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Michael Mathes
AFP US politics/Congress correspondent, lifelong human.
JD Vance is Trump’s bold choice for VP, but can he win?
Vance was once a fierce Trump antagonist, but he has made a U-turn to establish himself as one of the billionaire’s most ardent defenders
Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses
The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump’s guilt…
Biden to face clash over race in upcoming Democrat debate
Expect bare-knuckle political sparring when 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden battles his Democratic rivals this week
Warren leads Democrats in spirited first 2020 debate
The biggest American political debate since the 2016 presidential campaign is occurring over two nights in Miami
Trump walks out on Democrats as impeachment talk heats up
A livid Trump abruptly shut down a White House meeting with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer
For many Democrats desperate to beat Trump, Biden’s their man
Biden, a veteran Democrat who spent 36 year in the US Senate, boasts the thickest resume of any candidate seeking to deny Trump a second term
Joe Biden: Popular, seasoned Democrat with a cumbersome past
The former vice president jumped into a crowded Democratic field as an immediate frontrunner in the battle to oust President Donald Trump in 2020
In US presidential race, how old is too old?
Donald Trump, the oldest person ever elected US president, will be 74 on Inauguration Day 2021
US House to vote on blocking Trump emergency
Trump’s February 15 emergency declaration gives him access to billions of dollars to construct his wall on the Mexican border
Trumps delays State of the Union speech until government shutdown ends
President Trump backed down late on Wednesday in a spat with Democrats over his State of the Union address
Nancy Pelosi: Former US House speaker set to reclaim gavel
Keeping Donald Trump in check will be among the California Democrat’s top challenges as she presides over the House of Representatives
US govt lurches to shutdown as Trump, Democrats spar over wall
Fears of a shutdown — which could send thousands of federal employees home without pay just before Christmas — helped send US stocks tumbling
Democrats nominate Pelosi to reclaim US House speaker role
Nancy Pelosi is seeking to reclaim the gavel that she first wielded a dozen years ago when she became the first female speaker of the House
Republican wins Mississippi’s racially-charged Senate runoff
The runoff in the Republican stronghold between Hyde-Smith and Espy came under national scrutiny when unsettling remarks by the senator
US midterms: Key factors of the 2018 elections
The US midterm election has been a tug of war over key issues, but none has had a more dramatic impact on voters than Donald Trump