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A Swift endorsement would boost Biden, so why hasn’t it happened?
Like most cultural figures in America, Taylor Swift is appalled by Donald Trump. She endorsed Joe Biden in 2020. But this campaign, she’s been silent.
- by Bill Wyman
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World of photos, February 25, 2024
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Trump voices support for IVF as reproductive rights become an election flashpoint
The former US president’s comments came as he and Nikki Haley made their last pitches to voters ahead of the presidential primary race in South Carolina.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Mexican president releases details of NYT journalist who investigated his alleged links to drug cartels
Critics warned his actions could encourage cartels to target journalist Natalie Kitroeff.
- by Simeon Tegel
‘We’re tipped over’: First private lunar lander ends up on its side
The company that built the six-footed lander initially said the Odysseus lander, the first US moon landing in more than 50 years, was upright after touchdown.
- by Marcia Dunn
Prince Harry could have embellished drug use to sell books, US court hears
A US conservative think tank has argued in court that Harry’s past drug use should have disqualified him from entering America.
- by Susie Coen, Laura Murgatroyd and Benedict Smith
Ruling that frozen embryos are children sparks fight over women’s reproductive rights
It was an unprecedented decision that US President Joe Biden described as “outrageous and unacceptable”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Donald Trump
Why America’s historic weakness strengthens Trump
Even Abraham Lincoln had authoritarian tendencies. So we should not be surprised that so many Americans are drawn to Donald Trump’s autocratic flourishes.
- by Nick Bryant
Editorial
Space
A modern odyssey lands us at the dawn of a new moon age
As 1969 showed, there is something about a moon landing that lifts spirits around the world – and surely a new moon age dawned on Friday when America returned after 52 years.
- The Herald's View
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World of photos, February 24, 2024
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Canadian white nationalist who drove ute into Muslim family gets life
A judge ruled the actions of Nathaniel Veltman were a “textbook example of terrorist motive and intent”.