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Joe Biden and Donald Trump have faced off in the first debate in the 2024 presidential election campaign.
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INSIDERDonald Trump just had the best 24 hours of his reelection campaign. But it might come back to bite him.
Donald Trump scored political wins this week after Joe Biden gave a disastrous first debate performance. But Trump's victories may not be permanent.
- Business Insider
What a Trump 2.0 presidency would mean for the stock market
"We would be inclined to only slightly lower our S&P 500 forecast of 6,500 by end-25, if Trump won," Capital Economics said.
- CNN
READ: Biden-Trump debate transcript
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participated in their first debate of the 2024 election season on CNN in Atlanta Thursday.
- AFP
Fake audio added to CNN post-debate coverage
Following the first debate of the 2024 election between US President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump, posts say CNN political director David Chalian suggested replacing the incumbent as the Democratic nominee, making inflammatory remarks in an analysis. But the video is altered; a CNN spokesperson confirmed the audio is fake and a review of the original footage uncovered no such statements.
- HuffPost
Bob Woodward Calls Joe Biden's Debate Performance A 'Political Hydrogen Bomb'
The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner said the burgeoning calls for the president to step down were "inevitable" after his poor debate showing.
- Investing.com
How long will central bank buying of gold last?
Central banks have been actively and massively buying gold over the last few years. In its report published this week, UBS highlighted the sustained interest in gold by central banks, underscoring its role as a hedge against inflation, a diversifier during market stress, and a credible asset in times of economic turmoil.
- Reuters
UK Reform leader Farage speech interrupted by banner mocking Putin views
A speech being delivered by Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, was interrupted late Saturday when a banner of Russian President Vladimir Putin descended from the ceiling at an election rally. Campaign group Led by Donkeys, which opposes Farage's views, said it was responsible for the stunt at the Columbine Centre, at Walton on the Naze in southeast England, and posted a video of the unveiling on X. That showed the banner slowly unfurling behind a speaking Farage, revealing a smiling Putin giving a thumbs-up sign, along with the words "I (heart emoji) Nigel".
- The Independent
Glastonbury secret act confirmed to be huge 00s rock group
The band will play at the Woodsies stage at Worthy Farm
- Time
Trump Makes 'Greatest Performance in Debate History' Claim
Trump said others had attributed him with the "greatest performance in the history of presidential debates."
- The Independent
Having seen the area first hand, here’s why so little progress has been made in finding Jay Slater
As Spanish police begin a new major search on Saturday, Holly Evans says Tenerife’s unforgiving terrain has made the hunt for the missing British teenager an arduous task
- CNN Business
NYT Editorial Board calls for Biden to leave the 2024 presidential race
The New York Times Editorial Board is calling on President Joe Biden to leave the race for the White House after his performance at CNN’s presidential debate.
- The Hill
Kellyanne Conway: Debate struggle shows Americans were ‘gaslit’ by Biden campaign
Kellyanne Conway slammed President Biden and his allies for his underperformance at Thursday’s presidential debate, calling it a “disgrace.” “There is no breaking news in what we saw last night,” she said on Fox’s Hannity on Friday night. “It is an unforgivable, inexcusable disgrace that we as a nation have been gaslit.” Conway, who served…
- Bloomberg
Starmer Says Labour-Led UK Can Help Progressives on Populism
(Bloomberg) -- Keir Starmer said a Labour-led UK wouldn’t be isolated on the global stage despite the rise of right-wing parties in Europe and North America, as the man polls project will be Britain’s next prime minister warned that only progressive parties “have the answers” to the challenges facing the world. Most Read from BloombergBiden Asks Donors to Stay Following Disastrous DebateBiden's Defiance Has Democrats Fearing They'll Lose White HouseCLOs Have Too Much Money and Are Running Out of
- The Telegraph
Labour vote share falls to lowest in more than two years
Labour’s vote share has fallen to its lowest level in more than two years ahead of the general election, new polling shows.
- The Telegraph
Democrats creating path for Joe Biden to make ‘dignified’ exit
Democrats are laying the groundwork for Joe Biden to make a “dignified” exit from the presidential race.
- Associated Press
A private call of top Democrats fuels more insider anger about Biden's debate performance
A sense of concern is growing inside the top ranks of the Democratic Party that leaders of Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance earlier in the week. DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison and Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez held a Saturday afternoon call with dozens of committee members across the country, a group of some of the most influential members of the party.
- HuffPost UK
Rishi Sunak Left Squirming As He's Confronted With Ordinary People's Lives In Tory Britain
The prime minister had insisted life was "better" now than when the party came to power in 2010.
- The Telegraph
Old, rich and living on benefits: welcome to the state pension capital of Britain
East Preston feels an unlikely stronghold of benefits dependency. The genteel village on the West Sussex coast might be the closest thing that Britain has to a moneyed pensioner utopia.
- The Telegraph
Did Nigel Farage blow himself up in the BBC Question Time election special? Our writers react
It was finally Nigel Farage’s time to appear before a BBC Question Time audience this evening, more than a week after Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer had theirs. The Reform UK leader took the podium in the same hour as a Green Party representative, Adrian Ramsay. Yet only one of these men has excited reaction from our writers.