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Mike Bedigan

Senior Reporter

Mike Bedigan is a senior US reporter covering social justice issues, crime, politics and climate. His reporting includes coverage of both Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the 2024 presidential election, strange internet trends, and Taylor Swift. He joined The Independent in September 2023. He is based in New York.

<p>Kamala Harris and Donald Trump </p>
LiveUS politics

Trump ‘disrespected sacred ground’ at Arlington says Harris: Latest

<p>Robert Kennedy Jr sits down for TV interview with Dr Phil</p>
US politics

RFK Jr says he’s overcome ‘abhorrence’ for Trump to support him

<p>Trump attempted to clarify previous remarks about wanting to be a ‘dictator for one day’ during interview with Dr Phil McGraw on Tuesday </p>
US politics

Trump insists he is ‘not a threat to democracy’ in Dr Phil interview

<p>Executive pastor Kemtal Glasgow was fired because of a “moral failure” </p>
Americas

Pastor resigns from Texas megachurch Gateway over ‘moral issue’

<p>Foo Fighters say they did not authorize Donald Trump’s use of their hit track ‘My Hero’ at a recent rally in which he received the endorsement of political rival-turned-backer Robert F Kennedy Jr</p>
US politics

Foo Fighters to donate royalties to Harris after Trump used their song

<p>Chenoa Nickerson, 33, was swept away in a flash flood in the Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday</p>
Americas

Body of woman who went missing in Grand Canyon after flash flood found

<p>LA punk band frontman Anthony Mehlhaff, 40, was arrested after a ‘terrorizing trek’ through Yosemite National Park</p>
US Crime News

LA punk band frontman accused of ‘terrorizing trek’ through Yosemite

<p>A Missouri man who attempted to rob a local bank was foiled after he found that the door was locked, because it was a Saturday </p>
US Crime News

Missouri man’s armed bank robbery foiled by locked front door

<p>An image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Hone as it continues to track to the west toward the Hawaiian Islands, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024</p>
News

Hawaii braced for 85 mph winds as Hone strengthens to a hurricane

<p>Joseph Emerson allegedly attempted to shut off a plane’s engines during a flight </p>
Americas

Pilot who tried to shut down plane engines while on mushrooms speaks

<p>A New York mother who drove the wrong way down a busy highway before crashing her car and killing her nine-year-old son has been charged with drug and driving offenses</p>
US Crime News

New York mom charged over crash that killed her 9-year-old son

<p>Boeing's Starliner docked with the Harmony module of the International Space Station</p>
Space

NASA picks Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring back astronauts stuck in space

<p>Local parks and fields have been shut down in several counties in eastern Massachusets following the outbreak of a rare and potentially fatal, mosquito-borne virus</p>
Americas

Deadly mosquito-borne virus sees shut-downs in Massachusetts towns

Americas

Deadly mosquito-borne virus sees shut-downs in Massachusetts towns

<p>Local parks and fields have been shut down in several counties in eastern Massachusets following the outbreak of a rare and potentially fatal, mosquito-borne virus</p>
<p>Emergency services at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello, southern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. New York Attorney Christopher Morvillo, who successfully defended the yacht’s owner, Mike Lynch, is among the six people still missing after the yacht accident </p>
Americas

NYC lawyer dead after yacht disaster wrote haunting LinkedIn post

<p>Dr Anthony Fauci, a longtime public health official who became a household name as part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, was hospitalized with West Nile virus </p>
Americas

Anthony Fauci hospitalized after testing positive for West Nile Virus

<p>The internet has rallied around former Trump press secretary and Melania aide Stephanie Grisham after she was weight-shamed by MAGA conspiracy theorist, Laura Loomer </p>
US politics

Internet slams MAGA activist for weight-shaming Melania aide at DNC

<p>Second gentleman Doug Emhoff embraces his son, Cole Emhoff, on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago </p>
Voices

