Russian President Vladimir Putin likely directed efforts to try to swing the 2020 US presidential election to Donald Trump, an American intelligence report has claimed.

Putin likely directed meddling in 2020 US election, report claims

About two years ago I did something foolish: I wrote an optimistic column arguing that a polarizing issue was ripe for deescalation and compromise. The issue was voting rights, where Republicans have long championed voter ID laws as a bulwark against alleged voting fraud, while Democrats have countered that such restrictions unfairly burden many Americans, racial minorities especially, in the exercise of their hard-won right to vote.

Can anything end the voting wars?

Russia on Wednesday refuted US intelligence allegations that President Vladimir Putin had likely directed efforts to try to swing the 2020 presidential election in Donald Trump's favour, terming them baseless.

Russia calls US allegations over Putin-directed election meddling 'baseless'

Former US president Donald Trump will be allowed back on YouTube but only when the threat of his inciting violence abates, the head of the popular online video sharing platform said Thursday.

Trump to be allowed back on YouTube when 'risk of violence' falls

Facing the cameras for the first time since leaving the White House, twice impeached (and acquitted) former US President, Donald Trump, teased about a re-run for the post in Sunday's session of Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2021.

Donald Trump teases 2024 presidential run in CPAC 2021 speech

A report by Wall Street Journal based on US Campaign Finance Records has said that US President Joe Biden's campaign received at least USD 15.1 million from employees of big tech firms in donations.

Biden campaign received USD 15 million in donations from big tech employees: Report

Democrats emerged from the 2020 election with full control of the federal government and a pile of lingering questions. In private, party leaders and strategists have been wrestling with a quandary: Why was President Joe Biden’s convincing victory over Donald Trump not accompanied by broad Democratic gains down ballot?

Democrats beat Trump in 2020. Now they’re asking: what went wrong?

In just a few weeks, lawsuits and legal threats from a pair of obscure election technology companies have achieved what years of advertising boycotts, public pressure campaigns and liberal outrage could not: curbing the flow of misinformation in right-wing media.

Lawsuits take the lead in fight against disinformation

The Kremlin has slammed US President Joe Biden's "very aggressive rhetoric" after he said Washington's relationship with Moscow would change and demanded opposition politician Alexei Navalny's release.

Kremlin slams Biden's 'very aggressive rhetoric'

U.S. President Joe Biden made a late-night visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to pay his respects to Brian Sicknick, the Capitol police officer killed when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.

In visit to Capitol, Biden honours police officer killed in Jan 6 assault

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday canceled upcoming scheduled arguments in appeals filed by Republican former President Donald Trump`s administration defending his funding of the U.

US Supreme Court scraps arguments in Trump-era immigration and wall cases

US lawmakers will question President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the nation’s top environmental regulator on Wednesday. Multiple reports have confirmed the interaction will be focussed on how he will execute the administration's goal of decarbonising the country's cars and power plants.

US lawmakers to question Biden's EPA pick over climate agenda

The Democratic lawmakers who will prosecute former President Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial urged the Senate on Tuesday to convict him, saying he pointed a mob "like a loaded cannon" at the U.

Trump aimed mob like a 'loaded cannon' before Capitol siege, House Democrats say

There he was on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the Boss himself, the opening act on the night of the virtual inaugural ball. His song was “Land of Hope and Dreams.

One step up and two steps back

Authorities in Florida's Palm Beach town are currently performing a legal review of former US president Donald Trump's residency at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Trump had purchased the Mar-a-Lago resort, also a national historic landmark, in 1985.

Trump's residency at Mar-a-Lago under review

US first lady Jill Biden will participate in efforts by her husband's administration to reunite families split apart by former president Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, the White House said Friday.

US first lady to help reunite migrant kids with parents

As 34-year-old Rosanne Boyland lay dying on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 6 after being crushed by a mob, fellow rioters were charging over her to attack police officers with crutches, a hockey stick and pepper spray, new police body camera footage shows.

Body camera footage shows Capitol rioters trampling over woman

US President Joe Biden has a higher approval rating after one week in office than Donald Trump did in his entire presidency, a new poll has found. A Monmouth University poll Wednesday showed 54 per cent of Americans approving of Biden's performance and 30 per cent disapproving.

Biden polls higher in first week than Trump at any time

US President Joe Biden will reopen the nation's online health insurance marketplace for people who cannot obtain coverage through their employers, the White House said on Thursday.

Biden to reopen healthcare.gov, ease Medicaid rules amid pandemic

If President Joe Biden’s plan for COVID relief ever passes the Senate, it won’t be with the 10 Republican votes it needs to clear a filibuster. “I’m going to suggest that we get together and talk about what we think would be a reasonable package, and one that could garner bipartisan support,” said Sen.

Democrats should act like they won the election

An amusement park in India has come up with a unique and fun way to celebrate Indian-origin US Vice President Kamala Harris' win in the recently-concluded US election 2020.

Bengaluru: Amusement park offers free entry to all 'Kamala' to celebrate Harris' win

In the race to the bottom for the title of worst American president, the same few sorry names appear at the end of almost every list, jockeying for last place. There’s Andrew Johnson, whose abysmal behavior during Reconstruction led to the first presidential impeachment.

The Trump presidency is now history. So how will it rank?

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump boarded the plane to Florida on Wednesday, he cast his achievements as sweeping, ambitious and, above all, enduring — a few hours before his successor began demolishing that legacy at breakneck speed.

The lure of executive orders: Easy to implement, but just as easy to cancel

The United States, under the new Biden administration, is planning to reverse Trump's "draconian" immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of migration.

US to reverse Trump's immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president

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