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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.

22/10/2020

USA

Barack Obama to hold first in-person event for candidate Joe Biden

While Obama is usually one of the party’s biggest draws and most compelling speakers, that impact may be blunted by the format.

21/10/2020

USA

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.

20/10/2020

USA

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.

20/10/2020

USA

'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.

20/10/2020

USA

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.

16/10/2020

USA

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.

14/10/2020

USA

Trump-Biden presidential debate: Five key takeaways

Trump is no stranger to going on the offensive, but his fighting approach on stage left his Democratic opponent struggling to complete a sentence during the debate.

30/09/2020

USA

First US presidential debate: Trump and Biden lock horns from outset

There were heated clashes over the president's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the integrity of the election results, personal attacks about Biden's family and how the Supreme Court will shape the future of the nation’s health care.

30/09/2020

USA

What does a Biden administration mean for key European issues?

From climate change to an EU-US trade deal, how will the next man in the White House impact major European issues?

11/09/2020

World News

Facebook will ban new political adverts in week before US election

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will also prevent campaigns and their supporters from making premature claims of the vote result.

03/09/2020

USA

Network linked to Russian 'troll factory' removed by Facebook

A small network of accounts and pages linked to a Russian “troll factory” has been removed by Facebook, the company said, in a sign of ongoing Russian efforts to disrupt the upcoming US election and sow discord in the country.

01/09/2020

USA

Republicans say US election will not be delayed after Trump tweet

Trump floated the idea of delaying the US election but faced a rare rebuke from members of the GOP.

31/07/2020

USA

In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets

The US President said Twitter's fact-check warning is stifling freedom of expression and accused the platform of interfering in the US presidential elections.

27/05/2020

France

US elections: Expat Iowans take part in Democrat caucus in Paris

Voters from Egypt, Italy, the Netherlands travelled to Paris on Monday to choose their preferred Democratic candidate to run against Donald Trump.

04/02/2020

The Cube

Do deepfakes have power to rewrite history?

A new deepfake art installation reimagines the story of the moon landings, revealing threats to both democracy and history,

27/11/2019

USA

Elizabeth Warren's long-awaited plan to finance 'Medicare for All'

The 2020 candidate promises "not one penny" in middle class tax increases.

01/11/2019

Italy

Clinton warns of 'Russian interference' on email leak art show visit

The exhibition features print-outs of the leaked private messages sent and received by Clinton which became the subject of an FBI investigation in 2016.

13/09/2019

USA

Democrats want to see unredacted Mueller report

US Democrats have issued a subpoena to try to force the Department of Justice to hand over the full unredacted version of the Mueller report

19/04/2019

USA

Pete Buttigieg officially announces 2020 presidential campaign

If elected, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana would be the first-ever openly gay and youngest-ever U.S. president.

14/04/2019