Nick Harper

Joe Biden will soon become the 46th President of the United States.

He will be sworn in on the steps of the US Capitol by Chief Justice John Roberts, as Donald Trump and Barack Obama were before him.

A new, unscalable wall is being installed around the Capitol Building in Washington DC and the city's mayor, Muriel Bowser, has declared a state of emergency for the next two weeks. So far 68 people… Audio

Joe Biden's campaign team have said they are confident everything is on track in the US election.

The race has still not been called more than twelve hours after polls closed, with many state margins… Audio

We cross to the United States now to join our correspondent Nick Harper who is at the Biden headquarters in Wilmington. Audio

It's election day in the United States - the culmination of what seems like more than a year of selections and campaigning in one of the most bitter and divisive presidential elections ever Joining… Audio

It's the eve of election day in the United States. Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been frantically campaigning across key battleground states.

Against the backdrop of a soaring second wave of… Audio

A week out from the United States election and a senior aide to president Donald Trump has conceded that the country is "not going to control the pandemic".

In a stark admission, White House chief of… Audio

President Donald Trump has announced conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett as his pick for the Supreme Court to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died earlier this month. Republicans are… Audio

Voters in six states will get to weigh in on the Democratic presidential primary campaign Tuesday for the first time since Joe Biden's Super Tuesday surge last week gave him a delegate lead over… Audio

Former US vice president Joe Biden has made a comeback on Super Tuesday in the race to become the Democratic nominee to take on President Donald Trump.

He's overtaken Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders… Audio

The jury in the trial of Harvey Weinstein has just finished the first day of its deliberations. Weinstein is on trial for two charges of predatory sexual assault.  Audio

Democrats have not yet had a chance to cast a vote for the former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg to run against Donald Trump in November's presidential election.

He won't appear on a state primary… Audio

Voting is underway in New Hampshire in the first primary of this year's US elections.

Senator Bernie Sanders is the favourite to win the primary, after narrowly coming second behind Pete Buttigieg in… Audio

Hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters in New Hampshire are expected to cast their ballots for the presidential candidate who they want to see take on Donald Trump in November's election. The… Audio

After a long first day of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the US Senate has adopted the ground rules for the trial. The 13-hour debate centered around the format of the proceedings… Audio

At least two Iraqi airbases housing US troops have been hit by more than a dozen Iranian rockets. It comes as retaliation for the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last… Audio

Let's begin in Washington DC where this week's last two witnesses are appearing before the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Joining us now is our correspondent Nick Harper. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has told leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit there is hope for the climate if countries, such as New Zealand, stick to a plan which reduces emissions and moves toward… Audio

The FBI reportedly raided financier Jeffrey Epstein's private island off the coast of St. Thomas, days after he died in prison. Mr Epstein was found dead in an apparent suicide two days earlier while… Audio