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DES MOINES, United States, Jan 14, 2024 (AFP) – Nikki Haley has overtaken Ron DeSantis for coveted second place in the Iowa caucuses, the last poll before the event showed Saturday, but former US president Donald Trump still leads by nearly 30 percentage points. The Midwestern state of three million people officially kicks off the 2024 US presidential election on Monday when its residents participate in its unusual “caucus” system to mark their preference for […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 13, 2024 (AFP) – The United States on Saturday congratulated Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te, but maintained that Washington does not support independence for the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing. Asked by reporters for Washington’s position on Taiwan, where independence-leaning Lai has pitched himself as a defender of the island’s democratic way of life, US President Joe Biden said: “We do not support independence.” In a statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken saluted Lai […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 10, 2024 (AFP) – Swaths of the United States braced for more snow and punishingly low temperatures Wednesday as millions in the east dug out from a previous round of severe winter weather that left at least five people dead. The latest storm, already bringing precipitation to the West, was expected to tear across the country this week, bringing an Arctic blast to northern regions and prompting weather advisories or warnings in dozens […]
By Romain FONSEGRIVES LOS ANGELES, Jan 11, 2024 (AFP) – Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to tax evasion charges when he appeared in federal court Thursday, in a case that adds further pressure on US President Joe Biden as he readies for a bare-knuckle election rematch with scandal-plagued Republican Donald Trump. Hunter Biden is a lightning rod for Republicans, who have hammered the recovering drug addict, alleging — without evidence — that he and his […]
By Gregory WALTON NEW YORK, Jan 11, 2024 (AFP) – Donald Trump ignored warnings from the judge in his New York civil fraud trial Thursday and turned closing arguments into an election campaign attack, claiming that prosecutors are out to stop his political comeback. Prosecutors are demanding $370 million from Trump over fraud allegations — and to bar him from conducting business in the state where he made his name as a celebrity real estate […]
By Camille Camdessus, with Frankie Taggart in Washington DES MOINES, United States, Jan 11, 2024 (AFP) – Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis pitched Republicans Wednesday on their bids to be the 2024 presidential candidate in the final debate before nominating begins — but spurned repeated chances to make the case for abandoning front-runner Donald Trump. The head-to-head showdown in Iowa capital Des Moines came five days before the state’s pivotal opening vote in the primary […]
By Frankie Taggart and Caitlin Wilson WASHINGTON, Jan 11, 2024 (AFP) – Republicans recommended Wednesday that Hunter Biden be held in criminal contempt of the US Congress for snubbing a summons — after scenes of chaos erupted on Capitol Hill when the president’s son turned up in person to defend himself. Two Republican-led House of Representatives committees — oversight and judiciary — had gathered separately to debate contempt resolutions after the younger Biden defied their […]
By W.G. DUNLOP WASHINGTON, Jan 9, 2024 (AFP) – President Joe Biden was kept in the dark over his defense secretary’s cancer diagnosis and subsequent hospitalizations for about a month, the White House admitted Tuesday, as details of Lloyd Austin’s deeply unusual disappearance raised questions about leadership of the world’s top military. The 70-year-old’s failure to disclose his hospitalization has prompted an extraordinary row in Washington and could be embarrassing for Biden, who faces multiple […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 9, 2024 (AFP) – A major storm system was battering parts of the United States on Tuesday, spinning off tornadoes in the south as forecasters warned of high winds and blizzards in the north, with hundreds of thousands of people losing power. Heavy rain leading to flash flooding, severe winds gusting in places to more than 50 miles per hour (80 kph), and thunderstorms were predicted from the “western Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic […]
By John BIERS NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2024 (AFP) – United and Alaska Airlines both reported on Monday that loose hardware had been discovered on some of their Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes during preliminary inspections after a dramatic mid-flight incident last week. The disclosures come as US federal transportation inspectors probe what caused a so-called door plug component to blow out last Friday on an Alaska Airlines passenger plane, forcing it to make an […]
NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2024 (AFP) – Forecasters warned on Friday that a deluge of snow and wintery conditions could bring travel chaos to the US northeast this weekend, with some 25 million people subject to a storm warning. Several cities in the eastern United States including New York, the most-populous city in the country, have gone record periods without winter snowfall. But the National Weather Service (NWS) said in a winter storm warning that […]
