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Former US President Trump to skip GOP presidential primary debates

Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday's first Republican presidential primary debate and others as well. The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had, Trump wrote on his social media site. "I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!" His spokesman did not immediately clarify whether he plans to boycott every primary debate or just those that have currently been scheduled. The former president and early GOP frontrunner had said for months that he saw little upside in joining his GOP rivals on stage when they gather for the first time in Milwaukee Wednesday, given his commanding lead in the race. And he had made clear to those he had spoken to in recent days that his opinion had not changed. Why would I allow people at 1 or 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night? he said in an interview in June with Fox News host Bret Baier, who will be serving as a moderator. Trump has also repeatedly criticized Fox, the ...

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Not interested…: Vivek Ramaswamy denies interest for Vice President slot

Ramaswamy said he would turn down an offer of the vice presidency if he doesn't win the GOP presidential nomination for 2024

Biden silent on decision to name special counsel in Hunter Biden probe

President Joe Biden is keeping mum about Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to name a special counsel in the investigation of his son Hunter Biden. Speaking at a news conference Friday at the conclusion of his Camp David summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Biden demurred when asked about the latest twist in his son's legal issues. The comments were Biden's first on the matter since Garland announced last week he was naming a special counsel into the probe of Hunter Biden's financial dealings. I have no comment on any investigation that's going on, said Biden. That's up to the Justice Department and that's all I have to say. Garland noted the extraordinary circumstances of the matter when he named David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who had already been probing Hunter Biden's financial dealings, as special counsel after a plea deal over tax evasion and a gun charge collapsed last month. The sudden turn of events

How Vivek Ramaswamy is pushing delicately to win over Trump supporters

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy was more than 40 minutes into a town hall in rural Iowa when a woman in the crowd posed a pointed question. Or perhaps it was a suggestion. I know you want to be president," she said. "But would you consider being Trump's vice president? The query drew light laughter from attendees and a lengthy response from Ramaswamy. (The short answer: No.) It also highlighted the central challenge facing the wealthy entrepreneur, who has risen from little-known newcomer to as high as third in some Republican primary polls since joining the race nearly six months ago. While voters are increasingly interested in Ramaswamy, it's former President Donald Trump who continues to be many conservatives' favorite. With the first Republican primary debate in just over a week and the leadoff Iowa caucus five months away, he is delicately working to convince more voters that he could be their nominee and as much as he says he respects Trump would be a better

Indian-American engineer Hirsh Vardhan Singh enters race for 2024 US polls

The former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are the other two Indian-Americans seeking for the Republican candidature for the 2024 US presidential election

DeSantis starts presidential campaign in Iowa, steps up criticism of Trump

Ron DeSantis plans to kick off his presidential campaign in Iowa on Tuesday, the start of a busy week that will take him to 12 cities in three states as he tests his pitch as the most formidable Republican challenger to former President Donald Trump. The Florida governor's two-day trip to the leadoff caucus state starting at a suburban Des Moines megachurch and ending at a Cedar Rapids racetrack comes after a stumbling online announcement last week that formalised his long-anticipated entry into the growing Republican field. It will be followed by stops in early primary states New Hampshire and South Carolina. DeSantis' scheduled Tuesday evening stop at Eternity Church in Clive is a conspicuous nod to the evangelical Christians who wield outsize influence in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses. His visit will give voters an opportunity to meet the new candidate just as he has been stepping up his criticism of Trump. He's got a big hill to climb and I think everybody would agr

Any indictments in Trump election investigation would likely come in August

The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia seems to be suggesting that any grand jury indictments in the case would likely come in August. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis sent a letter Thursday sent a letter to county Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville indicating that she plans to have much of her staff work remotely for most days during the first three weeks of August and asking that judges not schedule trials and in-person hearings during part of that time. Copied in on the letter are 20 other county officials, including Sheriff Pat Labat, the court clerk and top leaders. Thank you for your consideration and assistance in keeping the Fulton County Judicial Complex safe during this time, Willis wrote in the letter, first reported by The New York Times. Willis last month wrote local law enforcement leaders advising them that she intended to announce .

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Joe Biden's 2nd presidential bid bucks public opinion

Biden at 80: Back in the ring for possible rematch with Donald Trump

Biden made his announcement in a slickly produced video released by his new campaign team that opens with imagery from the January 6, 2021

US President Biden prepares to announce re-election campaign next week

US President Biden and his team are preparing to announce his re-election campaign next week

Republican businessman Perry Johnson announces 2024 US presidential bid

Republican businessman Perry Johnson has announced his long-shot bid for president. Johnson, who tried to run for Michigan governor last year but was deemed by the state's elections bureau to have filed thousands of fraudulent nominating signatures, announced his White House candidacy to a group of supporters on Thursday night, his campaign said. Hours earlier, he had spoken at the opening day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington, DC. Johnson did not directly mention his presidential campaign when he spoke at the CPAC gathering in Oxon Hill, Maryland, where a handful of other candidates and potential contenders including former President Donald Trump are slated to speak Friday and Saturday. Johnson spent money earlier this year to run an ad during the Super Bowl targeting voters in Iowa, the first state to vote on the GOP presidential field, touting his plan to cut federal spending by 2 per cent every year. The businessman earned a fortune

US needs new generational leadership, says presidential aspirant Haley

Americans need to see competency tests for any elected official aged above 75, Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has said seeking a new generational leadership in the country. "We have got too many politicians in DC that are past their prime. We have to have term limits in Congress. We need to see competency tests for any elected official over the age of 75," Haley told Fox News in an interview. The White House did not appear to have agreed with her. Both President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump who has already announced his decision to run are over 75 years of age. "We have heard these types of attacks or remarks before," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at a news conference here. "If you go back to 2020, they said the President couldn't do it in 2020 and attacked him there and he beat them. In 2021 when he entered the White House and worked to do his best to turn everything around with the economy tanking, with no real COVID ..

Trump kicks off first 2024 presidential campaign since declaring nomination

Trump criticised US President Joe Biden for the record high inflation and illegal immigrants crossing the US southern border with Mexico

2nd term syndrome hits Biden and Trump ahead of 2024 run to White House

The second-term syndrome seems to have sunk into the minds of both US president Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump as they prepare for the 2024 presidential run

Facebook still banning Trump for now despite 2024 presidential campaign

Donald Trump may be running for president, but he still can't use Facebook. The social media platform has no plans to reinstate Trump's account following the former president's announcement that he will seek a second term in the White House, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Trump was kicked off Facebook following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Trump may not have to wait long to get back on the site, however. His suspension from Facebook is set to be reconsidered in January, two years after it was first imposed. One change will be immediate: As a candidate, Trump will no longer be subject to Facebook fact checks. That's because under Facebook rules, comments by elected officials and candidates for office aren't subject to fact checks on its site. The Associated Press participates in Facebook's independent fact-checking program. Throughout his tenure as president, Trump's use of social media posed a significant challenge to major social media platforms trying to

Trump's third presidency bid dicey even if some Republicans support it

Trump's third bid for presidency in 2024 could not have come at a more "inopportune moment" with the GOP divided, funders shying away and his daughter Ivanka and niece Mary not entirely on his side

Most Democrats say ditch Joe Biden as 2024 nominee: WaPo-ABC poll

Joe Biden not a favourite 2024 nominee of US Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents

Mike Pence distances himself from Trump as he eyes 2024 campaign

Last month, Pence called out Trump by name, saying his former boss was wrong to insist that he had the power to unilaterally overturn the results of the 2020 election

2021, the year that was for world: A chaotic return to the usual

2021 started on a sour note for the democratic world and it remained under pressure from a dominant communist China