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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

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

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

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

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,”

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

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

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

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

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

Donald Trump has appeared to huge applause at the National Republican Convention on Monday night with a white bandage covering his right ear. It’s the first time the former president has appeared in public since he was shot by 20-year-old gunman Thomas Crooks on Saturday night. As he walked into the packed room, Mr Trump

They save the Oval Office address for serious times – conflict, typically. On both counts – serious and conflict – a president’s prime-time appearance seemed appropriate. This was a Joe Biden presentation on the gravity of the current situation, eyeballing an American audience on attritional politics. Phrases like “political battlefield” and “killing field” offered an

Courage, defiance, or a reckless play for the cameras even in the heights of danger. However it’s viewed, that footage of Donald Trump refusing to leave the stage before showing supporters a clenched fist will now help define his campaign for re-election. It is extraordinary viewing. The former president has just been shot, through his

Donald Trump has announced Ohio senator JD Vance as his running mate for November’s US election. The former venture capitalist and New York Times best-selling author, 39, will become Mr Trump’s vice president if he wins November’s election. Mr Trump said on his social network, Truth Social, that Mr Vance was his pick for running

Billionaire Elon Musk has donated to a political group working to elect presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to reports. According to Bloomberg, citing sources, the amount was not known but it was “a sizable amount” given to a group called America PAC. Bloomberg reported that the PAC – a group that can receive unlimited contributions