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Latest news, updates, analysis and opinion about the 2024 US Presidential Election, which will be a rematch between US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump.

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  • The ex-US president said ‘I wish her well’ on Truth Social after a report said Haley could be picked if he thought she could help him win the White House
  • While the former US ambassador to the UN has acknowledged that Trump would be the Republican nominee, she has so far not endorsed him

The ex-US president’s youngest son will not be representing Florida at the Republican Party convention, a statement from his mother Melania Trump’s office says.

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The US will impose new, elevated tariffs that focus on key industries including electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells, according to Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.

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Six months before the US presidential election, pollsters are scrambling to get an accurate read on the people voting for Donald Trump, a group that has systematically eluded them for eight years and counting.

She’s taken the stand as a witness in the ex-president’s hush money trial, but the notorious adult film star also dabbles in the occult, enjoys family time at her ranch and continues her work in showbiz.

The ex-US president’s lawyer asked her about different accounts she had given of the incident, seeking to undermine the porn star’s credibility as a witness in the hush money trial.

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Donald Trump said “What Biden is doing with respect to Israel is disgraceful,” in reference to the president’s threat to stop sending weapons to Israel as it wages war against the Palestinian militant group in Gaza.

The decision comes a day after a Florida judge postponed the classified documents trial indefinitely, as the list of stalled cases against the ex-US president grows.

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Trump’s 2016 campaign team was panicked about the potential political fallout from a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, Hicks just testified

The decision greatly reduces the chances that the ex-US president will face a jury in either of two federal cases against him before the November election.

Jailing Trump would almost certainly inflame his already loyal base of supporters and in their minds further Trump’s narrative that he is being politically persecuted.

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The porn star at the heart of Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial testified – in sometimes explicit detail – about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president in a hotel penthouse suite.

Bernie Sanders, the longest-serving independent senator in American history, said he will seek a fourth term in an announcement touting his record over 16 years and taking aim at US military funding for Israel.

The judge in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump said he will consider prison time for the former president for additional violations of the gag order.

Former US president Donald Trump has sharpened his allegation that his Democratic successor has weaponised the US justice system against him, comparing Joe Biden’s tactics to those of Hitler’s secret police.

Tens of thousands have been killed. Yet domestic politics are as much a factor as any looming humanitarian disaster for Western and Middle Eastern governments involved in peace talks.

Speaking at Trump’s hush money trial, lawyer Keith Davidson testified about his concern that he may have helped the businessman win the White House.

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The ex-publisher of the Enquirer testified to his 2016 involvement in paying off Playboy model Karen McDougal, while the tabloid also ‘caught and killed’ stories to protect Weinstein and Schwarzenegger

Most analysts believe Trump would maintain the alliance to counter Beijing, but some said major shifts including a potential troop pull-out were possible

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2 Republican state senators crossed party lines in the 16-14 vote, with Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs expected to swiftly sign the repeal.

Though barred from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his hush money case, the ex-US president is free to criticise Judge Merchan.