Just days remain before US voters choose their next President - and so far, the polls are predicting a clear winner. Former Vice President Joe Biden has consistently polled ahead of President Donald Trump since he was confirmed as the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2020 US Presidential Election. But as time ticks down to polling day, is the challenger's lead large enough to deny Trump a second term? Or will the incumbent defy historically low approval ratings and sneak through victories in enough battleground states to secure four more years in the Oval Office? And how will Coronavirus affect the outcome? Will the huge increase in mail-in ballots make accurate polling more difficult? And when will we finally know who's won the most anticipated race for the White House... well, at least since the last one? Read more US election 2020 Biden has won - but what happens now? What if Trump refuses to leave? What Biden's …
Joe Biden told to have Nancy Pelosi back down on Brexit standoff ‘Threat is not from UK!’
Northern Ireland Protocol threatens peace agreement says expert Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Boris Johnson will meet with US President Joe Biden this week at the White House as he jets to the States for the UN General Assembly meeting. The British Prime Minister will try to bolster US ties with the UK in the wake of this week's surprise AUKUS trilateral defence pact between the two countries and Australia. It is hoped that the pact, which could create hundreds of new jobs, will help mend the rift between the UK and US over the Northern Ireland border amid stalled talks for a trade deal. Related articles Macron furious at 'dreaded …
Boris Johnson will tell Joe Biden to lift Covid travel ban and let double jabbed Brits back into US
BORIS Johnson jetted to New York last night in a bid to restart UK-US travel. There are hopes America will reopen its border to Brits after the PM meets President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday. Mr Johnson will also join more than 100 world leaders at the UN — the last gathering before November’s landmark Cop26 summit in Glasgow. He will urge them to step up on climate change in the last 50 days before November’s get-together. And he will announce an additional £500million of UK funding to help poorer countries move away from coal. Mr Johnson said he would push the leaders to take “concrete action on coal, climate, cars and trees”. It is still not known whether Chinese president Xi Jinping will attend Cop26, although a delegation from the globe’s most polluting nation will be there. Cop26 President Alok Sharma said: “I’m hopeful he will come.” Most read in The Sun DEAR DEIDRE My wife says my penis 'doesn't hit spot' …
France’s Macron to talk to Biden amid crisis over submarines
PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days with President Joe Biden in what will be their first contact since a major diplomatic crisis erupted between France and the United States over a submarine deal with Australia, an official said Sunday. The phone call is at the request of Biden, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said, adding that there was “shock” and “anger” at first. But now it's time to try to move forward, he said. What the French now call a “grave crisis” erupted over the sudden, surprise end to a 2016 contract worth at least $66 billion between France and Australia to build 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines. Instead, Australia signed on with the United States and Britain for eight nuclear powered submarines. France insists it was not informed of the deal in advance. France recalled its ambassadors from the United States and Australia in a sign of the seriousness of the crisis. “What’s at play in this affair, this crisis … are …
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Exactly why Biden turned his back on ‘soft’ EU in favour of Brexit Britain in sub deal
France ‘furious’ over Australia’s submarine deal says expert Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The new Aukus deal, announced last week, will see the US providing Australia with technology to build nuclear-powered submarines, and will see the US, UK and Australia cooperate on military capabilities including AI and other technologies. The pact is viewed as a major step up in efforts to counter China's influence in the contested South China Sea, though American officials said the move was not aimed at countering Beijing. Related articles China 'edges closer' to war with US as Xi Jinping loses patience Aussie PM rebukes Macron's claims amid …
Tiger King’s Joe Exotic to be resentenced after campaigning to have conviction overturned
Joe Exotic’s current prison sentence has been vacated by a judge in Oklahoma, but the Tiger King star is to stay in prison and be resentenced. The 58-year-old was originally convicted in 2019 in a murder-for-hire plot and was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2020. The former zookeeper, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was found guilty of trying to have someone kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin and was also charged for crimes against animals. Authorities say that from July 2016 Joe repeatedly attempted to hire people to murder Carole, with one person he approached being an undercover FBI agent. According to KFOR and KOMO , Joe disputed his conviction and said that the court had made a mistake Carole attend the trial despite being listed as a government witness. Joe Exotic disputed his conviction and will now be resentenced ( Image: Brentwood Gazette) The judge agreed with his appeal and was reported in court documents …
Biden opposes defunding the police. Here’s what that means
An earlier version of this story ran on June 6, 2020. (CNN) President Joe Biden said at a CNN town hall on Tuesday that he remains opposed to calls for "defunding the police" -- a rallying cry for activists seeking reforms in law enforcement. In response to a question about how to avoid overly constraining police while addressing racial disparities, Biden replied, "By number one, not defunding the police." Biden's comments run counter to those who argue the solution to police brutality is to redirect city budgets toward community programs. It's as straightforward as it sounds: Instead of funding a police department, a sizable chunk of a city's budget is invested in communities, especially marginalized ones where brutality occurs. Biden's published criminal justice plan called for a $300 million investment in community policing efforts -- including the hiring of more officers . His transition team met with the Fraternal Order of …
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Recall vote highlights California’s geopolitical divisions
3 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California recall election was a blowout win for Gov. Gavin Newsom that reinforced the state's political divisions: The Democratic governor won big support in coastal areas and urban centers, while the rural north and agricultural inland, with far fewer voters, largely wanted him gone. “It’s almost like two states,” Menlo College political scientist Melissa Michelson said. Though California is a liberal stronghold where Democrats hold every statewide office and have two-thirds majorities in the Legislature, it is also home to deeply conservative areas. Those residents have long felt alienated from Sacramento, where Democrats have been in full control for more than a decade. A conservative movement in far Northern California has for years sought to break away and create its own state to better reflect the area's political sensitivities. While Republicans still are able to win some local elections, the party …
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Analysis: Ida’s destruction may help Hurricane Laura victims
8 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hurricane Ida's thrashing left homes in mangled heaps across southeastern Louisiana, but in an uncomfortable twist, the storm might have been a boon to southwestern parishes still struggling to recover from last year's Hurricane Laura. Ida's path of destruction through Louisiana — particularly because it impacted the high-profile city of New Orleans — drew much-needed attention to the state's continuing, slow-moving recovery from the 2020 blows of Laura and Hurricane Delta. With New York, New Jersey and other East Coast cities suffering damage from Ida, that gets more congressional leaders involved in wanting to provide disaster recovery aid to hurricane-ravaged states. And that appears likely to get Lake Charles and other parts of southwestern Louisiana the disaster block grant assistance they've been seeking since the August 2020 blow by Laura. As they surveyed the devastation from Ida, …
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Biden goes for bike ride at the beach amid national crises, refuses to answer questions
close Video President Biden dodges questions on beach bike ride President Joe Biden bikes in Rehoboth Beach, Maryland, dodging questions from reporters. President Biden went for a bike ride at the beach on Sunday amid multiple national crises and he refused to answer reporters' questions as he biked past them. "Mr. President, what will you tell Emmanuel Macron?" a reporter asked as Biden sped by. "When are you going to call Macron?" another reporter asked. Biden is set to call French President Emmanuel Macron to resolve a diplomatic crisis that developed last week. France recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia in response to a joint agreement between the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom to provide nuclear submarines to Australia, scrapping a previous agreement to send French-made submarines Down Under. "At the request of President Macron, I have decided to immediately recall our ambassadors to …