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Iowa caucus: The definitive guide to the first contest of 2024 US election

Across Iowa today, friends and neighbours will congregate in churches, community centers and schools to canvass for their candidates. Let’s examine what a caucus, is, how it works, why this first election is important and what is likely to happen

Vantage | Why Nikki Haley's one win could change the US Presidential race

As the New Hampshire primary on 23 January approaches, all eyes are on Nikki Haley

US Presidential Election 2024: What it will mean for US, India, and the world if Trump 2.0 becomes a reality

If that happens, going by the track record of Trump Part I, it will again be an uncertain, uncharted time for bilateralism and multilateralism

Ramaswamy leads, Haley targeted: Takeaways from 4th Republican presidential debate

With the Iowa caucuses rapidly approaching, a shrinking field of Republican White House hopefuls gathered Wednesday in Alabama for the fourth presidential debate. While Vivek Ramaswamy emerged as an important player leading in speaking time, Nikki Haley became a target for attacks during the debate

How the far-Right is winning the West: Geert Wilders jolts liberals a day after Javier Milei

As wars, migration and economic crisis expose the dangers of forced globalism, the right wing nationalistic uprising will only intensify

Head-on | Biden-Trump rematch exposes broken US politics

A new opinion poll conducted by The New York Times-Siena College projects that if the presidential election pitting Donald Trump against US President Joe Biden was held today, Trump would win a comfortable majority

Vantage | What's a Republican debate worth that Trump skips and still wins?

The absence of the leading candidate has shifted the focus to a battle for second place among the remaining contenders

Donald Trump-Ron DeSantis rivalry heats up as they head to Florida

Recent days have seen Donald Trump receiving endorsements from prominent figures in Florida, including Senator Rick Scott and state lawmaker Randy Fine, who has been a long-time ally of DeSantis

Why sexuality trumps talent at NASA

A high ranking engineer who worked on a number of projects related to NASA's return to the moon has been forced to quit her job. The reason? Florida's strict anti-trans laws which deeply impact her capacity to work at NASA's Cape Canaveral launch site

Second Republican debate on Wednesday: Who's in and who's out?

The field for the second Republican presidential debate will be smaller than the first. Seven candidates have qualified for Wednesday night's debate at Ronald Reagan's presidential library in California. Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson missed the cut this time