WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | US Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has turned down the proposal of former US President Donald Trump (Republican) to hold a debate on Fox News, her campaign said in a statement. “Donald Trump is running scared and trying to back out of the …
Read More »What does change in candidates mean for U.S. elections?
WASHINGTON, United States | Xinhua | With U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent withdrawal from the 2024 elections, myriad uncertainties lie ahead in the race to the White House. The shift began last month, after critics blasted the president for what they said was his poor performance in the debate against …
Read More »The Trump assassination attempt
How it has upended the US election race and what happens next ANALYSIS | LESTER MUNSON | It is tempting to draw grand conclusions from the July 13 assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. The coarse rhetoric currently in vogue in American politics, not to mention the Capitol riot on …
Read More »Trump’s chances are high after Biden’s decision — Russian senior lawmaker
MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | US former President Donald Trump has all chances to win the presidential race after President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek reelection, if he makes no mistakes, a senior Russia lawmaker told TASS. “If Trump makes no mistakes and if he is not ‘removes’ this …
Read More »Trump accepts Republican presidential nomination
MILWAUKEE | TASS | Donald Trump announced his consent to be a candidate for the presidency from the Republican Party during the November election. The ex-president said he accepts the nomination. “I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no …
Read More »What to know about Trump’s VP pick, J.D. Vance
BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, announced Ohio U.S. Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate Monday, ending months of speculation on his vice president pick. Vance, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022 and sworn into office in January 2023, …
Read More »Assassination attempt helps Trump’s chances in presidential election — analyst
BERLIN, GERMANY | TASS | The chances of former US President Donald Trump winning the presidential election have increased after the failed assassination attempt against him, Ipek Ozkardeskaya, a senior analyst at Swissquote, a Swiss banking group, said. “Although the assassination attempt [on Trump] causes concerns over the deep [political] …
Read More »Trump picks Ohio senator J.D. Vance as his vice president
MILWAUKEE, THE UNITED STATES | TASS | Donald Trump who has been formally nominated by the Republican Party as a presidential nominee said that he selected J.D. Vance, a Republican US Senator from Ohio, as his vice president. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, …
Read More »Russia condemns assassination attempt on Trump
MOSCOW | TASS | Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to call former US President Donald Trump who has survived an assassination attempt, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “As far as I know no, there are no such plans,” he said when asked whether Putin planned to call …
Read More »Trump says to attend Republican National Convention next week
NEW YORK | Xinhua | Despite being injured in a shooting at a rally in Butler in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on Saturday, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign said he will attend the Republican National Convention next week as scheduled. In a joint statement, Trump’s campaign and the …
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