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Bomb threats close schools after Trump spreads false rumours about Haitians

Bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings for a second day on Friday in an Ohio community that has been the focus of unwanted attention after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumours that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating pets. An emailed threat said bombs had been planted in the homes of Springfield's mayor and other city officials, said Karen Graves, a city spokesperson. A second email said that bombs would be detonated at locations including Springfield City Hall, a high school, a middle school, two elementary schools, a local office of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and a licensing bureau. The buildings were evacuated, and authorities with explosive-detection dogs swept and cleared them, officials said. "We are committed to the safety and well-being of our community and take all threats to public safety with the utmost seriousness," Graves said. We are currently collaborating with the Dayton office of the Federal Bureau of

Kamala Harris says she's different, offers a 'new generation of leadership'

Vice President Kamala Harris, who presents herself as the candidate of change as she runs for president against Republican Donald Trump, said Friday that she's different from President Joe Biden because she offers "a new generation of leadership". In her first solo television interview since she became the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris also criticised the hate and division that we see coming out of Donald Trump and said she thinks people are exhausted by his style of leadership. She also said she's a gun owner and doesn't want to take away anyone's guns, but she believes a ban on assault-style weapons is necessary and consistent with the Second Amendment. Anchor Brian Taff of WPVI-TV in Philadelphia asked Harris to describe one or two areas where she's different from the president. Well, I'm obviously not Joe Biden" and I offer a new generation of leadership, Harris said, adding that things once taken for granted cannot be overlooked anymore. For example, another plan th

From earrings to witchcraft, Trump-Harris debate fuels conspiracy theories

US Presidential debate: Following the Trump-Harris debate, MAGA supporters ignited a wave of conspiracy theories, alleging hidden earpieces and supernatural manipulations

Money flows on US election bets after judge clears way, but appeal looms

People began betting on which political party would win control of Congress in the November elections within minutes of a judge's ruling Thursday allowing the bets the only ones to be legally approved by a US jurisdiction. New York startup company Kalshi began taking what amounts to bets on the outcome of the November congressional elections after a judge refused to block them from doing so. The ruling enabled the company, at least temporarily, to offer prediction contracts essentially yes-or-no bets on which party will win control of the Senate and the House in November. The company and its lawyer did not respond to messages seeking comment, and it was not clear whether they intend to offer bets beyond the ones posted Thursday for congressional races, including potentially taking bets on the presidential race. It also was not immediately clear whether sports books or online casinos would seek to offer similar political bets in light of the ruling. Prices on Kalshi's so-called

US prez debate: Aliens to immigrants eating dogs, Trump's bizarre claims

In a fiery debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the run-up to November elections in the US, the former US president made outlandish claims over immigrants, abortions, among others

Who has Taylor Swift chosen to support in the 2024 race for US president?

This is not the first time Swift has publicly supported Democratic candidates. In 2020, she endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for their White House run

Harris, Trump clash over abortion, Israel in heated presidential debate

With the November US presidential election fast approaching, Vice President Harris, having entered the race just seven weeks ago, has limited time to establish her platform and sway undecided voters

News updates: Mumbai Police registers FIR against 3 Religare Enterprise senior officers

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Donald Trump wins delay in hush money sentencing until after election

Trump's sentencing will now occur on Nov. 26, three weeks after Election Day, instead of Sept. 18

Judge delays Trump's sentencing in hush money case until after Nov election

A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is also weighing a defence request to overturn the verdict on immunity grounds, delayed Trump's sentencing until November 26, several weeks after the final votes are cast in the presidential election. It had been scheduled for September 18, about seven weeks before Election Day. Trump's lawyers pushed for the delay on multiple fronts, petitioning the judge and asking a federal court to intervene. They argued that punishing the former president and current Republican nominee in the thick of his campaign to retake the White House would amount to election interference. Trump's lawyers argued that delaying his sentencing until after the election would also allow him time to weigh next steps after

Harris raised $361 mn in Aug from nearly 3 million donors, campaign says

US Vice President Kamala Harris raised well more than double what former President Donald Trump took in from donors in August, her campaign announced Friday, saying it raised USD 361 million from nearly 3 million donors in her first full month as a candidate. Trump's team had announced Wednesday he brought in USD 130 million over the same period. Harris' team says it ended the month with USD 404 million on hand for the final sprint to Election Day, USD 109 million more than Trump's campaign says it had at the end of August. The massive Harris war chest is being used to fund a USD 370 million paid media effort for the final two months of the campaign, and to pay for its more than 2,000 field staff spread through more than 310 offices in battleground states. Harris' fundraising builds on the USD 310 million she raised in July, the overwhelming majority of which came in after she took over President Joe Biden's campaign after he dropped out that month. The ticket swap has helped the ..

