotherhood, Israel and faith As a candidate positioned at the center of what researchers say are the worst Islamophobic attacks…
‘Hunted like animals’: inside Trump’s war on the people who build America
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a house framer before he was killed by ICE agents. Countless other Latino builders in Texas live in fear of a similar fateEvery morning long before dawn, while America sleeps, legions of Texas construction workers grab their…
US extreme weather survivors are a growing group – now they want to be a political force
At a gathering in Texas, near where floods killed 136 people last year, survivors are united on the need for urgent actionIt may be a club none of its members actually want to be in, but the growing number of people in the US affected by extreme weather…
Usha Vance is a closed book – but her Goodreads account is surprisingly revealing | Arwa Mahdawi
From Roman-era political potboilers to stories of Catholic priests struggling to impose their authority, what could the reading list of vice-president JD Vance’s wife be trying to tell us?Usha Vance, a very clever woman with dubious taste in men, likes…
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The Best Hearing Aids I’ve Tested (2026): Jabra, Resound, Apple, and More
These WIRED-tested devices will help you hear sounds more clearly. Never miss out on a dinner conversation again.
PSG’s Kvaratskhelia to have surgery on ruptured ACL
Paris St-Germain winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia will undergo knee surgery after suffering a knee injury during his side's 4-2 win over Barcelona on Tuesday.