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JD Vance accepts VP nomination at RNC, hails Trump, critiques Biden

In his inaugural speech, Vance also addressed the recent assassination attempt on Trump, emphasising the former president's resilience

Trump's running mate JD Vance pledges to fight for 'forgotten' workers

His speech embraced many of Trumpism's core tenets, promising to prioritise domestic manufacturing over Chinese imports

VP Kamala Harris could lead if health declines, says President Biden

Biden, 81, acknowledged that questions about his age are a legitimate thing to raise

Heavily armed security boats patrol Milwaukee River during GOP convention

Instead of kayakers and tour boats, the summertime scene on the Milwaukee River has taken on a solemn tone this week during the Republican National Convention: Around-the-clock patrol boats, some with heavily armed officers. Security planners have had to contend with the winding waterways through Milwaukee near the Fiserv Centre RNC convention site, along with securing downtown streets. Roughly half a dozen police departments, along with state and federal agencies, have boats patrolling the river 24-hours-a-day until the convention ends this week. They're committed to working those long shifts, throughout the days and nights, US Coast Guard Lt Joe Neff said. They've been all on board for making sure public safety is priority. Associated Press journalists were allowed on board a 29-foot US Coast Guard boat Wednesday to observe. The boat, typically used for search-and-rescue operations, travelled near the secure zone of the convention site via Lake Michigan and the river that empties

US elections: Biden cites four reasons that would make him drop out of race

US President Joe Biden has made it clear basically any which way you ask him: he's definitely, assuredly, one thousand per cent staying in the presidential race. But in response to questions from journalists over the last few weeks, the embattled Democratic president has given some clues as to what could make him step aside especially as the calls from his own party to end his candidacy continue unabated. Here are the things Biden has cited some serious, others not that would make him reconsider his run: Divine intervention It was a defiant answer that indicated Biden had no intention whatsoever of dropping out. During an ABC News interview that marked the first major test of his fitness for office, anchor George Stephanopoulos asked the 81-year-old Biden whether he had convinced himself that only he could defeat his Republican opponent, Donald Trump. I have convinced myself of two things, Biden said. I'm the most qualified person to beat him, and I know how to get things ...

Democrats aim to nominate Biden in August; Schiff calls for his withdrawal

California Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the highest-profile Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, as the party pushed ahead with plans to hold a virtual vote to formally make Biden its nominee in the first week of August before the party's convention opens in person two weeks later. The move to schedule the roll call vote comes after nearly 20 Democratic members of Congress have called on Biden to withdraw from the presidential race in the wake of his halting debate performance against Republican former President Donald Trump last month. Among Democrats nationwide, nearly two-thirds say Biden should step aside and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to an AP-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research poll released Wednesday, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that average Democrats are still with him even if some big names are turning on him. While the choice to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden's alone, I ..

US must reject violence, should embrace robust discussion: VP Harris

US Vice President Kamala Harris has called for rejecting political violence and said that the country must also "embrace" a "robust discussion" about what is at stake in the upcoming presidential election. Americans will go to the polls to elect their next president in November. "The hallmark of American democracy, the hallmark of any democracy is a strong competition of ideas, policies, and a vision for the future. Just as we must reject political violence, we must also embrace a robust discussion about what is at stake in this election, Harris said at an event in Michigan on Wednesday. Harris strongly condemned the recent assassination attempt on former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. As we all know, it was a heinous, horrible, and cowardly act. My husband, Doug (Emhoff), and I are thankful he was not seriously injured. That day, as soon as we saw what was happening, we said a prayer for his well-being. And our thoughts immediately turned to Melania

Judge's dismissal of Trump docs case not final as long court fight looms

A judge's stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt to what experts have considered the strongest and most straightforward of the prosecutions of the former president. But it's hardly the final word. Special counsel Jack Smith's appeal of US District Judge Aileen Cannon's order is expected to tee up a court fight that might reach the US Supreme Court and could result in the reinstatement of the indictment and even conceivably the reassignment of the case to a different judge. There's no scenario in which a revived prosecution could reach trial before the November election and it presumably won't take place at all in the event Trump is elected president and orders his Justice Department to dismiss it. Still, Cannon's order ensures many more months of legal wrangling in a criminal case that became snarled over the last year by interminable delays. The only good thing about this is that it is finally a decision, said Nancy .

