With U.S. 2020 race all but halted over coronavirus, Joe Biden quietly widens lead over Trump
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden has quietly expanded his lead over President Donald Trump among registered voters, even as the rapidly spreading coronavirus has all but sidelined the former vice president's campaign, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The poll conducted on ...
Biden admits ‘frustration’ as he demands urgency from Trump on virus
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden said he feels "frustration” with the U.S. coronavirus response and that it’s his role to say what he believes President Donald Trump needs to do. "If I see something that’s not happening, I think it’s my obligation to step up ...
Coronavirus suddenly upends campaign themes for both U.S. parties
The coronavirus pandemic and America's crashing economy are scrambling the themes that both major political parties thought would carry them to victory in November's election for the president and members of Congress. Shattered for now is President Donald Trump's ability to tout a brawny economy ...
Joe Biden says 'no need' to postpone November vote over coronavirus
Joe Biden pushed back on suggestions that the November election could be postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying Sunday it's important that voting continues as it has during other crises in American history. "We have to let the electoral process run. We ought to be ...
Mike Bloomberg gave almost $1 billion to his presidential campaign
Mike Bloomberg put a record $935 million into his short-lived Democratic presidential campaign through February, including $474 million last month alone, according to his monthly Federal Election Commission filing on Friday. The former New York City mayor's spending in February was a record monthly total ...
Hawaii's Tulsi Gabbard ends long-shot presidential bid and backs Biden
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is suspending her presidential campaign, ending a long-shot effort that saw her feuding with Hillary Clinton and raising fears among many Democrats that she would mount a third-party 2020 bid. She is offering her full support to former Vice President Joe ...
Trump bump flattened: President tied fortunes to stock rally that crashed
Ever since his improbable victory in November 2016, U.S. President Donald Trump has been inextricably tied to the fortunes of the stock market. At no time in modern history has the leader of the free world made rising share prices such a singular barometer ...
Bernie Sanders to 'assess' campaign after primary drubbing by Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders was talking to advisers on Wednesday as pressure mounted on the leftist Vermont senator to end his White House campaign following a drubbing by Joe Biden in the latest Democratic primaries. As the coronavirus outbreak played havoc with the primary schedule, calls grew ...
Joe Biden's three-state win puts nomination out of Bernie Sanders' reach
Joe Biden's decisive victories in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday effectively put the Democratic nomination out of reach for Bernie Sanders. The former U.S. vice president won all three states by wide enough margins that he now has a majority of all delegates pledged ...
Coronavirus puts primaries in chaos as governor closes Ohio polls
The already topsy-turvy Democratic presidential contest is being upended again by the coronavirus, as states weigh whether to delay balloting and prevent in-person voting. Monday evening, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine invoked a health emergency to close the polls in the state's primary Tuesday, after a ...
Joe Biden commits to picking woman as running mate if nominated
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday committed to naming a woman as his running mate if he's the Democratic presidential nominee, making a definitive assertion clamored for by some voters who have watched a historically diverse candidate field dwindle to two white men. Biden ...
'Bigger than any one of us': Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders take on pandemic
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders sought in Sunday's Democratic debate to cast themselves as best-positioned to lead the nation through a global pandemic, with Biden pledging to deploy the military to help with recovery efforts and Sanders using the crisis ...
