2024 US Elections

Keep up to date with the campaign for the US presidential election on November 5, 2024. Find out all about the Democratic and Republican primaries, as well as the campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

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Europeans are worried about Trump's return to the White House

Whoever the president may be, it won't make much of a difference on the economic front. In terms of security, however, the EU 27 are concerned about Trump's criticism of NATO and the US's growing disinterest in the EU.

Published yesterday at 2:19 pm (Paris), updated yesterday at 2:39 pm Philippe Jacqué Virginie Malingre

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Macron welcomes Biden for state visit

The state visit began with a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe and a military parade along the Champs-Elysées. A state dinner is later organized at the Elysée Palace for Biden and his wife, Jill.

Published on June 8, 2024, at 10:16 am (Paris), updated on June 8, 2024, at 8:50 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Biden, five months before US elections, shows a firm stance on immigration

Asylum applications will be impossible once the number of illegal entries exceeds 2,500 per day in a week. 750,000 people have been deported since May 2023, the highest number since 2010.

Published on June 5, 2024, at 8:21 am (Paris), updated on June 5, 2024, at 10:24 am Piotr Smolar

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Biden orders temporary Mexico border closure for asylum seekers

The Democratic president is signing a decree that would prevent irregular migrants from accessing the asylum system if the number of such arrivals exceeds 2,500 per day, in a move reminiscent of Trump's border policies.

Published on June 4, 2024, at 6:49 pm (Paris), updated on June 4, 2024, at 10:20 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Hunter Biden's trial keeps US presidential campaign in the courtroom

Joe Biden's son's trial for illegal possession of a firearm began on Monday in Delaware. For Republicans and the conservative media, it's an opportunity to hit back after Trump's conviction.

Published on June 4, 2024, at 10:09 am (Paris) Piotr Smolar

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Jury seated in Hunter Biden firearms case questioned on gun rights and drug use

The firearms case against US President Joe Biden's son Hunter opened on Monday, with jury selection, following the collapse of a plea deal.

Published on June 3, 2024, at 8:10 pm (Paris), updated on June 4, 2024, at 7:47 am Le Monde with AP

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Trump vows appeal amidst conviction as campaign surges with $53 million fundraising haul

The former president has a long record of turning scandal to his advantage, and his campaign website began redirecting visitors to a fundraising page declaring he was a "political prisoner" moments after he was convicted.

Published on May 31, 2024, at 6:21 pm (Paris), updated on June 1, 2024, at 3:08 am Le Monde with AP and AFP

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Trump's historic guilty verdict sets an example

The former US president was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. However, this will not put an end to his campaign. The real sentence will come on the evening of the presidential election on November 5.

Published on May 31, 2024, at 12:29 pm (Paris) Le Monde

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Jury wraps first day of deliberations in Trump criminal trial

The 12-strong New York jury will decide whether to convict Donald Trump in the first criminal trial of a former US president.

Published on May 29, 2024, at 6:10 pm (Paris), updated on May 29, 2024, at 10:51 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Nikki Haley says she will vote for Trump

Donald Trump's former UN ambassador also made it clear on Wednesday that she feels the Republican candidate has work to do to win over her supporters.

Published on May 23, 2024, at 12:08 am (Paris), updated on May 23, 2024, at 10:51 am Le Monde with AP

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The Oregon secessionists who want to join Idaho

In Prineville, a small town in eastern Oregon, conservatives are campaigning for their county to secede and join neighboring Idaho, which is less strict on gun use and tougher on abortion and gender issues.

Published on May 22, 2024, at 8:22 pm (Paris), updated on May 26, 2024, at 8:56 pm Corine Lesnes

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Biden and Trump agree to presidential debate in June

The debate will be hosted by CNN on June 27, with another faceoff set for later in the year in September. Biden trolled Trump over his criminal hush-money trial in New York, which features a mid-week break, saying: 'I hear you're free on Wednesdays.'

Published on May 15, 2024, at 6:32 pm (Paris), updated on May 16, 2024, at 8:24 am Le Monde with AP and AFP

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'Debt is the blind spot in the US presidential election'

The IMF is concerned about the impact of the current large US fiscal imbalance on global financial stability. But neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump seem ready to tackle the problem.

Published on May 13, 2024, at 11:25 pm (Paris), updated on May 14, 2024, at 8:40 am Stéphane Lauer

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Brain worm bugs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign

The independent candidate confirmed that he had suffered a brain ailment caused by a parasitic worm. It's a further oddity in a chaotic campaign that's beginning to worry Donald Trump.

Published on May 12, 2024, at 4:38 am (Paris), updated on May 12, 2024, at 11:03 am Corine Lesnes

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'Commentaries on Taylor Swift's influence are revealing of the polarization of American political life'

As the pop star continues a series of concerts in Paris, historian Manuel Bocquier explores her potential influence on the US presidential election.