Ukraine will find war solutions no matter who wins US election: Defence min

Ukraine will find a way to battle Russia's invading forces even if former President Donald Trump wins a second term and imperils vital US support for its defence, Ukraine's defence minister said Wednesday. In carefully framed comments to an audience of US policymakers and journalists, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov reflected the diplomatic and military difficulty facing Ukraine as Trump and running mate JD Vance gain momentum in the US presidential race. Vance, an Ohio senator, has battled in Congress to block US military and financial aid to Ukraine as it fights Russian forces and cross-border attacks, while Trump has said he will bring the war to an immediate end if he wins in November. Trump, a Republican, has not said how he would do that. Analysts say that could include withdrawal of US aid to Ukraine unless it agrees to a cease-fire on Russian terms, including surrendering Ukrainian territory to Russia. We believe in US leadership, and we believe America wants its partners an

Ramaswamy's fiery speech at Convention brings applause from US Republicans

Making his maiden appearance before the Republican National Convention, Indian-American entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy has asked Americans to vote for former president Donald Trump to revive national pride and reignite the economy. Ramaswamy, 38, a former presidential aspirant who dropped off from the race in the early stages of the Republican primary, said Trump is the president who will unite America not through empty words but through action. If you want to seal the border, vote Trump. If you want to restore law and order, vote Trump. If you want to reignite our economy, vote for Trump. If you want to revive national pride, vote for Trump. If you want to make America great again, vote for Trump, he said. Ramaswamy's fiery speech attracted multiple standing ovations and the biggest applause from the thousands of delegates and party leaders who have gathered in this city to nominate Trump as their nominee for the November 5 presidential election. Success is unifyin

Trump's security upgraded after attack, agents wall him off from RNC crowds

On the floor of the Republican National Convention Tuesday evening, vice presidential candidate JD Vance greeted and shook hands with excited delegates as he walked toward his seat. It was a marked contrast from former President Donald Trump, who entered the hall a few minutes later and was separated from supporters by a column of Secret Service agents. His ear still bandaged after an attempted assassination, Trump closely hugged the wall. Instead of handshakes or hellos for those gathered, he offered fist pumps to the cameras. The contrast underscores the new reality facing Trump after a gunman opened fire at his rally in Pennsylvania Saturday, raising serious questions about the agency that is tasked with protecting the president, former presidents and major-party candidates. Trump's campaign must also adjust to a new reality after he came millimeters from death or serious injury - and as law enforcement warns of the potential for more political violence. Trump campaign officials

3 days after attempted assassination, Trump shooter remains elusive enigma

After three days, an enigmatic portrait emerged of the 20-year-old man who came close to killing former President Donald Trump with a high-velocity bullet: He was an intelligent loner with few friends, an apparently thin social media footprint and no hints of strong political beliefs that would suggest a motive for an attempted assassination. Even after the FBI cracked into Thomas Matthew Crooks' cellphone, scoured his computer, home and car, and interviewed more than 100 people, the mystery of why he opened fire on Trump's rally Saturday, a bullet grazing the GOP nominee's ear, remained as elusive as the moment it happened. He sat by himself, didn't talk to anyone, didn't even try to make conversation, said 17-year-old Liam Campbell, echoing the comments of classmates who remembered the shooter in this quiet community outside of Pittsburgh. He was an odd kid, but nothing about him seemed dangerous, he added. Just a normal person who seemed like he didn't like talking to people. So

Considering Jamie Dimon for US Treasury, won't oust Fed's Powell: Trump

Powell said on Monday he has no plans to leave his post as head of the US central bank before his term expires

