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The group of high-profile Republican strategists-in-exile who oppose Donald Trump released another advertisement this week to get under the president’s skin, this time playing to his reported insecurities about his 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale. “Meet Brad Parscale — from dead broke, to the man Trump can’t win without,” the …

Expect unprecedented spending as President Trump and Joe Biden kickstart their campaigns. It will be to no great effect, though, as opinions on both are set in stone. The cost of the 2020 presidential campaign had already outpaced the total cost of the 2016 presidential campaign by nearly $20 million …

Former US President Barack Obama has issued a stern critique of the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, calling it a “chaotic disaster”. The comments were made on a 30-minute private phone call between the former president and members of the Obama Alumni Association, according to Yahoo News, which obtained audio from …

With the general election just six months away, and the global economy in shambles because of the coronavirus, there is increasing urgency inside the White House and among President Donald Trump’s Republican allies to blame China over its failure to stem the spread of the disease early on. Now, there’s …

US Democratic candidate Joe Biden has flatly denied sexually assaulting a former staff assistant, Tara Reade, nearly 30 years ago. “I’m saying unequivocally: it never, never happened,” he said of the allegations during a TV interview on Friday. He asked for a search of the Senate archives for any record …

US President Donald Trump has mocked a Palestinian-American lawmaker’s bid for the White House in the 2020 presidential election. Representative Justin Amash, the first Republican in Congress who supported the impeachment of President Trump and had to leave the party, launched a website announcing the exploratory committee for a Libertarian …

The state of New York on Monday canceled its presidential primary, which had already been delayed from late April to June 23, over concerns voting was an unnecessary risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With former Vice President Joe Biden the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, Douglas Kellner, one of two of …

Michael Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion (£813m) during 104 days of his presidential campaign, it has been revealed. A Federal Election Commission filing from Monday showed that the former mayor spent over $1 billion in less than four months. Mr Bloomberg had a staff of more than 2,400 to …