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Audiences for Veep, the TV series broadcast on Sky, have shot up since Kamala Harris became the Democratic candidate for the White House. Like Selina Meyer, the fictional vice president in the show, she is closer than ever to becoming the first woman president. The prospect is tantalising for Harris but the omens are not

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

Kamala Harris said she will “not be silent” over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza following a meeting with Israel’s prime minister. The probable Democratic Party nominee as presidential candidate said she raised “serious concerns” with Benjamin Netanyahu in discussions at the White House on Thursday. The meeting came after Mr Netanyahu met Mr Biden,

Jennifer Aniston has hit out at Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance for referring to women without children as “cat ladies”. The actress shared a clip from a 2021 Fox News interview with Mr Vance on her Instagram story, in which he said: “We’re effectively run in this country… by a bunch of childless cat

Joe Biden has said he couldn’t let his “personal ambition” stand in the way of “saving our democracy” in a live address to the nation from the Oval office -his first speech since announcing his decision to drop out of the presidential race.  The 81-year-old president, who on Sunday abandoned his bid for a second

Bodycam footage shows law enforcement officers gathered near the body of the man who was shot dead after trying to assassinate Donald Trump. The video has emerged as the former president plans to no longer hold outdoor rallies following the attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, sources familiar with his campaign’s operations have told

Kamala Harris has embraced the social media trend of a “brat summer” in her presidential campaign. A “brat summer” is inspired by pop star Charli XCX‘s new album Brat – which was released on 7 June. And the notional Democratic presidential candidate has already flooded her campaign’s social media account with references to it. US

New bodycam footage shows the final moments of a woman who called police over a suspected intruder before she was shot in the head by an officer. Sonya Massey, 36, died after calling the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office about a suspected intruder outside her home in Springfield on 6 July, Illinois State Police have said.

The director of the Secret Service says the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was the “most significant operational failure” in decades. Ms Cheatle told the House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee she took “full responsibility for any security lapse”. The shooting at an outdoor campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, wounded Trump’s right ear, killed

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

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

One week on, almost to the hour, Donald Trump received a hero’s welcome back to the campaign trail in Michigan. His security detail reinforced, the first rally since the attempted assassination taking place indoors. “I stand before you only by the grace of Almighty God. That’s true. I shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t be here,”

Thousands of Disneyland workers have voted to authorise a strike.  If the strike goes ahead, 14,000 Disney ride operators, shop workers, sweet makers, ticket takers and parking attendants could walk off the job. It would be Disneyland’s first strike in 40 years, affecting Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, the Downtown Disney retail district and Disney-owned hotels

It could take “weeks” to fix a global IT outage which grounded more than 5,000 flights, an expert has warned, as the full impact of the software bug becomes clear. The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue screen

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

Several top Democrats in the United States have called for Joe Biden to pull out of the leadership race amid deepening concerns he would not be able to beat Donald Trump. Pressure has been building on the 81-year-old US president following his dire performance during a debate against Mr Trump, 78, last month. He compounded

A US soldier who fled the UK after a crash that left a nurse unable to walk has admitted vaping before the collision. Isaac Calderon, 23, also said his driving was “definitely not safe” prior to the collision that left Elizabeth Donowho with fractures to both ankles, her sternum, and hand. Court documents filed in

Joe Biden has been forced to pull out of a campaign speech after contracting COVID. The US president was due to deliver an address to UnidosUS – the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organisation – in Las Vegas later today. Mr Biden is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said, including “general malaise”

Inside the Republican National Convention, supporters of Donald Trump wear red ties and clutch MAGA 2024 hats – but there is a new addition to the costume. At least a couple of people are now sporting fake large white bandages on their ears, a nod to the injury Mr Trump sustained in Saturday night’s shooting.

Donald Trump appeared to try to woo independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr in a leaked video of a phone call, where he also spoke about the assassination attempt, vaccines and babies. In the footage posted by Mr Kennedy’s son Bobby Kennedy III, the Republican Party’s nominee was heard on speaker phone saying: “I