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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Foreign Secretary David Lammy step from their aircraft as they arrive at Joint Base Andrews, Md., ahead of talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on resolving the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo)

After the official confirmation of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s candidacies by the Democratic National Convention last Thursday, the electoral landscape in the US is set.

US Senator for Maryland Chris Van Hollen, on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, met with members of the Greek American community in Chicago, including prominent Greek Americans such as Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and businessman Ted Diamantis.

Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago Tuesday that "the torch has been passed" to Kamala Harris and that the United States was ready for her to become president.

U.S. President Joe Biden will give a bittersweet farewell address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday, passing the torch to Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for November's election.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris touted a likely vote-winning cut in medical costs Thursday ahead of holding their first joint public event since Harris replaced the president as the Democratic candidate in November's election.

Both Iran and Israel should avoid escalating conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, in his most direct wording toward U.S. ally Israel on the Middle East's spiraling tensions.

The historic prisoner exchange agreement between Russia and the West is the result of secret negotiations held under tense conditions between Moscow and the outgoing U.S. President.

Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Evan Gershkovich are now on American soil following the largest prisoner exchange between the West and Russia.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed them at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

U.S. President Joe Biden walking across the tarmac after greeting reporter Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following their release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.