Salam Zaatari, 2024-07-04 10:33 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The 2024 US presidential election is shaping up to be a high-stakes rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. As the campaigns intensify, the political landscape is fraught with challenges and uncertainties that could significantly influence the outcome. The recent presidential debate and mounting pressure on ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-04 10:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Joe Biden is "absolutely not" pulling out of the US presidential race, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, as pressure mounted following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump. Panic has gripped his Democratic Party in the wake of last week's TV debate, and internal rumblings about finding a replacement candidate before November's ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-03 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Joe Biden is to meet Democratic governors, Wednesday, to assuage growing anxiety over the viability of his candidacy following a disastrous debate performance. The White House said Biden will meet with Democratic governors on Wednesday evening, to reassure them of his competence as he faces growing pressure to withdraw his candidacy, following ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-01 12:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump enjoys some immunity from prosecution as a former president, a ruling that will likely delay his trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. The 6-3 decision split along ideological lines comes four months ahead of the election in which Trump is the Republican candidate to take on ...
2024-06-28 22:06 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Following the first face-off of the presidential campaign, where US President Joe Biden squared off against his predecessor Donald Trump, concerns have arisen about the Democratic president's performance in the White House and his ability to continue governing the country. These concerns have echoed in both American and international media, ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-28 09:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
President Joe Biden stumbled in the first presidential debate, against Donald Trump, on Thursday evening, fueling concerns over the presidents age. A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults. A bombastic Trump lashed ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-27 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off in a crucial US presidential debate on Thursday, as they vie for voter support in a tightly contested and deeply polarized 2024 election. Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate Thursday, with the stage set for what could be an inflection point in the 2024 race, as ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-26 13:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
NATO's 32 nations appointed, on Wednesday, outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the alliance's next head, handing him the job at a crucial moment with Russia on the march in Ukraine and US elections looming. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will hand over to Rutte on October 1. Major powers, led by the US, completed his nomination in ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-05 23:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticized the West's delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine, arguing Moscow could arm other countries with similar weapons to attack Western targets. The comment -- which Putin made at a rare press conference with foreign news outlets -- came after several Western countries including the United ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-04 11:31 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
American president Joe Biden blasted Donald Trump on Monday as a "convicted felon" who is seeking the US presidency for the first time in history, in a dramatic escalation of his attacks on his rival in November's election. Biden, 81, was using the description for the first time since Trump was convicted by a New York jury of covering up hush ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-31 20:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump lashed out in rambling, angry comments on Friday at his "sick" opponents and "fascists" after what he called a "very unfair" trial that made him the first former US president to become a convicted felon. The 77-year-old Republican, who is neck and neck with President Joe Biden in the 2024 White House race, confirmed he would ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-31 15:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
International reactions poured in on Friday after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business documents to conceal a hush money payment to a porn star, making him the first former US president to be convicted of a crime. On Friday, the Kremlin denounced the “elimination of political opponents” in the United States. “An ...