Environmentalists around the world are breathing a deep collective sigh of relief at the election of Joe Biden. His victory means real hope that catastrophic climate change can be avoided; real momentum for world leaders to come together to collectively reduce greenhouse gases and the re-positioning of America as the world leader on the climate.
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Donald Trump and Joe Biden are making their last-ditch appeals to voters, as they dash between battleground states crucial to winning the White House. The US president is using the final 24 hours before election day to hold rallies in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. His Democrat challenger is focusing on Ohio and Pennsylvania,
“Dear Joe, thanks for the memories. We miss you so much.” “Ricky Taylor – we will tell your story, love you dad.” “Jose Angel Ciaz Rodriguez – papu we miss you.” Fluttering in the autumn wind, these are just some of the messages grieving friends and relatives have written on 230,000 white flags planted in
There’s a pride to the politics here. It’s loud, it’s noisy and it has a new sort of confidence. Perhaps only in America would a “get out the vote” effort involve dancers, a traditional mariachi band and fully attired Mexican wrestlers. A canvassing caravan if you like, this is how LUCHA, a Latino support and
Joe Biden has summoned up the Motown star power of Stevie Wonder and political heft of Barack Obama in a glitzy rally in Detroit as the US presidential campaign entered its final stages. Obama appeared alongside his former vice-president for the first time in this year’s race for the White House, at two drive-in rallies
Benjamin Banneker was a self-taught African American surveyor, astronomer and horologist. In 1791 – at the request of Thomas Jefferson – he assisted in the layout of modern Washington DC – the capital of a nation, currently undergoing the painful process of selecting its president and commander- in-chief for the next four years. Banneker’s contribution
Donald Trump has been making increasingly desperate pleas to one crucial group of voters – but America’s “suburban housewives” seem determined to send him packing from the White House. The US president‘s last-minute appeals – and even his use of the phrase “suburban housewives” – appear to have backfired spectacularly in the closing weeks of
In the tightly contested state of Florida, emotions are running high. Outside a Joe Biden rally in Tampa, small but vocal groups of Democrats and Republicans are facing off. “Why are you so dumb?” a Biden supporter shouts out of his car window, with an equally furious Trump fan yelling back. Image: Outside a Joe
I remember election night 2016 well. I was in the bar of the Holiday Inn, Johnstown in the heart of the Pennsylvanian rust belt. There is remarkable passion in American politics and it was palpable that evening as I joined locals to watch the results come in. I’d spent time with them over the previous
Politics and the pandemic have converged in America and Wisconsin is the eye of the storm. The state is now one of the world’s coronavirus hotspots. Around one in every four people being tested here is COVID-19 positive. That didn’t stop Donald Trump holding a packed rally here on Tuesday. His vice president then held
Joe Biden has criticised ongoing unrest and looting in Philadelphia after casting his vote in the US presidential election. The Democratic candidate made the comments on Wednesday at a polling station in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was accompanied by his wife Jill. He told reporters there was “no excuse whatsoever” for the chaos in Philadelphia,
Early indications are that the polls have been proved wrong, but Joe Biden has the momentum going forward. The former vice president has regained some of the states lost by Hillary Clinton in 2016 and may have pulled of a historic victory in at least one formerly red state. The election is still yet to
The Donald Trump campaign website has been hacked. The website’s “About” page was briefly replaced by a message which stated: “the world has had enough of the fake-news spreaded (sic) daily by president donald j trump.” It appeared to be an unsophisticated scam aimed at collecting cryptocurrency. There was no clue to the identity of
The coronavirus pandemic has seen an unprecedented number of voters register to cast their ballot by mail – raising the very real possibility that we may not know who has won the US election for several days. In 2016, Donald Trump was declared the winner of Wisconsin at 7.29am UK time on the day after
Joe Biden heads to Georgia on Tuesday in a final push for votes in the deep south Peach State which – for the first time in decades – has emerged as an electoral battleground. If the Democrats win here, it’s likely to signal doom for Donald Trump’s re-election bid. The state has already broken all
Donald Trump has called out rival Joe Biden after the Democratic presidential hopeful appeared to confuse the president with George W Bush. The 77-year-old made the gaffe as he spoke to supporters during an I Will Vote Concert virtual event alongside his wife Jill. “What kind of country we’re gonna be? Four more years of