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'Phase Two' trade deal with China may come after US election: Trump

Trump's remarks come days before Beijing's trade envoy is due in Washington to sign a "phase one" agreement, marking a pause in the two sides' nearly two-year trade war

Kamala Harris drops out of US presidential race as approval rating slumps

Harris was among first major Democratic Party leaders to announce her presidential run in last January, which was attended by a massive crowd of over 20,000 supporters

US 2020 election: Bloomberg bashes Trump's policies, backs immigrants

Arizona has received scant attention form the Democrats running for president, but Bloomberg has put a heavy focus in a state he said will be crucial to the general election.

Worried about re-election, Trump reportedly shelves vaping ban

The freeze was welcomed by the vaping industry, which has been blamed for a health epidemic among teenage consumers of their products

Bloomberg calls for Trump defeat, takes new step towards 2020 run

Bloomberg's personal appearance to sign his ballot papers in Little Rock is a strong public signal that the centrist tycoon will officially leap into the already-crowded Democratic primary field

Donald Trump puts economic growth at centre of his 2020 campaign

Trump told the Economic Club of New York that his policies have generated a boom in growth and jobs

'Don't misinterpret': Jaishankar clarifies Modi's 'Trump Sarkar' remark

Jaishankar strongly refuted the notion that the prime minister used the phrase to endorse Trump's candidature for his 2020 re-election campaign

Facebook to tighten rules for political ad spending ahead of US elections

Facebook said Wednesday it would tighten its rules for political ad spending ahead of the 2020 US elections, notably by requiring more information about who is paying for campaign messages. The move is the latest by Facebook to crack down on efforts to deceive or manipulate users after the social network admitted lapses in the 2016 election. While Facebook has already begun requiring political advertisers to provide identification to confirm who they are and where they are located, the new policy requires more information to show they are registered with the US government. This new verification can be done by submitting a tax identification number or proof that the group is registered with the Federal Election Commission. "People should know who is trying to influence their vote and advertisers shouldn't be able to cover up who is paying for ads," a Facebook blog post said. The new steps call for "strengthening the authorization process for US advertisers, showing people more ...

Trump wary of drawing US into war with Iran ahead of 2020 re-election

Since withdrawing from the 2015 agreement that curbed Iran's nuclear ambitions, Trump has steadily ratcheted up US tensions with Tehran

How Trump's tariffs put China at the centre of 2020 re-election bid

'Tariffs will make our Country MUCH STRONGER, not weaker,' the president predicted in a tweet. 'Just sit back and watch!'

Does Mueller report exonerate Donald Trump? The Key takeaways

In a major relief to President Trump, the nearly two-year probe by Mueller found "no evidence" of a "collusion" between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 US elections

Game Over: Trump uses GOT image to declare himself victor on Mueller report

Trump posted the image after Attorney General Bill Barr again declared there was no collusion between the president's campaign and Moscow -- but before the report was made public

What we learned & didn't learn from Robert Mueller's report: Key takeaways

The document sheds new light on Mueller's exhaustive investigation into whether Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 election and whether the president obstructed justice

You've got to be kidding! US town elects goat as 'mayor'

Lincoln was victorious over 15 other candidates including Crystal the gerbil and many dogs and cats

Will Kamala Harris join the Democrats to seek a presidential nomination?

For political observers, that much is obvious - you can almost see their eyerolls - since Harris's are the classic moves of someone preparing a White House run

Google hearing to preview Democrats' strategy on Silicon Valley giants

Republicans have accused Google, Twitter and Facebook of secretly placing conservative voices lower in news feed and search rankings

World shares mixed as investors await outcome of US midterms election

Share prices were mixed in Europe and Asia on Tuesday as cautious world investors awaited the outcome of the US midterm elections. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.1 per cent to 7,093.77 while Germany's DAX added 0.2 percent to 11,514.21. The CAC 40 in France was flat at 5,101.42. Wall Street was likewise headed for a lackluster start, with the futures contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average up less than 0.1 per cent at 25,543.00 and the S&P 500 future contract down 0.1 per cent at 2,736.70. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.1 per cent to 22,147.75 and the Kospi in South Korea added 0.6 per cent to 2,089.62. The Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.2 per cent to 2,659.36 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng bounced back, gaining 0.7 per cent to 26,120.96. Australia's S&P ASX 200 advanced 1.0 per cent to 5,875.20. Shares fell in Taiwan but rose in Jakarta and Thailand. Markets were closed in Singapore and Malaysia for a public holiday. Financial markets have been on a roller-coaster ride and

US midterms: Democrats banking on anti-Trump mood to shine in polls

Trump's minions are counting on enthusiasm about core issues to trigger strong conservative voter turnout that preserves their majorities in Congress

Here's how private equity controls the gatekeepers of American democracy

Devices made by Election Systems & Software LLC, Dominion Voting Systems and Hart InterCivic Inc. will process about nine of every ten ballots next week

Mobilised for or against Trump, women hold key to US midterm elections

The midterms, the first nationwide vote since the billionaire businessman won the White House, are 'very crucial,' Bearden said