President Joe Biden says he is not seeking reelection in a letter posted to X on his official account. Biden says he will speak to the nation later this week in more detail. “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” Biden wrote. “And while it has been my intention to…
By Ana Faguy and State Department Correspondent Tom Bateman, Reporting from Washington and Las Vegas, travelling with the president President Joe Biden faces new pressure to step aside because of his age – with his campaign activity currently halted due to a Covid-19 infection. The top two Democrats in the US Congress, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…
By Ana Faguy, BBC News, Washington US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering mild symptoms, the White House has said. Karine Jean-Pierre, his press secretary, said the US president is vaccinated and boosted. He has tested positive for Covid twice before. Mr Biden, 81, was seen earlier on Wednesday visiting supporters in…
By Kayla Epstein and Mike Wendling, BBC News, at the Republican convention in Milwaukee One by one, Donald Trump’s defeated rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination took the stage to sing his praises at the party’s convention on Tuesday night. From his box just above the convention floor, Trump smiled at times as he watched his former…
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Tom King, a Pennsylvania delegate from Butler, Pennsylvania, said he spoke to Trump at the rally 10 minutes before the shooting erupted on Saturday. He says he sat about 20 feet in front of Corey Comperatore, the former fire chief who was killed. “It was a great day to see the…
By Mike Wendling & Grace Tsoi, BBC News An exiled Chinese billionaire has now been been found guilty of multiple charges, including fraud and money laundering. Here’s a look into how Guo Wengui, who built up a real estate empire in China, went on to run a billion dollar scam in the US. In early June 2020,…
