Never one to pull his punches, a combative Donald Trump on Friday said he wanted to "hit" several Democrats who spoke against him "so hard, their heads would spin".
While the Trump campaign promises that re-electing President Donald Trump will "reduce obstacles to religious freedoms" for Hindus in America, the rival Biden campaign on Tuesday said former vice president Joe Biden has made outreach to the Hindu faith community a priority.
The former secretary of state posted strong wins over Sanders in the island territory of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Asif Ali Zardari was overwhelmingly elected as the 14th President of Pakistan on Saturday, becoming the only civilian President of the coup-prone country for a second time.
Deriving from Narendra Modi's continuing charisma, the proposed scheme, if and when implemented, can cut both ways. That is to say, if Modi can win, he can lose. Or, someone else in his place, later on, could lose as much as he could win in his time, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
"Fifteen years ago, I was leading the efforts to approve the historic civil nuclear deal with India. I said that if the US and India became closer friends and partners, then the world will be a safer place," Biden, who was vice-president in the Obama administration, said while addressing the Indian-American community on India's Independence Day.
Snap polls conducted following the conclusion of the third US presidential debate revealed that Democrat Hillary Clinton was the winner.
"Anybody fighting for an ideology and appealing to the voice of conscience cannot be a scapegoat. I am a fighter and I will fight and I am sure that many will join me in this fight," she said in response to a question whether she was being made a scapegoat in the presidential election.
Obama, the first Black American president, said Harris "is more than prepared for the job," adding that it is, "a good day for our country".
At least 170 people were arrested after supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government offices.
Harris, 55, is the first Indian-American to be selected for the second-highest elected office of the United States after that of the president. She is also the first-ever Black and first-ever African American to be nominated as a vice-presidential candidate by a major political party.
The two soon-to-become first dogs of the United States are going to revive a tradition that goes back to George Washington, who was the first president to have a dog, after the White House was pet-free for four years, reported New York Post.
"In 47 years, Joe did none of the things of which he now speaks. He will never change, just words!" Trump tweeted his first reaction to Biden's acceptance speech on Thursday.
Trump will make his first court appearance in the case on Thursday in federal court in Washington, DC, as per the court filings.
Former United States President Bill Clinton on Monday said he was not a racist and he is 'not and never was mad' at Barack Obama, who defeated his wife in the racially-charged Democratic presidential nomination race."There are things that I wish I'd urged her (Hillary) to do. Things I wish I'd said. Things I wish I hadn't said," Clinton said regarding the controversies surrounding his comments.
In a damaging report ahead of the November 5 polls, a special United States counsel has said that President Joe Biden 'willfully' mishandled classified documents as a private citizen but concluded that it would be difficult to convict him as he comes across as an 'elderly man with a poor memory'.
From the spread of coronavirus to International Women's Day, these 10 images sum up all the big stories from the previous week.
The 77-year-old Democratic leader urged people to vote out US President Donald Trump, saying it is time for Trump to pack his bags and go home.
Biden's lead has shrunk over the last few days, as Trump and his family have virtually carpet bombed the key battle ground states, including as many as 15 rallies by the president.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take to the stage in Las Vegas for the final debate in an increasingly bitter race for the United States presidency.
Exigencies of electoral politics and individual ambitions often stoke family feuds and sibling rivalries.
Launching a frontal attack on Donald Trump, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has dubbed the Republican presumptive nominee as a "loose cannon" on which the country cannot take a risk.
Early results suggested that Moon, the Democratic Party's candidate in the election to replace ousted president Park Geun-hye.
On July 18, 2022, two individuals with a Jharkhand connection will contest the Presidential election.
Muizzu's request came when India's Union Minister Kiren Rejiju paid a courtesy call on the new president at the latter's office, the Maldivian President's Office said in a press release.
Indian-origin Republican leader Nikki Haley on Wednesday asserted that like the erstwhile Soviet Union, Communist China will also end up on the "ash heap of history."
The 77-year-old former US vice president will become the 46th president of the United States, CNN reported, after a victory in Pennsylvania, the state where he was born put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win.
The indictment says the alleged co-conspirators "knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favour of Trump".
Bernie Sanders would join presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at an election rally in New Hampshireon Tuesday, the two campaigns said even though the Vermont senator has yet to endorse his former rival for the party nomination.
The account of former US vice-president Joe Biden, who is the current Democratic Party presidential candidate in the November election, was also hacked.
Kamala and her younger sister Maya are incredibly close.
The coronavirus dominated the opening minutes of the Trump-Biden face-off in Nashville with US President Trump terming the contagion a "worldwide problem".
Clinton, 68, and Republican rival Donald Trump separately had visited the memorial site, but they did not address the event.
Ramaswamy's stance on H-1B visas is reminiscent of the 2016 Trump campaign, when then-candidate Donald Trump, who has also hired a number of foreign workers under H-1B visas for his businesses, took a hardline stance on these foreign workers before later softening his rhetoric.
Obama, the Illinois senator, has won the Wisconsin vote to pick a US Democratic presidential candidate, handing rival Hillary Clinton the ninth straight defeat on Tuesday.
Obama, who was the 44th US president, blasted Trump for his policies and rhetoric.
Going by precedence, the 15th presidential election scheduled to be held on July 17 this year will see a contest, notwithstanding the frenetic political confabulations for a consensus candidate.
Trump said that Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach was "occupied by a large group of FBI agents".
Former technology executive Carly Fiorina formally entered the 2016 United States presidential race on Monday.
Striving to salvage her claim of more "popular vote" than rival Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton was on course to win the Democratic primary in Puerto Rico by a wide margin, US media projected.
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