We need to talk about Doug Emhoff’s relationship with his son Cole

<p>Second gentleman Doug Emhoff embraces his son, Cole Emhoff, on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago </p>
Voices

We need to talk about Doug Emhoff’s relationship with his son Cole

<p>A group of 50 Republican veterans have written a letter to Tim Walz accusing him of ‘egregious misrepresentations’ over his military service</p>
US politics

Walz slammed by GOP veterans over his ‘misrepresentations’ of service

<p>Former first lady Michelle Obama greets her husband, former president Barack Obama, on stage during night two of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Viewership of the DNC spiked during their speeches </p>
US politics

Democratic convention night-two ratings far surpass Trump’s RNC

<p>Former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham at the Democratic National Convention where she endorsed Kamala Harris </p>
US politics

Melania’s one-word text that caused ex-aide to quit shared at DNC

<p>Ella Emhoff appears at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night to support her stepmom Kamala Harris, wearing the now-popular ‘midwest princess’ camouflage hat</p>
US politics

Ella Emhoff seen at DNC in camo hat supporting stepmom Kamala Harris

<p>Protesters break through security fence on first night of Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday </p>
US politics

Pro-Palestine protesters tear down security fence at DNC

<p>Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia, (pictured) has been accused of negligence after a ‘bone flap’ was removed from a patient’s head and misplaced</p>
Americas

Hospital accused of losing part of patient’s skull after brain surgery

<p>Team USA Men's Basketball coach and Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr speaks during the Democratic National Convention Monday</p>
US politics

NBA coach Steve Kerr channels Steph Curry on DNC stage

<p>Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya, health care advocates and founders of I Am ALS, speak during the Democratic National Convention Monday</p>
US politics

Former Obama staffer with ALS makes appeal for Harris at DNC

<p>Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia, (pictured) has been accused of negligence after a ‘bone flap’ was removed from a patient’s head and misplaced</p>
Americas

Hospital accused of losing part of patient’s skull after brain surgery

<p>Team USA Men's Basketball coach and Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr speaks during the Democratic National Convention Monday</p>
US politics

NBA coach Steve Kerr channels Steph Curry on DNC stage

<p>Brian Wallach and Sandra Abrevaya, health care advocates and founders of I Am ALS, speak during the Democratic National Convention Monday</p>
US politics

Former Obama staffer with ALS makes appeal for Harris at DNC

<p>Harvey Weinstein will return to a California prison following a retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in New York</p>
US Crime News

Weinstein heading to jail in California after his retrial in New York

US Crime News

Weinstein heading to jail in California after his retrial in New York

<p>Harvey Weinstein will return to a California prison following a retrial on rape and sexual assault charges in New York</p>
<p>Former Obama aide Jim Messina (left) said the 2024 election will be ‘very, very close’ and one sleeper issue will decide who wins in November </p>
US politics

Obama aide: election will be ‘close’ and one sleeper will decide vote

<p>Donald Trump held another press conference on Thursday, this time in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he rehashed previous complaints about Kamala Harris but offered few new details on his own vision for the presidency.</p>
US politics

Trump’s second press conference rehashes same complaints about Harris

<p>Donald Trump has watched a video clip of the attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania rally ‘over and over again’ leading to fears that he may be suffering from PTSD, according to a report</p>
US politics

Trump rally shooting ‘over and over’ leading to PTSD fears: report

<p>Richard Minor, 66, is accused of shooting another driver at Hart’s Landing Fishing Pier on August 3</p>
US Crime News

Florida man accused of killing driver over handicapped parking space

<p>Richard Minor, 66, is accused of shooting another driver at Hart’s Landing Fishing Pier on August 3</p>
US Crime News

Florida man accused of killing driver over handicapped parking space

<p>Could the relatively unknown Puente Hills thrust fault in California cause an earthquake more deadly than any seen before on the famous San Andreas Fault? </p>
Americas

Could a relatively unknown California fault line cause ‘the big one’?

