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US President Joe Biden will return to the campaign trail next week following his COVID diagnosis, the Democrat campaign chair has said. Mr Biden was forced to pull out of a speech after contracting COVID-19 this week, as pressure on him to step aside from the race to become president ramped up. Mr Biden has
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Donald Trump supporters are wearing pretend ear bandages to the Republican convention in solidarity with him after an assassination attempt on the former president. Mr Trump has been wearing a patch over his ear since the shooting in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Several attendees at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee were seen with similar white
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Usha Vance is a lawyer, a Yale graduate, the Hindu daughter of Indian immigrants – and she could be about to become the United States’ “second lady”. She was thrust into the spotlight after her husband, JD Vance, was chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Almost immediately, she quit her
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A “mega den” of as many as 2,000 rattlesnakes can now be viewed online thanks to a round-the-clock webcam. Not everybody will be glued to the footage – but it is expected to be a must-watch for scientists and other snake enthusiasts who are helping to broaden understanding of these unusual reptiles. The remote site
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Donald Trump has announced Ohio senator, JD Vance, who once compared him to Hitler, as his running mate for November’s US election. But who really is the 39-year-old former venture capitalist and now potential future vice president? On this episode of the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Sky’s US correspondent James Matthews, plus
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Within minutes, what should have been a regular rally for Donald Trump quickly spiraled into a deadly assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. Using videos from the ground and aerial imagery, Sky News details what we know about the security efforts before and during the attack. Our analysis found police vehicles were parked as close as 20m/65ft
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A judge in Florida has dismissed the criminal case relating to classified documents that were found at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Mr Trump had been accused of illegally holding onto classified documents. It represents another major legal victory as the Republican seeks a return to the White House. Florida-based US District Aileen Cannon, who was
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They save the Oval Office address for serious times – conflict, typically. On both counts – serious and conflict – a president’s prime-time appearance seemed appropriate. This was a Joe Biden presentation on the gravity of the current situation, eyeballing an American audience on attritional politics. Phrases like “political battlefield” and “killing field” offered an
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