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Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to US Supreme Court by divided Senate

Trump's choice to fill the vacancy potentially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even his own election.

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Boy dressed as Donald Trump for Halloween catches president's eye

The boy's costume matched the president's outfit almost exactly, even down to the red tie.

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US elections: Why American voters are more divided than ever

Any presidential election in the United States America is bound to divide Americans, but it seems like the country is more divided than ever. And getting there has taken years. But how did it happen? And how does America get out of it?

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US election: Trump to escalate campaign as Biden targets key states

Donald Trump is expected to hit nearly a dozen states in the final week of campaigning as he tries to recover ground from his Democratic rival.

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US presidential election: Trump casts vote in key state of Florida

"I voted for a guy named Trump," the president told reporters.

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COVID-19: Joe Biden promises vaccine will be 'free for everyone' in US

Biden was outlining a plan to combat COVID-19 in which he also said he would ask Congress to pass a major finance bill to fight the virus.

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Sudan becomes third Arab country to recognise Israel, Trump announces

Part of the brokered deal includes a payment of €282.5 million from Sudan as compensation to US victims of terrorism.

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US election: Key takeaways from the last Trump-Biden debate

The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and race were among the topics Trump and Biden debated. They once more offered starkly different views.

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Barack Obama blasts Donald Trump’s record in Biden campaign pitch

The former US president Barack Obama said “we’ve got to vote like never before” as he blasted Donald Trump’s record on the coronavirus pandemic.

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US voter turnout overseas could soar as ballot demands increase

Many organisations that help US voters say that they are seeing more engagement and more ballot registrations this election cycle. Historically, turnout among Americans abroad has been low despite there being 2.8 million eligible voters.

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US elections: High numbers of Americans turn out for early voting

Early voting opened in the key state of Florida and thousands of Americans are turning out to vote.

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'Running Angry': Trump attacks health officials, press and polls

US President Donald Trump said he was "running angry" and "happy" as he travels around the country in a last-minute push to turn around his campaign.

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Remdesivir found to have 'little to no effect' on COVID-19 survival

A six-month study funded by the World Health Organisation has found experimental drugs used to treat coronavirus, remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon, have "little to no effect" on survival for patients admitted to hospital.

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Explained: Social networks face backlash over misinformation methods

The decision by Facebook and Twitter to restrict a controversial article by the New York Post on Joe Biden has opened a wider debate about how social media companies tackle misinformation. Twitter has since reversed a decision to block access to the article.

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US election: Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls

Trump and Biden were supposed to spend Thursday night on the same debate stage in Miami. But that faceoff was scuttled after Trump’s coronavirus infection.

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Trump's court nominee fields tough questioning from Democrats

Her nomination to the Supreme Court would create a 6-3 conservative majority, tilting the court to the right for years to come.

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Donald Trump defends coronavirus record at first post-COVID-19 rally

US president Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.

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US Senate to press on with hearings for Trump Supreme Court nominee

The US Senate will begin confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, a mere three weeks before the presidential election.

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Trump says he is 'immune' from coronavirus to sceptical response

The White House doctor has said the president is not considered a transmission risk, without declaring that he had tested negative for the virus.

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Trump not a COVID-19 transmission risk to others, his doctor says

Dr Sean Conley wrote in a health update that 10 days after first experiencing symptoms, the US leader is now "fever-free well over 24 hours and all symptoms improved" and that tests "reveal there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus."

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