There will be no impact on India-US ties post election: Think tank expert

The relations between India and the US over the last three decades have become strong and well entrenched irrespective of whether a Democrat or a Republican is elected as a president, a top American think-tank expert has said, exuding confidence that bilateral ties would remain unchanged in the next administration. These remarks were made by Aparna Pande, the research fellow at the prestigious Hudson Institute think-tank. There will be no impact on the India-US relationship because India-US relations over the last three decades have become strong and well entrenched. Irrespective of whether a Democrat or a Republican is elected president, the relationship will remain just as strong, whether it's economic, whether it's commercial, defence or strategic, Pande told PTI. Every American president since President Clinton has visited India and every Indian Prime Minister over the last three and a half decades has visited the United States multiple times. India matters to the US national ..

India-US partnership to grow regardless of who wins elections: USISPF CEOi

The India-US relationship would continue its upward trajectory regardless of who wins the presidential elections, USISPF president and CEO Mukesh Aghi said, underlining that the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump was "too close to call". The geopolitical alignment between the two countries is very strong, Aghi said in an interview with PTI on Thursday. "What are the implications, regardless of who comes in? I think India stays critical to US geopolitical ambitions. That is trying to contain the rise of aggressive China. It also serves India's interest. That it has a partner to deal with a neighbour who will never accept India as an equal partner. "The alignment geopolitically is very, very strong between the two countries. So, regardless of who comes in, either Trump or Kamala Harris, the partnership will continue to go in that direction," he said. The US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF) chief said the elections are "very, v

Trump, Harris lay out starkly different views on corporate taxes, economy

Former President Donald Trump will go before a group of executives and industry leaders on Thursday to make his case that he can bring down prices for Americans by lifting regulations and boosting production of fossil fuels in a potential second term. The GOP presidential nominee is speaking to the Economic Club of New York a day after appearing in a town hall on Fox News, where he argued that his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, would drive large companies away from the US if she wins the election. Trump has floated the idea of chopping the 21 per cent corporate tax rate to 15 per cent , a proposal liked by companies, in addition to no taxes on tips and Social Security income. The corporate rate had been 35 per cent when he became president in 2017, and he later signed a bill lowering it. Trump and Harris, the Democratic nominee, want to take the rate in opposite directions while arguing that each is better than the other for American business. It's one of the many ways the

How is the US planning to counter Russian interference ahead of 2024 polls?

The measures include sanctions, indictments, and the seizure of web domains that US officials say are utilised by the Kremlin to disseminate propaganda and misinformation

Can Harris prosecute political case against Trump: All you need to know

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will debate for the first and perhaps, last time on Tuesday night as the presidential candidates fight to sway voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics. The meeting comes just 75 days after President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance triggered a political earthquake that ultimately forced him from the race. Few expect such a transformative result this time, but Trump is on a mission to end Harris' honeymoon as polls suggest the Democratic vice president is now even or slightly ahead of the Republican former president in some swing states. Harris, a former courtroom prosecutor, will enter the night with relatively high expectations against a Republican opponent with 34 felony convictions and a penchant for false statements. The question is whether Harris, who did not particularly stand out during primary debates in her 2020 presidential campaign, can prosecute Trump's glaring liabilities in a face-to-face meeting on live television with .

Decision on US marijuana policy shift delayed until after presidential poll

A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the US won't come until after the November presidential election, a timeline that raises the chances it could be a potent political issue in the closely contested race. The US Drug Enforcement Administration last week set a hearing date to take comment on the proposed historic change in federal drug policy for December 2. The hearing date means a final decision could well come in the next administration. While it's possible it could precede the end of President Joe Biden's term, issuing it before Inauguration Day would be pretty expedited, said cannabis lawyer Brian Vicente. That could put a new spotlight on the presidential candidates' positions on marijuana. Vice President Kamala Harris has backed decriminalising the drug and said it's absurd to have it in the DEA's Schedule I category alongside heroin and LSD. The Democratic nominee's position has shifted over the years; she once oversaw the enforcement of

US elections: Kamala Harris pitches to union workers at Labour Day rally

Biden said Harris would build on the progress they had made during his administration to improve the lives of union workers and that he would do everything he could to help

Trump's lawyers to seek dismissal of federal election subversion case

Lawyers for Donald Trump intend to urge a judge to dismiss the federal election subversion case against the former president following a Supreme Court opinion that narrowed the scope of the landmark prosecution, according to a court filing late Friday. The defence team foreshadowed a series of anticipated challenges that would draw out until deep into next year the criminal case charging Trump with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Those include arguments that a new and more limited indictment issued by prosecutors this week still contains allegations for which Trump, as a former president, is entitled to immunity, such as his conversations with former Vice President Mike Pence. Defence lawyers also intend as a threshold matter to seek the dismissal of the case on the same grounds that a federal judge in Florida cited last month in tossing out a separate prosecution charging Trump with illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate

Harris, Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change, energy

As the Earth sizzled through a summer with four of the hottest days ever measured, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have starkly different visions on how to address a changing climate while ensuring a reliable energy supply. But neither has provided many details on how they would get there. During her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, Harris briefly mentioned climate change as she outlined fundamental freedoms at stake in the election, including the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis. As vice president, Harris cast the tie-breaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden's landmark climate law that was approved with only Democratic support. As a senator from California, she was an early sponsor of the Green New Deal, a sweeping series of proposals meant to swiftly move the U.S. to fully green energy that is championed by the Democratic .