Cheney joins Harris campaign
The Democrat presidential nominee campaigns with the former Republican congresswoman at the GOP’s birthplace.
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Melania Trump declares her support for abortion access
Former first lady Melania Trump signaled her support for abortion access, a topic that has vexed her husband’s presidential campaign, in a video promoting her upcoming memoir.
Trump dilemma: US election jitters rattle Taiwan
This democracy of 24 million is worried a Donald Trump victory may upend its long-held assumption that the US military will help defend it against any attack by China.
Trump ‘resorted to crimes, used deceit’ to stay in White House
Former president Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost and knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud, court documents claim.
Just one small event can decide election
Butterflies get a vote in the 2024 US presidential election. In a race this close, small events in key states could decide the outcome.
‘Politics aside’: Biden visits disaster zone
The US President and his deputy see the destruction first-hand as thousands of federal responders joined all-out efforts to rescue residents and care for millions in the disaster.
Snap polls give debate to Vance
The Republican and Democrat vice-presidential candidates clashed in their one and only scheduled debate in New York City, in a contest that pundits and punters gave to JD Vance by a narrow margin.
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Republican tyro won because he looked the presidential goods
Both men came across as nice guys. But JD Vance has emerged as a key player in American politics. Above all, in this debate he looked presidential.
A slick JD Vance bests an anxious, flustered Tim Walz
In what was a relatively civil debate, the Republican senator bested the second term Minnesota governor, who marred his presentation with frenzied note-taking and meandering answers.
US election contest bitter, desperately close and result bound to be disputed
Despite the polls being maddening in their cross-grained complexity, they all indicate the contest for the Oval Office is exceptionally tight. With everything still in play and everything counting, this is how it could go.
Buckle up, this is going to be a close one
Polls point to an incredibly narrow race but they badly underestimated Donald Trump’s white working-class support in 2016.
Seeking high office? Don’t fall for the celebrity trap
As usual, politicians are a step behind voters who see celebrities and their endorsements as good reasons to vote the other way. But sometimes those pesky celebs cause more trouble than their endorsements are worth.
After rocky start, JD Vance finds role as Trump’s ‘policy attack dog’
The Republican vice-presidential contender, by not giving an inch, is embracing his role as a loyalist to the former president.
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Vance and Walz face off: Major moments from the vice-presidential debate
‘National gaslighting’: Kamala Harris trying to reframe herself as a ‘border hawk’
Trump pledges to ‘take’ jobs and factories from allies, China
Kamala Harris widens lead against Donald Trump in new poll
Donald Trump claims he will end the war in Ukraine if elected
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IDF announces death of head of Hamas government in Gaza Strip
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Walz pushes Harris’s ‘joy,’ Vance speaks for ‘rights for all’ in civil debate
Wrapping up the debate, Tim Walz pushed Kamala Harris’s ‘coalition of joy’ while JD Vance spoke of his vision of basic rights for rich and poor Americans in a debate where they refrained from personal attacks.
Coalition of the ‘weird’ mobilises for Trump
The British movie star and the Canadian intellectual stood before the crowd, urging them to vote for Donald Trump to keep America weird.
Hurricane Helene toll could hit 600: US homeland security chief
As many as 600 people are feared dead as a result of Hurricane Helene, with the response to the disaster fuelling a political brawl.
‘Nervous’ Tim Walz under pressure amid fresh lying accusations
The Democrat vice-presidential candidate faced fresh accusations of lying amid a congressional inquiry into his allegedly close ties to the CCP just one day before his first and only scheduled debate with his opponent Republican JD Vance.
How Vance and Walz will try to win the debate
The two vice-presidential hopefuls will clash on stage Tuesday night in New York.
IDF: Hezbollah ‘turned villages into military bases’ for October 7-style attack
An IDF spokesman says Hezbollah planned to invade Israel and use Lebanese towns as ‘staging grounds for an October 7-style invasion’. Hezbollah says it has fired missiles at a military base and Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Running mates face each other in debate that may tip poll
The two contenders to be US vice-president will present voters with competing versions of Midwest values when they face each other on Tuesday.
JD Vance and the ‘new right’ spark Washington policy war
Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee has become the unexpected figurehead of a new conservative movement calling itself the ‘New Right,’ that seeks to rewrite Republican policy.
Trump blasts ‘mentally impaired’ Harris in fiery speech
Donald Trump ramped up the insulting rhetoric against Kamala Harris after US officials revealed over 13,000 convicted murderers were at large in the US after illegally crossing the Mexico border.
Trump plots massive shake-up of US Justice Department
Trump is determined to replace career employees with loyalists, by ordering probes into those who prosecuted him and enlisting the agency on the conservative side of the culture wars.
’Quieter welcome’: Zelensky’s lesson in US realpolitik
The president of Ukraine tried to patch a rift with Republicans by meeting the party’s nominee after attending a Democratic Party event in Pennsylvania.
Iranian hackers charged with breach of Trump campaign records
Indictment alleges members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard obtained election team’s emails and tried to leak them to the news media.
Melania’s back, like she’d never been away
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Harris puts government intervention at heart of economic policy
Kamala Harris has pledged to use the might of the government to support domestic manufacturing and help the US beat China in the industries of the future.
Mayor facing criminal charges
Eric Adams, a former police officer, has become the first sitting New York mayor to face criminal charges related to corruption.
Kamala’s chances? This Joe is not quite so sure
Former ambassador to the US Joe Hockey says Kamala Harris faces significant hurdles, as he also offers to assist Labor in working with Donald Trump should the former president win.
Joe’s plan looms as kiss of death to Kamala
How Biden keeps helping Trump: The president plans to annoy voters by touring the nation to tout his record.
Harris attacks ‘biggest loser’ Trump on US economy
In a speech on the economy and in her first major solo interview, Kamala Harris warned Donald Trump’s plans to bring back huge tariffs on foreign imports would hurt middle class Americans in their wallets.
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