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Donald Trump hosted Benjamin Netanyahu at his Florida resort as he dismissed reports of tensions between the pair and attacked Kamala Harris’s “disrespectful” comments about the Gaza war. The former US president welcomed the Israeli prime minister to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach for their first meeting since September 2020. The Republican presidential nominee

Former president Barack Obama told Kamala Harris he “couldn’t be prouder” as he endorsed her to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate for the US election. Mr Obama had so far remained quiet after other top Democrats gave the US vice president their backing in the days after Mr Biden pulled out of the

Donald Trump could have been hit by shrapnel rather than a bullet during his attempted assassination, the director of the FBI has suggested. Thomas Crooks, 20, tried to assassinate the former president at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on 13 July. Mr Trump dropped to the floor after a bullet appeared to narrowly miss his

Kamala Harris’s step-daughter has pushed back against JD Vance after a clip resurfaced of him calling the vice president one of the Democrats’ “childless cat ladies”. The Republican nominee for vice president – picked by Donald Trump as his running mate earlier this month – attacked Ms Harris and other Democrats for being “a bunch

This was a president with six months left in office, and yet, it was a farewell address in all but name. It felt odd, entirely in keeping with the denouement of Joe Biden‘s demise – a president dragged kicking and screaming to the exit. The set-piece address was given the Oval Office treatment, normally reserved

Joe Biden has vowed “I’m not going anywhere” and he is “going to be working like hell” in his final months as US president and as he campaigns for Kamala Harris to be his successor. He was speaking in a phone call to workers at the campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, in his first public

Kamala Harris is in pole position to become the Democrats’ election pick after Joe Biden withdrew – but where does she stand on some of America’s key issues? Ukraine Ms Harris has met President Zelenskyy multiple times in the last few years and strongly supports the ongoing fight against Russia. She has rejected the idea

President Joe Biden led the charge, endorsing Kamala Harris within minutes. Bill and Hillary Clinton were quick to follow, pledging their support for the vice president. Other names once touted as potential substitutes for Mr Biden rallied behind – Governors Gavin Newsom and Josh Shapiro. But there was one name conspicuous by its absence on

Joe Biden has withdrawn from the US presidential race, saying it is in the best interest of his party and country. He has now endorsed his vice president Kamala Harris to be the Democratic candidate – as have a growing number of senior members of the party. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson talks to

It was 1.46pm in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, when President Joe Biden posted a letter on his personal account on the social media site X announcing he would be withdrawing from the presidential race. By 2.13pm he had sent another post, this time endorsing Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic Party’s nominee. It took

Senior members of the Democratic Party have lavished praise on Joe Biden after the US president announced he would not be seeking a second term in the White House. Mr Biden said it was in the “best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down”. Barack Obama said the man who

Kamala Harris cemented herself in US political history when she became the first woman to serve as vice president four years ago. But as the 6 November election approaches and with questions being raised over Joe Biden’s fitness for office, rumours have circulated that the president’s campaign has been “quietly assessing” whether Ms Harris could

As Joe Biden faces more calls to step down as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, division is growing in the party about who should replace him should he go. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who previously ran against Mr Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, has said vice president Kamala Harris is “ready” if he bows

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr is one of America’s longest-serving politicians. His election as the 46th president of the United States was the pinnacle of a political career that spanned more than 50 years, intertwined with a personal life marked by tragedy. He was sworn in as a senator for Delaware in January 1973 in a

The gunman who shot Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday flew a drone over the site before Mr Trump took to the stage, according to Sky’s US partner network NBC News. The camera drone made by DJI allowed 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks to get an overhead view that could have helped him

American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed for 16 years after being convicted of espionage in a trial widely seen as politically motivated. The Wall Street Journal reporter was first arrested and detained in March 2023 after Russia claimed he had been “gathering secret information” on orders from the CIA. This breaking news story is

US President Joe Biden will return to the campaign trail next week following his COVID diagnosis, the Democrat campaign chair has said. Mr Biden was forced to pull out of a speech after contracting COVID-19 this week, as pressure on him to step aside from the race to become president ramped up. Mr Biden has

Melania and Ivanka Trump made a rare appearance at the Republican National Convention, showing support for Donald Trump’s presidental bid. Entering the event in Milwaukee on Thursday night to a warm round of applause, the former president’s wife waved to the crowd before taking a seat in the family box. Unlike previous Republican conventions in

With his right ear covered in a bandage and his signature ruby red tie, Donald Trump looked on to his adoring fans at the Republican National Convention (RNC) and said: “I’ll tell you what happened, and you’ll never hear it from me a second time, because it’s too painful to tell.” Trump, the Republican presidential

Donald Trump supporters are wearing pretend ear bandages to the Republican convention in solidarity with him after an assassination attempt on the former president. Mr Trump has been wearing a patch over his ear since the shooting in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Several attendees at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee were seen with similar white