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The stage has now been set for a 2020 presidential election rematch this November after Donald Trump and Joe Biden secured their party nominations.
The former president won primaries in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington and the caucus in Hawaii on Tuesday night, taking him over the threshold of 1,215 delegates needed to secure the Republican party nomination.
Mr Biden also secured the Democratic nomination for president after winning the primaries in Mississippi, Washington and Georgia.
As the nation readies for a 2020 rematch, the two candidates appear to be neck-and-neck among voters in the first major national poll released since they secured the nominations.
In a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, which closed on Wednesday, Mr Biden inched past Mr Trump with a marginal lead of 39 per cent to 38 per cent.
This came after a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll, carried out between 8 and 11 March after the State of the Union and just one day before Mr Trump and Mr Biden officially secured the required delegates, found that 40 per cent of voters supported Mr Trump and 38 per cent Mr Biden when presented with the two candidates.
Alvin Bragg proposes last-minute delay to Trump’s hush money trial
On Thursday, Mr Bragg asked a judge to push back the trial so prosecutors could review approximately 31,000 pages of records that were submitted by the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) on Wednesday.
Those records, which Mr Bragg said were requested more than a year ago, are related to a federal investigation into Michael Cohen – whose testimony Mr Bragg used to build the case in which he is accusing Mr Trump of falsifying business records.
Mr Bragg said that while most of the filings are unrelated to the case, he noted approximately 172 pages of witness statements could be relevant.
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 10:30
Trial date set for Hunter Biden federal gun charges
At a status conference on Wednesday, District Judge Maryellen Noreika set a tentative start date for the week of 3 June for the trial.
Hunter Biden was indicted on three felony gun charges, falsifying a firearms application, lying to a federally licensed gun dealer and possession of an illegally obtained gun, in September.
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 09:30
Mnuchin manoeuvring to buy TikTok
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 08:30
ICYMI: Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, says ‘grave mistake’ to dismiss two-state solution
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer offered a vision of a peaceful future for Israel and Palestine on Thursday in a floor speech in which he called on the president and his fellow lawmakers to embrace the concept of a separate, legitimised Palestinian state and called for a new government in Jerusalem.
Read the full report from The Independent’s Washington, DC team:
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 07:30
Bizarre Texas dentist video sees Noem sued by consumer group
The lawsuit, filed by the consumer advocacy group Travelers United in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, alleges that Ms Noem “advertised a product or service without disclosing that she has a financial relationship with that company” after she posted a video to social media on Tuesday promoting dental company Smile Texas.
Martha McHardy has the details:
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 05:30
Aaron Rodgers accused of pushing Sandy Hook conspiracy theories amid RFK Jr VP buzz
Both candidates, like RFK Jr, have a penchant for conspiracy theories.
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 03:30
Trump repeats claim that Hillary Clinton used acid to delete emails
Donald Trump once again repeated his unsupported claim that Hillary Clinton used “all sorts of acid testing and everything else” to delete emails that were stored on her work server. The former president made the issue central to the 2016 presidential election, which saw him beat his Democratic rival and former US secretary of state to the White House. Eight years later, Mr Trump repeated the claims during an interview with Newsmax. “What she did was unbelievable, and nothing happens to her,” Mr Trump said this week. After a years-long FBI investigation, it was determined that Ms Clinton’s server did not contain any information or emails that were clearly marked classified.
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 01:30
Bidens ‘heartbroken’ by death of nonbinary teenager Nex Benedict
In a statement released by the White House, Mr Biden said that all young people should have a “fundamental right and freedom to be who they are” and feel safe at school.
It comes after the Oklahoma Medical Examiner concluded that 16-year-old Nex had died by suicide. The teenager was beaten by other students inside a school bathroom on 7 February, at the Owasso High School in Oklahoma. They died the following day.
Mike Bedigan has the story:
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 01:00
Trump on trial: Judge casts doubt on ex-president’s attempts to throw out classified documents case
The former president joined his attorneys inside a federal courthouse in Florida for a hearing on two motions to dismiss the case, arguing that charges against him under the Espionage Age are unconstitutionally “vague” and that the Presidential Records Act protects him from prosecution.
US District Judge Aileen Cannon repeatedly appeared to cast doubt on the heart of Mr Trump’s arguments but did not immediately reach a decision after the hearing in Fort Pierce on Thursday.
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 00:30
TikTok ban would ‘come back to bite’ Washington warns China
“Although the United States has never found evidence that TikTok threatens US national security, it has not stopped suppressing TikTok,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.
Vishwam Sankaran reports:
Oliver O’Connell15 March 2024 00:00
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