People are saying special prayers for Kamala Harris in a tiny village in Tamil Nadu, India. The inhabitants of Thulasendrapuram, a village surrounded by paddy fields about 300 km from the city of Chennai, regard her as their own. The village was once home to her maternal grandfather, PV Gopalan. He was an Indian bureaucrat, […]
A 22-year-old man suspected of running over an 80-year-old Trump supporter called the police to confess and then apparently took his own life, according to the authorities. The 80-year-old man was run over and critically injured by an all-terrain vehicle while putting a Trump sign in his yard in Hancock, Michigan, on Sunday (July 21). […]
Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday (July 23) after the agency failed to prevent an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers called for her resignation. The Secret Service is in a crisis after a gunman fired on Trump from a roof overlooking his outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris has been quick off the starting block in the White House race, quickly winning the support of fellow Democrats and raking in more than $80 million on the very first day of her campaign on Sunday (July 21) She promptly recalled her experience as a prosecutor to rap her Republican […]
Poor Donald Trump. He can’t even wave without gimlet-eyed netizens asking if the red spots on his right hand are syphilis symptoms. Late-night TV show host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel took up the question on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “Donald Trump has had to deal with a viral moment that was embarrassing even for him,” he […]
Kamala Harris’ life is replete with unique distinctions. Coming from a multiracial background, she is the first woman, first Black, and first Asian American to be the US Vice President. Born in Oakland, California, in 1964, she is the daughter of immigrants. Her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher from India, and her father, […]
One of the longest-serving American statesmen had his career snuffed out, and his hopes of a second term as president, by a 90-minute debate. Trailing Donald Trump in opinion polls, President Joe Biden challenged him to a debate – and floundered so badly questions were raised about his fitness for office. Hounded by mounting calls […]
Many Democrats promptly backed Vice-President Kamala Harris to run on the Democratic ticket in the race for the White House after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out and endorsing her. Former president Bill Clinton announced on X, formerly Twitter, he and his wife, Hillary Clinton, were wholeheartedly supporting Harris and praised Biden for […]
While the Republican Party is rallying around Donald Trump, is the Democratic Party divided along colour lines? Such divisions are emerging over the continued candidacy of President Joe Biden, according to the New York Times. Biden is reported to be under increasing pressure not to seek re-election, but he still has supporters, many of them […]
