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‘A revolution in slow motion’: is Arizona’s wealthiest district finally done with Trump? <p>Circumstances are ripe for change in this onetime Republican stronghold given the current dissatisfaction with Trump agenda, experts say</p><p>Donald Trump has repeatedly asked voters to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/trump-north-carolina-campaign-rally-republicans">pretend that he is on the ballot</a> in November’s crucial midterm elections. And in the comfortable confines of Arizona’s most affluent and fiercely contested congressional district, Trump is definitely on voters’ minds.</p><p>But whether that helps or hurts the warring congressional candidates in this sun-drenched swath of suburbia, where Teslas and walled-in luxury homes dominate, depends on who you ask.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/arizona-house-midterms-race">Continue reading...</a>
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Socialist Hasan Piker is suing conservative counterpart for ‘violent racist’ portrayal <p>The $72.5m suit alleges Scott Jennings falsely told listeners Piker had a ‘plan of returning our country to lynchings’</p><p>The prominent socialist political commentator and influencer Hasan Piker is suing his conservative counterpart Scott Jennings for $72.5m over comments on a podcast that he said portrayed him as “a violent racist” who advocated the lynching of Black people.</p><p>Piker’s defamation <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.298060/gov.uscourts.dcd.298060.1.0.pdf">lawsuit</a>, filed Tuesday in US district court for the District of Columbia, states that Jennings misrepresented his comments in a podcast and subsequent social media post in August.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/hasan-piker-lawsuit-scott-jennings">Continue reading...</a>
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Russell Brand tells trial he had sex obsession but that consent is ‘non-negotiable’ <p>Former comedian, in court on rape and sexual assault charges, denies setting goal to sleep with 5,000 women</p><p>Russell Brand has told a court he had an obsession with sex as a younger man but denied setting himself a “goal” to sleep with 5,000 women.</p><p>The former comedian, 51, insisted as he gave evidence to his rape trial that he has never forced himself on a woman, telling jurors consent is “non-negotiable” and “more important than sex itself”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/28/russell-brand-trial-testimony">Continue reading...</a>
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