Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday officially launched his United States presidential campaign in a rocky, glitch-filled broadcast over Twitter.
DeSantis on Thursday tweeted: “I’m running for president to lead our Great American Comeback.” DeSantis in his campaign said: “We need the courage to lead, and we must have the strength to win.”
Major Republican donors gathered in Nashville, TN to pick and fund a candidate worthy of competing with incumbent President Joe Biden who is also seeking a second term in office. Although former President Donald Trump got top billing, he was nowhere near the dream of achieving the Republican nomination.
President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday he is seeking a second term, with Vice-President Kamala Harris as his running mate once again. “The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or fewer,” Biden said a video announcement. “I know what I want the answer to be. This is not a time to be complacent. That’s why I’m running for re-election.”
President Joe Biden is preparing to announce his re-election campaign next week, the Washington Post has reported.
A day before his arraignment, former US President Donald Trump has reportedly told his legal team and political advisors that he will escalate attacks against the Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg whose prosecution on the hush money case involving adult film star Stormy Daniels created a nationwide political firestorm resulting in his possible sealed indictment by a New York grand jury.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the reappointment of Indian American Digvijay “Danny” Gaekwad to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees.
Indian American Nikki Haley has kicked off her against-all-odds campaign for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination with visits to two key states portraying herself as a “badass” woman who can get things done, and with a Wall Street fundraiser scheduled for Tuesday.
After Nikki Haley, who plans to announce her 2024 presidential bid by February 15, another Indian American Republican looks set to throw his hat in the ring. Millionaire businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, 37, who declared war on “woke” culture with his bestseller ‘Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam’, said he is “strongly considering”.
Former United States President Donald Trump held his first political campaign over the weekend since announcing his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election.
Chandigarh-born Harmeet Dhillon has lost her bid to head the Republican National Committee (RNC) despite a spirited fight against the US party’s establishment that drew broad support.
The November 8 midterm polls were supposed to be a Red Wave with the Democrats getting obliterated. That did not happen. So what does this mean for the US and for India?
US voters have spoken in the midterm polls, but the control of US Congress hung in balance on Wednesday as several key races remained undecided. The Democrats have managed to prevent a rout.
