On 7 November 2020 Joe Biden won the US Presidential election, alongside his running mate Kamala Harris, with 290 electoral college votes to President Trump’s 232. US media outlets concluded that Biden will win the election with 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. The Associated Press provided an explainer on the media’s role in calling the races in US elections. Continue reading
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Rupert Murdoch is famous for always wanting to back a winner. So, amid the frenzied atmosphere of the vote count, when his Fox News network started to refer to Donald Trump’s “unfounded fraud claims” with regard to the election, it was clear his chances of retaining the presidency were diminishing by the minute. Continue reading
It is with much sadness that we note the passing of Supreme Court of the Unites States Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who passed away on 18 September 2020. The Supreme Court of the United States released a statement in the wake of her death. Ginsberg was 87 and was a feminist icon on the Court. Her passing drew obituaries from US media far and wide; from the New York Times, CNBC News, The New Yorker and The Economist among others. Continue reading
The US Department of Justice has taken action to protect President Trump from defamation allegations arising out of his denial of allegations from columnist E Lean Carroll that he raped her. Continue reading
A group that wanted to described a Tennessee state representative as “literally Hitler” in a leaflet has mounted a successful First Amendment challenge to a law that blocked false speech, including satire, against candidates in campaign literature.
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The Trump family has failed to stop the publication of a book by the President’s niece, Mary Trump.s book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man Continue reading
The tragic death of George Floyd on 25 May 2020 whilst being detained by the police in Minneapolis has been the focus of many headlines over the past few weeks, dominating the media landscape. Continue reading
The impact of the coronavirus continues to receive much coverage this month. Car manufacturer Tesla was ordered to keep its main California plant closed but has opened it anyway. Amidst the ongoing operations issues companies faced due to the virus, US unemployment figures have reached 14.7%. It is estimated that over 20.5m jobs were lost in the month of April. Continue reading
Coronavirus-oriented news has, unsurprisingly, dominated the US headlines this month. The Presidential response to the health crisis, policy implications and media misinformation has been the focus of much coverage. Continue reading
The US Congress is considering passing a Data Protection Bill in a bid to harmonise data protection regimes nationwide. BetaNews considers the implications and developments. There have also been calls for a US data protection agency to be established which a number of commentators have called for following Senator Kirsten Gillbrand’s proposal for such legislation. Continue reading
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