As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris fight in the race for the White House, one key term is back in the limelight: the US Electoral College. The US president is elected on the basis of two, not one, elections: the popular votes, followed by electoral college votes.

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Attorneys general for 19 states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday to block a sweeping new rule to indefinitely detain migrant families seeking to settle in the United States.

19 states, District of Columbia, sue Trump administration over migrant detention

US President Donald Trump's promise of hosting military tanks, along with an incredible flyovers and the "biggest ever Fireworks," for this year's Fourth of July celebrations at the National Mall in Washington has evoked strong reactions.

'Tanks, but no tanks': Angry DC City Council on Trump's July 4 celebration plan

Mentally fit, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live, can get medicine prescribed by doctors to die in their sleep