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US election race: Joe Biden meets Jacob Blake's family in Wisconsin

The Democratic candidate's visit to Kenosha followed that of Donald Trump two days earlier. Biden accused the US President of legitimizing the human 'dark side'.

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'Best yet to come': Trump formally accepts presidential nomination

He spoke to a crowd of 1,500 - largely maskless - people, at the White House.

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National Guard called out after police shoot Black man in Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s governor summoned the National Guard to head off another round of violent protests after the police shooting of a Black man in the back multiple times in Kenosha on Sunday.

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Kamala Harris with official VP nomination

Harris has been tipped as a future standard-bearer for the Democratic Party as she prepares to make her acceptance speech as the first woman of colour to be nominated to a party's presidential election ticket.

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Democrats officially nominate Biden to take on Trump

“Donald Trump says we’re leading the world. Well, we are the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple,” former US President Bill Clinton said in a speech to endorse Joe Biden.

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Michelle Obama warns Trump is 'in over his head' at DNC

The president “has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head,” Michelle Obama said.

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Kamala Harris: What does Biden's choice mean for the White House race?

The Democrats hope the entry into the 2020 presidential race of the first black woman and Asian American increases their chances of beating Donald Trump.

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Joe Biden selects California Senator Kamala Harris as running mate

Joe Biden selects California Senator Kamala Harris as running mate

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'He's against God": Donald Trump claims Joe Biden wants to 'hurt God'

Playing electoral defence, Trump claims Biden opposes God.

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An artist in Italy has carved this huge portrait of Joe Biden

A land artist is helping to cultivate support for US presidential hopeful Joe Biden after carving a picture of him in an Italian field.

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Twitter hack: Obama, Biden and Gates accounts targeted in Bitcoin scam

The incursion appears to be centred around a cryptocurrency scam. The tweets, which were fake, offered to send people $2,000 for every $1,000 they sent to a bitcoin address.

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US Supreme Court: LGBT people can't be fired over sexual orientation

The ruling could have a huge impact on the estimated 8 to 11 million American LGBT community, who are not protected against workplace discrimination in most US states.

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Ukraine opens probe into leaked 'Biden-Poroshenko' tapes

The tapes, which are yet to be authenticated, were released on Tuesday by Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Derkach.

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US election, COVID-19 and the stark parallels with 1918 flu pandemic

The pandemic has already had a significant impact on the presidential primaries.

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5 takeaways from the Democratic debate

Analysis: The two candidates offered contrasting visions on handling the coronavirus and clashed over their past records.

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5 things to watch in the Biden-Sanders debate

Analysis: The first one-on-one faceoff of the Democratic primary season arrives Sunday amid a dramatically transformed campaign landscape.

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Euroviews. Trump has too much power, and it's ruining the electoral process ǀ View

By November, both sides will fear and hate each other just a little more. And somehow, the winner will still have to be the president of all the people.

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Euroviews. Bill de Blasio: The Democratic primary isn't over. Neither is Sanders' candidacy ǀ View

Bernie, not Biden, is the answer to the many of the mistakes we made as a party in 2016. He can reach the working class, inspire young voters and lead a powerful movement to take back the White House.

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Biden wins big in Michigan, extends lead over Sanders

Former VP Joe Biden now has a substantial delegate lead over Bernie Sanders after winning in Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho.

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White House shares 'manipulated' and 'partly false' video of Joe Biden

The viral clip appears to show the Democrat frontrunner endorsing Donald Trump as US President but had been shortened to remove the end of his sentence.