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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicUS presidential elections

Topic: US presidential elections

‘Will attend federal appeals court hearing on scope of presidential immunity,’ says Donald Trump

Prosecutors have accused Trump of attempting to obstruct Congress and defraud the US govt through schemes to reverse Democratic President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.

After Colorado Supreme Court, Maine’s election officer disqualifies Trump from running for office

Maine removed Donald Trump from state’s 2024 ballot citing 14th Amendment’s 'insurrectionist ban', which stipulates US officials who 'engage in' insurrection can't hold future office.

Michigan Supreme Court declines attempt to disqualify Donald Trump from 2024 US elections

Voters sought to disqualify Trump under a provision that bars people who have engaged in ‘insurrection or rebellion’ from holding office if previously sworn an oath to US.

Colorado court disqualifies Trump from holding President office again over role in attack on Capitol

Ruling makes Trump first presidential candidate in American history to be deemed ineligible for the White House under a rarely used provision of the US Constitution.

Biden trailing Trump by 4-10% in 5 key swing states, finds NYT survey

48 percent of voters in five six swing states favour Trump over Biden, the survey finds.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says he is ‘impressed’ by PM Modi

The Indian-American entrepreneur said that having India as a reliable partner for the US is a further deterrent to Xi Jinping in the Indo-Pacific region.

Donald Trump’s DC trial date set for March 2024

Trump, accused of trying to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat will stand for trial on 4 March, a day before presidential nomination contests are held.

‘Promising candidate’: Elon Musk praises Indian-American US presidential candidate Ramaswamy

Ramaswamy is the third Indian-American — along with Nikki Haley & Hirsh Vardhan Singh — who will be up against former president Donald Trump in the primaries in January next year.

Donald Trump arrives in Florida to face federal criminal charges, maintains lead in poll

Some 43% of self-identified Republicans said Trump was their preferred candidate, compared to 22% who picked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Anti-NATO voice, Dalit rights supporter — Left icon Cornel West latest to announce US prez bid

In the past, West had said Ambedkar is one of the greatest public intellectuals & freedom fighters of 20th century. He had also criticised abrogation of Article 370.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.