Those who protested George Floyd’s murder did not even spare Mahatma Gandhi: Donald Trump

The US president said the actions of protestors after the murder of George Floyd showed that they were ‘just a bunch of thugs’.

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· Sep 19, 2020 · 01:33 pm

Sanjay Subrahmanyam: As November looms, US has done little to fix its dysfunctional political system

Two symptoms: the electoral college system and the two-party system.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

· Aug 30, 2020 · 09:00 am

Senior White House staffer Kellyanne Conway says she is stepping down at the end of August

Conway said she will now focus on the schooling of her four children.

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· Aug 24, 2020 · 11:24 am

Joe Biden has promised to pick a female VP candidate. Who is his best bet?

The crowded field includes former presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.

Bruce Wolpe, The Conversation

· Jul 28, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Joe Biden calls Donald Trump the first racist US president, accuses him of using ‘China as a wedge’

The Democratic presidential nominee said that the way Trump dealt with people on the basis of their ethnicity was ‘absolutely sickening’.

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· Jul 23, 2020 · 10:07 am

What makes celebrity presidential candidates popular among voters?

Kanye West is only the latest in a long line of celebrity politicians.

Natasha Lindstaedt, The Conversation

· Jul 13, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Who Joe Biden picks as a running mate will do little to sway voters’ decision

Vice presidential candidates influence voters only when they are much more – or much less – popular than the main candidate.

Christopher Devine, The Conversation

· Jul 06, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Rapper Kanye West announces candidacy for US presidential elections

Technology entrepreneur Elon Musk backed West, telling him he had his full support.

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· Jul 05, 2020 · 01:00 pm

US elections: Joe Biden appoints Indian-American Medha Raj his digital chief of staff

Raj was once part of former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttgieg’s presidential campaign ‘Pete for America’.

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· Jun 30, 2020 · 06:25 pm

US: Joe Biden formally secures Democratic presidential nomination

Biden served for eight years as vice president under Barack Obama and this is his third bid for the presidency.

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· Jun 06, 2020 · 10:28 am

Could Donald Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis secure him a second term?

Even amid Trump’s ‘confused and incoherent’ policies, his approval ratings have gone up.

Paul Whiteley and Harold D Clarke, The Conversation

· Apr 23, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Covid-19: Plans to militarise America’s northern border expose faultlines in US-Canada relations

It has been dubbed the ‘Mexicanisation’ of the US-Canada border.

Bruno Dupeyron, The Conversation

· Apr 06, 2020 · 11:30 pm