US politics

Kamala Harris’ life is replete with unique distinctions. Coming from a multiracial background, she is the first woman, first Black, and first Asian American to be the US Vice President. Born in Oakland, California, in 1964, she is the daughter of immigrants. Her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher from India, and her father, […]

One of the longest-serving American statesmen had his career snuffed out, and his hopes of a second term as president, by a 90-minute debate. Trailing Donald Trump in opinion polls, President Joe Biden challenged him to a debate – and floundered so badly questions were raised about his fitness for office. Hounded by mounting calls […]

Presidential nominee Donald Trump got back on the campaign trail over the weekend this time with his deputy nominee JD Vance in tow. Ohio Sen JD Vance joined Trump in Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 20. It is Trump’s first rally since his attempted assassination. Vance went on the offensive straight away at the event […]

Many Democrats promptly backed Vice-President Kamala Harris to run on the Democratic ticket in the race for the White House after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out and endorsing her. Former president Bill Clinton announced on X, formerly Twitter, he and his wife, Hillary Clinton, were wholeheartedly supporting Harris and praised Biden for […]

In a surprise or maybe not so surprising turn of events in the last few days, Joe Biden has dropped out of the presidential race and won’t be running as a nominee in the November elections. Caving into Democratic pressure from all sides, the announcement came on July 21 as Biden came out of recovery […]

While the Republican Party is rallying around Donald Trump, is the Democratic Party divided along colour lines? Such divisions are emerging over the continued candidacy of President Joe Biden, according to the New York Times. Biden is reported to be under increasing pressure not to seek re-election, but he still has supporters, many of them […]

Attorneys for Hunter Biden went to court on July 18 asking for a dismissal of his criminal tax and gun cases citing a recent opinion by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. In the Trump case the legality of the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith to prosecute Trump was in question. In Biden’s case the […]

From invocation of God to diatribes against illegal immigrants, Republican Donald Trump ranged the full spectrum of American dreams and grievances in the longest presidential nomination acceptance speech in history. Ad libbing and speaking from a prepared script, he spoke for 93 minutes, surpassing the previous longest, 74-minute oration he delivered when he accepted the […]

Iconic wrestler and entertainment figure Hulk Hogan walked into the Republican National Convention stage on July 18 with an energetic speech that received rousing cheers from the crowd. He called Donald Trump his hero and gladiator before tearing off his shirt in a kind of show of machoism and as a tribute to the presidential […]

President Joe Biden, in isolation at his vacation home in Reheboth Beach, Delaware, after being diagnosed with Covid on Wednesday (July 17), is under increasing pressure to end his run for re-election. Former House leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate majority leader Charles Schumer and House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries privately told him over the last week […]

Political commentators speculated on why Donald Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate. The answer was there for all to see who tuned into the Republican convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when Vance took the stage on Wednesday (July 17). A boy from a poor working class family who served as a Marine in Iraq, […]

Update: Kamala Harris is the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Parry and is set to debate Former President Donald Trump on September 10 USA – President Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris, and Trump’s vice presidential nominee, JD Vance, are both fiercely loyal to their commanders in chief and their respective policies. Taking that into account, many […]