Published on May 11, 2024, at 9:00 pm (Paris) Manuel Bocquier

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Trump gets prison warning as criminal trial enters third week of testimony

Employees of the Trump Organization detailed how Trump hid a hush money payment of $130,000 to adult movie star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election.

Published on May 7, 2024, at 10:57 am (Paris) Piotr Smolar

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US Republicans are exploiting pro-Palestinian protests on campuses

Under the pretext of denouncing anti-Semitism, the Grand Old Party's politicians are reverting to the familiar strains of the culture war to oppose Democrats.

Published on May 3, 2024, at 12:14 am (Paris), updated on May 3, 2024, at 8:41 am Piotr Smolar

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US campus protests for Gaza turn into electoral trap for Biden

Demonstrations and sit-ins against the war in Gaza are increasing at universities across the country. Joe Biden risks alienating both part of the youth and a segment of the Jewish vote.

Published on April 25, 2024, at 12:20 pm (Paris), updated on April 25, 2024, at 12:52 pm Arnaud Leparmentier

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In Florida, Biden keeps attacking Trump on abortion

US President Joe Biden spoke about abortion rights at a university in Tampa, on Tuesday, saying that voters will hold his Republican predecessor and opponent personally 'accountable' in November.

Published on April 24, 2024, at 2:07 am (Paris), updated on April 24, 2024, at 11:03 am Le Monde with AP

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Biden calls for tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum

The move, following a US agency's announcement that it would probe China's trade practices, reflects both Biden's international trade policy and his efforts to court voters in a key state in November’s election.

Published on April 17, 2024, at 1:16 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Trump's landmark criminal trial opens in New York

The hush money trial of former president Donald Trump began on Monday with jury selection.

Published on April 15, 2024, at 3:26 pm (Paris), updated on April 16, 2024, at 12:09 am Le Monde with AFP

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Trump defers abortion decisions to the states after lengthy deliberation

After seeming to favor a compromise law on abortion, the Republican presidential candidate has eventually sided with the Supreme Court, which repealed this federal right in 2022.

Published on April 9, 2024, at 12:24 am (Paris), updated on April 9, 2024, at 7:45 am Piotr Smolar

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Reid Hoffman, 'mystical atheist' and artificial intelligence guru

The LinkedIn co-founder calls on Europe to take a stronger stance in the AI race pitting the United States against China, and denounces Elon Musk's libertarian drift.

Published on April 8, 2024, at 8:00 pm (Paris) Arnaud Leparmentier

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Wisconsin's 'Gaza generation' wants to send Biden a warning

The White House's support for Israel in its war in Gaza could lead many Wisconsin voters to abstain in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

Published on April 2, 2024, at 11:14 am (Paris) Piotr Smolar

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Biden wins the North Dakota Democratic primary

The American president's victory was virtually assured, though seven other candidates were on the primary ballot. Former President Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican Party's March 4 presidential caucuses, taking all 29 delegates.

Published on March 30, 2024, at 9:39 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AP

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2024 US election: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces running mate

Nicole Shanahan, 38, a California lawyer and philanthropist, was announced as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vice presidential candidate for his independent White House bid.

Published on March 26, 2024, at 8:45 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AP

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Young Americans are shunning the Biden-Trump rematch

On the campuses of Philadelphia's Community College and Temple Public University, most students are showing little enthusiasm for reliving the presumed duel between the incumbent Democratic president and his Republican predecessor.

Published on March 25, 2024, at 4:56 am (Paris), updated on March 25, 2024, at 7:22 am Raphaëlle Besse Desmoulières

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Trump's half-billion-dollar problem

The former president has until March 25 to come up with the cash to pay monumental legal costs of well over $500 million, with criminal cases still looming. New York Attorney General Letitia James is threatening to seize assets if he doesn't.

Published on March 21, 2024, at 8:00 pm (Paris), updated on March 22, 2024, at 9:46 am Piotr Smolar

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Eight months from presidential election, the Fed risks being drawn into politics

If re-elected, Donald Trump will not reappoint Jerome Powell to head the central bank. This could undermine the institution's independence, which is under pressure just a few months before the presidential election.

Published on March 21, 2024, at 3:01 pm (Paris) Arnaud Leparmentier

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'Europeans would be wrong to believe that a Biden presidency would be radically different economically from a Trump presidency'

Economist Christopher Dembik observes that the next American president, whoever he may be, will be targeting Europe's trade surplus with the US against a backdrop of protectionism.

Published on March 17, 2024, at 5:00 pm (Paris) Christopher Dembik

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2024 US presidential election: Former Trump VP Mike Pence says he won't be endorsing him

US media called the announcement a 'bombshell' and 'startling.' Although, in reality, deep divisions have driven the two men apart since leaving office.

