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Quick facts – Ten counties to watch in Tuesday’s US presidential election

Washington DC, US Reuters Seven battleground states – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – are expected to play a decisive role in Tuesday’s US presidential election between Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump. Members of the media listen to Maricopa County Election officials ahead of the US presidential election, in […]

Harris closes campaign in Philadelphia, Trump in Michigan on eve of deadlocked election

Updated: 5:45pm (AEDT) Reading, Pennsylvania/Allentown, Pennsylvania, US Reuters Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania and other battleground states on Monday in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close US presidential election. The campaign has seen head-spinning twists: two assassination attempts and a felony conviction for Republican former […]

Why we may not know the winner of the US presidential election on 5th November

Reuters The US presidential election will take place on 5th November, but the winner of the razor-thin race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump may not be known for days after the polls close. As ballots are counted, one candidate may appear to be leading based on early returns, only for a rival […]

Courts in US battleground states move to swiftly decide election cases

Reuters Courts in US battleground states are taking steps to expedite lawsuits over the 5th November election, hoping to avoid drawn-out disputes that could delay the results. Arizona’s court system on Tuesday became the latest to adopt special procedures governing election litigation to ensure such challenges are decided as swiftly as possible. The state’s supreme […]

Trump recorded pressuring Michigan officials to toss Biden’s 2020 win – report

FRepublican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Reno, Nevada, US on 17th December, 2023

Washington DC, US Reuters Donald Trump urged two Michigan election officials not to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the state following the 2020 presidential election, personally calling them in a pressure campaign reminiscent of his Georgia tactics, the Detroit News reported.  In a 17th November, 2020, phone call, the then-President told two fellow Republicans […]

In the US, Rev Al Sharpton delivers eulogy after police killing of Patrick Lyoya

US Grand Rapids Ben Crump

RNS Rev Al Sharpton reminded mourners that Black people are created in God’s image at the funeral of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday. “We were created in the image of God,” Sharpton said in his eulogy on 22nd April. “When you see us, you are seeing what God put together. And […]

In US state of Michigan, settlement lets faith agencies deny LGBT adoptions

US Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

Lansing, Michigan AP Faith-based adoption agencies that contract with the US state of Michigan can refuse to place children with same-sex couples under a proposed settlement filed in federal court Tuesday, months after the US Supreme Court ruled for a Catholic charity in a similar case. The state Department of Health and Human Services said […]