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US election: Trump attacks Harris on abortion, an issue he rarely discusses

The former president focused on abortion in a winding speech in which he spent much of his energy attacking Harris and seeking to neutralise her strengths as a candidate

Democrats to virtually nominate Kamala Harris, her running mate by Aug 7

Democratic National Convention delegates can make Vice President Kamala Harris their presidential nominee and even start approving her yet-to be-named running mate in online voting beginning next week, as the party races to coalesce around a new top of its ticket heading into November. The convention's rules committee on Wednesday passed a proposal where delegates from around the country will be able to vote on potential presidential nominees to replace President Joe Biden, who abandoned his reelection bid last weekend. But Harris is the only major Democrat to announce publicly that she's seeking the nomination, meaning she'll almost-certainly be approved in a single round of virtual balloting beginning Aug. 1 some 18 days before the party's convention opens in Chicago. Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison referenced the unprecedented shakeup in the presidential race left by Biden's bowing out, telling a virtual meeting of the convention's rulemaking arm, In the ...

Democrats hope Harris' bluntness on abortion will translate to 2024 wins

President Joe Biden might not often use the word abortion when he talks about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but Vice President Kamala Harris sure does. She's also toured a Planned Parenthood clinic where the procedure is performed, and routinely links the fall of Roe to the larger issue of rising maternal mortality nationwide. Now that Harris is running for president in place of Biden, Democrats and advocates for reproductive rights are hoping that her bluntness on abortion coupled with the administration's policies will help sway voters to deliver them not just the White House but key congressional seats as well. The president on the record was fabulous and the campaign was turning out multiple repro-focused ads a week, and had an army of surrogates, said Mini Timmaraju, president of Reproductive Freedom for All. But, you know, nothing is more compelling than the top of the ticket being the most compelling on the issue, and that's what we have now. In her first official rally a

Trump likely to turn his focus on Harris at first rally since Biden's exit

Donald Trump is holding his first public campaign rally since President Joe Biden dropped out of a 2024 matchup that both major parties had spent months preparing for, leaving the former president to direct his ire toward his likely new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump is expected to turn his full focus on Harris as he stops Wednesday in North Carolina, a swing state that Trump has carried in the past, but Democrats have seen as pivotal. The former president's trip to the state shows he's still concerned about keeping it in his column this November, even as his team reaches for wins in traditionally Democratic-leaning states like Minnesota, where Trump is set to visit Saturday. With Biden's abrupt departure from the presidential race and Harris edging closer and closer to officially being the Democrats' general election pick, Trump has ramped up his criticism of the vice president, whom he's characterised as the same as Biden but much more radical. He has blamed her for

US election: Biden to address nation on decision to withdraw from race

US President Joe Biden will address the nation on Wednesday to explain to fellow Americans his decision to withdraw from the presidential race and endorse his deputy Kamala Harris to be the nominee of the Democratic Party for the November general elections. Biden, 81, returned to the White House on Tuesday afternoon after spending nearly a week at his Delaware residence, where he had self-isolated after he tested positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas. Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET (early Thursday morning local India time), I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, and how I will finish the job for the American people, Biden said on Tuesday. During his quarantine period, Biden sent political shockwaves around the country on Sunday with a post on social media announcing that he was not accepting the Democratic presidential nomination. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, as the Democratic Party's new nominee. The announcement came after

US election: Musk confirms giving 'some' donations to pro-Trump super PAC

In tweets on his X social media platform, Musk acknowledged that he had donated to America PAC, which focuses on get-out-the-vote efforts

US President Biden returns to White House after testing Covid negative

US President Joe Biden returned to the White House on Tuesday, after days of self-isolation at his Delaware House, with his doctors saying that his symptoms of COVID-19 have been resolved. I am feeling well, Biden said when asked how is he feeling. The president took a Binax rapid antigen test and is negative, Dr Kevin O'Connor, Physician to the White House said in a memorandum to the White House Press Secretary. Biden's symptoms have resolved, he said. He did not respond to shouted questions about why he dropped out of the race and whether his deputy Vice President Kamala Harris could beat the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. During his quarantine period, the 81-year-old President sent political shockwaves around the country on Sunday with a post on social media announcing that he was not accepting the Democrat nomination. He added that he would focus all his energies on his duties as president for the remainder of his term and offered his full support and endorseme

US officials fear Postal Service can't handle crush of mail-in ballots

State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won't be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election. Steven Carter, manager of election and government programs for the postal service, attempted to reassure the directors at a meeting in Minneapolis that the system's Office of Inspector General will publish an election mail report next week containing encouraging" performance numbers for this year so far. The data that that we're seeing showing improvements in the right direction," Carter told a conference of the National Association of State Election Directors. "And I think the OIG report is especially complimentary of how we're handling the election now. But state election directors stressed to Carter that they're still worried that too many ballots won't be delivered in time to be counted in November. They based their fears on past problems and a disruptive ...

