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Tim Walz becomes running mate alongside Kamala Harris

By Rachel Mohamed The Democratic Party’s Vice President Kamala Harris is running for the presidency against the duo of Former President of the Republican Party Donald Trump and United States Senator J.D. Vance. Harris has recently picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announcing him as the second-in-command vice president for the upcoming US elections in November. The nominees were out in full swing in Philadelphia for its first rally campaigning under […]

8 August 2024

International News

Biden says Trump refusal to concede ‘an embarrassment’

President-elect Joe Biden, addressing the country on Tuesday, said Trump’s failure to acknowledge his victory and concede “does not change the dynamic” of his transition planning, but called it “an embarrassment” that will “not help the president’s legacy”. He added that Trump instructing agencies to block his transition is “not of much consequence”, but added that federal funds he will receive when his victory is recognised by the General Services […]

11 November 2020

International News

US President-elect Joe Biden declares it ’time to heal’ a deeply divided America

President-elect Joe Biden declared it was "time to heal" a deeply divided America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede and pressed ahead with legal fights against the outcome. Biden's victory in the battleground state of Pennsylvania put him over the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes he needed to clinch the presidency, ending four days of […]

8 November 2020

International News

Michigan Muslim Americans rally around Sanders on primary eve

Inside the city clerk's office here, college student Mohammed Harb filled out a voter registration form. He will be voting for the first time in Michigan after moving from Florida, and plans to vote for Bernie Sanders in Tuesday's Democratic primary. "It's mostly the socialism aspect of it, how we're all a collective group in America and not one person on his own," he explained. "He really connects with the […]

10 March 2020

International News

Clinton blames herself for election loss

Hillary Clinton has said that she is taking responsibility for her 2016 election loss but believes misogyny, Russian interference and questionable decisions by the FBI influenced the outcome. The former Democratic presidential nominee offered extensive comments about the election during the Women for Women International's annual luncheon in New York on Tuesday. She said she has been going through the "painful" process of reliving the 2016 contest while writing a […]

3 May 2017

International News

Russia ‘intervened to promote Trump’: US intelligence

US intelligence agencies believe Russia acted covertly to boost Donald Trump in the election race, US officials have told leading newspapers. A report in the New York Times says the agencies had "high confidence" about Russian involvement in hacking. A CIA assessment reported by the Washington Post made similar findings. But Mr Trump's team dismissed the CIA line, saying: "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass […]

10 December 2016

International News

‘Congratulations’ vs ‘shock’: Politicians react to US election results

Politicians all over the world are reacting as Donald Trump has become president-elect of the United States. Some are congratulating him, while others are in shock. Russian President Vladimir Putin has become one of the first global leaders to congratulate Trump with the victory, expressing hope that the two countries will continue collaborative work on international issues. Japan's Prime Minister Abe congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the presidential […]

9 November 2016

International News

Trump wins the White House in upset

In a forceful rebuke of the American political establishment, Donald J. Trump on Tuesday was elected the 45th president of the United States. His improbable win followed one of the most wildly unpredictable and bitter campaigns in the nation's history. Trump, the billionaire real estate developer and reality TV star, defeated former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton in a stunning upset, running the table in battleground states across the […]

9 November 2016

US elections

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