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Eric Trump has criticised John Swinney

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Donald Trump's son calls John Swinney 'nasty' and says Scotland is 'bad for business'
Eric Trump has hit out at John Swinney following his father's presidential victory

Scottish Government

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Push for Glasgow to be first in Scotland to roll out automatic voter registration

Should Keir Starmer be doing more to help end the carnage in Gaza?

Should Keir Starmer be doing more to help end the carnage in Gaza?

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Letters: Now more than ever, Starmer must stand up for Gaza

Supporters react as Fox News projects Donald Trump's victory during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center n West Palm Beach, Florida.

Supporters react as Fox News projects Donald Trump's victory during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center n West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Letters: Trump's win should be a reality check for our leaders

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How Kamala Harris lost the election: The flaws in her Presidential campaign

Donald Trump with wife Melania and son Barron

Donald Trump with wife Melania and son Barron

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Democrats can blame their own hubris and arrogance for Donald Trump success

The Republican Party have taken charge of the Senate

The Republican Party have taken charge of the Senate

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Republicans have won the Senate but what does it mean for America?

Donald Trump appeared on track to return to the White House

Donald Trump appeared on track to return to the White House

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Donald Trump declares victory in US presidential election

Donald Trump stands with former first lady Melania Trump

Donald Trump stands with former first lady Melania Trump

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Trump elected as US president after victory in Wisconsin

Desolate Democrat supporters at an election night campaign watch party on the campus of Howard University in Washington after it was announced Kamala Harris would not be speaking

Desolate Democrat supporters at an election night campaign watch party on the campus of Howard University in Washington after it was announced Kamala Harris would not be speaking

US presidential election 2024

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Letters: Cowardly Democrats only have themselves to blame

Keir Starmer at a recent meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France

Keir Starmer at a recent meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France

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Rebecca McQuillan: The world is a more dangerous place now. Britain needs Europe

Voters mark their ballots in Mitchell, Wisconsin

Voters mark their ballots in Mitchell, Wisconsin

Ipsos: It was the economy that won Trump the White House

Scarlett Johansson: see

Scarlett Johansson: see

Herald Diary: But how could they not listen to Scarlett Johansson?

Donald Trump at Turnberry

Donald Trump at Turnberry

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Trump’s Scottish golf business celebrates victory of ‘true leader’

Donald Trump appeared on track to return to the White House

Donald Trump appeared on track to return to the White House

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Starmer congratulates Trump on ‘historic’ US election victory

Vice- President Kamala Harris at a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University on Sunday

Vice- President Kamala Harris at a campaign rally at Jenison Field House on the campus of Michigan State University on Sunday

Conservative Party

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Letters: If genocide isn't a red line for Harris, what hope is there?

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be more concerned with the Pacific than the Atlantic

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be more concerned with the Pacific than the Atlantic

US presidential election 2024

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Martin Roche: No matter who wins in the US, the UK will be more isolated than ever

Decison time in the US election is almost upon us

Decison time in the US election is almost upon us

US presidential election 2024

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Nicholas Malizia: A feeling of dread: the view from Americans in Scotland

Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Maybe there's an alternative....

Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Maybe there's an alternative....

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Herald Diary: Trump or Harris? Nah, neither. Let’s go back to the future

Heloise Le Moal is the Glasgow Green Party's Partick East/Kelvindale candidate

Heloise Le Moal is the Glasgow Green Party's Partick East/Kelvindale candidate

Glasgow Greens candidate for Partick East/Kelvindale by-election revealed

SNP ministers pledged in 2011 to dual the road between Perth and Inverness by 2025

SNP ministers pledged in 2011 to dual the road between Perth and Inverness by 2025

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Letters: SNP thought indy would bail them out of A9 failure

Keir Starmer has largely followed the American line on Israel

Keir Starmer has largely followed the American line on Israel

Israel Hamas War

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Letters: Shame on Keir Starmer for making us the USA's poodle once again

Donald Trump at his course in Turnberry, South Ayrshire

Donald Trump at his course in Turnberry, South Ayrshire

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Donald Trump responds to 'appalling' John Swinney endorsement of presidential rival

Donald Trump has ben accused of being a fascist

Donald Trump has ben accused of being a fascist

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Mark McGeoghegan: Trump’s no fascist, but he is just as dangerous to democracy

Nigel Farage has campaigned on behalf of Donal Trump

Nigel Farage has campaigned on behalf of Donal Trump

US presidential election 2024

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Mark McGeoghegan: Calm down, Donald. Transnational activism is good for democracy

Lee Anderson has said he will not fight a by-election in Ashfield after joining Reform UK (Lucy North/PA)

Lee Anderson has said he will not fight a by-election in Ashfield after joining Reform UK (Lucy North/PA)

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Claire Aitken elected in Falkirk South after close battle with the SNP

What tips could Labour give Kamala Harris?

What tips could Labour give Kamala Harris?

Herald Diary: So what advice will Labour give the US Democrats?