<p>Tina Peters, who helped steal voters’ data in Colorado, was convicted on seven felony counts related to election tampering on Monday</p>
US politics

Maga clerk convicted of election tampering back promoting false claims

<p>Donald Trump’s campaign has received backlash online following a post on social media that users described as ‘comically racist’ </p>
US politics

Trump campaign is dragged for ‘racist’ post about life under Democrats

<p>A 7-year-old girl who went missing in Lake Merwin Campers Hideaway in Washington, was found by a local fisherman</p>
Americas

Fisherman saves missing 7-year-old girl after he hears crying

<p>Members of the Rosales family who died in Grand Prairie, Texas, on Saturday after a street racer crashed into their vehicle. Anthony Rosales (center back) was the sole survivor of the incident </p>
Americas

Four family members killed after street racer slams into their SUV

<p>Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus is scheduled to host a panel discussion with several high-profile Democratic women and the 2024 Democratic National Convention that is due to take place next week </p>
US politics

Julia Louis-Dreyfus set to host panel with female governors during DNC

<p>A viral fire hydrant aquarium that was created by residents in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, has been criticized by members of animal rights group PETA</p>
Americas

PETA blasts NYC fire hydrant aquarium that sparked ‘goldfish heist’

<p>New plans unveiled by Disney at its annual D23 convention include the largest ever expansion at a resort </p>
Americas

What to expect from the recently announced Disney expansions

Americas

Fancy a ‘nada colada’? The rise of alcohol-free bars across the US

<p>JD Vance at a campaign rally in Atlanta on August 3. His most recent financial disclosures reveal eclectic investments, including a right-wing streaming service, a controversial biotech firm and popular Catholic prayer app </p>
US politics

A prayer app and a biotech firm: Vance’s curious investment portfolio

<p>Sommelier Aaron Von Rock was arrested on May 5 and charged with assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon </p>
US Crime News

Former sommelier at Michelin-starred hotspot accused of stabbing wife

US Crime News

Former sommelier at Michelin-starred hotspot accused of stabbing wife

<p>Sommelier Aaron Von Rock was arrested on May 5 and charged with assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon </p>
<p>Anthonia Egegbara fled the scene after pushing a 42-year-old woman into the path of the oncoming train in an unprovoked attack at the Times Square subway station in New York </p>
US Crime News

Woman pleads guilty to pushing stranger into oncoming NY subway train

<p>NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore were originally set to return to Earth from the International Space Station in June</p>
Space

Two NASA astronauts stranded in space by may return on SpaceX in 2025

<p>Joe Biden says he is ‘not confident at all’ that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Donald Trump loses the 2024 presidential election</p>
US politics

Biden ‘not confident’ in peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses

<p>Tim Walz poked fun at his Republican counterpart JD Vance over his bizarre couch-related scandal in his first speech since being named as Kamala Harris’ running mate</p>
US politics

Walz attacks Vance about couch story at first rally as Harris’ VP pick

<p>Tim Walz poked fun at his Republican counterpart JD Vance over his bizarre couch-related scandal in his first speech since being named as Kamala Harris’ running mate</p>
US politics

Walz attacks Vance about couch story at first rally as Harris’ VP pick

<p>Wes Scantlin, front man of rock group Puddle of Mudd, was arrested in California last week on Wednesday following a standoff with police and a SWAT team</p>
US Crime News

Puddle of Mudd frontman arrested after standoff with California cops

<p>Alec Baldwin hugs his wife Hilaria after the case was dropped </p>
US Crime News

Alec Baldwin’s Rust trial ‘improperly dismissed’, says prosecutor

<p>Footage allegedly showed Christopher Gregor forcing his six-year-old son Corey Micciolo to run on a treadmill</p>
US Crime News

‘Treadmill abuse dad’ sentenced to 25 years for young son’s death

<p>JD Vance says the attacks on him as ‘weird’ by Kamala Harris’ campaign are due to ‘social media interns’ who were ‘bullied in school’ </p>
US politics

