Justice Department filing shows handwritten note saying Ryan Wesley Routh intended to kill former president as well as list of dates and venues where Trump would appear

Robinson ‘down to just three staffers’ after mass resignations in wake of CNN report

Harris campaign says having just one debate between final candidates would be ‘unprecedented’

Olaf Scholz’s SPD appears to have made late comeback after trailing far-right party throughout Brandenburg campaign

 

Minister tells Labour conference delegates that Whitehall should focus on stopping perpetrators

Angela Rayner joked Kemi Badenoch is doing “side deals with the Daleks” as she mocked the Conservative leadership hopeful’s row with Doctor Who star David Tennant. The deputy prime minister said next week’s Conservative Party conf ...

Israeli troops raided the offices of the news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early on Sunday 22 September, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the war in ...

Actor Saffron Hocking backs The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign, which is raising £300,000 to build a safe home for survivors of domestic abuse

Trump and Robinson appear at separate rallies in North Carolina as Trump campaign appear to distance former president from gubernatorial nominee in key battleground state

Watch as Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance campaigns in Pennsylvania on Saturday 21 September.

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Watch live as Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz campaigns in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Saturday 21 September.

Donald Trump has posted a dramatic new campaign video featuring his “number one” song. The Republican presidential nominee is seen walking in black and white, as “Fighter” by Jon Kahn plays over the top. According to Forbes, the s ...

campaigners say data will give greater oversight on 11-plus admissions exams and expose them to scrutiny

Trouble for Republicans in North Carolina can only be good news for Democrats who haven’t won state since 2008

Harris speaks on cost of living, reproductive rights, and immigration during a star-studded election ‘Unite for America’ event with Oprah Winfrey

Asked at the September 10 debate to reply ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to whether he had a health care plan, Donald Trump said he had the ‘concepts of a plan’

Individual donors have generously given more than £71,000 to The Independent’s campaign just days after it launched

Party’s aim is to build base of local councillors and activists, deputy leader says before conference