Fuse of violence burning across US even before assassination bid on Trump

Long before a would-be assassin shot and wounded former President Donald Trump, the fuse of political violence had been burning across America. Members of Congress have been shot. One lawmaker's staffers in Virginia were attacked with a baseball bat. In Louisville, a bullet grazed the mayor's sweater after someone stormed into his campaign office. Someone put a tracking device on the Reno mayor's car. Officials in South Carolina received death threats over a solar panel plant. And outside Buffalo, a man threw a dummy pipe bomb through the window of a county clerk candidate's home while her family slept with a message reading: If you don't drop out of this race, the next pipe bomb will be real. There are people who've come to me and said, I contemplated running for my town office, and I could never imagine my family going through what you did, so I chose not to,' said Melissa Hartman, who was targeted in the pipe bomb episode and ran for county clerk after serving as town supervisor

More children in America die of gunshot wounds than any other reason: Biden

Biden called for taking the weapons out from the streets of America, as he went on to criticise Trump's policies simultaneously

Security upgrade for Trump as officials warn of possible Iranian attack

A threat on Donald Trump's life from Iran prompted additional security in the days before Saturday's campaign rally, but it was unrelated to the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential nominee, two US officials said Tuesday, as law enforcement warned of the potential for more violence inspired by the shooting. National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said officials have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump administration officials for years, dating back to the last administration. Trump ordered the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, who led the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force. These threats arise from Iran's desire to seek revenge for the killing of Qassem Soleimani. We consider this a national and homeland security matter of the highest priority, Watson said. The US Secret Service and the Trump campaign were made aware of the latest threat, prompting a surge in resources and assets, according to the officials, who spoke on the

Cooling rhetoric doesn't mean will stop telling truth about Trump: Biden

President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, continuing his call to calm the divisive rhetoric on both sides, but also arguing that doing so "doesn't mean we should stop telling the truth as he tore into his Republican rival. Addressing the NAACP convention in Las Vegas, Biden said addressing political violence in the country should mean curbing all kinds of bloodshed including better combating police brutality and banning weapons like the AR-style rifle used in the weekend attack on Trump. It's time for an important conversation in this country. Our politics have become too heated, Biden said. That didn't stop him from listing why Trump's administration was hell for Black Americans, including the former president's mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, skyrocketing unemployment amid early lockdowns and attempts to, as Biden put it, erase Black history. Just because we must lowe

Robert Kennedy apologises after video of him speaking to Trump leaks online

Robert F Kennedy Jr apologised Tuesday after a video was posted online showing part of a private phone call between the independent presidential candidate and Republican former President Donald Trump. The video shows Kennedy listening on a speakerphone as Trump shares disproven claims about childhood vaccines, an issue that has helped Kennedy amass a loyal following among people who reject the scientific consensus that the benefits of vaccines far outweigh the risk of rare complications. Trump also appears to pitch Kennedy on endorsing his campaign. I would love you to do so," Trump tells Kennedy. "And I think it'll be so good for you and so big for you. And we're going to win. Kennedy says little in the portion of the conversation that was leaked, which begins while Trump is already speaking about vaccines. When President Trump called me I was taping with an in-house videographer, Kennedy wrote on the X platform. I should have ordered the videographer to stop recording immediately

Republicans embrace Trump's message on immigration during convention night

Immigration took centre stage as the Republican National Convention resumed Tuesday, with speakers spotlighting a key element of former President Donald Trump's political brand that helped endear him to the GOP base when he began his first campaign in 2015. Among speakers slated for Tuesday night were families who've been impacted by violent crime part of a GOP strategy to link crime to border policies. They include the family of Rachel Morin, a Maryland woman whom prosecutors say was killed and raped by a fugitive from El Salvador and whose story has been frequently highlighted by Trump on the campaign trail. Immigration has long been one of Trump's banner issues, as he has criticised the unprecedented number of migrants entering the country illegally through the US border with Mexico. The numbers of unauthorised crossings have fallen abruptly after President Joe Biden issued a rule suspending many asylum claims at the border. At rallies and other campaign events, Trump has pointe

Focus on Trump's lies, not my debate performance, says President Biden

A day after urging Americans to lower the political temperature in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump, Biden renewed his criticism of Trump's actions