Vance blames Harris campaign’s ‘weird’ label on ‘social media interns’

<p>Body cam footage shared by the Baltimore Police Department shows officer reactions in the aftermath of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge</p>
Americas

Body cam footage shows cops’ reaction to Baltimore bridge collapse

<p>According to sources, Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, is interested in an ambassadorial position should Kamala Harris win the White House in November </p>
US politics

Chelsea Clinton could be angling for a spot in a Harris administration

<p>These are some of the Americans left in Russia after a massive prisoner swap. Clockwise from Top left: Marc Fogel is a school teacher from Pittsburgh, ballerina Ksenia Karelina was arrested over a donation to Ukraine, Robert Woodland was found guilty of drug trafficking and US Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Beck was arrested on June 19 accused of stealing</p>
World

Who are the Americans still left in Russian prisons?

<p>Addie Carver is crowned Miss Teen USA</p>
Americas

Miss Teen USA crowned after past winner quit controversy-hit pageant

<p>Evan Gershkovich greets his mother Ella Milman as Biden looks on after WSJ reporter landed back on US soil </p>
World

Evan Gershkovich and others freed welcomed back to US by Biden, Harris

<p>Pioneering White House chef Cristeta Comerford retires after almost three decades, and having served five presidents</p>
Americas

Pioneering White House chef steps down after serving five presidents

<p>Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was fatally beaten at a West Virginia prison in October 2018</p>
US Crime News

Inmate jailed over violent killing of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

US Crime News

Inmate jailed over violent killing of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

<p>Boston gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was fatally beaten at a West Virginia prison in October 2018</p>
<p>Here is how the DNC’s virtual roll call to nominate Harris works</p>
US politics

Here is how the DNC’s virtual roll call to nominate Harris works

<p>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump news: Latest updates on Donald Trump and JD Vance

<p>Joe Biden will headline the opening night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago after giving up his spot on the top of the party’s ticket</p>
US politics

Biden set to speak first at Chicago DNC after giving up top of ticket

<p>Iranian workers install a huge banner on a wall showing a portrait of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and the Dome of Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound of Jerusalem </p>
Middle East

Iran’s leader OKs strikes on Israel after Haniyeh’s death: reports

<p>Iranian workers install a huge banner on a wall showing a portrait of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and the Dome of Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound of Jerusalem </p>
Middle East

Iran’s leader OKs strikes on Israel after Haniyeh’s death: reports

<p>JD Vance has provided a foreword to a new book about the controversial Project 2025, which Donald Trump has previously tried to distance himself from </p>
US politics

Vance says it’s time to load the muskets in Project 2025 book foreword

<p>Lieutenant Colonel James Bryan Wright died after jumping off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in May, following an argument with his wife</p>
Americas

US veteran jumped off Caribbean cruise ship after fight with wife

<p>A newly resurfaced clip shows Trump’s current running mate JD Vance admitting that some of the former presiden’t supporter base is racist </p>
US politics

Resurfaced video shows JD Vance saying some of Trump’s base are racist

<p>Kamala Harris joins TikTok and mocks Donald Trump with a video collaboration with former NYSNYC member Lance Bass</p>
US politics

Harris joins TikTok and records ‘Bye Bye Bye’ video with Lance Bass

<p>Team USA has won its first gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the men’s 4x100 meter freestyle swim </p>
Olympics

Team USA brings home first gold of 2024 Paris Olympics

<p>Israeli police officers and firefighters work at the site of a rocket attack in Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights</p>
World

Netanyahu returns home early from US after 10 young Israelis killed

<p>Election 2024 Trump</p>
US politics

Trump says he will still hold outdoor rallies after shooting

<p>Kamala Harris’ campaign team have recently put out press releases with a more colloquial tone, one of which referred to Donald Trump as ‘old and quite weird’ </p>
US politics

