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Super Tuesday: The Final Standoff Between Trump and Haley

On Super Tuesday, voters from 15 states and one territory participate in primaries, potentially solidifying Donald Trump's lead for the Republican presidential nomination while offering Nikki Haley a final opportunity to challenge him.  Americans from 15 states and one territory vote simultaneously on "Super Tuesday," a campaign calendar ...

New Poll Flags Warnings for Biden Campaign

Days before the biggest night of the presidential primary season, a new poll published Saturday rings alarm bells for Joe Biden, who is seen lagging behind his likely White House challenger Donald Trump. The nationwide survey of registered voters by the New York Times and Siena College found that if the election were held today, 48 percent would ...

Trump Beats Haley in South Carolina’s Republican Primary

Donald Trump cruised to a lightning victory Saturday in South Carolina's Republican primary, blitzing rival Nikki Haley in her home state and continuing his march to the nomination and a White House rematch with Joe Biden in November. Trump completed a sweep of the first four major nominating contests, converting a year of blockbuster polls into ...

Trump or Biden, the US Economic War on China Will Continue

In a shift from tit-for-tat tariffs and strong-arm tactics to tech restrictions and investment curbs, US policy towards China has become more targeted under President Joe Biden -- though still hardliner. Despite differences between Democrats and Republicans, analysts expect Washington's approach to Beijing will only become tougher, whether Biden ...

Assange Absent at Key Hearing Against Extradition to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was absent from a London court due to illness on Tuesday as his lawyer made a final appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial for publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the Australian extradited after he was charged in the United States multiple times between 2018 and ...

NATO Wants Its Members to Increase Defence Spending

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will on Wednesday detail increased defence spending by members of the alliance, rattled after Donald Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack countries paying too little. The Republican White House frontrunner was widely rebuked after saying he would not defend NATO members who had not met their financial ...

US Senate Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill

The US Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would provide Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with a total amount of $95 billion in financial aid, amid claims of the importance of adopting an isolationist stance first and foremost. The US Senate on Tuesday approved long-delayed funding for Ukraine's war effort, part of a foreign aid package that ...

New Hampshire Triumph Moves Trump Closer to Biden Rematch

Donald Trump secured a significant victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, claiming 80% of the votes and edging closer to securing the Republican nomination for a White House rematch with Joe Biden. Donald Trump won the key New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, moving him ever closer to locking in the Republican presidential nomination and ...

Trump Rides Iowa Landslide to New Hampshire, with Stop in Court

Donald Trump steamrolled into New Hampshire Tuesday after his crushing win in Iowa cemented him as the likely Republican presidential nominee, stopping on the way for a defamation trial that underscores how much the road to November's election remains in uncharted territory. The twice-impeached former president romped home in the first contest of ...

Republican Front-Runner: Trump's Historic Victory in Iowa

Donald Trump secured a historic landslide victory in Iowa's caucuses on Monday, solidifying his position as the presumptive Republican candidate against President Joe Biden in November. However, Trump's second trial is set to start just a day after his win. Donald Trump romped to a landslide victory on Monday in Iowa's caucuses, the first vote ...

Iowa Republican US Presidential Nomination Begins

The US Republican presidential nomination race begins on Monday, as voters gather for caucuses in freezing Iowa. This marks the initial and crucial test to determine whether Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis stand a chance against the scandal-plagued front-runner, Donald Trump, or if they will need to face the harsh political reality. Voters kick off ...

Donald Trump Attends Immunity Case In DC Court

Donald Trump appeared in a Washington court on Tuesday, to assert that, as a former US President, he should be shielded from prosecution regarding allegations that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election. Donald Trump arrived in a Washington court Tuesday to argue that, as a former US president, he should be immune from prosecution on charges ...