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US President Joe Biden will return to the campaign trail next week following his COVID diagnosis, the Democrat campaign chair has said. Mr Biden was forced to pull out of a speech after contracting COVID-19 this week, as pressure on him to step aside from the race to become president ramped up. Mr Biden has

With his right ear covered in a bandage and his signature ruby red tie, Donald Trump looked on to his adoring fans at the Republican National Convention (RNC) and said: “I’ll tell you what happened, and you’ll never hear it from me a second time, because it’s too painful to tell.” Trump, the Republican presidential

JD Vance hailed Donald Trump as America’s “best hope” as he spoke about his difficult upbringing in an impoverished part of Ohio during his first speech as Republican vice-presidential candidate. Speaking on the third day of the Republican National Convention, Vance, 39 and from southern Ohio, praised Trump for his defiance after he became the

Joe Biden has been forced to pull out of a campaign speech after contracting COVID. The US president was due to deliver an address to UnidosUS – the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organisation – in Las Vegas later today. Mr Biden is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said, including “general malaise”

Inside the Republican National Convention, supporters of Donald Trump wear red ties and clutch MAGA 2024 hats – but there is a new addition to the costume. At least a couple of people are now sporting fake large white bandages on their ears, a nod to the injury Mr Trump sustained in Saturday night’s shooting.

Donald Trump appeared to try to woo independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr in a leaked video of a phone call, where he also spoke about the assassination attempt, vaccines and babies. In the footage posted by Mr Kennedy’s son Bobby Kennedy III, the Republican Party’s nominee was heard on speaker phone saying: “I

The choice of JD Vance – an arch critic of US aid to Ukraine and of American taxpayers bankrolling European security – as Donald Trump’s running mate signals a “very significant shift” in US foreign policy should they win the election, defence insiders say. The 39-year-old Republican senator, a former Marine and relative political novice,

Donald Trump has appeared to huge applause at the National Republican Convention on Monday night with a white bandage covering his right ear. It’s the first time the former president has appeared in public since he was shot by 20-year-old gunman Thomas Crooks on Saturday night. As he walked into the packed room, Mr Trump

A judge in Florida has dismissed the criminal case relating to classified documents that were found at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Mr Trump had been accused of illegally holding onto classified documents. It represents another major legal victory as the Republican seeks a return to the White House. Florida-based US District Aileen Cannon, who was

President Joe Biden has stressed the need for divided Americans to come together as he addressed the nation, after Donald Trump was shot in an assassination attempt. Mr Biden said “politics should never be a political battlefield or, God forbid, a killing field” as he spoke in a televised address from the Oval Office. “We

Gunshots have reportedly been fired at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania, with the former president rushed off-stage by security staff. Trump appeared to fall to the ground as he was giving a speech. He was quickly surrounded by armed security and stayed down for around a minute. He then rose to his feet and pumped

Donald Trump has said was it was “God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening” and vowed to “fear not” after surviving an assassination attempt as footage emerged of the gunman prior to the shooting. In a statement on his Truth Social platform following the attack at a campaign rally, the former president urged Americans

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he can “forget” Joe Biden’s gaffe where he introduced him as “President Putin”. The US leader made the blunder on Thursday at a NATO summit in Washington DC, and in another high-profile mistake hours later he referred to his number two, Kamala Harris, as “Vice President Trump” at a

Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case has been dismissed by the judge. The actor cried as the judge made the shock ruling on day three in his trial over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The dismissal was made following a motion submitted by his defence team accusing the prosecution of concealing ammunition evidence. Baldwin,

Speculation over whether Joe Biden can win in November – or serve four more years – continues to swirl amid concerns over his age and fitness. The president’s team sought to quell unrest within the Democratic party in the aftermath of his debate performance last month – dubbed an “unmitigated disaster” by one Democrat and