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Trump ally Bannon to report to prison to serve 4 mths on contempt charges

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon is scheduled to report to a federal prison in Connecticut on Monday to serve a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the US Capitol attack. A judge had allowed Bannon to stay free for nearly two years while he appealed, but ordered him to report to prison Monday after an appeals court panel upheld his contempt of Congress convictions. The Supreme Court rejected his last-minute appeal to stave off his sentence. A jury found Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress: one for refusing to sit for a deposition with the January 6 House Committee and a second for refusing to provide documents related to his involvement in the Republican ex-president's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Defence attorneys have argued the case raises issues that should be examined by the Supreme Court, including Bannon's previous lawyer's belief that the subpoena was ...

Republicans seeking to be Trump's VP were once his critics with differences

It's hard to refer to someone as Hitler and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become the person they choose to help lead the country. But Ohio Sen. JD Vance's shifting position on Donald Trump over the years from onetime critic of the former president to staunch ally is a metamorphosis shared by many of Trump's potential running mates. It's not unheard of for a running mate to move beyond past disagreements with a presidential candidate. Joe Biden had a notably barbed exchange with Kamala Harris in 2020 when both were seeking the Democratic nomination. Biden picked her to be his vice president anyway. But the shift is more striking for Trump's potential running mates, in some cases requiring them to abandon long-held policy positions and recant vehement criticism. Here's a look at some of those shifts: JD Vance In a 2016 interview with Charlie Rose while promoting his book Hillbilly Elegy, Vance called himself a Never Trump guy and said of the soon-to-be-preside

US elections: Biden allies reject calls for him dropping out of 2024 race

Joe Biden has not indicated that he plans to drop out of the race and, in fact, voiced just the opposite

48 hours to fix a 90-minute mess: Inside Biden camp's post-debate frenzy

The all-hands efforts, from Wilmington to Washington, showed the depths of the damage Mr. Biden did to his re-election campaign in a mere 90 minutes

Noise mounts for Biden to step down, he says here to stay and defeat Trump

Following a disastrous performance at the debate stage in Atlanta, there is a growing clamour within the ruling Democratic party and the mainstream American media for President Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race. However, the 81-year-old president and his campaign have asserted that he is not giving up and is determined to successfully run for the November 5th presidential elections. Biden is the nominee (of the Democratic party. No switching of the nominee, campaign leadership has asserted. Biden, the 46th president of the United States, has won the Democratic presidential primary. As of June 29, he had 3,894 delegates as against 1,975 delegates required to win the nomination of the party. These delegates would meet in Chicago from August 19 to 22 to formally nominate the winner of the primaries to run for the November 5 presidential elections. Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled and fumbled during the televised presidential debate with his ..

After debate debacle, Biden seeks to reassure anxious donors at fundraisers

Democratic donors, lawmakers and strategists were rattled by Biden's debate performance on Thursday, with some urging the president to consider stepping aside

For many voters, Biden-Trump debate means a tough choice just got tougher

The sound you might have heard after the presidential debate this past week was of voters falling between a rock and a hard place. Apart from the sizable and pumped-up universe of Donald Trump's supporters, the debate suddenly crystalized the worries of many Americans, a portion of President Joe Biden's supporters among them, that neither man is fit to lead the nation. Heading into the first debate of the general election campaign, voters had faced a choice between two strikingly unpopular candidates. They then watched as Trump told a stream of falsehoods with sharpness, vigor and conviction, while Biden struggled mightily to land debating points and even to get through many sentences. It added to doubts about the 81-year-old Democratic president's fitness to be in office for four more years. Now, the options are even more dispiriting for many Democrats, undecided voters and anti-Trump Republicans. More than a few people came away from watching the debate very conflicted. Outside a

Biden should withdraw from race to save American democracy, says US media

A day after Joe Biden's dismal showing at the first presidential debate against Donald Trump, leading US media outlets have commented that the incumbent US President should leave the race for the White House for the future of American democracy and prevent a second innings for his Republican rival. Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled and fumbled during the televised presidential debate with his predecessor Trump on Thursday night in Atlanta, setting off alarm bells among top Democrats about whether the 81-year-old president can stay atop the gruelling months ahead of the elections on November 5. The 78-year-old Trump, who is the presumptive Republican Party candidate for the presidential election, clashed right from the start with Biden and by the end of the 90 minutes debate, gave enough fodder for serious editorials and opinions as well as memes on social media. The New York Times Editorial Board on Friday went on to say how President Biden has repeatedly and

