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California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he would not run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 if Kamala Harris decided to enter the race. Mr Newsom made the commitment during an interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper recorded while the pair were fly-fishing in Montana. “I wouldn’t run if she ran,” he said, adding: “I wouldn’t waste everyone’s time. Who needs that?” The statement appears to place a limit on the ambitions Mr Newsom has signalled since before Ms Harris lost the 2024 election. If she seeks the presidency again, he would have to decide whether to honour his…

Bessent said the strength of the dollar was based on credibility and policy certainty.

Tom Cruise has confirmed that he mentored Glen Powell by asking him to watch a six-hour video he had created about filmmaking and screen acting. The actors worked together on Top Gun: Maverick in 2022, and Powell previously discussed Cruise’s guidance in a 2025 interview with GQ. Cruise has now confirmed the account in a further interview with the magazine. Cruise described the instructional film as “very basic”, saying it was designed to help people understand “a different concept of lenses and what the lens is and what the frame is.” He said the video also taught Powell what “frame…

A crash involving multiple vehicles, including two large lorries, shut University Drive near Interstate 10 in Phoenix on Tuesday, September 15. Footage from the scene showed one of the lorries had smashed through a fence and was left partly hanging over an overpass, while the junction was blocked in its entirety. Drivers were urged to avoid the area as emergency crews dealt with the aftermath of the collision. It was not immediately clear whether anyone had been injured, nor what caused the crash. Further details had not been released.

Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed at least two Palestinians, including a child, and wounded seven others in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of northern Gaza, according to territory health officials. The Israeli military said it had targeted a militant in the area on Tuesday but did not provide further details. Witnesses said a second strike hit near people who had gathered to help rescue those caught in the initial attack. A video that had not been independently verified appeared to show a missile exploding close to a group of men. The strikes came as Palestinians held funerals in Gaza…

Average mortgage rates on 15 September 2026 stand at 6.82% for a 15-year loan and 7.43% for a 30-year mortgage, while refinancing rates are 6.43% and 7.45% respectively. The figures are national averages, meaning the rate available to an individual borrower may differ according to factors including location, credit history and the type of loan being sought. What borrowers can do to secure a mortgage rate Borrowers with strong applications are more likely to qualify for competitive terms, despite interest rates remaining higher than they were several years ago. Taylor Jessee, a certified financial planner and founder of Impact Financial,…

Prince Harry and Meghan’s decision to withdraw their children from a British prep school after only two days has raised questions about why their security team tested the school route during the summer holidays rather than during term time. The couple’s convoy reportedly became separated in heavy traffic while taking Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to school, leaving the protection team concerned that the children could be exposed in stationary vehicles. Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, were removed from the unnamed school after 48 hours. Their parents are understood to have made the decision reluctantly after being advised that the…

Congress has produced a growing list of proposals to regulate artificial intelligence, but partisan divisions, lobbying and opposition from President Donald Trump have left the United States with essentially no federal laws governing the technology. The failure to act has become more pressing as senior figures at Anthropic and OpenAI warn that the rapid development of advanced models could create severe risks. They have called for a global slowdown, citing the possibility of autonomous systems bypassing human safeguards or helping to produce sophisticated cyberattacks and bioweapons. Representative Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, said the concerns were longstanding but had…

The US poverty rate was 10.2% in 2025, according to figures from the Census Bureau. The statistic records the proportion of people living in poverty in the United States during the year.

An anonymous donor paid for the cremation of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who shot Donald Trump in the ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024. The payment is disclosed in documents released to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley. A note at the end of an interview with Crooks’ father states that an “anonymous donor paid for cremation”. The records indicate Crooks was cremated within days of his death. They also state that his father described himself as “retired”, while his mother was on leave from work. The documents do not identify who covered the…