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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Georgia second U.S. state to postpone presidential primaries over virus
Georgia's March 24 presidential primaries will be postponed until May because of fears over the new coronavirus, state election officials announced Saturday, a day after Louisiana also pushed back its primaries. In-person early voting, which began statewide March 2, will be halted and the election ...
U.S. presidential campaigns of Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders go virtual
Joe Biden held a town hall in Illinois — or at least tried to — from Delaware. Bernie Sanders is staging daily news conferences from Vermont, instead of his usual rallies around the country with thousands of supporters. The global coronavirus pandemic has sent the ...
Bernie Sanders may have learned the wrong lessons from 2016
Bernie Sanders pledged to harness the energy from his first campaign to turn out more voters in 2020. He would build a coalition of black, young and working-class voters who were energized by his transformative vision for America to build a broad coalition that ...
Joe Biden wins crucial Michigan primary, delivering major blow to Bernie Sanders
Joe Biden won Michigan's crucial Democratic nominating contest on Tuesday, taking a big step toward the party's presidential nomination and dealing a stinging blow to rival Bernie Sanders' fading White House bid. Biden, the former U.S. vice president under Barack Obama, also captured Missouri and ...
Will American populism damage Japan?
The sort of polarizing populism exemplified by Trump, Sanders and several other current world leaders may present Japan and the international order with their biggest challenge of the post-war era.
Democratic race between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders enters key phase
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on Saturday began what amounts to a fresh campaign for the Democratic nomination for president as the septuagenarians prepare to go head to head at the polls for the first time since the field narrowed to two credible candidates. Biden, ...
Former Vice President Joe Biden has put an exclamation point on his Super Tuesday victories by winning the most delegates on the presidential primary calendar's biggest night. The Associated Press has allocated more than 92 percent of the 1,344 delegates that were up for grabs ...
