US Election
Are the Fed and Biden engaged in a duel?
The Federal Reserve System (Fed), the arbiter of monetary policy in the US, is facing a number of challenges
Biden’s backing of Israel will come home to roost
The infrastructure of Gaza lies in ruins, leaving civilians to scramble for safety among the debris of their previous lives.
Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election
The four-count indictment alleges Trump conspired to defraud the U.S. by preventing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's victory and to deprive voters of their right to a fair election.
Ailing Democracy: Rx Intensive Care
Biden’s “inflection point” applies to Bangladesh, too.
Biden scores early wins over Sanders on Super Tuesday
Joe Biden has notched up startling wins over leftist rival Bernie Sanders in the Democrats' Super Tuesday contest to challenge President Donald Trump, with a torrent of projected victories showing his surprising muscle after what had appeared to be a failing campaign.
US midterm elections: Voters deliver mixed verdict
A defiant President Donald Trump yesterday shrugged off the loss of the House of Representatives as Washington braced for the prospects of partisan warfare after US voters delivered a mixed verdict in a hard-fought midterm election.
‘Russians targeted 21 election systems’
Russian hackers targeted 21 US state election systems in the 2016 presidential race and a small number were breached but there was no evidence any votes were manipulated, a Homeland Security Department official told Congress on Wednesday.
Embattled Trump campaign chairman Manafort resigns
Paul Manafort, the embattled chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign who has been under fire in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation, tenders his resignation.
Trump seals Republican nomination
Donald Trump officially clinches the Republican nomination for US president as speakers attack Hillary Clinton on day two of the party convention.
GOP unite in denouncing Trump comments on judge
Leading Republicans united Tuesday in an extraordinary denunciation of Donald Trump's attacks on a federal judge, with House Speaker Paul Ryan calling them the "textbook definition of a racist comment." Yet Ryan stood by his endorsement of the presumptive presidential nominee.
Physicist Hawking baffled by Trump's rise
Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking may have a good grasp of the workings of the universe, but he says he can not understand Donald Trump's popularity.
US election 2016: Trump and Clinton clinch more wins
Donald Trump wins presidential primaries in all five north-eastern US states voting while Hillary Clinton takes four.
The potential contenders
The Democratic primaries have been remarkably free of rancour, thanks to the mostly civil and substantive political debate. The Republican primaries, on the other hand, have become a three-ring circus.
US elections: Candidates in final pitch before Iowa vote
US presidential candidates are making a final pitch to people in the state of Iowa, where the first votes for party nominations will take place on Monday.
