US Presidential Elections

2024 US Election Results: Trump Triumphs with 295 Electoral Votes

Soumia Benmerzoug, 07/11 15:51 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Donald Trump has been re-elected as President of the United States for a second term, returning to the White House nearly four years after leaving office in 2021. Trump, who first won the presidency in 2016, comfortably cleared the 270 Electoral College votes threshold required for victory. His Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala ...

US Presidential Election: Why Results May Not Be Known Tonight

This is Beirut, 05/11 19:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Americans are currently casting their votes to decide whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will be the next occupant of the White House. However, it's unlikely that the results will be revealed immediately, given the unpredictability surrounding the election.  Voting procedures and the high risk of contested results could extend the wait by ...

‘Nobody Cares About Us’: US Election Doubts in the West Bank

This is Beirut, 02/11 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As Palestinian-American entrepreneur Jamal Zaglul stood by his olive press at the end of harvest season in the occupied West Bank, his mind was far away on next week's US election. Like other US passport holders living in Turmus Aya -- where they form the majority -- he was sceptical the ballot would bring change to the region. "Here we have ...

Asian Markets Fall Ahead of US Elections

This is Beirut, 01/11 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Asian markets mostly fell Friday, tracking a global slide in stocks fuelled by tame tech earnings and investor jitters less than a week before neck-and-neck US elections. All three major US indices fell Thursday, with the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropping nearly three percent. Microsoft and Meta topped earnings estimates, but saw their ...

Ex-Trump Advisor Bannon Released from Prison Ahead of US Vote

This is Beirut, 29/10 15:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Steve Bannon, a prominent right-wing figure and former senior advisor to Donald Trump, was released from prison early Tuesday after spending nearly four months behind bars and just a week ahead of the US election. Bannon left a federal prison in Connecticut where he was serving time for a contempt of Congress conviction, several US media outlets ...

RFK Jr. Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Trump

This Is Beirut, 24/08 11:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scion of America's storied political clan, suspended his long-shot presidential bid on Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, injecting new uncertainty into the White House race. "I no longer believe that I have a realistic path of electoral victory," Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who was polling in ...

Kamala Harris Wins Nancy Pelosi's Support for Presidential Race

This Is Beirut, 22/07 20:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday won the crucial backing of Democratic heavyweight Nancy Pelosi to lead the party against Donald Trump in November after Joe Biden's stunning exit from the 2024 race. As the endorsements stacked up, the 59-year-old Harris made her first public appearance since Biden's announcement in a ceremony at the ...

Kamala Harris, Trailblazer Eying America's Last Glass Ceiling

This Is Beirut, 21/07 22:06 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the presidency. Now, she finds herself feted by Democrats as their best hope to stop Donald Trump's comeback. Despite blazing a trail as the first woman, Black and South Asian vice president in United States history, the 59-year-old Democrat long ...

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