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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to the media accompanied by Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley

Trump faces House condemnation over twitter comments

US President Donald Trump has pressured fellow Republicans in the US House of Representatives to stand with him and vote against a symbolic measure condemning …

World • 16 Jul 19

Donald Trump said the ads were 'based on the numbers we're seeing'

US networks and Facebook pull anti-immigrant Trump ad

NBC, Fox News and Facebook have pulled an ad by US President Donald Trump's campaign that critics had labelled racist, as a bitter election fight …

US • 06 Nov 18

The crowd had marched a few miles to reach the convention site in Cleveland, Ohio

Protest ahead of Republican convention in Ohio

Several hundred protesters have gathered at the site of the Republican National Convention in Ohio, decrying police violence, racial injustice, restrictive immigration proposals and the …

News • 18 Jul 16

Donald Trump will visit Ireland after going to Scotland to open his newly-renovated golf resort there

Protests planned over Trump visit to Ireland

The Anti-Austerity Alliance has called for a protest against a planned visit to Ireland by the US Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump later …

News • 03 Jun 16

Eric Cantor had been seen by many as an eventual successor to House Speaker John Boehner

Senior US Republican suffers shock primary loss

In one of the biggest US political upsets in recent times, the Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Eric Cantor, has lost the Republican …

News • 11 Jun 14

Mitt Romney closed the gap on President Barack Obama in the polls after a solid performance in the first debate

US Election: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan profiles

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, is pursuing the White House for the second time.

Special Reports • 05 Nov 12

Delegates hoist posters in support of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Tampa, Florida

Romney formally nominated by Republican Party

US Republicans have formally nominated Mitt Romney to challenge President Barack Obama for the White House.

World • 29 Aug 12

Jeb Bush is thought to be positioning himself for a run at the US presidency in 2016 or 2020

Bush planting seeds for presidential push

He's the non-candidate they never stop talking about.

Special Reports • 25 Jun 12

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