Biden clinches nomination, bruising presidential rematch with Trump looms
Reuters President Joe Biden won enough delegates on Tuesday to seal the Democratic Party’s nomination, with a face-off against former President Donald Trump looming in what would be the first US presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years. Biden needed 1,968 delegates to win the nomination and Edison Research said he passed that number on […]
Updated: In show of strength, Trump dominates Iowa caucus, DeSantis edges Haley for second
Updated: 4:45pm (AEDT) Des Moines, Iowa Reuters Donald Trump secured a resounding victory in the first 2024 Republican presidential contest in Iowa on Monday, asserting his dominance over the party as he seeks a third consecutive nomination and a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden. Edison Research projected the win and said Florida Governor Ron […]
Dangerously cold temps continue across US as 2024 presidential race begins in Iowa
Reuters Much of the United States remained gripped by an Arctic blast on Monday, cutting power to tens of thousands of customers in northern states and Texas and potentially dampening turnout in Iowa, where voters will cast the first ballots for a Republican candidate in November’s presidential race. The dangerously frigid weather is expected to […]
Biden impeachment inquiry authorised by House Republicans, despite lack of evidence
Washington DC, USReuters The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formally authorize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as Republicans unite behind the effort even though they have yet to find evidence of wrongdoing by the Democrat. The Republican-controlled chamber voted 221-212 along party lines to approve the probe, which is […]
Republicans drop Jim Jordan’s US House speaker bid after third failed vote
Washington DC, USReuters Hardline conservative Republican Jim Jordan’s quest to become speaker of the US House of Representatives ended on Friday as his fellow Republicans revoked their support following a third, failed vote on the House floor. That means that the House until at least next week will remain unable to respond to President Joe […]
US House speaker nominee Scalise drops out of race, deepening crisis
Washington DC, USReuters Representative Steve Scalise, who Republicans nominated to be the next speaker of the House of Representatives, dropped out of the race on Thursday as the party failed to resolve its divisions, prolonging the leadership crisis in the chamber. Scalise, the number two House Republican, had secured his party’s nomination to replace ousted […]
US politics: Can South Carolina’s Haley and Scott woo the Republican Party’s white evangelical base away from Trump?
TIFFANY STANLEY, of Associated Press, reports that both candidates of colour must appeal to their party’s white evangelical base to have a prayer against former President Donald Trump….
Pioneering US Christian broadcaster Stuart Epperson dies
United StatesRNS Stuart Epperson, Sr, who co-founded one of the largest conservative religious radio broadcast outlets, died on Monday at the age of 86. His death was announced by Salem Media, which Epperson co-founded in 1986 with his brother-in-law, Edward Atsinger. The two built Salem into a radio powerhouse that became a key communication channel for […]
Pat Robertson, US broadcaster who helped make religion central to Republican politics, dies at 93
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USAP Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93. Robertson’s death Thursday was announced by his broadcasting network. […]
Updated: Trump criminally charged in New York, a first for a US ex-president
Updated: 3pm (AEDT)New York, USReuters Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former US president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House. The specific charges are not yet known, as […]