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Trump slams Google over claims it was censoring news related to him

Former US president Donald Trump has lashed out at Google over reports that was censoring news and photos of the Republican presidential candidate. "Google has been very bad. They've been very irresponsible and I have a feeling that Google is going to be close to shut down because I don't think Congress is going to take it. I really don't think so. Google has to be careful," Trump told Fox News in an interview. Early this week, Trump alleged that it was virtually impossible to find pictures or anything about the failed assassination bid on him on July 13 on Google. Google, however, denied those allegations. Over the past few days, some people on X have posted claims that search is censoring' or banning' particular terms. That's not happening, and we want to set the record straight. The posts relate to our Autocomplete feature, which predicts queries to save you time. Autocomplete, it said in a social media post. Google said autocomplete wasn't providing predictions for queries abou

In taking on Trump, Kamala Harris vows to draw on her prosecutorial skills

Harris, 59, outlined a series of policies she promised to pursue including signing laws to protect abortion rights and ban assault rifles

Backed by president Biden, Harris scrambles to cement her White House bid

The United States has yet to elect a woman president in its 248-year history

Biden's exit from race puts Trump trade in doubt as election gets re-set

The basics of the Trump trade have taken the form of support for rising US bond yields, gains in bank, health and energy stocks as well as Bitcoin and a stronger dollar

Secret Service head to answer on Trump's security after assassination bid

Critics have dubbed the shooting a catastrophic failure for the Secret Service, the primary agency assigned to protect US political leaders and their families

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Blinken highlights support for Ukraine in case US backs away under Trump

Ukraine is on its way to being able to "stand on its own feet" militarily, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, noting that more than 20 other countries have pledged to maintain their own military and financial aid to the country even if the US were to withdraw its support under a different president. Blinken for the first time directly addressed the possibility that former President Donald Trump could win the November election and back away from commitments to Ukraine. The US, under President Joe Biden, has been the most important supporter of Ukraine's more than two-year battle against invading Russian forces. Trump's public comments have varied between criticizing U.S. backing for Ukraine's defense and supporting it, while his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, has been a leader of Republican efforts to block what have been billions in US military and financial assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in 2022. Concerns among Ukraine and its supporters that the country could lo

Donald Trump picks JD Vance, once a critic, as his GOP running mate

Donald Trump named Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, choosing a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America's political leaders. After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network. The 39-year-old Vance rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. He was elected to the Senate in 2022 and has become one of the staunchest champions of the former president's Make America Great Again agenda, particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration. But he is largely untested in national politics and is joining the Trump ticket at an extraordinary moment. An attempted assassinati

Vance's criticism of clean energy, climate change grew as Ohio embraced it

Critics say Vance would be a relentless booster of oil and gas at the expense of emission-free energy if he's elected vice president

Global markets ramp up 'Trump Trade' after attempted assassination

Equity investors are preparing for at least a near-term jump in volatility when S&P 500 futures start trading at 6 pm in New York

US elections: More Democrats want Prez Biden to step aside as WH nominee

The fallout from Biden's June 27 showing against Trump continues to reverberate

Trump's lawyers seek to freeze classified docs case citing immunity ruling

Donald Trump asked a federal judge Friday to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling this week that said former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution. Trump's lawyers told US District Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution should be put on pause until she resolves pending defense motions that assert that Trump is immune from criminal charges in the case and that special counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in a 6-3 opinion Monday that presidents enjoy absolute immunity from prosecution for actions involving their core constitutional powers and are presumptively immune for all other official acts. In a separate concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that Smith's appointment was invalid because there is no law establishing the office of the special counsel. The request Friday underscores the potentially far-reaching implications of the high court's ...

Biden casts debate as 'bad episode,' says, not sign of serious problem

Asked if he had watched his debate performance, which alarmed Democratic allies, Biden said he didn't think he had

Trump's lawyers seek to set aside New York verdict hours after SC ruling

Donald Trump's lawyers on Monday asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing scheduled for later this month. The letter to Judge Juan M Merchan cited the US Supreme Court's ruling earlier Monday and asked the judge to delay Trump's sentencing while he weighs the high court's decision and how it could influence the New York case, the people said. The people could not discuss details of the letter before it was made public and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution. Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records, arising from what prosecutors said was an attempt to cover up a hush money payment just before the 2016 presidential election. Merchan instituted a policy in the run-up to the trial requiring both sides to send him a one-page letter summarising their argume

Prominent US lawmakers assure Hindus against discrimination, Hinduphobia

Prominent American lawmakers have pledged their support to Indian Americans to fight against increasing Hinduphobia and discrimination against the minority Hindu community in the US. Organised by the Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA), the 3rd National Hindu Advocacy Day attracted several Hindu students, researchers, and community leaders on June 28 to discuss the concerns faced by the Hindus living in the US. "We are here, and we are fighting," Congressman Shri Thanedar said in his address at the day-long advocacy here. "The voice you all have, the voice the Hindu community has in Congress," said Thanedar, a Democrat, who has introduced House Resolution 1131 (H.Res 1131), which condemns Hinduphobia and attacks on temples, while celebrating the contribution of the Hindu American community. He said that he would not tolerate Hinduphobia, discrimination, or other forms of hate. Congressman Rich McCormick welcomed the continued and growing engagement of the Hindu American

Trump's references to 'Black jobs', 'Hispanic jobs' stir Democratic anger

Donald Trump warned during his debate with Joe Biden and again at a Friday rally that migrants were taking Black jobs and Hispanic jobs from Americans, angering critics who called it a racist and insulting attempt to expand his appeal beyond his white conservative base. While President Joe Biden's halting debate performance on Thursday night stirred widespread concerns among fellow Democrats about his readiness, Trump also repeatedly made false claims and repeated conspiracy theories that he's long promoted during his campaign. Trump suggested without evidence that Democrats want migrants to displace Americans as voters, and he described the state of the nation under Biden as worse than during the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump has often downplayed the racist overtones of the march, once saying there were fine people on both sides." Trump's depiction of a country on the brink, under siege from unfettered migration and beset by racial strife and econom

China 'killing us as a country' under Biden administration, says Trump

Trump brushed aside claims his policies would raise US inflation, and cause pain for American consumers

Trump reviews plan to halt US aid to Ukraine unless it negotiates peace

Putin said this month that the war could end if Ukraine agreed to drop its ambitions to join Nato and hand over four eastern and southern provinces claimed by Russia

Federal prosecutor clashes with judge over restricting Trump's speech

A federal prosecutor in the classified documents case of Donald Trump clashed with the judge Monday as the judge was questioning a request to bar the former president from threatening comments about law enforcement agents involved in the investigation. Special counsel Jack Smith's team is seeking to make as a condition of Trump's freedom pending trial a prohibition on remarks that could endanger agents participating in the case. Prosecutors say those restrictions are necessary after Trump falsely claimed last month that the FBI was prepared to kill him when it searched his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, for classified documents two years ago. But prosecutor David Harbach, a member of Smith's team, encountered immediate pushback from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, whose handling of the case has generated intense scrutiny. The judge questioned Harbach about how she could fashion an order that did not run afoul of Trump's First Amendment rights and whether prosecuto

US should sever ties with China, restart nuclear tests: Trump's ex-NSA

There's no guarantee Trump would adhere to the policy proposals on China that O'Brien has laid out