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Once, Joe Biden was adamant. He would wait until after the November election to give his opponent a nickname: “Former president Donald Trump.” But as the smears from the president, his family and his campaign grew increasingly caustic, Biden responded with a moniker of his own. “I call him President Tweety,” Biden said this week. […] More
Wearing face mask, former vice-president takes break from two months of isolation Joe Biden arrives to pay his respects to fallen service members on Memorial Day at Delaware Memorial Bridge Veteran’s Memorial Park in Newcastle, Delaware. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images Joe Biden left his Delaware home to lay a wreath on Monday to mark Memorial […] More
Donald Trump has threatened to move the Republican party’s national convention from Charlotte, North Carolina, if the state is not able to commit to “full attendance” at the gathering despite Covid-19 restrictions. In a series of tweets on Monday morning. Trump said the state’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, was “still in Shutdown mood & unable […] More
US political financing The pandemic has led the presumptive Democratic nominee, like other politicians to take his high-dollar events online Joe Biden: as seen on TV. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock The coronavirus pandemic may have driven Joe Biden into his basement and forced his campaign online, but one crucial factor is still the same: his […] More
Why is Trump so restrained about the Biden sexual assault allegation? The president rarely misses a chance to sling mud but he has been uncharacteristically quiet about Tara Reade’s claim Donald Trump: ‘I’ve had many false accusations made, I can tell you that. Many. And maybe it is a false accusation. Frankly, I hope it […] More
A law in Florida requiring felons to pay legal fees as part of their sentences before regaining the vote is unconstitutional for those unable to pay, or unable to find out how much they owe, a federal judge has ruled. The 125-page ruling, issued by US district court Judge Robert Hinkle in Tallahassee on Sunday, […] More
Congresswoman offers glimpse of running mate role Opinion: Black Americans are in an abusive relationship US politics live – rolling report Val Demings, a Democratic representative from Florida among contenders to be Joe Biden’s presidential running mate, has castigated Donald Trump for having the “gall and nerve” to use a gaffe by Biden as a […] More
Donald Trump The president’s children and their partners play important roles in his re-election campaign, rallying his base and trashing opponents Why Donald Trump’s children are key to his re-election campaign Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr and Jared Kushner attend a Trump campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on 10 February. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP Photograph: […] More
