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Topic: Donald Trump

Jack Smith requests US Supreme Court to reject Trump’s bail plea in 2020 election case

In August 2023, Smith brought four federal criminal counts against Trump, including conspiring to defraud the US, and conspiring against right of Americans to vote.

New York judge sets 15 April for former US President Trump’s trial in ‘hush money’ case

This comes after the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York turned over more than 100,000 pages of records in recent weeks.

US Presidential elections: Biden & Trump both secure nominations, poised for a rematch

Biden issued a statement after clinching the Democratic nomination, taking aim at what he called Trump's 'campaign of resentment, revenge & retribution that threatens very idea of America.'

Biden takes on Trump in State of Union address, calls him a threat to democracy

In his speech, US President Joe Biden spoke about his 'predecessor' burying the truth about Capitol riots, bowing to Putin & torpedoing bill to tighten restrictions at US-Mexico border.

Nikki Haley bows out of US presidential race, asks Trump to ‘earn vote of her supporters’

Haley won only two of the Republican primaries on Super Tuesday, scored with college-goers, suburban and high-income voters in Vermont.

Trump, Biden win big in primaries on Super Tuesday, set stage for rematch in November

The sole Republican running against Trump, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, manages to win the Vermont primary, preventing the former President from making a clean sweep.

Trump wins Virginia, seeks to force rival Nikki Haley from race on Super Tuesday

Voters in 15 states and one US territory were casting ballots for president on Super Tuesday with polls scheduled to close throughout the evening until Alaska wraps up the day.

Donald Trump wins in Colorado ballot case, US Supreme Court rejects ban over Capitol attack

Supreme Court overturned the judicial decision that had excluded him from Colorado’s ballot under a constitutional provision involving insurrection for inciting and supporting the 6 January, 2021, Capitol attack.

Nikki Haley defeats Trump in Republican Primary in Washington, DC, in 1st victory

Haley's win comes after former president Donald Trump defeated her in caucuses in Missouri, Idaho and at a Republican convention in Michigan.

Illinois judge removes Donald Trump from state’s ballot citing ‘insurrectionist ban’

After Colorado and Maine, Illinois is the third state where former US President Donald Trump has been removed from ballot.

On Camera

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.