Senator Kamala Harris has posted her first campaign video, recording the moment Joe Biden asked her to be her Vice President.

Kamala Harris prepares to break through USA's racial and gender barriers

This is not tokenism. Biden is playing to win, and he has chosen the strongest possible running mate.

Kamala Harris: More pragmatist than revolutionary, but historic in US politics

If he wins in November - which the polls predict - then Biden will be (by some distance) the oldest President ever elected.  

The big decision for Biden looms - and this time it matters

Will Trump Win? will be a blend of commentary, analysis and discussion between myself and the podcast maestro Dan Hewitt, with a number of splendid, informed and incisive American guests thrown in to the mix. And we need you too!

Why we need you to join us on the roller coaster ride ahead

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The President marked Independence Day overnight with a speech as dark and divisive as any he has given since he took office.

Trump warns of a 'far left fascism' in America as he marks Independence Day

There may be 25 million Covid-19 infections in America, which would be almost 8% of the entire population.

Surging Covid-19 cases across America: The first wave that never went away

In my interview with John Bolton, the longtime hawk is withering about the President’s intellectual calibre and moral character.

Bolton: Trump can't differentiate between private affairs and US' interests

At the heart of the problem lies the strained relationship between residents in Detroit and police, writes Robert Moore.

Policing in Detroit: A story of tension, grievances, and hope

This was the mid-pandemic political rally that was designed to kickstart the President’s re-election campaign.


Trump rally flops in  Oklahoma - but don't count him out yet

Tonight in Tulsa, Oklahoma, thousands of people will congregate in America’s biggest breach of social distancing since the pandemic began.

America braces for a Trump rally like no other

Tens of thousands are expected to attend the first Donald Trump rally in post-lockdown America.

Trump's poised to resume his inflammatory rallies - but is Tulsa too far?

"This is more than just promotion or a way to get your sales up. This is way more than that, this is people actually having to go to bed knowing that their children were killed, daughters and mothers, and nieces and sisters."

BLM: 'This is about people going to bed knowing their children were killed'

Shoppers hit the high street wearing masks in east London.

Face masks and social distancing have become flashpoints as the UK's shopping environment is transformed by anti-viral precautions, writes Chris Choi.

The shocking abuse faced by shop staff while enforcing social distancing

Joe Ringhoffer is squarely at odds with the wave of protests which has crashed across this country since the killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis almost four months ago. 

Can America's southern states shake off their racist past?

Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency medical technician, was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers. Her aunts condemn the criminal justice system for its "corruption, incompetence and racism".

Breonna Taylor's aunts on their wait for justice: 'I don't think they care'

"Any problem with the Russian vaccination campaign would be disastrous through its negative effects on health," experts have warned.

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Washington Correspondent

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