The American President Joe Biden has decided not to stand in the autumn's presidential election. USA expert Frida Stranne assesses that the pressure on Biden finally became too great. It will be a large apparatus to change the campaign, she says to TT.
WorldUSA's President Joe Biden will not run in the autumn's presidential election. He announces that he supports Vice President Kamala Harris as the new presidential candidate. "My intention is to earn, and win, the nomination", writes Harris in a statement.
WorldUSA's Vice President Kamala Harris assured some of the Democrats' heaviest donors on Friday that the party will win the presidential election in November.
WorldThe majority of Democrats believe that Vice President Kamala Harris would make a good president. This does not apply to Americans in general, according to a new survey.
World politicsA failed debate against rival Donald Trump, several calls for resignation, and then a covid diagnosis – right in the midst of the intense campaign period. The setbacks for USA's President Joe Biden are growing. But still, he has not given any signs of wanting to give up his presidential candidacy.
WorldTrump's former rivals for the Republican presidential candidacy, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, give him their full support.
World politicsIn an energetic campaign speech, USA's President Joe Biden tried to convince both voters and party colleagues that he can handle four more years in the presidential post. We must finish the job. And I promise you, I'm okay, says Biden to voters in Michigan.
World politicsMore and more people want Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential election campaign. In the near future, a dozen Democrats are expected to demand that the president does not run for re-election, according to sources at CBS News. At the same time, support for Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate is growing, according to a fresh poll.
WorldUkraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyj was presented as "Vladimir Putin". Vice President Kamala Harris was mixed up with Donald Trump. It was two more mistakes by President Joe Biden – the question is whether they were entirely decisive for his election campaign?
WorldDonald Trump is back on the campaign trail. During yesterday evening's gathering in Florida, he launched an attack on Joe Biden's vice president Kamala Harris, favorite tip to take over the Democratic candidate hat if Biden steps aside.
World politicsVice President Kamala Harris was during the previous election campaign in the USA a strongly shining star, but her time in office has been tough. Now the wind has turned again. The name Harris is the one that buzzes the most in speculations about a potential successor to the President.
WorldUSA's President Joe Biden - pressured after his criticized debate performance against Donald Trump last week - may soon consider revising his decision to run in the autumn's presidential election, according to a Democratic governor.
WorldMore important donors are threatening to withdraw their support for the Democrats if Joe Biden is not replaced as the party's candidate ahead of the presidential election in November. If Biden does not step aside, the Democrats will lose, says Abigail Disney, heir to the Disney fortune, who has donated large sums to the party.
WorldMore voices are being raised to suggest that Joe Biden should step aside and let someone else run against Donald Trump in the autumn's presidential election. But Biden is standing firm in his decision not to withdraw – and the Democratic governors are backing him.
WorldJoe Biden doubts his nomination as presidential candidate, according to The New York Times. But the White House denies all talk. Biden will not withdraw from the election. Absolutely not, says press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. At the same time, several surveys show that voters have lost confidence in the president.
World politicsThe weak performance in the debate against Donald Trump was due to many international trips. That's what the President says now himself. It's no excuse, but it's an explanation, says Biden.
WorldWavering and incoherent. And, according to some, painful to watch. President Joe Biden's weak debate performance is causing panic within the Democrats in the USA. Discussions about replacing him with another candidate ahead of the autumn's presidential election are being reported.
WorldJoe Biden started the presidential debate slowly but ended strongly, if you ask his vice president. According to Biden's former boss Barack Obama, you can have "bad debate evenings". I think it went well, says the president himself.
World politicsThe top meeting in Switzerland has largely been able to agree on a framework for a peace plan in Ukraine. Among other things, it is established that Ukraine's territorial integrity is undisputed. We stand at a crossroads, says Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch, who sees the meeting as a success.
ConflictsAround 100 countries and international organisations have initiated a summit in Switzerland with the aim of laying the foundation for a future peace process in Ukraine. We must collectively determine what a just peace entails for the world and how it can be achieved – and become sustainable, said Ukraine's president.
ConflictsIt is essential to have continued top-level meetings and conferences on Ukraine's reconstruction and a path forward towards peace. This is according to the head of the UN's development agency UNDP, Achim Steiner, during a visit to Sweden. They make an enormous difference, he says to TT during a visit to Sweden.
ConflictsOver 80 states have agreed to participate in this weekend's top meeting, intended to pave the way for a peace process for Ukraine. The turnout is broad, but several really big players are missing.
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