Trump and Biden complete another primary sweep with victories in 5 states

President Joe Biden and Donald Trump both inched closer to their respective party conventions on Tuesday with wins in five states: Ohio, Florida, Arizona, Illinois and Kansas.

The two men have both technically already clinched the nominations for president with delegate totals amassed in prior contests. Mr Trump’s last active challenger, Nikki Haley, dropped out after Super Tuesday; author Marianne Williamson continues to hold events on the Democratic side but has no viable path to the nomination.

Their wins on Tuesday and going forward are purely ceremonial; the 2024 election will almost certainly be a rematch of the 2020 election despite clear majorities of Americans opposing that possibility.

Both have pivoted their campaigns towards the general election as well; Mr Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have begun campaigning for re-election in earnest, and Ms Harris last week became the first sitting or former vice president to visit and deliver remarks from an abortion clinic as the Democratic Party prepares to make reproductive rights a major talking point of their 2024 effort.

Mr Trump, meanwhile, continues to rail against Democrats for the multitude of legal challenges he now faces. The former president was in Dayton, Ohio on Saturday for a last-minute rally to boost his endorsed Senate candidate to victory in the state primary; Bernie Moreno headed into the night leading his closest opponent, state Senator Matt Dolan, by a close margin.

Both Mr Trump and Mr Biden swept to victory in five state primaries on Tuesday

At his rally on Saturday, Mr Trump delivered some of his most dehumanising remarks so far, as he labelled his political opponents “not people” in some cases. He also sparked a national media cycle