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The five weeks before the US presidential election on November 5 is filled with equal measures of peril and promise, not always shared equally by the candidates. This is especially true where one campaign has momentum while the other mostly offers grievances and conspiracy theories at fewer rallies than in 2016 or 2020. Will it be Indian-American Kamala Harris, as the first female president, or the chaos of retribution that Trump says will be a part of his return?

The presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face a moment of truth when they meet face to face on the September 10 debate. The decision by President Joe Biden to drop out of the race, giving rise to a thunder-clap political moment, may have altered American history for the next several decades

The just-decided first phase of the anti-trust legal action against Google is intended to create a more level playing field where Big Tech’s market power is unchecked. It is likely to influence other nations as well as more US actions against Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Two controversial decisions and questionable behaviour by several justices have turned the Court into an issue in the 2024 presidential polls. President Joe Biden has just put forward a plan to make changes in the Court. While he is not running for re-election, Vice-President Kamala Harris is and she agrees the Court needs an overhaul

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Predictions about whom America will choose as president resemble a fast-moving ping-pong match. In an unexpected bounce this week. President Joe Biden withdrew his name from consideration with Democrats selecting Vice-President Kamala Harris to oppose Donald Trump in November’s election

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Student protests about the Palestine-Israel conflict may interrupt numerous college and university graduations that usually symbolize spring in America. The Gaza conflict has taken centrestage, with Columbia University in New York being the hub of protests. Fifty six years ago, also in a national election year, the focus of discontent was American involvement in the Vietnam War

The former president has been confined to a Manhattan courtroom. He faces 34 felony charges after prosecutors accused him of faking business records to conceal a hush-money payment made to a porn star in 2016. He faces three other prosecutions, but this will most likely be the only trial before the November election