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Jan 2024
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The 2024 US election: the starting gun i...

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The US 2024 election calendar kicks off in earnest this week as the wannabee Republican nominees head to Iowa.

Trump is making a quick pit stop via the courts - to tell them to grant him immunity from prosecution.

And Nikki Haley is trying a novel tactic of pissing off the Iowan voters by telling them that New Hampshire knows better.

Meanwhile, Biden is reminding America Trump is a threat to democracy, as he heads straight to South Carolina for the three year anniversary of the January 6th riots.

Editor: Gabriel Radus

Production: Lily Amory

Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

Video Production: Shane Fennelly

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