US Votes 2024
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Has Donald Trump peaked? Let’s take a closer look at his numbers
Joe Biden cannot win in November from where he is right now. But neither can Trump.
- by Bruce Wolpe
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Nikki Haley can’t beat Trump. But she has good cause to stay in the fight
Donald Trump’s opponent for the Republican nomination is in a race she can’t win, but that doesn’t mean it’s futile for Nikki Haley.
- by Peter Hartcher
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‘I’m not giving up this fight’: Haley vows to stay in the race
Nikki Haley didn’t lose the Republican primary for a lack of trying. While Trump barely campaigned in South Carolina until this week, she held about 30 events and spent millions on advertising.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Trump victorious in South Carolina Republican primary
Nikki Haley has suffered another major setback in her ambitious bid to win the Republican presidential nomination.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Trump says criminal trials and mugshot have helped him with black voters
The former president’s comments came in a speech to the black community in a last-minute bid for votes ahead of the South Carolina primary.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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A Swift endorsement would boost Biden, so why hasn’t it happened?
Like most cultural figures in America, Taylor Swift is appalled by Donald Trump. She endorsed Joe Biden in 2020. But this campaign, she’s been silent.
- by Bill Wyman
Trump voices support for IVF as reproductive rights become an election flashpoint
The former US president’s comments came as he and Nikki Haley made their last pitches to voters ahead of the presidential primary race in South Carolina.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Ruling that frozen embryos are children sparks fight over women’s reproductive rights
It was an unprecedented decision that US President Joe Biden described as “outrageous and unacceptable”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘David taking on Goliath’: Nikki Haley’s last chance to stop Donald Trump
Nikki Haley insists she’s “not going anywhere” but the future of her bid for the White House at the 2024 election could be decided in her home state this weekend.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Ban on the horizon for toxic gas used in plastic
Vinyl chloride was one of the toxic materials that contaminated East Palestine after a freight train derailed. The disaster was “100 per cent preventable”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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Biden wipes away another $US1.2 billion in student loans
In total, nearly $US138 billion ($210 billion) in debt has been lifted from the shoulders of young people ahead of the presidential election in November.
- by Aamer Madhani