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Harris to conclude Democratic convention on day four
Democrats will gather in Chicago on Thursday night to hear Vice President Kamala Harris deliver the most important speech of her life as she prepares for the presidential race in November. Ms Harris will formally accept her party's nomination on the final day of the Democratic National Convention, following a ceremonial roll call earlier this week in which state delegates confirmed their support. Her running mate Tim Walz appeared on Wednesday night, pleading to middle America with a "pep talk" in the style of an American football coach.
Trump lashes out as DNC attacks disrupt his pitch
Donald Trump is not in Chicago, but his presence is palpable, and he is certainly paying attention to what is going on here. Some advisers told me, somewhat implausibly, that the former president is not watching the Democratic National Convention because he does not want to witness a Democratic Party "infomercial." However, one senior campaign official says, anonymously, that Trump is monitoring and annoyed by the attacks on him.
Barack and Michelle Obama lift Democrats but warn of close contest
On Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle and Barack Obama issued thundering endorsements to Kamala Harris, exhorting party members around the country to vote in November to defeat Donald Trump. "Hope is making a comeback," Mrs. Obama told the crowd at the DNC in Chicago, repeating her husband's campaign pledge of "hope and change." In back-to-back addresses, the Democratic Party's most prominent politicians hailed Ms. Harris while condemning Trump, whose presidency was marked by "bluster and chaos," in the words of Mr. Obama.
Obama: ‘Do not boo – vote’ sequel ‘typically worse’ than first movie as he attacks Trump
As the main acts on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, the Obamas returned to the national stage to promote Kamala Harris and take many punches at Donald Trump. Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have warned that the sequel is "usually worse" than the original film as they try to mobilise their party against Donald Trump. Speaking on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, President Obama stated that the country does not require another four years of "bluster" and "chaos".
‘Let’s get to work!’: Obama supports Harris at DNC
Former US President Barack Obama has taken the stage at the Democratic National Convention to show his support for Kamala Harris in her last-minute effort to become the country's next president in November's election. Obama took the stage in Chicago to a thunderous ovation from a crowd that had already heard from Obama's wife Michelle, Harris's husband Doug Emhoff, and other party stalwarts, as well as Republicans who had left their party due to Donald Trump. 63-year-old Obama, the first Black American elected to the White House, swiftly demonstrated his oratorical abilities, praising President Joe Biden as a guy he was "proud to call president, but even prouder to call my friend."
According to GOP-led committee report, President Biden committed impeachable offences related to son Hunter’s international business ties
With only 77 days till the election, House Republicans released a huge new study claiming President Joe Biden, 81, committed 'impeachable offenses.' The roughly 300-page study aggregated Republican findings from the last two years regarding the Biden family reportedly gaining more than $27 million from the president's son Hunter and brother James Biden's questionable business activities through 'influence peddling.' It also reveals allegations that the Justice Department slowed federal investigations into Hunter for firearms and tax offenses.
Harris and Trump target swing state as US election heats up
This weekend, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will host campaign events in Pennsylvania, a vital US swing state, as the fight for president heats up ahead of the November election. Trump will have a rally in the small town of Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, and Harris is scheduled to make numerous stops on a bus tour of Pittsburgh on Sunday. The emphasis on Pennsylvania, one of several battleground states considered to be vital in deciding the election, coincides with recent polling showing a close race between the Republican and Democratic candidates in key sections of the country.
Why do the US political parties hold presidential conventions?
In the run-up to a presidential election, states around the United States have primaries and caucuses one by one, allowing voters to vote for their preferred major-party candidate. However, these state-level votes lead to a single event: the party convention. During these conventions, the Democratic and Republican parties generally affirm their respective presidential nominees depending on the results of the primaries and caucuses.
US orders Middle East submarine, carrier strike group faster sailing
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has directed the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and the acceleration of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group's arrival. The order was issued on Sunday evening during a phone chat between Austin and Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Galant, as tensions rose following the deaths of key Hamas and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. Austin reaffirmed the United States' commitment to take every feasible measure to defend Israel, as well as the upgrading of US military force posture and capabilities throughout the Middle East in response to growing regional tensions, according to the Pentagon.
Harris tells Gaza pro-Palestine protesters ‘now is time for ceasefire’
US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has told pro-Palestine protestors who disrupted her campaign rally in Arizona that it is time for a truce in Israel's war on Gaza. As Harris spoke to an estimated 15,000 people in Glendale, Arizona, one of the states she is aiming for to beat her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, demonstrators chanted, "Free, free Palestine." On Friday, Harris paused her speech to address the demonstrators directly, saying, "I have been clear: now is the time to reach ceasefirere and complete the hostage deal."
Trump’s campaign struggles to lay a hand on the surging Harris
According to those close to the former president, Donald Trump's campaign is aware that it may lose in November if the race is determined on "vibes" and "energy," as Kamala Harris continues to ride waves of momentum with her recently announced running partner Tim Walz. The fear has already begun to cause divisions inside Trumpworld, with some Maga allies criticizing Trump's political aides for running a campaign that may be too structurally insufficient to establish a ground operation in swing states.
America’s racial justice promises are unfulfilled and untrustworthy
It appears that the alleged corner the United States turned in 2020 in acknowledging and tackling its systematic racism was just another dead end. This fiction presented the country with a fleeting feel-good moment and nothing else. Despite promises to address discrimination in education, employment, housing, and law enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter mass protests, and a particularly contentious presidential election in 2020, little progress has been made in bridging America's deep racial divide. All of the pledges made by American officials four years ago appear to have been made solely to buy time. "We can deliver racial justice," President Joe Biden stated following his victory in 2020, but his pledge was patently empty. Biden thought that the national debate would change, the US would resume normal operations, and its major racism problem would be brushed under the proverbial rug.