Indian Americans are in the spotlight in the US presidential election. Pro-Trump Vivek Ramaswamy and Usha Chilukuri Vance, the wife of Republican Party vice-presidential nominee JD Vance, have created waves in the media. But the focus of Indian Americans is Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, a Baptist Christian married to a Jew who was born … Read more
Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention audience how their vice-presidential candidate adapted to her vegetarian diet and even learned to cook Indian food from her immigrant mother. That image of her white, Christian husband making the spicy cuisine of her parents’ native … Read more
Usha Chilukuri Vance, entered the spotlight this week as the wife of JD Vance, former President Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Her rise comes at a time when, across the aisle, there’s another prominent figure of South Asian descent: Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first woman and person of color in … Read more
Trump, 78, the presumptive Republican Party candidate, is pitched against 81-year-old incumbent President Joe Biden from the Democratic Party for the November 5 presidential elections. Source link
Republican Presidential candidate Tim Scott announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Republican Presidential candidate Tim Scott announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, about two months before the start of voting in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses. The South Carolina senator … Read more
Donald Trump, the former president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to a porn star. Wearing a dark blue suit and red tie, Trump, 76, exhibited little emotion on his face when he waved … Read more
Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday reiterated that if voted to power, the US will not pay the “bad guys” like Pakistan hundreds of millions of dollars. “A weak America pays the bad guys: Hundreds of millions to Pakistan, Iraq, and Zimbabwe last year alone. A strong America won’t be the world’s ATM,” … Read more
Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has launched his 2024 presidential bid with a promise to “put merit back” and end dependence on China, becoming the second community member to enter the Republican Party‘s presidential primary after Nikki Haley. Ramaswamy, 37, whose parents migrated to the United States from Kerala and worked at a General Electric … Read more
Tulsi Gabbard, who retired from the House of Representatives last year, made the announcement on Twitter Tulsi Gabbard, who retired from the House of Representatives last year, made the announcement on Twitter Former Congresswoman and the first Hindu American to run for the White House in 2020, Tulsi Gabbard, on Tuesday announced that she is … Read more
Donald Trump secured a unique place in history by becoming the first US president to be impeached twice — this time for ‘incitement of insurrection’ — in the final act of a drama that has lasted four years. The second impeachment came 13 months after the first on charges of abuse of power and obstruction … Read more