Donald Trump lays blame for assassination attempt on Biden and Harris_l
Ex-president claimed Biden administration weaponized justice department and caused staffing shortages at Secret Service Trump appeared on the Dr Phil talkshow to level his charges against the Biden administration. Photograph: Ellen Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Donald Trump has blamed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for last month’s failed…
All eyes on America’s ‘blue wall’ as Harris scrambles to woo key voters_lus
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin hold the election key – can the Democrats see off the challenge from Trump? Away from the deafening roar of the party faithful that nightly fills the Democratic national convention in Chicago an urgent question is…
Trump attacks Kamala Harris and ‘Marxist left’ in speech to police_lus
Ex-president falsely claims US is in grip of violent crime wave, and vows to shield officers from legal accountability Donald Trump has pledged to shield police officers from legal accountability if he is re-elected as president after falsely claiming the…
‘America is ready for a better story’: Barack Obama lauds Kamala Harris in rousing speech_lus
Ex-president praised Harris as ‘champion’ of people and took a dig at Trump’s ‘weird obsession with crowd sizes’ Amid chants of “Yes, she can!”, Barack Obama returned to the scene of past triumphs on Tuesday to pass the mantle of political history…
Trump calls his supporters ‘basement dwellers’, says former press secretary_lus
Stephanie Grisham excoriates ex-president at Democratic convention and says ‘he has no empathy, no morals’ Stephanie Grisham, Donald Trump’s former press secretary, excoriated the Republican presidential nominee at the Democratic national convention on Tuesday, saying: “He has no empathy, no morals, and…
Biden at the Democratic convention was unrecognisable from his disastrous debate_l
Biden’s voice was strong and clear, and the crowd was far warmer to him as an outgoing president Joe Biden took the stage and held his daughter, Ashley, in a long embrace, whispered some tender words and wiped tears from his…
‘We can’t just vote’: in Chicago, protesters rally for Gaza and abortion rights as DNC set to begin_l
As Kamala Harris prepares to be formally nominated, organisers are expecting widespread protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago As thousands of Democratic delegates, party officials and elected leaders descend on Chicago for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) a smaller, strident…
Lindsey Graham warns Trump ‘the provocateur’ in danger of losing election_l
Republican senator urges Trump to focus on policy issues instead of making personal attacks against Harris The Republican senator and Donald Trump loyalist Lindsey Graham has warned that Trump is in danger of losing the US presidential election if he continues to…
FBI raids US home of Russian-born analyst who advised Trump in 2016
Dimitri Simes, whose name appeared prominently in Mueller report, ‘puzzled and concerned’ by raid in Virginia The Hoover FBI building in Washington. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters FBI agents have raided and searched the Virginia home of Dimitri Simes, an author and policy…
‘The world is watching’: 1968 protests set stage for Democratic convention
National guard soldiers face off with demonstrators at Grant Park in Chicago on 26 August 1968. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images On Monday Democrats return to Chicago to prepare to anoint Kamala Harris as their candidate – amid striking…