Americans recount political clashes inside the home and how they get past it – or don’t

In the 2024 election, women turned out for Kamala Harris, while men were instrumental in securing Donald Trump’s win, according to early polling information. In some cases, those women and men were married to each other or otherwise romantically involved. In other relationships, it was the men who voted for Harris, while their female partners voted for Trump.

Here, Americans who voted differently from their partners shared with the Guardian how such partisan views have affected their relationship, what it was like to “cancel out” a loved one’s vote, and why some kept their votes secret. Some requested to keep their identities anonymous to discuss personal matters.

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So far it’s been a clean sweep for the Rugby Championship sides over their Six Nations rivals.

The New Zealand All Blacks edged England and then kept Ireland at arm’s length . Australia won a thriller at Twickenham before Argentina routed Italy .

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Free press advocates are alarmed by Trump’s talk of revoking broadcast licenses and jailing journalists – but express hope in the US’s first amendment

Donald Trump could have an easier time limiting press freedom in his second term in the White House after a campaign marked by virulent rhetoric towards journalists and calls for punishing television networks and prosecuting journalists and their sources, legal scholars and journalism advocacy groups warn.

Aside from worries about Trump’s demonization of the press inciting violence against journalists, free press advocates appear to be most alarmed by Trump’s call for the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke TV networks’ broadcast licenses and talk of jailing journalists who refuse to reveal anonymous sources.

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Tyrese Campbell’s second-half strike proved to be the difference in a gruelling Steel City derby to move Sheffield United into second spot in the Championship courtesy of victory over their arch-rivals Sheffield Wednesday.

Derbies between Sheffield’s two biggest sides have been few and far between in recent seasons, with this only the fifth competitive fixture since 2012 and the first in over 2,000 days. The last three had all finished 0-0 and throughout a fairly timid opening half here at Bramall Lane, it looked as though this could be the fourth in succession.

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UK Hospitality says members would have to hike prices 8% to cover the extra cost of hiring staff under new employer NIC rates

• NICs rise will force businesses to close, warn hospitality bosses

Nothing tarnishes an evening out quite like a row over the size of the bill.

But leading figures in the hospitality sector fear that Labour’s first budget in 14 years has put them on a collision course with their guests over the fair price of a meal.

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Documentary shows the fight to recover paintings that Jewish art dealer was forced to sell by the Nazis

From the Benin bronzes to the Parthenon marbles, debates over the restitution of cultural artefacts are now a fact of life in an international art world forced to reckon with the often controversial history of its treasures.

Museums around the world are having to consider implications of retaining items many argue were taken from their owners under persecution or duress.

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Chelsea continued their strongest ever start to a Women’s Super League season as the defending champions made it six league wins out of six under Sonia Bompastor with a routine 3-0 victory at Liverpool.

Bompastor became the first manager to win their first four away games in the history of the WSL, Chelsea having also notched up victories at Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Everton, and maintained their 100% record in all competitions after eight games.

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The league has made the Argentinian star the crux of its push for growth. But now that his season is over will neutral fans bother to watch?

Everyone loves an underdog story, although an iPad may have been angrily thrown across the room in the Garber household as Atlanta United shocked Inter Miami on Saturday evening . Tim Cook might have reacted in a similar way after posting how “excited” he was to watch Lionel Messi and Co in the MLS playoffs. He won’t be watching any more of him this year.

These were the Messi playoffs. The league’s entire postseason marketing focused on the GOAT, pre-empting a predicted march to MLS Cup glory after Miami had set a regular-season points record. Messi was everywhere: on billboards, in social media promos and TV ads. They even aired Inter Miami’s first playoff game in Times Square. MLS had been building to this moment ever since Messi arrived in Florida.

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Split comes despite chairman’s preference for deal from group including US hedge funds Elliott Partners and Silver Point and others

Thames Water’s board is split over two competing deals from its lenders aimed at saving the UK’s biggest water supplier from going insolvent.

Two classes of creditors, group A bondholders and group B bondholders, are offering high-interest £3bn rescue packages intended as a liquidity lifeline while the company burns through cash and seeks to restructure its debts.

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