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As the US presidential election campaign is roiled by Joe Biden's decision to pull out of the race against Donald Trump, we look at the role Silicon Valley has been playing in the contest so far. Long a bastion of liberal values, the US tech scene is seeing an increase…

When it comes to LGBTQ+ rights in America, the narrative that one party is pro and the other con has taken hold, but the truth is more nuanced.

Biden has chosen to preserve the prospect of a Democratic victory in November even at the expense of his own ego

For nearly 200 years, the notion of American political exceptionalism has had currency in the United States: it is an idea rooted in the nation’s status as the first modern republic. As we watch from afar, disturbed yet mesmerised by the latest chapter of violent political division in America, the…

Vice-president says she will do ‘everything in my power to unite’ the party; liberal political action committee ActBlue says $46.7m raised in hours since Biden withdrew

For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the presidency.

Joe Biden wanted to save the "soul of America" from Donald Trump, but his stubborn defiance of the march of time may have cleared his rival's path back to power.

Joe Biden’s long career gave him an unrivalled view of how power works in America but, at the end, his experience weighed him down, writes Richard Hall

The oldest-ever American president’s political career began in 1972 and culminates as he yields to pressure to step aside