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  Trump, MAGA Republicans 'determined to destroy American democracy', says Biden at poll fundraiser

  World | September 20, 2023 0:05 IST

  Trump, who is the Republican frontrunner for the 2024 elections, is facing four criminal indictments on charges including attempts to overturn 2020 election results.

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  US special counsel requests gag order on Trump in election interference case; ex-president reacts

  World | September 16, 2023 18:19 IST

  The 19-page gag order has included inflammatory posts made by Trump on his platform, Truth Social, where he called Judge Tanya Chutkan a "radical Obama hack".

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  'I think he's great..' Will Indian American Vivek Ramaswamy become Trump's vice president candidate?

  World | August 31, 2023 20:04 IST

  "I think he's great. Look, anybody that said I'm the best president in a generation... I have to like a guy like that," Trump said in an interview.

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  Indian-American presidential candidate Vivek bats for THIS famous person as adviser if elected

  World | August 27, 2023 21:37 IST

  Ramaswamy is directly competing against former US President Donald Trump, although he has expressed admiration for his policies when he was in power.

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  US: Donald Trump's campaign team raises $7.1 million in funds following his historic mugshot

  World | August 27, 2023 17:30 IST

  Trump's legal battles have been used as a fundraising boon for his presidential campaign for 2024 elections and have failed to damage his prospects among his Republicans rivals.

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  Indian-American Varoon Modak to serve as ballot access counsel for Biden-Harris re-election campaign

  World | August 17, 2023 17:26 IST

  Modak is tasked to oversee the campaign's delegate selection process and finding ways to engage with Biden-Harris supporters.

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  'Sounds rigged to me...' Donald Trump's reaction on his 4th indictment ahead of 2024 US election

  World | August 15, 2023 16:29 IST

  Trump's political campaign team on Monday called Fulton County Fani Willis, who announced the indictment, a 'rabid partisan' fundraising on a platform to prosecute the former President through 'bogus indictments'.

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  United States: Indian-origin Hirsh Vardhan Singh announces bid for 2024 presidential elections

  World | July 30, 2023 12:15 IST

  Prior to Singh, former South Carolina Governor Haley, and millionaire entrepreneur Ramaswamy announced their candidacy from the Republican Party for the top US post earlier this year.

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  Presidential election: Sonia Gandhi reaches out to Mamata, Sharad Pawar, other Oppn leaders

  India | June 12, 2022 0:57 IST

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to opposition leaders, requesting them to attend a meeting convened by her on June 15 in New Delhi to prepare a joint strategy for the upcoming presidential poll.

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  Presidential election will be held on July 18; counting of votes, if needed, on July 21

  India | June 09, 2022 17:01 IST

  The Election Commission said that 4,809 members of the electoral college, comprising MPs and MLAs, are set to elect the successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind.

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  US National Guard called out amid Portland protests

  News | November 05, 2020 18:57 IST

  In Portland, Oregon, which has been a scene of regular protests for months, Gov. Kate Brown called out the National Guard as demonstrators engaged in what authorities said was widespread violence downtown, including smashing windows.

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  Harris blasts Trump on COVID, health care

  News | November 02, 2020 19:03 IST

  Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, campaigned in Goldsboro and Fayetteville, North Carolina on Sunday, two cities with a large share of Black voters.

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  Joe Biden calls Trump the country’s ‘first’ racist president

  World | July 23, 2020 7:31 IST

  Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country’s “first” racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came during a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union.

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  US Election 2020: Is America ready for gay president? Iowa casts vote

  World | October 23, 2020 18:55 IST

  The first answer will come in Iowa, a state where the 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, the mayor has campaigned frequently and spent heavily. So far, Democratic voters here seem to say that Buttigieg’s sexual orientation is immaterial.

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  Pakistan to hold presidential elections tomorrow

  World | September 03, 2018 14:38 IST

  Tenure of outgoing President Mamnoon Hussain comes to an end on September 8. He had declined for re-election to a second 5-year term.

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  Pakistan presidential election to be held on September 4

  World | August 16, 2018 13:57 IST

  According to the schedule issued by the Election Commission, nomination papers for the presidential polls can be filed with the presiding officers in Islamabad and the four provinces by August 27.

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  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrested for staging nationwide protests

  World | January 28, 2018 18:25 IST

  Opposition politician Alexey Navalny called for nationwide protests following Russia’s Central Election Commission’s decision to ban his presidential candidacy.

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  Presidential polls: Will contest on plank of social justice, not on caste, says Meira Kumar

  Politics | June 27, 2017 15:57 IST

  Meira Kumar said that the presidential election should not be fought on the basis of caste and vowed to contest the polls on the plank of democratic values, inclusiveness and social justice.

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  Presidential poll: Prakash Ambedkar emerges as top choice of Left Parties

  Politics | June 21, 2017 18:01 IST

  Prakash Ambedkar, former Lok Sabha member from Akola in Maharashtra and grandson of B R Ambedkar, is emerging as the top choice of Left parties for the presidential election. He is also the leader of Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh.

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  Cong isolated as JDU confirms support to Kovind, to skip opposition meet tomorrow

  Politics | June 21, 2017 23:30 IST

  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday decided to support NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind.