US: Biden, Trump clinch presidential nominations

US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have secured the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations respectively setting up a rematch with each other according to CNNTrump clinched the Republican nomination for president on Wednesday morning while Biden secured the Democratic nomination earlier Tuesday nightThe voters cast ballots in presidential primaries in Georgia Mississippi and WashingtonEarlier on Tuesday the Hawaii Republicans held caucuses while voting wrapped up in the primary for Democrats Abroad the official arm of the Democratic Party for Americans living overseas reported CNNMoreover Biden is the projected winner of the Democratic primary in the US territory of the Northern Mariana IslandsThe shorter slate of elections followed last weeks Super Tuesday when Biden and Trump dominated across the map putting both on the cusp of winning a majority of the delegates needed to be crowned their parties presumptive nomineesThe longanticipated rematch of Trump and Biden is expected to mirror the 2020 campaign though Trump will run this time under the spectre of 91 felony charges related to allegations that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat CNN reportedThe charges included that he played a lead role in the January 6 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol illegally took classified documents from the White House and covered up hush money payments to an adult film star ahead of the 2016 electionHowever Trump has now achieved a record of accomplishments and missteps for voters to weighMoreover Biden is so far running a similar campaign to 2020 appealing to concerns over Trumps authoritarian behaviour and a middling economy according to CNN Notably unlike Trump the US president has never faced a serious wellfunded primary challenge with Minnesota Rep Dean Phillips his lone rival in elected office dropping out and endorsing Biden last weekBidens main opposition has come more from general intraparty anxiety over his age and from progressives outrage over the administrations support for Israel in its war against Hamas in GazaIt has also come under some scrutiny following the release of special counsel Robert Hurs report which concluded that Biden mishandled and improperly disclosed classified information after leaving the vice presidencyHowever no charges were filed with Hur who testified Tuesday on Capitol Hill stating that he did not believe that there was enough evidence to charge Biden with a crime as reported by CNNOn the Republican Party GOP side Trump has long been seen as the prohibitive favourite despite competition from a collection of GOP challengers including governors senators rightwing provocateurs and his own former vice president Mike PenceThe last to give in was former South Carolina Gov Nikki Haley who left the Republican race last week after a string of Super Tuesday losses but did not endorse Trump on the way outHaley said the former president needed to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support himSimilar to Biden Trump will need to win over sceptical portions of his base to match past levels of supportHowever the primaries in Georgia are expected to provide both candidates with a gut check ahead of their anticipated November rematch reported CNNReportedly Biden has been on a postState of the Union tour of swing states beginning from Pennsylvania on Friday before Georgia and then in New Hampshire on MondayHowever Trump is bound for Dayton Ohio this weekend when he will host a rally for businessman Bernie Moreno his endorsed candidate in the GOP primary to take on Democratic Sen Sherrod BrownReportedly the Ohio election is among several seen as critical to Democratic hopes of holding the SenateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever