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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Senaor Kamala Harris. (AP)

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US convention season set to begin with (virtual) spotlight on Biden

Apart from the pandemic, another event that threatens to steal the show is a last-minute Trump campaign tour

20 Aug 2020 9:52 AM IST

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Trump admits he's blocking postal cash to stop mail-in votes

Without the additional money, the Postal Service won't have the resources to handle a flood of ballots from voters

14 Aug 2020 1:21 PM IST

Facebook and Instagram users can use the tool to check if they are registered to vote and how to do so if they are not. It is the latest effort by the platform to prevent a repeat of the online disinformation that marred the 2016 US election. (Photo | AP)

Technology

Facebook launches voting information centre to stop fake news' effect...

It will serve as a one-stop-shop to give people in the US the tools and information they need to make their voices heard...

13 Aug 2020 3:44 PM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (AP)

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Surprised that Biden picked 'disrespectful' Kamala Harris as running...

Commenting on Vice President Mike Pence, Trump said he has been fantastic at his work

12 Aug 2020 2:12 PM IST

President Donald Trump arrives for a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (AP)

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Trump, Biden convention plans turn upside down by virus concerns

Compared to Trump, Biden hasn't been so publicly reluctant to scale back his convention, expressing doubts about a full...

6 Aug 2020 1:01 PM IST

Donald Trump Jr. posted a since-deleted tweet on Monday with a viral video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine. (AP)

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Trump's son believes Indian-Americans will come to his dad's rescue

This election, votes from Indian-American communities across the US could be helpful for Trump's win, especially in...

3 Aug 2020 2:13 PM IST

It is preposterous of a US President to even think he can toy with an idea of upsetting an 1845 law. AP Photo

Opinion

AA Edit | Trump's suggestion to postpone US elections is mission...

This is a clear affront to a well-established democratic norm in the world's oldest active democracy

1 Aug 2020 5:47 PM IST

County governments in the Seattle, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Nashville areas have used the Tyler Technologies software Socrata to share election data in the past, although it was not immediately clear whether they still do or how central the platform is to their election operations.

Technology

Cyber criminals hack tech company whose software is used by US state...

The extent of the breach is unclear, but the company Tyler Technologies told customers that it affected only internal...

24 Sept 2020 7:53 PM IST

$Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden. Biden responded by telling a Florida radio station \Im looking forward to the debate and hes a fool. The comments are just foolish.\ (AFP)$ World

Trump accuses Biden of taking performance-enhancing substance

Trump repeated his demand that Biden should undergo a drug test before their first of three presidential debates...

16 Sept 2020 2:13 PM IST

Mill Creek Hotshots set a backfire to protect homes during the Bobcat Fire on September 13, 2020 in Arcadia, California. California wildfires that have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue till December. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to about 32,000 acres and is only 6% contained. (AFP)

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Trump and Harris head for California as US wildfires ignite political...

The history-making blazes have now burned through nearly five million acres (two million hectares) across the US West

14 Sept 2020 1:41 PM IST

Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the parking lot outside the United Auto Workers Region 1 offices on September 09, 2020 in Warren, Michigan.(AFP)

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Russian hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm

US intelligence agencies have raised alarms about possible efforts by foreign governments to interfere in the November...

10 Sept 2020 4:50 PM IST

US President Donald Trump with US Attorney General William Barr (R) and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf (L), speaks to officials duringa roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. (AFP)

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US intelligence official told to halt Russian election meddling threat...

Trump has repeatedly dismissed reports that Russia is continuing to interfere in the 2020 race, claiming China is the...

10 Sept 2020 9:18 AM IST