“We will fight”, Harris says in MLK Day speech, warning of threats to US freedom
Columbia, South Carolina, US Reuters US Vice President Kamala Harris warned Americans that their freedom is under threat as she commemorated Martin Luther King Jr Day in early-voting South Carolina on Monday, wielding the civil-rights icon’s legacy to urge Black voters to join Democrats to win the 2024 election. Harris headlined an annual event by […]
Dangerously cold temps continue across US as 2024 presidential race begins in Iowa
Reuters Much of the United States remained gripped by an Arctic blast on Monday, cutting power to tens of thousands of customers in northern states and Texas and potentially dampening turnout in Iowa, where voters will cast the first ballots for a Republican candidate in November’s presidential race. The dangerously frigid weather is expected to […]
Biden on Trump ‘dictator’ remark: “He’s saying it out loud”
Philadelphia, US Reuters President Joe Biden told donors at a political fundraiser on Monday that former President Donald Trump is a threat to US democracy and said the Republican had pledged to be a dictator for a day if elected in 2024. “He’s saying it out loud,” said Biden, a Democrat who is running for […]
Essay: US evangelical Christians are crucial voters in Republican primaries. Would they support DeSantis or Trump?
In an article first published on The Conversation, DAVID SMITH, associate professor in American politics and foreign policy at the University of Sydney’s US Studies Centre, looks at the role evangelical voters could play in any Republican primary contest between Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump…