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James Morrow is the Daily Telegraph’s National Affairs Editor. James also hosts The US Report, Fridays at 8.00pm and co-anchor of top-rating Sunday morning discussion program Outsiders with Rita Panahi and Rowan Dean on Sundays at 9.00am on Sky News Australia.

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TOPSHOT - (L-R) US Vice President Kamala Harris, US President Joe Biden, and former President Barack Obama arrive to deliver remarks on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Why Obama won’t back Biden’s replacement

Former president Barack Obama’s failure to endorse Joe Biden’s pick of Kamala Harris as his successor points to a long and complex relationship between the two men, experts say.

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US President Joe Biden speaks on economics during the Vote To Live Properity Summit at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP)

Worse than Watergate: Cover-up condemns search for Biden’s successor

How can Joe Biden continue as president if he can’t be a candidate in the US election? And how can we trust the White House and media that lied to us about his condition?, writes James Morrow.

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US Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance gives a thumbs up after finishing his remarks during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked Ohio US Senator J.D. Vance for running mate. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Democrats press Grandpa to hand over the car keys, Vance signals a new era

J.D. Vance, the Republicans’ nominee for vice-president, has delivered a speech that cemented his party’s realignment as the party of the working class, writes James Morrow.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - July 17, 2024: Employment and Workplace Relations Minister, Tony Burke holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Swift justice for CFMEU belies a deeply conflicted Labor

Watching Tony Burke bring the hammer down on the CFMEU, Australians must have been wondering why all this was necessary, writes James Morrow.

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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 15: (L-R) Tucker Carlson, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, and Republican Vice Presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) appear on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Vance brings youth, the Midwest, and insurance policy to Trump ticket

The Republican party has just secured first mover advantage in the race to engage the next generations of young Americans in politics, writes James Morrow.

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A participant of a Women's March in Helsinki holds up a poster depicting US President Donald Trump and German dictator Adolf Hitler on January 21, 2017, one day after the US president's inauguration. / AFP PHOTO / Lehtikuva / Jussi Nukari / Finland OUT

How Biden missed chance to take down temperature of US politics

Joe Biden’s White House address exposed a conundrum: The Democrats’ campaign relies on portraying Donald Trump as Hitler. They can’t do that if they mean what they say about toning down the rhetoric.

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Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. The suspected shooter who wounded Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally is dead, US media reported Saturday, along with one bystander. (Photo by Rebecca DROKE / AFP)

What the Trump shooting actually reveals

OPINION: After the former US president escaped an assassination attempt at a campaign rally, it has revealed the real danger to America.

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Independent Fowler MP Dai Le is developing her own Western Sydney Community party with nearby Fairfield mayor and local power broker Frank Carbone.

Why MP Dai Le fears our multicultural harmony is under threat

Vietnamese refugee and proudly patriotic Aussie Dai Le has voiced concerns that new political movements could be the downfall of multiculturalism in Australia. The Independent MP sits down for a High Steaks lunch with James Morrow.

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HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 07: U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden arrive back at Air Force One as they prepare to depart Harrisburg International Airport on July 07, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. President Biden held several campaign events in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Biden addressed a Black church service in northwest Philadelphia and attended an event with union members and local Democrats in Harrisburg. The president was joined by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (D-PA), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and other local leaders. The campaign events come as calls to end his re-election bid continue after an unfavorable debate performance. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Who is actually leading fight to keep Biden in power

As the calls for Joe Biden to stand down grow louder and louder, there is one voice that is working even harder to ensure the President stays in the race.

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First Lady is swiftly becoming the last resort

The First Lady is committing what increasingly looks to be an act of elder abuse in pushing her husband to stay in the presidential race — plus putting the security of the West in jeopardy, writes James Morrow.

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