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Biden 'not sure' he'd be seeking reelection if not for Trump
Biden praised the 'powerful voice' of former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney who warned on Sunday that the United States would be 'sleepwalking into dictatorship...
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Trump can be sued for 6 Jan riots, US court says
Two Capitol police officers along with several Democratic lawmakers sued Trump in 2021, alleging that he may have incited violence in his public comments to supporters before they descended on Capitol Hill.
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Five elections in 2024 that will shape the global order
With half the world heading to the polls in 2024, and some 30 countries electing a president, here are five key elections to watch:
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Milei says could take two years to tame Argentina's inflation
The 53-year-old outsider, who has drawn comparisons with former US president Donald Trump and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro for his abrasive style and controversial remarks, vowed to "very quickly put public accounts in order."
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Not just Biden -- 77-year-old Trump also under age scrutiny
Videos of the 77-year-old real estate tycoon stammering, verbally stumbling, or looking frail and sweaty have been gleefully posted on social media by the campaign team of Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor, a youthful 45, is currently leading Trump's Republican rivals in opinion polls in most states
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Trump to testify at civil trial targeting his New York empire
The Republican is due to take the stand on Monday, sitting next to Arthur Engoron, the judge overseeing the case who Trump repeatedly derided as 'unhinged' and a 'Trump-hating radical left, Democrat operative'.
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Bipartisan consensus AGOA should remain beyond 2024 elections: US Labour Affairs
While there have been concerns that a possible change in US leadership could lead to a potential push to re-negotiate the trade pact, the US Special Representative for International Labour Affairs said parties in Congress are pulling in the same direction when it came to AGOA.
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US reinstates Mauritania’s AGOA benefits as it looks to axe 4 other countries
US President Joe Biden has communicated his intention to boot out Niger, Gabon, the Central African Republic and Uganda at the beginning of next year. Mauritania was kicked off the programme by Joe Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump in 2019 over forced labour practices.
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Court weighs if Trump can be kept off 2024 ballot for 'insurrection'
The lawsuit filed in Colorado by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), a Washington-based watchdog group, claims Trump is ineligible to run for the White House again because of the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
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Prosecutors reject Trump claim of 'absolute immunity'
Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is to go on trial in Washington in March of 2024 for allegedly conspiring to subvert the results of the November 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
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Trump drops $500m suit against former lawyer Michael Cohen
In a filing with the court on Thursday, a lawyer for Trump said the former president was "voluntarily dismissing" the suit.
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Biden to build more Mexico wall, says hands were tied
Biden, who is polling neck-and-neck with rival Trump ahead of a likely 2024 election rematch, insisted he didn't think such barriers worked but that he was bound by laws introduced under his predecessor.
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Biden unveils new student loan help after court blow
Biden is to unveil $9 billion in debt relief for 125,000 people, the latest in a series of measures announced by the Democrat this week as he eyes re-election in 2024.
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Trump business empire under threat as New York fraud trial opens
The fraud trial, one of several legal battles against the 77-year-old Trump, could potentially see the former president barred from doing business in New York state.
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Trump business empire under threat as New York fraud trial opens
In Monday's case, Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled that Trump and his sons Eric and Don Jr. committed fraud by inflating the value of the real estate and financial assets of the Trump Organization for years.
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US Republican hopefuls slam frontrunner Trump for debate no-show
The former president, who is battling multiple criminal cases, has decided to skip the debates, and instead met auto industry workers in the battleground state of Michigan.
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Trump committed fraud by inflating value of assets: judge
Trump's lawyers had asked the judge to throw out the case ahead of the trial by granting what is known as a summary judgment in his favor.
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Biden, Trump in dueling US auto strike trips
Democrat Biden, 80, is believed to be the first sitting president to walk the picket and says he wants to show solidarity with workers who have walked out on Detroit's "Big Three" carmakers.
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Four indictments on, Trump is still the man for Iowa supporters
Despite Trump's spiralling legal woes, the Midwesterners in Iowa, the first US state to host a presidential nominating contest in January, said they would not hesitate to vote for the embattled former president for a third time.
