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The Economist found that the Republican reduced the vice president's lead by 5 points in just one week, although fallout from Puerto Rico comments is expected

The news organization said that while Harris may be "underwhelming" a Trump presidency would be more dangerous for America.

Move signals change of policy that was causing health groups to withdraw from conferences and disquiet within media brand

Paid-for editorial content and event sponsorship at Economist Impact division is fuelling a growing backlash

Poll data shows that Kamala Harris now leads Donald Trump in the US presidential election campaign. She has an average vote intention score of 48.2%, compared with Trump’s 45.8%, according to FiveThirtyEight, a website that looks at a range of polls.

Exclusive: Experts pull out of health conferences run by Economist Impact after revelations of commercial links

Exclusive: Speakers and attendees pull out of Economist Impact event over ties to Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco

The poll by The Economist and YouGov also showed the vice-president has a 13-point lead over the ex-president among women

Imagine, for a moment, becoming haunted by the shadow of a salad vegetable. Not an exciting salad vegetable, like a radish, or even a suggestive salad vegetable, like a courgette. Just a plain old common-or-garden lettuce. Since her historic 49-day tenure as prime minister, Liz Truss’s comparative lettuce has refused…