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WASHINGTON: Presidential contenders Donald Trump and Nikki Haley will face off in the Washington, DC, Republican primary on Sunday, a small-stakes contest that could be one of Haley’s best shots to score a win over the former president. The United States’ capital city only sends 19 out of 2,429 delegates to the Republican National Convention in July, where the nominee …

NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump arrived at his New York civil fraud trial on Tuesday blasting his former right-hand man Michael Cohen as a “liar”, ahead of testimony by the disgraced lawyer that could expose his old boss’s intimate business secrets. Meanwhile, compounding his legal woes, a third former Trump’s lawyer who worked on his 2020 presidential campaign …

A US State Department report on Friday criticised the handling of the 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan, saying decisions by President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump to withdraw troops had “serious consequences for the viability” and security of the former US-backed government. Adverse findings in the report also reflected badly on Secretary of State Antony Blinken, without naming him. They included …

Former US president Donald Trump on Wednesday called on his fellow Republicans in Congress to slash funding for the US Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), going on the offensive a day after pleading not guilty in New York to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim …

PHOENIX — Republican Kari Lake could still catch up to Democrat Katie Hobbs in Arizona’s contentious race for governor. Election workers continue to tabulate ballots in several counties, including Maricopa, the state’s most populous and vote-rich. Officials have asked for patience, stressing in daily news conferences that the process is unfolding at a normal pace and in accordance with the …

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump and his ex-wingman Mike Pence, who went from White House partners to bitter rivals, held dueling rallies on Friday in Arizona, where an upcoming Republican primary election offers an early test of their potential 2024 showdown. The convergence of campaign events came a day after a congressional hearing on the US Capitol assault, in which a White …

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory. The conversation Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome …

WEST BEACH: After delaying for nearly a week and under pressure from all sides, US President Donald Trump finally signed a massive $900 billion stimulus bill on Sunday, in a long-sought boost for millions of Americans and businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The package “providing coronavirus emergency response and relief” is part of a larger spending bill that, with …

WASHINGTON: Gliding over significant challenges still to come, President Donald Trump on Friday offered a rosy update on the race for a vaccine for the resurgent coronavirus as he delivered his first public remarks since his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden. He still did not concede the election. Trump spoke from the Rose Garden as the nation sets records for …

WASHINGTON — One victory away from ousting Donald Trump, Joe Biden called for calm on Thursday shortly before the president’s son called for “total war over this election” and the president himself defiantly claimed the election was being stolen through “tremendous corruption and fraud.” “They’re trying to steal an election. They’re trying to rig an election,” the president asserted, leveling …