Here's what the Democrats need to do to replace Joe Biden as nominee

If Biden doesn't step aside, forcing him out would be a Herculean undertaking for Democrats

2024 Debate: Kamala Harris shines as a possible replacement for Biden

Tasked with the very hard job of spinning a disastrous debate performance and selling the Democratic brand, Harris met the moment

Ukrainian Prez Zelenskyy drafts 'comprehensive plan' to end war with Russia

Zelenskyy further said that there are no current negotiations between Ukraine and Russia

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

President Biden concedes missteps, vows to press on despite calls to quit

Trump attempted to harness momentum following the debate with his own rally in Virginia, ridiculing Biden's debate performance

Shares of Trump Media volatile after first US presidential debate, slip 10%

Trump Media fell more than 10% Friday after the first U.S. presidential debate, demonstrating another of the wild swings that have made its stock one of the more volatile on Wall Street. Shares in the owner of social networking site Truth Social jumped 5% at the opening bell and then sank through much of the day. The shares still finished the week with a gain of over 18%. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clashed Thursday evening on topics including abortion, immigration and the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Biden's performance was largely seen as uneven, particularly early on. He tried repeatedly to confront Trump, who countered Biden's criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection. In political futures markets, where investors can put money on the political fates of candidates, Biden's odds of remaining the Democratic party's nominee slid 29% after the debate. Citi analysts said

Prez Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy

President Joe Biden forcefully tried on Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. Biden's halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in the debate, fuelled concerns from even members of his own party that at age 81 he's not up for the task of leading the country for another four years. Even before the debate, Biden's age had been a liability with voters, and Thursday night's faceoff appeared to reinforce the public's deep-seated concerns before perhaps the largest audience he will garner before ballots are cast. Biden appeared to acknowledge the criticism during a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, saying I don't debate as well as I used to." But he added, I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done. Speaking for 18 minutes, Biden repeatedly appeared far more ...

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Three elections, three mistakes

Xenophobic populist right is set to take control of France, the US, and the UK - thanks to critical miscalculations by centre-left and centre-right leaders

Shares of Trump Media and Technology up after first presidential debate

Shares of Trump Media, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, jumped 5 per cent at the opening bell on Friday after the first US presidential debate, with some investors believing it could become a bigger mouthpiece for the former president if he is re-elected. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clashed on Thursday evening on topics including abortion, immigration and the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Biden's performance was largely seen as uneven, particularly early on. He tried repeatedly to confront Trump, who countered Biden's criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the January 6 insurrection. Citi analysts said on Friday there may be increased interest in Trump Media and Technology based on news headlines following the debate. Shares of Trump Media and Technology have been buffeted during Trump's run for president and swung wildly a day after Trump's conviction in his hush money trial

Would be an honour to be running mate of Donald Trump: Vivek Ramaswamy

Indian-American millionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who was once a rival of former president Donald Trump, has said though he has not been asked, he would be "honoured" to serve in the Trump administration as his running mate. Ramaswamy, however, made it clear that he has not been approached by the Trump Campaign. Ramaswamy, 38, dropped out of the 2024 Republican Party presidential race in January after a disappointing showing in the Iowa caucuses and endorsed Trump. Previously, some US media reported that Ramaswamy could be among the frontrunners. Virtually unknown before he announced his run for president, Ramaswamy rose to third place in national polls over the summer, amid a slew of appearances on cable news. While talking to reporters on Thursday on the sidelines of the Biden-Trump Presidential debate in Atlanta, the biotech entrepreneur said, "I think one of the things about Donald Trump, I have seen in him and that doesn't really come across on television is that he i

Biden's shaky debate has overseas allies steeling for Trump's return

Joe Biden's supporters had hoped the debate would erase worries that he was too old to serve, but several lawmakers, analysts and investors also said the event had given Trump a boost