Biden: ‘I don’t know’ if Netanyahu is trying to sway US election
AdminsPresident Joe Biden has said he is unsure whether Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding off on agreeing a Gaza ceasefire deal in order to influence next month's US…
Trump rejects second TV debate as ‘too late’
Former US President Donald Trump has said he will not take part in a second TV debate ahead of November's presidential election. While Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's candidate,…
Trump vows mass deportations from town rocked by ‘pet-eating’ lies
Donald Trump has said he will mass deport migrants in a small Ohio town that has been rocked by baseless claims that its Haitian influx are eating pets and park…
US imposes new sanctions on Russian state media
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced new sanctions against the Russian media channel RT, accusing it of being a "de facto arm of Russia's intelligence apparatus". The top…
Trump-Harris debate sums up policy-light US election
Kamala Harris entered Tuesday’s night’s presidential debate with a clear plan: dominate and destabilise Donald Trump. It started with her opening power move, when she strode across the compact stage…
Kamala Harris’s pain-free campaign faces first crunch moment
In American politics it’s customary to suggest that most voters don’t start paying attention to the presidential election until after the Labor Day holiday weekend. Well, that occasion - seen…
Kamala Harris criticises Trump over Arlington Cemetery dispute
Vice-President Kamala Harris is criticising former president Donald Trump over a recent controversy involving his campaign at Arlington National Cemetery, saying the military burial site is “not a place for…
Trump lashes out as DNC attacks throw him off message
Donald Trump isn't in Chicago but his presence hangs over everything and he is clearly following events here. Ahead of Kamala Harris's speech on Thursday, a couple of Trump aides…
Harris speech to provide finale to Democratic convention on day four
Democrats will gather in Chicago on Thursday night where Vice-President Kamala Harris will make the biggest speech of her life, as she readies herself for the sprint before November's presidential…
Rattled Trump lashes out as DNC attacks throw him off message
Donald Trump isn't in Chicago but his presence hangs over everything and he is clearly following events here. A couple of aides told me, a little implausibly, that the former…