US election: Democrats finalise plan to nominate Harris before convention

President Joe Biden threw his support behind the vice president shortly after announcing he would no longer seek the nomination despite winning 99 per cent of the pledged delegates

GOP attacks against Harris were already bad, they are about to get worse

Even as a candidate for vice president, Harris was the target of an intense barrage of conservative attacks that claimed, among other things, that she slept her way to political prominence

Biden's meeting with Netanyahu on track, despite dropping out: Official

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House this week as planned, despite Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, a person familiar with Biden's schedule said Sunday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly, said the exact timing of the meeting has not been established because Biden is recovering from COVID-19. Netanyahu is scheduled to deliver an address to Congress on Wednesday. He is also expected to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now seeking the Democratic Party's nomination. An official in Netanyahu's office confirmed that the Israeli leader was set to travel to Washington, as scheduled, on Monday. The official also spoke on condition of anonymity pending a formal announcement. Netanyahu is leaving behind a brutal war to make the politically precarious speech at a time of great uncertainty highlighted by Biden's decision Sunday not to seek ..

Homeland Security names independent panel to review Trump assassination bid

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday. The panel members will have extensive law enforcement and security experience to conduct a 45-day independent review of the planning for and actions taken by the US Secret Service and state and local authorities before, during, and after the rally, and the US Secret Service governing policies and procedures, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. The first people named to the panel are former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security adviser to President George W. Bush; Mark Filip, a former federal judge and deputy attorney general to President George W. Bush; and David Mitchell, former Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the state of Delaware. Additional experts could be asked to join the

Here's what might happen next as Biden passes baton to Kamala Harris

With President Joe Biden ending his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats now must navigate a shift that is unprecedented this late in an election year. Democrats are set to hold their convention in Chicago on August 19-22. What was supposed to be a coronation for Biden now becomes an open contest in which nearly 4,700 delegates will be responsible for picking a new standard-bearer to challenge Republican Donald Trump in the fall. The path ahead is neither easy nor obvious, even with Biden endorsing Harris. There are unanswered questions about logistics, money and political fallout. Can Biden redirect his delegates? Biden won every state primary and caucus earlier this year and only lost the territory of American Samoa. At least 3,896 delegates had been pledged to support him. Current party rules do not permit Biden to pass them to another candidate. Politically, though, his endorsement is likely to be influential. What could happen at the ...

Crooked Biden not fit to serve, says Trump; his son attacks Kamala Harris

Former president Donald Trump on Sunday reacted to Joe Biden ending his reelection bid, claiming the incumbent president is certainly not fit to serve. Biden announced that he was withdrawing from the race to be the next president, following mounting pressure from Democrats after a faltering debate performance against Republican candidate Trump last month. Biden has endorsed Kamala Harris, the current vice-president, to be the new Democratic nominee. Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve - And never was! He only attained the position of President by lies, Fake News, and not leaving his Basement. "All those around him, including his Doctor and the Media, knew that he wasn't capable of being President, and he wasn't, Trump posted on Truth Social. Trump, 78, added, We will suffer greatly because of his presidency, but we will remedy the damage he has done very quickly. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! In a phone call with CNN minutes after Bi

Biden's legacy: Accomplishments that didn't convert into political support

Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatized nation. The United States had endured a life-altering pandemic. There was a jarring burst of inflation and now global conflict with Russia invading Ukraine, as well as the persistent threat to democracy he felt Donald Trump posed. How could Biden possibly heal that collective trauma? "Be confident," he said emphatically in an interview with The Associated Press. "Be confident. Because I am confident." But in the ensuing two years, the confidence Biden hoped to instill steadily waned. And when the 81-year-old Democratic president showed his age in a disastrous debate in June against Trump, he lost the benefit of the doubt as well. That triggered a series of events that led him Sunday to step down as his party's nominee for the November's election. Democrats, who had been united in their resolve to prevent another Trump

Trump may weaken deterrence against China; posing risks for Taiwan: Experts

Trump will be facing President Joe Biden in November if Biden withstands pressure to step aside due to his age. However, their different foreign policies have significant implications for Taiwan

Pelosi delivers speech with notable absence Biden's future as nominee

In a state expected to help decide the presidency, House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi did little to quell speculation on President Joe Biden's path forward as the Democratic nominee to a room full of North Carolina Democrats on Saturday. Pelosi addressed more than 900 people at the North Carolina Democratic Party fundraiser in Raleigh an event billed as the annual Unity Dinner during a time of significant national discord over how the party will proceed in the 2024 presidential election. All eyes are on Democratic leaders like Pelosi, who colleagues say has her finger on the party's pulse, to get a glimpse of what Biden's future holds. The power she holds in the Democratic Party and in the direction the party takes was no better emphasized than in her introduction by U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C. When Nancy Pelosi speaks, everybody listens, Adams said. And with everybody listening, Pelosi gave a speech largely absent of mentions to Biden's presidential bid. Pelosi spent most of

What the hell have you done other than collect check: Vance slams Harris

Vance's remarks came after Kamala Harris earlier this week criticised him for saying he would not have certified the election results of 2020

US elections: Trump fans yell they want Biden, not Harris, as 2024 opponent

The president is huddling this weekend with top political aides as he plots a return to the campaign trail despite an onslaught of anxious pleas from fellow Democrats to step aside

Trump campaign releases letter on his treatment after assassination bid

Donald Trump's campaign released an update on the former president's health Saturday, one week after he survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The memo, from Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, who served as Trump's White House physician, offers new details on the nature of the GOP nominee's injuries and the treatment he received in the immediate aftermath of the attack. According to Jackson, Trump sustained a gunshot wound to the right ear from a high-powered riffle that came less than a quarter of an inch from entering his head, and struck the top of his right ear. The bullet track, he said, produced a 2 cm wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear. While the swelling has since resolved and the wound is beginning to granulate and heal properly, he said Trump is still experiencing intermittent bleeding, requiring the dressing that was on