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Biden to Address US and Explain Decision to Drop Out

US President Joe Biden will give what could be his final Oval Office speech on Wednesday to explain why he dropped out of November's election and deny that he will spend six months as a lame duck. With the world's eyes already on a looming clash between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Biden will insist in his address to the nation ...

Trump Files Complaint Over Harris Using Biden's Election Funds

Republican candidate Donald Trump's campaign has filed a complaint on Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission over Vice President Kamala Harris' use of campaign funds raised by Joe Biden. President Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday, following a disastrous debate performance and growing dissent within the Democratic Party over his ...

US Secret Service Director Resigns After Trump Assassination Attempt

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday, a day after acknowledging that the agency failed in its mission to prevent an assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle was facing bipartisan calls to step down after a 20-year-old gunman wounded the former Republican president and current White House candidate at a July ...

Kamala Harris Launches Her Campaign, Targets Trump

US Vice President Kamala Harris launched her election campaign Monday with a blistering personal attack on Donald Trump and vowed to win in November despite the "rollercoaster" of President Joe Biden's shock exit. As she closed in on the Democratic Party's nomination with the support of a slew of heavyweights and massive voter donations, Harris ...

Kamala Harris Wins Nancy Pelosi's Support for Presidential Race

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 ...

US Secret Service 'Failed' in Mission to Protect Trump

United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle acknowledged on Monday that the agency "failed" in its mission to prevent the assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump. "The Secret Service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders," Cheatle said during testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and ...

Biden Drops Out of Election Race, Endorses Kamala Harris

Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House. The 81-year-old Biden stepped aside after weeks of pressure from Democrats following a disastrous debate performance, throwing the ...

Trump Speaks to Zelensky, Pledges to End Ukraine War

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he had spoken by telephone with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky, and pledged to end the European country's war with Russia. "I appreciate President Zelensky for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has ...

Trump predicts an "incredible victory" in November

Donald Trump predicted an "incredible victory" Thursday in accepting the Republican presidential nomination from a party euphoric over his escape from assassination and buoyed by the apparent implosion of Joe Biden's reelection campaign. "We will have an incredible victory, and we will begin the four greatest years in the history of our ...

Vance Shares Personal History, Lauds US Workers During Speech

Senator J.D. Vance, chosen by Donald Trump to support his campaign, called on Wednesday for America to “choose a new path” that puts workers at its center, during his keynote speech at the Republican convention in Milwaukee. Donald Trump's vice presidential pick J.D. Vance lit up the Republican National Convention Wednesday with a speech ...

US Presidency: Is the Outcome Predetermined?

In the wake of the presidential debate between US President Joe Biden and his rival, former President Donald Trump, Biden's lackluster (if not catastrophic, as leading commentators and political analysts have described) performance has fueled expectations that Trump may achieve a decisive victory. Biden's frequent gaffes and almost daily slips of ...

Iran Rejects Claim it Was Behind Trump Shooting

Iran on Wednesday rejected accusations by US media implicating it in a plot to kill former US president Donald Trump. CNN reported Tuesday that US authorities received intelligence from a "human source" weeks ago on an alleged Iranian plot against the former president, prompting his protection to be boosted. Other US outlets also reported the ...