Published on March 15, 2024, at 11:12 pm (Paris), updated on March 16, 2024, at 9:31 am Le Monde with AFP

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Trump and his prosecutors: From insults to political maneuvers

Three of the court cases involving the former president are being led by Black Democratic prosecutors, whom he has accused of racism. Meanwhile, he is gaining time: The first trial, scheduled for March 25, has been postponed on Friday, March 15, by the judge presiding over this case.

Published on March 15, 2024, at 7:30 pm (Paris), updated on March 16, 2024, at 7:04 am Arnaud Leparmentier

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'Can Joe Biden make a surprise comeback like Harry S. Truman did in 1948?'

Biden's powerful State of the Union address to Congress on March 7 may be the start of his resurgence against Trump to win the next presidential election, explains Le Monde columnist Alain Frachon.

Published on March 14, 2024, at 11:32 am (Paris), updated on March 14, 2024, at 11:57 am Alain Frachon

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US 2024 elections: Biden and Trump have both won enough delegates to secure nominations

Primaries were held Tuesday in Georgia, Mississippi, Washington state, and Hawaii.

Published on March 13, 2024, at 12:43 am (Paris), updated on March 13, 2024, at 10:29 am Le Monde with AP

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Congressional hearing on the Biden classified documents probe turns into a proxy campaign battle

Special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, defended his controversial remarks about the US president's memory and his decision not to file criminal charges.

Published on March 12, 2024, at 8:31 pm (Paris), updated on March 13, 2024, at 10:28 am Le Monde with AP and AFP

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Biden delivers forceful State of the Union Address, striking sharp contrast against Trump

The American president demonstrated his stamina during the annual address delivered to Congress, portraying his rival as a man of the past, without naming him.

Published on March 8, 2024, at 11:10 am (Paris), updated on March 8, 2024, at 11:20 am Piotr Smolar

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Biden attacks Trump and warns US democracy at risk in fiery State of the Union address

Joe Biden turned the March 7 State of the Union speech into an animated argument for a second term as he lashed into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing 'resentment, revenge and retribution' and jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad.

Published on March 8, 2024, at 5:00 am (Paris), updated on March 8, 2024, at 7:12 am Le Monde with AFP

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Biden's electoral weapon against Trump: Abortion rights

Kate Cox, a woman who was a victim of some Republican states' restrictions on access to abortion is one of the guests of honor at Joe Biden's State of the Union address this Thursday.

Published on March 7, 2024, at 5:30 pm (Paris) Corine Lesnes

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'America is back': Joe Biden's glowing economic record

As he delivers his State of the Union address on Thursday, the president of the United States can boast of a very low unemployment rate and controlled inflation, six months ahead of the presidential election.

Published on March 7, 2024, at 12:00 pm (Paris) Arnaud Leparmentier

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2024 US presidential election: Nikki Haley drops out but doesn't endorse Donald Trump

Super Tuesday was fatal to Haley, who only won two primaries and never presented herself as an 'anti-Trump' candidate. Biden, meanwhile, has reached out to her electors.

Published on March 7, 2024, at 12:02 am (Paris), updated on March 7, 2024, at 7:18 am Piotr Smolar

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US Democrat challenger Dean Phillips ends primary run and endorses Biden

Representative Dean Phillips, 55, a Democrat from Minnesota who had campaigned on a platform calling for a new generation of Democratic leadership, has ended his long-shot presidential bid after President Joe Biden's sweeping Super Tuesday victory.

Published on March 6, 2024, at 7:32 pm (Paris), updated on March 6, 2024, at 7:37 pm Le Monde with AFP

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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell endorses Trump for president

His announcement marked quite the turnaround as McConnell had previously blamed Donald Trump for 'disgraceful' acts in the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection.

Published on March 6, 2024, at 4:43 pm (Paris) Le Monde with AFP

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Nikki Haley suspends her campaign leaving Trump as only Republican candidate

The former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the UN did not endorse her rival in her post-Super Tuesday speech.

Published on March 6, 2024, at 4:12 pm (Paris), updated on March 6, 2024, at 5:35 pm Le Monde with AP and AFP

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Super Tuesday: In North Carolina, voters confirm Trump's grip on the GOP

The former president clinched a predictable victory in the state on Tuesday. But the vote was more notable for the nomination of Mark Robinson, a candidate known for his anti-LGBTQ and antisemitic rhetoric, in the gubernatorial race.

Published on March 6, 2024, at 10:28 am (Paris) Arnaud Leparmentier

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Biden and Trump head for another face-off, after a surprise-less Super Tuesday

The former president triumphed, confirming his stranglehold on the Republican Party and crushing his rival, Nikki Haley, who won only the state of Vermont.

Published on March 6, 2024, at 9:55 am (Paris), updated on March 6, 2024, at 10:03 am Piotr Smolar

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Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey set to compete for California Senate seat

Representative Schiff and former baseball star Garvey will face off in the November ballot, a rare opportunity for the GOP to compete in a marquee statewide race.