John Mason has been expelled from the SNP for expressing the view that Israel is not committing genocide

John Mason has been expelled from the SNP for expressing the view that Israel is not committing genocide

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Letters: SNP must own up to its illogical double standards over Israel

The BBC documentary War Game in which former government officials, ex-military personnel, and politicians to role play, or war game, a scenario in which history repeated itself in 2024 with regard to the Capitol riots

The BBC documentary War Game in which former government officials, ex-military personnel, and politicians to role play, or war game, a scenario in which history repeated itself in 2024 with regard to the Capitol riots

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Alison Rowat: Weeks to go and it's war between Trump and Harris. Terrified yet?

The SNP and Labour candidates for the Falkirk South by-election

The SNP and Labour candidates for the Falkirk South by-election

Explained in five

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Date, candidates and how the voting system works for the Falkirk South by-election

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris during their televised debate on September 10

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris during their televised debate on September 10

United States of America

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Jim Sillars: A day of reckoning is coming for the US - and for Europe

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

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Trump safe after Secret Service open fire at ‘armed suspect’ near golf club

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris (Alex Brandon/AP)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris (Alex Brandon/AP)

US presidential election 2024

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Trump-Harris debate: Rivals share tense disputes over economy and abortion

US Vice President Kamala Harris

US Vice President Kamala Harris

Lawrence Donegan

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Harris and Trump couldn't be more opposed ahead of crunch TV debate

The Herald's Colin Mearns and Alison Rowat at the DNC in Boston, 2004

The Herald's Colin Mearns and Alison Rowat at the DNC in Boston, 2004

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Alison Rowat: Behind the scenes at the party conventions

Buttons are displayed during a campaign event for US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr in Oakland, California (Eric Risberg/AP)

Buttons are displayed during a campaign event for US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr in Oakland, California (Eric Risberg/AP)

US presidential election 2024

What is more dead? The bear dumped in Central Park or the reputation of US politics

Tim Walz has been selected by Kamala Harris to be her running mate (Abbie Parr/AP/PA)

Tim Walz has been selected by Kamala Harris to be her running mate (Abbie Parr/AP/PA)

Tim Walz vs JD Vance: How Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's VP picks match up

Protesters dragging a statue of merchant, slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston to Bristol harbourside during a Black Lives Matter protest rally in 2020

Protesters dragging a statue of merchant, slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston to Bristol harbourside during a Black Lives Matter protest rally in 2020

Refugees and immigration

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Letters: The right have had enough. It's time to expose the far left

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Herald Diary: Oh no, please don't let Kamala Harris win the White House

Should the First Minister be stepping into the bin workers' dispute?

Should the First Minister be stepping into the bin workers' dispute?

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Letters: What is he waiting for? Swinney must step in and stop bin strikes

The joy of triplets: see

The joy of triplets: see

Herald Diary: The (time-consuming) joy of having triplets

Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event at the James B Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, earlier this month

Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event at the James B Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, earlier this month

US presidential election 2024

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Brian Wilson: Harris can turn the tide in an election where race matters

Stephen Flynn tabled the SNP amendment to the King's Speech on ending the two-child benefit cap

Stephen Flynn tabled the SNP amendment to the King's Speech on ending the two-child benefit cap

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Letters: Thank you, Stephen Flynn, for giving Keir Starmer the chance he needed

President Joe Biden, vice president Kamala Harris and House speaker Nancy Pelosi at the State of the Union address in 2022

President Joe Biden, vice president Kamala Harris and House speaker Nancy Pelosi at the State of the Union address in 2022

Business Voices

US presidential election 2024

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Markets take stock as US political show rolls on

A pet question for the President

A pet question for the President

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Energised, grateful: How Democrats have responded to Biden's decision to step aside

US vice president Kamala Harris has been taking the fight to her opponents

US vice president Kamala Harris has been taking the fight to her opponents

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Is America ready for a black female president?

Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance

Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance

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Why Trump should beware this vice-presidential nominee bearing gifts

Donald Trump with JD Vance at the Republican convention in Milwaukee

Donald Trump with JD Vance at the Republican convention in Milwaukee

US presidential election 2024

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Mark McGeoghegan: Beware: a Trump-Vance pairing could be very bad news for the UK

Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government created the NHS and the welfare state

Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government created the NHS and the welfare state

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Letters: Labour should follow Attlee and spend big for growth

Inside story: SNP in turmoil as defeated candidates express anger with HQ

Inside story: SNP in turmoil as defeated candidates express anger with HQ

General Election 2024

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Inside story: SNP in turmoil as defeated candidates express anger with HQ

General Election

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Scottish Labour's youngest MP not fazed by inexperience

Police Scotland were spotted in the Emirates Arena with evidence bags after reports of personation.

Police Scotland were spotted in the Emirates Arena with evidence bags after reports of personation.

General Election

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Police officers spotted at Glasgow count with evidence bags after fraud reports

Four of Edinburgh's five constituencies are now held by Labour, after a rout of the SNP

Four of Edinburgh's five constituencies are now held by Labour, after a rout of the SNP

GENERAL ELECTION

General Election

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A 'very bad' night - but SNP wipeout in Edinburgh 'not a rejection of independence'

For the first time, voters will need to provide ID to have their say in the General Election

For the first time, voters will need to provide ID to have their say in the General Election

General Election

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Full list of acceptable photographic ID needed to vote in today's General Election