Ron DeSantis drops out of Republican Primary Race

Ron DeSantis drops out of Republican Primary Race

Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the Republican primary race ahead of Tuesday's contest in New Hampshire. The Florida governor has endorsed his rival, former US President Donald Trump, for office. Our US Correspondent Jagruti Dave reports.

January 22, 2024 19

World

Trump continues attacks on judge in defamation trial

Donald Trump has continued his spat with a judge presiding over his defamation case. On Wednesday the former President was threatened to be kicked out of court after being accused of being disruptive during the testimony of his accuser E. Jean Carroll. The writer is back on the witness stand today for further cross-examination. William Denselow reports from New York.

January 19, 2024 6

World

Outside spending on 2024 elections tops $318 million

Former President Donald Trump at a watch party during the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15, 2024. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) By Anna Massoglia and Jimmy Cloutier via OpenSecrets Outside spending on 2024 federal races is outpacing all previous election cycles, according to an OpenSecrets analysis of campaign finance reports. Super PACs and other outside groups that can raise and spend unlimited […]

January 18, 2024 20

World

Ukraine will work with ‘any reality’ after US elections

Ukraine will work with whoever wins the US presidential election later this year, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told AFP on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. With former US president Donald Trump the frontrunner to win the Republican nomination, there are fears Washington's policy on Ukraine would change if he wins. With Congress already divided on giving more arms to Ukraine, some worry Trump will […]

January 18, 2024 13

World

Trump projected to win Iowa Caucus

Former US President Donald Trump is projected to win the Iowa caucus.Republican voters in the state are the first in the country to have their say about who they want leading the party in November's presidential election. Iowans have been voting despite freezing temperatures. Nick Harper reports from Des Moines, Iowa.

January 16, 2024 19

World

Iowa prepares for first-in-the-nation vote

It's decision time in the United States with the Iowa Caucus just hours away. Republican voters in the midwest state are the first-in-the-nation to have their say on which candidate they want representing the party to challenge President Joe Biden in November's election. Recent polling suggests a landslide victory for former president Donald Trump in Monday night's vote. Nick Harper is at a caucus venue in Des Moines, Iowa.

January 15, 2024 30

Opinion Pieces

US election: third party candidates can tip the balance in a tight race – here’s why Robert F Kennedy Jr matters

By Thomas Gift, UCL US politics will start with a bang in January 2024. The long-awaited Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries promise to provide early clarity on a likely Donald Trump v Joe Biden rematch for the presidential election this year. But beneath the hoopla of the first-tier White House candidacies will be another race – the sprint to get on the ballot for those not running as Republicans […]

January 12, 2024 13

Health / Medical

In a Fractious Rerun, GOP Rivals Haley and DeSantis Debate Health Care. Trump Sits It Out.

Left: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley debate at an event hosted by CNN in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 10. Right: Former President Donald Trump conducts a town hall hosted by Fox News in Des Moines on the same night. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES; ALEX WROBLEWSKI / BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES) By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs The race to win the quickly approaching Iowa caucuses was […]

January 12, 2024 12

World

Washington appeals court questions Trump’s legal immunity

Judges in Washington DC's appeals court have questioned arguments made by Donald Trump's lawyers that he is immune from prosecution. They have not yet made a ruling but even once they do, the case is likely to go to the Supreme Court, all while Trump campaigns for re-election. Caroline Malone reports.

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