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Milwaukee (AFP) - After obliterating his Republican rivals, becoming the first former president convicted of a crime and surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump caps off a crazy year with his coronation as the Republican Party's presidential nominee. Trump the victorFrom the first night of the 2024 primaries -- the Iowa caucuses -- Donald Trump dominated the competition. The former president was thought to be in political trouble just a few months earlier given his mounting legal problems, but he easily clinched victory in the Midwest state. Though several Republican hopefuls had camp...
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Washington (AFP) - When J.D. Vance's memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" was published in 2016, the book was widely cited as a key insight into understanding how America elected Donald Trump as president that year. Now, the Republican presidential candidate has chosen the author as his running mate, thrusting the bestseller back into the spotlight. As soon as Vance was announced on the Trump ticket, the book rocketed to the top of Amazon's list of bestselling books in the United States. Its publisher, HarperCollins, began reprinting the book, which has already sold over three million copies in the eight ...
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Washington (AFP) - Within minutes of the attempt on Donald Trump's life at a campaign rally, the US Secret Service faced a wave of criticism for failing its "no fail" responsibility: ensuring the safety of its high-profile protectees. President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he had ordered an independent review of the agency's handling of the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, where one attendee was killed and Trump was injured in the ear before the gunman was shot dead. Republican leaders in Congress have also announced a probe. While new information emerges about the campaign-altering inc...
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Milwaukee (AFP) - Thousands came to the US state of Wisconsin to see their hero Donald Trump be officially named as the Republican party's presidential nominee -- but were met with shock on Saturday evening. Sporting a red cap and T-shirt inscribed with "Trump", Philip Fredericks says he was shocked by the news he heard as he arrived in Milwaukee, the state's largest city, for the Republican National Convention: Trump had been wounded by a gunman at a campaign rally in Philadelphia. But Fredericks, who spent a week preparing for the convention, remained confident that Trump would still come to...
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Milwaukee (AFP) - Donald Trump, famed for his unpredictable and inflammatory outbursts, is opting for self-censorship in a bid to expand his electorate to more moderate voters ahead of the US presidential election. The 78-year-old billionaire appears to be dialing back his rhetoric on key issues such as immigration and abortion -- a tactic that analysts say is buoyed by his confidence in the loyalty of his conservative base ahead of November's vote. In recent days, the self-proclaimed architect of overturning Roe v Wade, the federal guarantee of abortion rights, has softened his take -- well ...
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Washington (AFP) - Democratic lawmakers, Hollywood fundraisers and prestigious newspapers are among the growing voices calling on Joe Biden, 81, to let someone else take on Donald Trump in the US election. Here is a roundup of some people calling for a new Democratic Party candidate. - About a dozen lawmakers - Hailing from Texas, Oregon, New Jersey and elsewhere, and moderates as well as progressives: about dozen elected members of the House of Representatives so far have called on Biden to drop out. They are worried about the Democratic leader's ability to defeat Trump after Biden's catastro...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden fended off questions about his mental fitness and electability on Friday in a TV interview meant to draw a line under a disastrous debate performance that triggered calls for him to quit his re-election bid. With rebellion brewing among some nervous Democratic voters, lawmakers and donors, the one-to-one with the ABC network was hyped as the most consequential of the 81-year-old president's long career. But the 22-minute sit-down appeared to provide little reassurance, as Biden blamed sickness for his sub-par performance and repeatedly dismissed polling and fears w...
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Madison (United States) (AFP) - Joe Biden vowed Friday to stay in the White House race and blamed his dismal debate performance on "feeling terrible" due to a cold, as he sought to save his reelection campaign with a make-or-break TV interview. As rebellion brews among some nervous Democratic voters, lawmakers and donors, the one-to-one with the ABC network was hyped as the most consequential of the 81-year-old's long career. "I was sick, I was feeling terrible... We were trying to figure out what's wrong," the president said in an excerpt of his first TV interview since the debate with Donald...
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Washington (AFP) - For his first televised interview since his disastrous debate showing, Joe Biden has chosen ABC News veteran George Stephanopoulos to conduct a conversation that could decide the president's future. The pick is no surprise given Stephanopoulos' resume as a longtime Democratic-leaning political journalist who was once a key White House advisor to Bill Clinton. The stakes of the interview, scheduled to take place Friday, could not be higher, as Biden seeks to prove he can win the election despite slipping poll numbers and growing concern for his mental acuity at age 81. Known ...
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Washington (AFP) - US Vice President Kamala Harris is engaged in a delicate balancing act, playing cheerleader for President Joe Biden while standing by as a leading contender to replace him if he ends his reelection bid. Biden's dismal performance in last week's debate with Donald Trump has triggered panic in much of the Democratic Party as people question whether Biden is physically and mentally able to beat Trump and serve another four years. Former congressman Tim Ryan, while professing his admiration for Biden, wrote in a piece for Newsweek that "the Democratic nominee in 2024 should be K...
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