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'They are out to get you': Truss attacks Starmer and the left in US speech

The former prime minister said that, unlike President Biden, Sir Keir Starmer can 'walk in a straight line and... he can actually utter a coherent sentence'

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'I don't know who that is': What Americans think of Truss at Republican convention

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Trump’s toxic VP pick poses a major risk for the future

Article thumbnail: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 14, 2024. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
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Trump shooting has upended Joe Biden's already troubled re-election campaign

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Turmoil ahead for Biden after 'President Putin' gaffe

Article thumbnail: MADISON, WISCONSIN - JULY 5: Protesters gather outside of Sherman Middle School where US President Joe Biden held a rally on July 5, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. Following the rally Biden was expected to sit down for a network interview which is expected to air during prime time as the campaign scrambles to do damage control after Biden's poor performance at last week's debate. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: MADISON, WISCONSIN - JULY 5: Protesters gather outside of Sherman Middle School where US President Joe Biden held a rally on July 5, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. Following the rally Biden was expected to sit down for a network interview which is expected to air during prime time as the campaign scrambles to do damage control after Biden's poor performance at last week's debate. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: President Joe Biden looks on at a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, June. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
Article thumbnail: President Joe Biden looks on at a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, June. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) This combination of pictures created on February 16, 2022 shows former US President Donald Trump during a visit to the border wall near Pharr, Texas on June 30, 2021; and US President Joe Biden during a visit to Germanna Community College in Culpeper, Virginia, on February 10, 2022. Biden and Trump will face off in a 90-minute debate with mutable microphones, CNN broadcaster CNN said on June 15, 2024, as it laid ground rules for the first in-person clash between the pair ahead of November's election. The rules for the June 27 debate, which will have two hosts and no studio audience, were agreed by the Biden and Trump campaigns, according to CNN. (Photo by Sergio FLORES and Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORESBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) This combination of pictures created on February 16, 2022 shows former US President Donald Trump during a visit to the border wall near Pharr, Texas on June 30, 2021; and US President Joe Biden during a visit to Germanna Community College in Culpeper, Virginia, on February 10, 2022. Biden and Trump will face off in a 90-minute debate with mutable microphones, CNN broadcaster CNN said on June 15, 2024, as it laid ground rules for the first in-person clash between the pair ahead of November's election. The rules for the June 27 debate, which will have two hosts and no studio audience, were agreed by the Biden and Trump campaigns, according to CNN. (Photo by Sergio FLORES and Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORESBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: combination picture showing former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: combination picture showing former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo