US ELECTIONS 2024 Joe Biden: racing against time to 'heal' a broken nation 25-04-2023 12:20 Biden, despite making strides towards economic recovery post-Covid and a strong Ukraine-Russia war response, has not yet fulfilled his pledge to "heal" the divided nation.
US ELECTIONS 2024 White House 2024: the hopefuls aiming to take on Biden 25-04-2023 12:03 US President Joe Biden up against a number of hopeful candidates including former adversary Donald Trump, rising star Governor Ron DeSantis, and former vice president Mike Pence.
UNITED STATES Trump pleads not guilty after historic arrest 04-04-2023 16:42 Donald Trump pleaded not guilty this afternoon, after becoming the first United States president to be arrested on criminal charges.
US Politics Trump officially launches 2024 White House bid 15-11-2022 23:59 "America's comeback starts right now," declares 76-year-old former US president before hundreds of supporters gathered in an ornate, flag-draped ballroom at his palatial Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
US ELECTIONS 2022 Republicans make gains in US midterms but no 'red wave' 09-11-2022 17:11 Disappointing night for Donald Trump, who was counting on a powerful Republican showing to boost his expected 2024 run to return to White House.
US MIDTERMS 2022 Biden hits campaign trail in final uphill push to salvage Democrats’ hopes 04-11-2022 00:21 Facing signs of a growing "red wave" that could sweep the opposition Republicans to power in the House and Senate, US President Joe Biden makes his closing pitch ahead of next week’s midterm elections.
UNITED STATES POLITICS LGBTQ candidates make history in US midterm election 04-11-2022 00:19 A new report from the LGBTQ Victory Fund found that of the 1,065 LGBTQ hopefuls who ran primary campaigns for November's midterms, a historic 678 made it onto the ballot – an 18 percent increase over 2020.
DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II Anti-monarchists drowned out as UK mourns queen 15-09-2022 09:29 Amid blanket media coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and wall-to-wall tributes, republican voices calling to ditch the royals have struggled to be heard in Britain.
INFLATION IN THE AMERICAS Biden under pressure as US inflation hits four-decade high 12-02-2022 09:30 US president faces battle to enact spending proposals and retain control of Congress following January inflation report showing large surge in the cost of living.
LGBT+ RIGHTS 'Don't say gay': Sex education fuels US culture wars 09-02-2022 17:24 Swelling mobilisation by US conservatives over what is taught in schools has led several states to push for new curbs on what educators can discuss related to sexual and gender identity.
DIPLOMATIC SPAT US congressman: ‘Argentina has lashed itself to Chinese Communist Party’ 08-02-2022 22:48 US lawmaker Matt Gaetz says “Argentina has lashed itself to the Chinese Communist Party” in the wake of last week's Belt and Road initiative announcement.
2022: THE YEAR IN PREVIEW World Cup to Rio carnival: Six key events to come in 2022 01-01-2022 00:01 From the World Cup in Qatar to the midterm elections in the United States, here are six events that are likely to mark the coming year.