Biden and Trump win Louisiana presidential primary

Washington — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won Louisiana’s primary on Saturday, picking up more delegates after clinching their party’s nomination. Biden is also running in Missouri’s Democratic primary, the results of which are not expected to be announced until next week. There is no suspense in the game. Biden and Trump … Read more

Missouri and Louisiana hold presidential primaries on Saturday

Missouri and Louisiana will hold presidential primaries on Saturday, giving President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump more opportunities to collect delegates. Biden will compete in the Democratic primaries in both states. Republicans will only vote in Louisiana because the Missouri Republican Party has held its caucuses on March 2. There will be no … Read more

‘Carnage’, ‘pest’, ‘animals’: Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail

Washington: Since announcing his candidacy in November 2022, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made a series of inflammatory and racist remarks during the US campaign. In some cases, he has used violent imagery to lambast immigrants and opponents. He warned that the United States was on the brink of collapse, his comments raising concerns … Read more

Joe Biden, Donald Trump ask voters if they’re ‘better’ now or four years ago

“Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” Voters’ answers to this question are rarely so complex. Former President Donald Trump posed the time-tested question to his supporters in capital letters on his Truth social platform on Monday. President Joe Biden did the same thing three times this week at three fundraisers … Read more

‘Sorry, Donald’: Biden mocks Trump’s campaign cash lead

Biden’s campaign said over the weekend that it had raised more than $53 million in February. Washington: Joe Biden may be facing off against Donald Trump in the polls ahead of the US presidential election in November, but his numbers are looking good in one department: campaign finance. Democrats are ahead of their Republican opponents … Read more

American Muslim groups plan Ramadan boycott of White House

American Muslim leaders angry over President Joe Biden’s support for Israel say they will not attend White House Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr celebrations this year as they demand the administration push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. As White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara reports, this isn’t the first time that anger from American Muslims … Read more

White House pressures Israel over planned invasion of Rafah

President Biden has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to send a team to Washington “to discuss how to target Hamas without a large-scale ground operation against Rafah.” Netanyahu insists that entering Rafah is the only way to destroy Hamas. Linda Gladstein reported from Jerusalem for VOA. Camera: Ricky Rosen. Follow us on Google news … Read more

Washington to host Israeli panel to discuss plans for Rafah ground invasion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a delegation to the United States to discuss Israel’s planned ground invasion of Gaza’s crowded city of Rafah – a plan the White House has called a “mistake.” Meanwhile, aid groups warn of imminent famine in the besieged enclave. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from the White … Read more

US claims senior Hamas commander Marwan Issa killed in Israeli airstrike

US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan confirmed on Monday that senior Hamas leader Marwan Issa was killed in an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) airstrike last week. Agence France-Presse quoted US National Security Agency Jake Sullivan as saying: “Hamas’ third-ranking figure Marwan Issa was killed in an Israeli operation last week.” He added: “The remaining … Read more

Biden expresses new concerns to Netanyahu about Israel’s war conduct against Hamas

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for the first time in more than a month, expressing concern about Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza and its attack on the southern Israeli city of Rafah. New worries about ground attacks. Egypt border. White House national security adviser Jake … Read more

Gaza’s Rafah operation will be ‘mistake’: Biden warns Netanyahu

Joe Biden tells Benjamin Netanyahu that the Rafah offensive in Gaza will be a mistake. Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that a large-scale ground offensive against Gazarafa would be a “mistake,” a month after the two leaders raised tensions First speech. The White House said Netanyahu also … Read more

Netanyahu says Israeli troops will enter Rafah despite ‘international pressure’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israeli forces would launch a planned ground offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza, raising concerns about mass civilian casualties. “No amount of international pressure can prevent us from achieving all the goals of the war: destroy Hamas, free all our hostages and ensure that Gaza is … Read more