After US top diplomat fails to secure Middle East Biden ceaseefire Biden calls Netanyahu over urgency for peace deal

After US top diplomat fails to secure Middle East Biden ceaseefire Biden calls Netanyahu over urgency for peace deal

The United States has ordered a guided missile submarine be deployed to the Middle East and ordered the Abraham Lincoln strike group to accelerate its deployment to the region to be on hand to bolster Israel’s defence.

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How Harris’ series of meetings with Obamas reshaped Democrat’s push against Trump

How Harris’ series of meetings with Obamas reshaped Democrat’s push against Trump

Democrats have coalesced around Harris as opinion polls swing in the party’s favour, but a month ago some were openly questioning whether she was the right choice to beat Republican candidate Donald Trump when President Joe Biden was forced out of the race after a halting debate performance.

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US Vice President Harris clinches Democratic party ticket, to face Trump in November poll

US Vice President Harris clinches Democratic party ticket, to face Trump in November poll

Harris’ nomination became official after a five-day round of online balloting by Democratic National Convention delegates ended on Monday night, with the party saying in a statement released just before midnight that 99 per cent of delegates casting ballots had done so for Harris. The party had long contemplated the early virtual roll call to ensure Biden would appear on the ballot in every state.

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Why Vice President Kamala Harris is using Beyoncé’s ‘Freedom’ as her campaign song

Why Vice President Kamala Harris is using Beyoncé’s ‘Freedom’ as her campaign song

The Biden-Harris creative team wrote the script for Harris’ video on Tuesday, based on her speech at campaign headquarters on Monday. Harris recorded the voiceover while on the road in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon.

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VP Kamala Harris is sure to win Democratic ticket, but her mother’s native India is cautious about her prospects

VP Kamala Harris is sure to win Democratic ticket, but her mother’s native India is cautious about her prospects

When Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president in the US, residents in her maternal family’s ancestral village in southern India watched in real time, setting off fireworks, holding up portraits of her and wishing her a long life. But, four years later, as she works to become the...

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Accused and convicted for molesting women, VP Kamala Harris will be an extra-ordinary rival to Trump

Accused and convicted for molesting women, VP Kamala Harris will be an extra-ordinary rival to Trump

Donald Trump’s campaign has signalled it will tie her as tightly as possible to Biden’s immigration policy, which Republicans say is to blame for a sharp increase in the numbers of people crossing the southern border with Mexico illegally.

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Ageism becomes focal point in US presidential election as septuagenarians fortify Biden’s White House race

Ageism becomes focal point in US presidential election as septuagenarians fortify Biden’s White House race

Polls have shown older Americans are more likely than younger people to have a favourable view of Biden and are less likely to say he should withdraw to allow another candidate. But even among older people, Biden faces steep scepticism.

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Defiant Biden now said to be seriously considering pulling out of US presidential race

Defiant Biden now said to be seriously considering pulling out of US presidential race

Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado said he believed that Biden was working toward a decision on whether to stay in the presidential race and would opt for what is good for the country.

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Influential Democrats step up pressure on President Biden to quite re-election race

Influential Democrats step up pressure on President Biden to quite re-election race

President Joe Biden has repeatedly rejected calls from Democrats to drop out of the race after his halting performance in a debate last month against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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From comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler, JD Vance to become Republicans’ his loudest ‘Trumpet’  

From comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler, JD Vance to become Republicans’ his loudest ‘Trumpet’  

Vance, a graduate of Yale Law School and a former venture capitalist, is now well positioned to help mould Trump’s often scattershot vision into something coherent for the future, he said.

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