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The demise of an iconic American highway

California’s Highway 1 is showing the limits of man’s ingenuity

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How the election will shape the Supreme Court

A second Trump administration could lock in a conservative supermajority for decades

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Could the Kamala Harris boost put Florida in play for Democrats?

Some party enthusiasts think so, but realists see re-energised campaigning there as a savvy Florida feint

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America is not ready for a major war, says a bipartisan commission

The country is unaware of the dangers ahead, and of the costs to prepare for them

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America recreates a warfighting command in Japan

The threat from China hastens the biggest military transformation in the Pacific in decades

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Can Donald Trump win back suburban voters?

In Michigan, Republicans are selling a kinder, gentler Trumpism to college-educated voters. It isn’t sticking yet

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Who will be Kamala Harris’s running-mate?

She is reportedly vetting a dozen options. These are the top three

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Donald Trump is now the oldest candidate to run for president

But America’s issue with ageing politicians goes beyond the White House

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Reliable numbers on Trump v Harris are scarce for now

But the forecasting and tracking of America’s presidential race will resume shortly

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A Texas judge gives a nod to America’s at-home distillers

Life, liberty and the pursuit of liquor

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Class, race and the chances of outgrowing poverty in America

A big-data analysis offers explanations—and hope

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What identity politics will Kamala Harris practise?

The lessons of Barack Obama, Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Hillary Clinton

Middle East and Africa

Bibi Netanyahu offered spectacle over substance in America

His fourth address to Congress was historic, but held few answers for Israelis

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Is Kamala Harris “brat”?

America’s TikTok election just became more interesting

Finance and economics

Donald Trump wants a weaker dollar. What are his options?

All come with their own drawbacks

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The clues in Kamala Harris’s championing of reproductive rights 

Abortion has been the issue on which the presumptive Democratic nominee has been most visible and effective

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