Published on March 6, 2024, at 9:51 am (Paris), updated on March 6, 2024, at 10:00 am Le Monde with AP

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Biden and Trump come close to a Super Tuesday clean sweep, moving nearer to a November rematch

Trump's longshot challenger, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, has so far failed to provide a significant obstacle in the former's president path to the nomination, losing every state in the Super Tuesday election.

Published on March 6, 2024, at 3:07 am (Paris), updated on March 6, 2024, at 7:14 am Le Monde with AP and AFP

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Biden needs to be proactive in convincing voters he can win

Le Monde Editorial. If he intends to be re-elected in November, the US president needs to show Americans that, at 81, his age does not diminish his ability to govern.

Published on March 5, 2024, at 5:50 pm (Paris), updated on March 5, 2024, at 9:27 pm Le Monde

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Despite fears and disappointments, Democrats are uniting behind Joe Biden

The party is optimistic that the American president will win the November election, despite fears about his health and cognitive faculties.

Published on March 5, 2024, at 2:50 pm (Paris) Piotr Smolar

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2024 US elections: All you need to know about Super Tuesday

With Joe Biden and Donald Trump dominating their respective party races, there is little suspense ahead of this usually pivotal day.

Published on March 5, 2024, at 5:40 am (Paris), updated on March 6, 2024, at 9:15 am Pierre Bouvier

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Supreme Court overturns Trump's disqualification by states from Republican primaries

The justices awarded Donald Trump another victory on the eve of Super Tuesday, when Republicans vote to nominate their candidates in 15 states.

Published on March 4, 2024, at 9:20 pm (Paris), updated on March 4, 2024, at 9:21 pm Piotr Smolar

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Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting states' bans over Capitol attack

The court ruled unanimously, a day before Super Tuesday, that Colorado and other states cannot invoke a constitutional provision to remove him from the presidential ballot.

Published on March 4, 2024, at 4:11 pm (Paris), updated on March 4, 2024, at 4:54 pm Le Monde with AP and AFP

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How Trump is reshaping the Republican Party

In the run-up to the November presidential election, the front-runner in the Republican primaries is methodically organizing the submission and purging of his party.

Published on March 4, 2024, at 9:47 am (Paris), updated on March 4, 2024, at 11:49 am Piotr Smolar

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US presidential election: Nikki Haley wins her first primary in the District of Columbia

Washington is one of the most heavily Democratic jurisdictions in the nation, with only about 23,000 registered Republicans in the city.

Published on March 4, 2024, at 3:04 am (Paris), updated on March 4, 2024, at 7:24 am Le Monde with AP

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Robert F. Kennedy, the troublemaker seeking support among libertarians

In October 2023, JFK's nephew left the Democratic Party to run as an independent presidential candidate. Anti-capitalist and anti-system, he is traveling the United States in search of support.

Published on March 3, 2024, at 3:15 am (Paris) Corine Lesnes

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Trump wins 3 primaries in a day, in a dominant show of force

While the Michigan GOP has remained entrenched in division, chaos, and legal disputes, Saturday's convention showed that Trump remains the unifying force between the party's warring factions.

Published on March 2, 2024, at 10:28 pm (Paris), updated on March 3, 2024, at 3:54 am Le Monde with AP

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Trump kicked off Illinois primary ballot over January 6 role

Like in Colorado and Maine, a judge in Illinois ruled the former president should be struck off the Republican primary ballot over his role in the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

Published on February 29, 2024, at 8:44 am (Paris), updated on February 29, 2024, at 9:34 am Le Monde with AFP

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'On all fronts, Biden risks paying a high price for his choices in the current Middle East crisis'

Benjamin Netanyahu's total opposition to the prospect of a Palestinian state is not good news for the Democratic president, who can't hope to be re-elected without winning states like Michigan in November, with its large community sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza.

Published on February 28, 2024, at 11:09 am (Paris), updated on February 28, 2024, at 3:21 pm Gilles Paris

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Biden wins Democratic primary in Michigan, despite a protest 'uncommitted' vote over Gaza

The president easily topped the poll in this state with a large Arab American and Muslim community, but tens of thousands of supporters abstained or voted 'uncommitted' to protest against the White House's unwavering support for Israel.

Published on February 28, 2024, at 9:34 am (Paris), updated on February 28, 2024, at 9:45 am Piotr Smolar

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Biden and Trump secure victories in Michigan primaries, nearing potential rematch

In the Democratic primary, Joe Biden clinched a decisive victory over Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's dominance continues as he secured wins across the initial five states on the Republican primary schedule.

Published on February 28, 2024, at 3:30 am (Paris), updated on February 28, 2024, at 7:44 am Le Monde with AP

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