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In Arkansas, rising costs spurred farmer Hallie Shoffner’s long-shot Senate campaign. Will farmers back her?
In Arkansas, rising costs spurred farmer Hallie Shoffner’s long-shot Senate campaign. Will farmers back her?
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<p>John Healey aced the morning-after media round because his Martin Lewis measures left nothing to challenge him on </p><p>Maybe it had been one of the greatest acts of political genius after all. The day after the budget is usually the moment when things start to fall apart. When clued up journalists and economists have had a chance to go through all the fine points the chancellor would rather everyone had missed. The forecasts that suggest everything is predicated on a wing and a prayer. The hidden unfunded tax cuts. The greater than expected spending commitments.</p><p>But on Thursday morning Andy Burnham and John Healey could afford themselves a sigh of relief. All had gone about as well as they could have hoped. It turns out that when you <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/28/budget-2026-healey-hikes-taxes-on-banks-and-landlords-to-fund-100-handouts-to-20m-households">don’t make any massive tax or spending commitments</a>, there isn’t a great deal to unravel. All there had been was a raft of small-scale interventions designed to help people with their personal finances. Call it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/28/andy-burnham-martin-lewis-budget-john-healey">the Martin Lewis budget</a>. In fact, Healey and Lewis now seem unable to get through the day without spending some time with each other. They certainly can’t stop talking about one another. It’s becoming unhealthily co-dependent. The gods of small things.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/29/the-breathing-space-budget-breathing-space-for-the-government-that-is">Continue reading...</a>
The defeated presidential candidate says he will lead the opposition from the US.
<p>Jensen Huang reported to have had close relationship with tech company executive suspected of passing intel to China</p><p>US intelligence agencies believe the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/nvidia">Nvidia</a> chief executive, Jensen Huang, has been targeted by a Chinese spy who had done business with him, according to a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/nvidia-china-jensen-huang-trump.html">new report</a> by the New York Times.</p><p>Alice Huang or Huang Le, of no relation to the Nvidia CEO, is an executive at a Singapore-based datacenter company called Megaspeed. She had previously been suspected of smuggling Nvidia chips to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/china">China</a>, prompting American officials to surveil and monitor her. Those officials have determined that she was acting as a Chinese intelligence asset, passing commercial information to Beijing, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/29/nvidia-ceo-targeted-chinese-spy">Continue reading...</a>
Gaza's Health Ministry says dozens died awaiting treatment abroad as Israeli attacks continue despite a 'ceasefire'.