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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicDemocratic Party

Topic: Democratic Party

Over 13 million Americans cast early votes in 2020 US election, Democrats leading trend

The early voting this year is significantly higher than in 2016 when roughly 1.4 million Americans had cast their ballots by 16 October.

‘You simply can’t fake your way through this job’ – Michelle Obama slams Trump at convention

In a video address to endorse Joe Biden at the Democrats convention, the former first lady of the US said Trump isn't what the US needs him to be.

Young Black Americans not sold on Biden, the Democrats or even voting

Political analysts in the US portray Black Americans as an undifferentiated mass – loyal Democrat-supporting foot soldiers. That idea is stale.

Joe Biden clinches Democratic presidential nomination

Joe Biden, who failed in his previous two US presidential primary bids in 1987 and 2008, outlasted more than two dozen Democratic candidates.

Obamas are the new margdarshaks. They refuse to retire in Trump’s America

From Netflix documentaries to Covid jibes at Trump, and pleas to vote right, Michelle and Barack Obama are suddenly everywhere.

Nancy Pelosi’s fat-shaming of Donald Trump shows bigotry exists in liberal camp too

It is often hard to defend Donald Trump, even when he has been wronged. But here's why Nancy Pelosi calling him 'morbidly obese' is also a major issue.

How Joe Biden rebounded to become leading Democratic contender

The party actors waited until Bernie Sanders won big in Nevada and then there wasn’t any more, so they converged on Biden in the run-up to South Carolina and even more afterward.

Why today, ‘Super Tuesday’, is most crucial for US Democratic presidential hopefuls

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Mike Bloomberg’s fortunes will be on the line as 14 US states and one territory hold primaries today.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu has the largest Iron-Age urn burial site. We must look beyond our Harappa frenzy

Nirmala Sitharaman laid the foundation of a new site museum in 2021. It felt like a departure from the government's Harappan-centric focus. But no progress has been made since.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.