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Decision leaves race wide open, with leading candidates including Xavier Becerra, Antonio Villaraigosa and Katie PorterKamala Harris, the former vice-president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, announced on Wednesday that she will not run for governor of California – a highly anticipated decision that leaves the contest to lead the country’s largest blue state wide open.“For now, my leadership – and public service – will not be in elected office,” Harris said in a statement, ending months of speculation about her political future after losing the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/30/kamala-harris-california-governor-race-election Author : Lauren

Rarely used ‘rule of five’ requires government agencies to provide relevant information if at least five members of the committee request itOn Capitol Hill today, Senate Democrats – led by minority leader Chuck Schumer – will hold a press conference at 12pm ET to discuss their plans to push the justice department to release the full and un-redacted Epstein files.Democrats are using a rare and little-known law, known colloquially as the “rule of five”, which requires government agencies to provide relevant information if at least five members of the committee request it. In this case, all Democrats on the homeland

St Paul shut down systems after the cyberattack governor Tim Walz said ‘exceeded the city’s response capacity’Minnesota has called in the national guard after the city of St Paul was slammed by what its mayor described as a “deliberate, coordinated, digital attack” carried out by sophisticated hackers.Governor Tim Walz said in a statement that he was deploying the guard, which has a cyber protection component, because the attack had “exceeded the city’s response capacity”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/30/tim-walz-minnesota-national-guard Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2025-07-30 14:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Carmaker avoids reporting a slump by sending three months’ worth of sales on last day of the quarter at levy of 10%Aston Martin scrambled to deliver three months’ worth of cars to dealers in the US within 24 hours as it rushed to qualify for lower tariffs that came into effect on 30 June.By invoicing the whole quarter’s cars on that same day it also avoided having to report a sales slump that might have alarmed investors. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/30/aston-martin-24-hour-scramble-lower-us-tariffs-pays-off Author : Jasper Jolly Publish date : 2025-07-30 12:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked