News of presidential campaign

Biden's Cabinet takes shape: seasoned centrists, but with a few firsts

24-11-2020 15:57 US President-elect Joe Biden names first cabinet appointments, signalling that he favours competence and centrism while providing historic firsts for women and minorities.

Biden brushes off Trump’s bid to undercut US election

11-11-2020 14:42 Joe Biden shrugs off Donald Trump’s effort to challenge results of US election, as US president pursues a multi-state legal fight backed by Republican allies and the US Justice Department.

Kamala Harris: the United States of America's first female veep

07-11-2020 14:30 Kamala Harris has crashed through one of the world's highest glass ceilings to be elected the United States of America's first female vice-president.

US state of Georgia says will recount razor-thin vote

06-11-2020 18:31 The US state of Georgia said Friday it will recount votes from the election in which Joe Biden has eked out a razor-thin lead over President Donald Trump.

Trump spews out unverified claims as Biden closes in on US presidency

05-11-2020 21:41 Providing no evidence and taking no questions afterward from reporters in the room, Trump uses 17-minute White House address to deliver incendiary statements about the United States.

In Biden's hometown, supporters, journalists play waiting game

05-11-2020 15:26 In Joe Biden's hometown of Wilmington, everyone is anxiously waiting for the winner of the knife-edge presidential election to be announced. 

Win or lose, Trump's movement stronger and bigger than ever

04-11-2020 22:47 The election is still up in the air, but one thing is for certain: the movement created by Donald Trump is alive and well, and more solid than pundits expected. 

Biden inches closer to victory, but his presidency will be born weak

04-11-2020 17:35 Democratic hopeful Joe Biden is inching closer to victory in the US election. But even if the former vice-president wins the race for the White House, his presidency will be weak from the get-go.

by Leandro Dario

Trump alleges 'surprise ballot dumps' in states where he was leading

04-11-2020 12:48 US president alleges that there had been "surprise ballot dumps" in states where he had been leading Democrat Joe Biden in the race for the White House. Once again, he provides no evidence for claim.

Trump falsely claims victory, vows court action in knife-edge election

04-11-2020 09:45 US election was plunged into chaos early Wednesday as US President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and sought Supreme Court intervention to stop vote-counting.