Category: United States

Home » United States » Page 6
Trump, Biden gird for historic US presidential debate
Post

Trump, Biden gird for historic US presidential debate

Atlanta, United States Joe Biden and Donald Trump made final preparations Wednesday for the biggest moment so far in the US election — the first of two high-stakes debates that could upend the race. Thursday’s televised showdown will raise the campaigning to boiling point, with tens of millions expected to tune in and both camps escalating...

Lawmakers advance contempt charge for US attorney general
Post

Lawmakers advance contempt charge for US attorney general

Washington, United States A panel of US lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s refusal to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s questioning in a criminal investigation. The move — seen as symbolic, since Garland’s own officials would ultimately decide whether to press charges...

Poll dancing: Trump pivots on mail-in voting
Post

Poll dancing: Trump pivots on mail-in voting

Washington, United States For years, Donald Trump has denigrated mail-in voting as a source of massive election fraud — yet in a jaw-dropping turnaround the Republican presidential candidate has now become a proponent. The 77-year-old former president announced the launch this week of “Swamp The Vote USA,” a drive to encourage postal ballots, despite blaming them for his...

Gaza, Ukraine, border: Biden touts leadership with big plans
Post

Gaza, Ukraine, border: Biden touts leadership with big plans

Washington, United States Joe Biden is looking to convince voters of his leadership credentials with a striking flurry of major announcements on Gaza, Ukraine and the Mexican border, analysts say. In the space of just six days, the 81-year-old US president unveiled bold proposals to tackle arguably the three biggest policy challenges facing the White House...

Biden takes election duel with Trump to France
Post

Biden takes election duel with Trump to France

Aboard Air Force One, Undefined Joe Biden headed for France on Tuesday to mark 80 years since the World War II D-Day landings and promote America as a defender of democracy and international alliances — contrasting himself against election rival Donald Trump. “We are the world power,” the 81-year-old Democrat said in an interview with Time...

Biden set for Mexican border curbs with eye on Trump
Post

Biden set for Mexican border curbs with eye on Trump

Author Danny Kemp Washington, United States US President Joe Biden is expected to announce steps Tuesday to close the Mexican border to asylum seekers when numbers surge, in a bid to tackle a key weak spot in his election battle with Donald Trump. Biden, 81, is set to sign a long-awaited executive order that would allow officials...

Will AI really destroy humanity?
Post

Will AI really destroy humanity?

Paris, France | Tuesday 6/26/2023  The warnings are coming from all angles: artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to humanity and must be shackled before it is too late. But what are these disaster scenarios and how are machines supposed to wipe out humanity? Paperclips of doom Most disaster scenarios start in the same place: machines will...

US anti-drug policies caused Latin American ‘genocide’: Petro
Post

US anti-drug policies caused Latin American ‘genocide’: Petro

Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Friday 3/1/2024 US anti-drug policies have caused a “genocide” of Latin Americans, Colombia’s Gustavo Petro alleged Friday at a meeting of regional leaders on the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the GrenadinesWe have lived through a genocide of a million Latin Americans in the last half-century,” the Colombian president told...