Joe Biden takes the threshold for the presidential candidacy. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives is shrinking. More information in the news blog.
The most important things at a glance
The USA will elect a new president in November. The party primaries are currently underway, at the end of which one candidate will be nominated. It is considered likely that the Democrats will become the incumbent Joe Biden and the Republicans put up the former president Donald Trump will be sent into the race. Here you will find an overview of the polls and the US electoral system; you can read all new developments here:
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Report: Trump spokeswoman throws out
12:10 a.m.: Long-time spokeswoman for Donald Trump’s election campaign, Liz Harrington, has quit her job, according to US media reports. She has been on the US President’s team for four years. Harrington took the step at the end of February, but apparently there was no official announcement, reports the US magazine “Newsweek”. It is also unclear. what reasons there were for the termination.
Harrington, a staunch Trump supporter who has vocally supported his claims of voter fraud, previously served as spokesman for the Republican National Committee (RNC), taking the place of Kayleigh McEnany when she moved to the Trump White House as press secretary.
Trump also secures his presidential candidacy
5:24 a.m.: According to forecasts, former US President Donald Trump has reached the necessary number of delegates for the nomination as the Republican presidential candidate. This was the result of counts by US broadcasters CNN and NBC after Trump’s victory in the primary election in Washington state on Tuesday evening (local time). Here you can read more about it.
Biden wins in Georgia and becomes presidential candidate
0.39 a.m.: According to forecasts, US President Joe Biden has reached the necessary number of delegates for the nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate. This was the result of counts by US broadcasters CNN and NBC after Biden’s victory in the primary election in the state of Georgia on Tuesday evening (local time). Here you can read more about it.
Republican majority in the US House of Representatives is shrinking
0.03 a.m.: The already narrow majority of Republicans in the US House of Representatives is shrinking after the unexpected resignation of a representative. Ken Buck of the state of Colorado announced on Tuesday on the short message service X that he would leave the congressional chamber at the end of the week. He spoke to journalists of a loss of decency and “priorities related to the wishes of the American people” in US politics.
The 65-year-old announced last year that he would no longer run in the November election. As a result of his early departure, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives shrinks to 218 votes to 213.
President Joe Biden’s Democrats, for their part, hold a slim majority in the Senate. In the USA, a law must pass both chambers of Congress in identical form, which is why the Republicans can currently block the political projects of the Democrats and vice versa. However, since there is no faction requirement in the USA, small majorities make it difficult for the respective party leaders to gather sufficient support for legislative proposals. In November, in addition to the president, a third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives will be re-elected.
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