US Politics
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Former President Donald Trump went on the offensive Friday night in Montana against Vice President Kamala Harris, calling out her lack of interviews since being elevated to the top of the Democrat ticket following President Joe Biden’s decision to not seek reelection. “Since becoming a presidential candidate, she has refused to do a single interview,”…
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Less than a day after her first speech as the presumptive Democratic nominee, a deepfake depicting the US vice president as a sex worker have begun circulating online. The Internet is already creating deepfakes of US Vice President Kamala Harris, less than 24 hours after her first campaign trail speech for the Democrats’ presidential nomination. …
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The Trump campaign on Sunday blasted a CBS News/YouGov poll, saying it manipulated its latest poll to inflate results that help Vice President Kamala Harris. Poll results announced earlier Sunday showed former President Donald Trump and Harris, who are expected to oppose each other in the November election, are tied in key battleground states. However, the…
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In a speech delivered from the Oval Office on Wednesday night, President Biden said his decision to exit the 2024 presidential race was motivated by a desire to protect the country from the consequences of a Trump victory in November. “I revere this office, but I love my country more,” Biden said. “It has been…
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Russia’s foreign minister has welcomed Donald Trump’s choice of running mate, JD Vance. Sergei Lavrov said Kyiv’s allies “need to stop pumping Ukraine full of weapons and then the war will end”. Mr Vance fiercely opposes aid to Ukraine and has expressed doubt that the war is a major national security concern for the US. “I…
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Donald Trump supporters have started wearing nappies. They also have a new slogan: Real Men Wear Diapers. The peculiar new craze began after Mr Trump was described as “Von ShitzInPantz”. Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, said in a post on X last month: “Hey Von ShitzInPantz…your attacks of me stink of desperation. We are all…
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Republican Speaker Mike Johnson showed political courage that is rare in Washington and notable legislative skill for an inexperienced leader in forcing a long-delayed $60 billion aid bill for Ukraine through the House of Representatives on Saturday. Johnson put his own job in extreme peril to stand up for a democratic nation victimized by an unprovoked invasion by Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and…
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Former President Donald Trump wasted little time pivoting to the next big question before the U.S. Supreme Court, sending a message that he expects the nation’s high court to also agree with him that presidents require “total immunity.” Trump made the comments from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday. After praising the court for…
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The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Friday, all but ensuring Trump’s acquittal in just the third trial to threaten a president’s removal in U.S. history. But senators pushed off final voting on his fate to next Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. The delay in timing…
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On the eve of the vote, Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to all 232 Democratic members of the House, urging them to defend the Constitution. “Very sadly, the facts have made clear that the President abused his power for his own personal, political benefit and that he obstructed Congress as he demanded that he is…
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Attorney General William Barr plans to issue in a matter of weeks a public version of the special counsel’s report that found President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign team did not conspire with Russia, as Trump prepared to use the findings against his political opponents. Image: Robert Mueller Democrats attempted to change the subject to…
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White House Communications Director Bill Shine has resigned as Donald Trump’s top White House communications aide and will move to work on the U.S. president’s 2020 re-election campaign, the White House said on Friday. Shine, a former Fox News executive, resigned on Thursday and will serve as a senior campaign adviser ahead of the 2020…
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