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    Joe Biden officially clinches Democratic presidential nomination

    Joe Biden Former vice-president crosses delegate threshold in latest round of primaries as he campaigns largely from home Joe Biden speaks about Donald Trump’s response to protests across the US, in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters Joe Biden has officially captured the Democratic presidential nomination, crossing the delegate threshold to represent the party in […] More

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    Joe Biden says '10-15%' of Americans 'are just not very good people'

    Democrat also said ‘vast majority of the people are decent’ in online town hall while Trump campaign used footage to attack Joe Biden speaks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earlier this week. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images Former vice-president Joe Biden has said “probably anywhere from 10% to 15%” of Americans “are just not very good people”. The […] More

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    Trump hankers for roar of the crowd while Biden takes campaign virtual

    US elections 2020 Despite the pandemic, the president can’t wait to get back packed rallies while his Democratic rival practices caution. Each thinks he has a winning strategy A screen grab of Joe Biden hosting an online event from his basement in Wilmington, Delaware. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Donald Trump wants to be nominated by […] More

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    Can Joe Biden convince protesters he would be a 'transformational' president?

    Can Joe Biden convince protesters he would be a ‘transformational’ president? ‘It’s not enough to just be better than Trump’ Democratic hopeful told amid anti-racist uprising sparked by killing of George Floyd Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, visits a site of the protest over the death of George Floyd, in Wilmington, Delaware, at […] More

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    Trump says Republicans ‘forced’ to seek new state to host national convention

    Donald Trump North Carolina governor refused to guarantee event could be held without size restrictions due to coronavirus pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump and Mike Pence at the Republican national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on 21 July 2016. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP Donald Trump said he will seek a […] More

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    Texas Democrats plan to create a voter registration army – via Zoom

    The fight to vote Texas The state’s restrictive voter registration laws have forced the party to seek imaginative solutions to swell the rolls A resident takes voter registration paperwork from Democratic party volunteers in Garland, Texas, on 18 January 2020, before the pandemic made in-person activities impossible. Photograph: LM Otero/AP Texas Democrats plan to use […] More

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    Steve King: Republican congressman known for racist rhetoric loses primary race in Iowa

    US elections 2020 Randy Feenstra unseats nine-term conservative, who was repeatedly reprimanded by party leaders for interactions with white nationalists Steve King in Washington in 2018. Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. The controversial Iowa Republican congressman Steve King has been ousted in Tuesday’s primary, losing his re-election race to the state senator Randy Feenstra. King had […] More