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'Only a matter time': First Lady hints Biden will run in 2024

'Only a matter time': First Lady hints that Joe Biden will run for re-election in 2024. In a visit to Africa, Jill Biden said there's “pretty much” nothing left to do but choose the time and place for it.

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'Unfinished business': Donald Trump kicks off 2024 US presidential run

Early polls suggest the 76-year-old former president is already leading the pack for the Republican Party nomination.

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Speaker Drama: Why is the US House of Representatives in deadlock?

Republican Members of the US House of Representatives have repeatedly failed to elect a Speaker despite having a majority in the chamber.

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America votes: What might a Republican victory mean for Europe?

There's concern that success for Trump supporters in Tuesday's vote may jeopardise aid for Ukraine, damage transatlantic ties, and galvanise Europe's far-right.

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US lawmakers subpoena Donald Trump demanding 6 January riot testimony

The investigation into events at the US Capitol saw new video from inside the building, and reviewed Secret Service messages about plans for violent protests.

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Donald Trump's allies emerge as winners in American primary voting

One of Trump's most vocal critics, Liz Cheney, was defeated in a primary election on Tuesday - while former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin sailed through.

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US Congress set to approve most important gun control bill in decades

A bipartisan gun violence bill is on the verge of winning congressional approval, in what would be the most sweeping political response to mass shootings in the US in decades.

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Trump's hold on US Republicans boosted as author JD Vance wins primary

Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance's victory in an Ohio Republican Senate primary marks a major victory for Donald Trump as the midterm election season gets underway.

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Former US Senator and WWII veteran Bob Dole dies aged 98

Dole had disclosed in February that he was being treated for stage-four lung cancer.

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US election: Youngkin wins Virginia governor's race, jolting Democrats

Republican Glenn Youngkin won the governor's race in the US state of Virginia, in an election that was seen as a first major test of voter sentiment since Biden took office.

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US Senate Republicans block probe of January 6 Capitol riot

Senate Republicans blocked the a bill that would create an independent panel to study the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

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Trump hints at running in 2024, says he won't start another party

The event so far at a Hyatt hotel in Orlando, Florida, has been a tribute to Trump and Trumpism, complete with a golden statue in his likeness.

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Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene voted off House committees

Nearly all Republicans voted against the Democratic move but none defended her lengthy history of endorsing outlandish conspiracy theories and violent, racist views.

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Democrats plan vote on ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene from panels

The US House will vote on whether to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committees over the Republican's embrace of conspiracy theories and violent racist views.

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'Just move on': US Republicans grapple with post-Trump future

With Democrats in control of the White House and Congress, Republicans face profound questions about what the party stands for without Donald Trump in charge.

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'This was four years in the making': Trump blamed for US violence

Political scientists say US President Trump's incendiary rhetoric has riled up right-wing voters in a way that will deeply affect the Republican Party for years.

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Donald Trump says he'll 'fight like hell' to hold on to presidency

Electoral voters won by President-elect Joe Biden are "not gonna take this White House!” he shouted as supporters cheered at an outdoor rally in Georgia.

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Pro-Trump Republican senators in final bid to overturn Biden win

The outgoing president's baseless fraud claims and refusal to accept his election defeat has become a defining moment for Republicans and is tearing the party apart.

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Vote over Trump's call to increase COVID-19 relief checks is blocked

The US president said relief checks for millions of Americans should be increased - but Republicans blocked such a vote in the Senate.

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Turning the page? Republicans acknowledge Biden's victory

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated his former colleague Joe Biden as president-elect, after the Electoral College confirmed the election result.