US politics

US House clashes over Harris’s role in 2021 Afghanistan troop withdrawal

Partisan divisions over the chaotic 2021 pullout of western forces from Afghanistan have burst into the open ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate in Philadelphia after a Republican-led congressional report...

Liz Cheney calls Trump a ‘catastrophe’ and urges Republicans to vote for Harris

The former congresswoman Liz Cheney called Donald Trump an “unrecoverable catastrophe” on Sunday and urged fellow Republicans to...

US presidential polls: Harris leads Trump nationally, but key swing state races tighter

As next week’s crucial presidential debate looms into view, Kamala Harris has maintained her narrow lead over Donald...

Former vice-president Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney says

The former vice-president Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris, in November’s...

Republican voters less confident than Democrats in spotting AI deepfakes, poll shows

Only one in four registered voters have strong confidence in their ability to tell the difference between real...

Anti-Trump Republican group spends $11.5m in ads in ‘blue wall’ states to boost Harris

Republican Voters Against Trump, the group of disaffected Republicans devoted to stopping Donald Trump from returning to the White House, is stepping up its...

Federal judge rejects Trump’s request to intervene in hush-money criminal case

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush-money criminal case, thwarting the former president’s latest bid...

Senior adviser rejects rumors of shake-up in Trump campaign leadership

Trump campaign senior official Corey Lewandowski has rejected rumors of shake-up in the management of the former president’s election bid, saying the operation’s leadership...

Kamala Harris says Trump ‘disrespected sacred ground’ on cemetery visit

Kamala Harris – the Democratic nominee for November’s White House race – has accused Donald Trump of “disrespecting sacred ground” on his recent visit...

Democrats seize on Trump cemetery photo op ‘disgrace’ as election issue

Democrats are trying to turn Donald Trump’s clash with staff at Arlington National Cemetery, the hallowed final resting place of America’s war dead, into...

Kamala Harris to give first big interview as nominee in key test of credibility

Kamala Harris on Thursday will give her first major interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee in what is being seen as a key...