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US President Joe Biden. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

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

Senator Cory Booker, Senator Elizabeth Warren and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke pose together before the start of the first US 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

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

US President Donald Trump (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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

Joe Biden (AFP)

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

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

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

Trump and the White House have pressed on with plans to repurpose more than $6-billion from other sources, mostly already-allocated funds in the Defense Department budget. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

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

US President Donald Trump and Republican US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith speak to supporters during a Make America Great Again rally in Biloxi, Mississippi, US. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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

A protester holds a poster against the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh against a police barricade in front of the U.S. Capitol building. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

US Senate confirms Kavanaugh to Supreme Court after divisive fight

Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a replacement for retiring justice Anthony Kennedy was controversial from the start

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis. (AFP)

All eyes on Ohio special election as test of Trump

Pollsters rate the Ohio race between Republican state senator Troy Balderson and Democratic lawyer Danny O’Connor as a toss-up

(Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Trump doubles down on family separations, cuddles flag

A defiant Trump sounded unfazed by the mounting pressure to alleviate the situation before it ruptures into a public relations disaster for his party

Congress must pass a stopgap funding measure before the new fiscal year begins or much of the US federal government will close down. (AFP)

US govt shutdown: House Republican leader offers glimmer of hope

As meetings take place to prevent the US government from closing down, a House Republican leader has hinted that his party could offer a new plan.

Richard Mourdock

‘Oh wow’: Female Republican supporters alarmed by rape remarks

US senate candidate Richard Mourdock has set himself back with his own supporters after making a controversial comment about abortion and rape.

Mitt Romney is infamous for his ‘binders full of women’ gaffe.

Romney: It’s time to ‘change course’ in Middle East

Mitt Romney will call for a US change of course in the Middle East, saying President Barack Obama’s muddled strategy has failed to confront extremism.

Mitt Romney has hastened to assure Hispanic voters that he’s ‘not going to round up people around the country and deport them’.
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I’m here for you, Romney tells Hispanic Americans

Sounding a note of inclusion that belied tension in the campaign, Mitt Romney has told Hispanic voters he would be president for "100%" of Americans.

Obama victory a sure thing

Obama victory a sure thing, predicts expert

Mitt Romney is in the midst of a bruising, costly campaign to oust Barack but one expert has long said the Republican’s efforts are for naught.

Romney takes nail-biting win over Santorum in Ohio

CNN says Mitt Romney has won the vote in Ohio after a battle with Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination in the state.

Egypt aid on a knife’s edge over US activists’ trial

Egypt aid on a knife’s edge over US activists’ trial

US senators have warned Egypt that the risk of a rupture in ties is growing amid an escalating row over the trial of US pro-democracy activists.

US govt under pressure to arm Libya rebels

US govt under pressure to arm Libya rebels

The administration of President Barack Obama came under mounting pressure on Sunday to arm rebels facing an emboldened and regrouping military.