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Biden and Trump face super tuesday with nominations virtually assured
President Joe Biden and his main rival, former President Donald Trump, are poised for an unusual Super Tuesday, the key day for presidential primaries ahead of the November elections, where both their nominations are nearly guaranteed.
Biden faces no significant opposition within the Democratic ranks as the incumbent president, while Trump enjoys an unusual advantage in the Republican primaries, with only former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley attempting to challenge him with limited success.
Super Tuesday is the day when the most states vote to determine presidential candidates: this year, 15 out of the 50 states, including California and Texas, the largest in the United States.
Democratic and Republican voters also participate in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia.
Additionally, Alaska holds Republican primaries, while Democrats vote abroad and in the territories of American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.
More than 35% of the delegates who will convene at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Democratic convention in Chicago, Illinois, to choose their presidential candidate will be at stake.
Traditionally, Super Tuesday has served as a turning point in the opposition’s candidate selection due to the large number of delegates at stake.
However, Trump enters this day with an air of invincibility, having swept nearly all contests since the Republican primaries began with the Iowa caucuses on January 15.
All his rivals have already dropped out of the race except for Haley, who only managed to defeat the New York magnate in the District of Columbia primaries this past weekend, a victory with little political weight.
Indeed, the big question is whether Haley’s candidacy will survive Super Tuesday or if she will succumb to mounting pressure from her party and donors to throw in the towel.
Realities of Trump and Biden
Furthermore, Trump (2017-2021) faces the polls emboldened after his legal victory on Monday, when the Supreme Court ordered the lifting of his disqualification from the Colorado primaries, a state also voting on Tuesday.
The unanimous ruling also put an end to the attempts of Illinois and Maine to remove the former Republican president from the process.
Meanwhile, Biden prevailed on Super Tuesday in 2020 over his then-Democratic rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, and four years later, he enters this contest with little internal competition.
Since the Democratic primaries began on February 3 in South Carolina, he has only lost two delegates in the internal elections in Michigan, where a protest vote was organized over the Gaza war.
Despite their indisputable advantage, neither Biden nor Trump will mathematically clinch the nomination on Super Tuesday and will have to wait a few more days.
Even in the hypothetical scenario where they secured all the delegates at stake, Biden would still not reach the magical figure of 1,968 needed to secure the Democratic nomination, nor would Trump reach the 1,215 needed.
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Trump floats Vance-Rubio potential Republican ticket for 2028 election
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubiocould potentially form a Republican presidential ticket for the 2028 elections.
Speaking during a dinner with law enforcement officials as part of National Police Week, Trump publicly praised both officials and said they could make “an ideal team” for the next presidential race.
“Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio?” Trump asked attendees before adding that the pair “sound like a good combination.”
The president highlighted his vice president’s performance in office, stating that their current partnership has been highly effective. “JD is perfect, that has been a perfect formula,” Trump told reporters later.
He further suggested that a Vance-Rubio pairing could represent a strong presidential and vice-presidential ticket, although he stopped short of offering any formal endorsement.
“I think it sounds like a presidential candidate and a vice-presidential candidate,” he said, while clarifying that his remarks should not be interpreted as an official backing of any future campaign.
So far, neither Vance nor Rubio has publicly confirmed any intention to run in the 2028 presidential election.
Rubio previously sought the Republican nomination in 2016 but withdrew after losing the primary race to Trump. Later, in a December 2025 interview with Vanity Fair, he said he would be among the first to support Vance if he decided to run for the White House.
Vance, meanwhile, has recently dismissed speculation of any political rivalry with Rubio amid growing discussion about potential future GOP leadership.
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Russia Accuses Ukraine of Violating Victory Day Truce
Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating a Victory Day truce that was reportedly agreed with mediation from the United States, claiming that Ukrainian forces carried out attacks on Russian territory as well as on the annexed Crimean peninsula.
Despite the declared ceasefire, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Ukrainian forces attacked Russian military positions using attack drones and artillery.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian forces made twelve attempts to advance toward Russian-held positions across several sectors of the front line.
It also alleged that Ukrainian strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in Crimea, several border regions, the Caucasus, and other areas including Moscow and Perm in the Ural region.
The Defense Ministry estimated around 8,900 violations of the ceasefire in total, including more than 7,000 drone attacks and over 1,000 strikes involving tanks, artillery, multiple rocket launch systems, and mortars since the truce came into effect at midnight.
Russia said its forces responded “symmetrically” to what it described as violations by Ukrainian troops.
Earlier, the Kremlin denied claims that Ukraine attempted to sabotage a military parade in Red Square marking the 81st anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
“No attempts were made. Everything went well,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told local media.
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Trump Says U.S.-Iran Talks Progressing, Signals Possible Deal on Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Washington is holding “very good” talks with Iran and stated that there is a strong possibility of reaching an agreement to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
“We’ve had very good conversations over the last 44 hours, and it’s very possible that we’ll reach an agreement,” Trump said during an event held in the Oval Office at the White House.
The president’s remarks came just hours after he announced a temporary suspension of the military operation aimed at escorting vessels stranded in the Persian Gulf due to Iran’s blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Trump explained that the pause in operations is intended to facilitate diplomatic negotiations between both sides and prevent further military escalation in the region.
“We’re in good shape, and right now things are going well. Now we have to achieve what we need to achieve. If we don’t, we’ll have to go much further,” the Republican president warned.
In a post published on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump reiterated that if Iran accepts Washington’s proposed conditions, military operations and the naval blockade affecting the Islamic republic would come to an end.
However, he also issued a new warning to the Iranian government, stating that the United States would respond with attacks “of greater intensity” if Tehran rejects the agreement promoted by the White House.
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