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November 5, 2024 8:44 AM

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in tight Presidential race as millions head to polls today

Americans are heading to the polls today to cast their ballots in the highly contested 2024 presidential election, where Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, are locked in a tight race. This is the 60th presidential election in the US. It is interesting to note that there are 230 million eligible voters, but only about 160 million of them are registered. More than 70 million people have already voted through postal ballots or at early in-person polling stat...

November 4, 2024 7:14 PM

Trump and Harris campaigns race to get the vote out on eve of US election

A presidential election unlike any other in U.S. history enters its last full day on Monday with Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their campaigns scrambling to get supporters to the polls in a contest each portrays as an existential moment for America. Even after the astonishing blur of events the last few months, the electorate is divided down the middle, both nationally and in the seven battleground states expected to decide the winner on Tuesday, although the closeness of the contest means it...

November 4, 2024 11:15 AM

U.S. Elections: The Battle for the Ballot and Swing State Surprises

The United States, celebrated as one of the oldest democracies in the world, is gearing up for a pivotal election on November 5, 2024. This election is brimming with key narratives that promise to make it one of the most anticipated in recent history. Among some noteworthy events leading up to this election are an assassination attempt on former President Trump, President Biden's unexpected withdrawal from the race, and candidates offering cash prizes to entice registered voters. With polls indi...

October 30, 2024 3:43 PM

Trump and Harris seek votes in battleground North Carolina with six days to go

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will make some of their final election pitches to voters on Wednesday in North Carolina, a swing state with a Democratic governor that has backed Republican presidential hopefuls for over a decade. North Carolina has 16 Electoral College votes, making it one of the make-or-break battleground states that could decide who wins the Nov. 5 election. The contest between Harris and Trump is too close to call nationally, and last month's hurricane damage has made North ...

October 30, 2024 9:37 AM

U.S. elections: Kamala Harris warns of dangers of another Trump presidency in speech at Jan. 6 site

Democrat Kamala Harris warned tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington at her biggest rally that her Republican opponent Donald Trump was seeking unchecked power as their tightening race for the presidency entered its final week. Harris spoke on Tuesday evening to an outdoor rally estimated by her campaign to number more than 75,000 people at the spot near the White House where on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump addressed his supporters before they attacked the U.S. Capitol. "We know who Don...

October 26, 2024 8:40 AM

Harris focuses on abortion in Texas, as Trump heads to Michigan

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took a detour from barnstorming the battleground states that will decide November's election with Friday stops in Texas, a conservative state that was the first to implement a near-total abortion ban. Texas hasn't backed a Democratic president since 1976, and Republican Trump is almost certain to win the state's 40 electoral college votes. But Democrats are betting it will provide a powerful backdrop for Vice President Harris to talk about abortion rights in the ...

October 25, 2024 10:18 AM

“Intend to be president for all Americans”: US Vice President Kamala Harris

With less than two weeks remaining before the presidential election, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris expressed her intent to being a leader for "all Americans." Speaking to reporters before departing for a campaign event in Georgia, Harris said that both men and women are voicing their concerns about the future of democracy. As the U.S. prepares for the upcoming election, former President Donald Trump is running for a second term, while Harris is seeking her first term in the White House. H...

October 24, 2024 9:44 AM

Nearly 25 million votes already cast as Harris, Trump hit battleground states

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told a town hall in Pennsylvania on Wednesday her administration would be different from that of President Joe Biden's, as Republican Donald Trump campaigned in Georgia, another battleground state. Harris's attempt to distance herself from Biden comes as several polls show the president is a drag on her candidacy and that voters are eager for a new direction with less than two weeks to go until the Nov. 5 election. Harris has mostly brushed off q...

October 22, 2024 12:40 PM

With two weeks to Election Day, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump intensify campaign efforts

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, delivered radically different messages on the U.S. campaign trail on Monday as they sought to win over undecided voters in the two weeks before Election Day. Vice President Harris, campaigning alongside Republican former lawmaker Liz Cheney, attempted to convince conservative, suburban women in three Midwestern battleground states that former President Trump was a threat to abortion rights, national secur...

October 21, 2024 2:51 PM

Latin America braces for US election impact on trade, tariffs

Latin America is anxiously counting the days to Nov. 5, when U.S. voters will choose between relative continuity under Vice President Kamala Harris or a return to policies that triggered volatility in the region's largest markets and economies under former president Donald Trump. Trade and tariffs, as well as monetary policy's effect on global interest rates, are likely the largest avenues for the election to jolt the U.S.'s neighboring region. Washington's economic war with China could particu...