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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.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is Kamala Harris’ vice presidential nominee
Harris was scheduled to make an announcement later today, but multiple individuals who spoke with the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity verified her choice before the formal announcement. Kamala Harris, a US presidential candidate, has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate for 2024. The Democratic Party candidate confirmed earlier claims in a post on X, saying: "I am delighted to announce that I have requested @Tim_Walz to be my running mate.
The former football coach and instructor is now Harris’s VP pick
With one viral cable TV comment - 'these guys are just crazy' - Tim Walz jumped into the hunt for Kamala Harris' running mate position. The 60-year-old offers a folksy, plainspoken, and sharp-tongued approach to confronting the Republican opposition. He also has an impressive record, having worked as a public school teacher, football coach, and member of the National Guard before entering politics.
Trump ally says GOP attack on Harris’s race a ‘phoney dispute’
Byron Donalds, a Trump loyalist, and ABC host George Stephanopoulos sparred on Sunday over Republicans' attack line challenging Kamala Harris' racial identity. During an appearance with ABC's This Week, the Republican Florida lawmaker described the issue as a "phoney controversy" and stated, "I don't really care." He echoed the former president's remarks at the NABJ convention, saying that Kamala Harris was the first Indian American senator in the US Senate, as reported by the Associated Press. Now that she's running nationwide, the campaign has clearly transformed. "They're talking a lot about her father's heritage and her Black identity."
Biden wants Supreme Court reform. Does it die on arrival?
For decades, calls to alter the United States Supreme Court have echoed through the political environment, fueled by scandal and criticism of the institution's alleged political bent. In the last year alone, two justices have been accused of accepting luxurious vacations from Republican contributors. One was found flying political flags outside his home, one of several incidents that have raised concerns about the court's neutrality. Experts, however, believe that President Joe Biden's decision on Monday to propose broad reforms to the court represents a watershed moment.
Trump 2020 election meddling case resumes following immunity judgment
Donald Trump's criminal prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election was expected to continue on Friday with limited accusations, following the US Supreme Court's judgment that granted previous presidents wide immunity and remanded the matter to the supervising trial judge. The official transfer of authority back to US District Judge Tanya Chutkan allows her to issue a scheduling order outlining how she plans to proceed, including whether she would hold public hearings to determine how to apply the immunity ruling.