‘Trump is old and quite weird’: Harris team trolls in press release

<p>Anthony Hopkins in ‘The Silence of the Lambs'</p>
US politics

Trump campaign reveals why he continues to reference Hannibal Lecter

<p>The New York Times issued a correction to one of its articles after inadvertently quoting a woman who was infamously jailed after she faked finding a finger in her Wendy’s chili, Anna Ayala </p>
Americas

NY Times quotes woman who faked finding a finger in her Wendy’s chili

<p>Marine David Dutch, 57, was injured during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania but has now been released from hospital </p>
US politics

Marine injured in Trump rally shooting is released from hospital

<p>Joe Biden sits behind his desk in the Oval Office and delivers remarks following his announcement he is leaving the 2024 presidential race </p>
US politics

Joe Biden’s full remarks from the White House

<p>Less than 30 minutes after getting offstage at a rally in North Carolina, Donald Trump railed against Joe Biden’s Oval Office address, describing it as ‘sooo bad!’ </p>
US politics

Trump slams Biden’s Oval Office address as ‘sooo bad!’

<p>Donald Trump ditched his previous calls for unity and declared he was ‘not going to be nice’ at his first campaign rally since Joe Biden’s announcement that he was dropping out of the presidential race </p>
US politics

Trump rants ‘he’s not going to be nice’ as he ditches unity calls

<p>Lawyers for Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger have argued his trial should be moved to another city in order to ensure a fair trial </p>
US Crime News

Bryan Kohberger lawyers request trial be moved to new city

<p>Disappointing 3-0 loss for team USA as they take on host nation France in the soccer </p>
Olympics

Return to Olympics ends in disappointing loss for US Men’s Soccer Team

<p>Donald Trump ditched his previous calls for unity and declared he was ‘not going to be nice’ at his first campaign rally since Joe Biden’s announcement that he was dropping out of the presidential race </p>
US politics

Trump rants ‘he’s not going to be nice’ as he ditches unity calls

<p>Lawyers for Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger have argued his trial should be moved to another city in order to ensure a fair trial </p>
US Crime News

Bryan Kohberger lawyers request trial be moved to new city

<p>Disappointing 3-0 loss for team USA as they take on host nation France in the soccer </p>
Olympics

Return to Olympics ends in disappointing loss for US Men’s Soccer Team

<p>Kamala Harris and Nikki Haley</p>
US politics

‘Haley Voters for Harris’ vow to fight on after cease-and-desist

<p>Kamala Harris has reportedly narrowed her choice for vice president down to two candidates </p>
US politics

Kamala Harris narrows down VP shortlist as two frontrunners emerge

<p>Secret Service officials have encouraged Donald Trump’s campaign to stop scheduling large-scale events such as rallies outdoors, following the attempted assassination of the former president</p>
US politics

Trump campaign warned over outdoor events after assassination attempt

<p>Majorie Taylor Greene’s latest bizarre conspiracy concerned Joe Biden’s call to the newly rebranded Harris campaign, in which he made a brief appearance over speaker-phone</p>
US politics

Taylor Greene pushes conspiracy about Biden’s call to Harris HQ

<p>What is the net worth of vice president Kamala Harris? </p>
US politics

What is Kamala Harris’ net worth?

<p>Donald Trump has committed to going head-to-head with Kamala Harris, following her announcement as the likely Democratic presidential nominee</p>
US politics

Donald Trump commits to debating Kamala Harris

<p>Less than 48 hours hours after Joe Biden made the shock announcement that he was ending his presidential reelection campaign, almost 400 million online users have flocked to view his official statement</p>
US politics

Almost 400 million check out Biden’s post announcing end of campaign

<p>A new poll by CBC News has found that almost 80 percent of Democratic voters are in favor of Kamala Harris taking over the party nomination from Joe Biden </p>
US politics

New poll finds overwhelming support for Harris among Democratic voters

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