Sumo diplomacy as Abe courts Trump, but U.S. leader's tweets may have left Tokyo unnerved
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bromance gets stronger but the president’s U.S. president’s tweets on Twitters — focusing on trade and North Korea — may have unnerved Abe.
North Korea labels Joe Biden an 'imbecile,' in contrast to effusive praise for Trump
North Korea, which has offered effusive praise for U.S. President Donald Trump, delivered a scathing rebuke of one of his top Democratic foes, Joe Biden, for insulting leader Kim Jong Un, calling the former vice president "an imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a ...
Joe Biden visits Tennessee and vows to 'restore' America's soul
Former Vice President Joe Biden says eight years of a Donald Trump presidency will "fundamentally" change the character of the country. Biden made the remarks Monday in Nashville during a campaign fundraising stop attended by the state's top Democrats. Biden says his aim is to ...
Joe Biden expands lead for 2020 U.S. presidential nomination despite lack of millennial support
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has expanded his lead over a wide field of candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination by 5 percentage points since he entered the race in late April, according to a monthly Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll released on Wednesday ...
Joe Biden steps up old-school push in first-in-the-nation primary state
An impassioned version of his standard speech in the rain. A huddle with reporters in the state capital. A little encouragement for a schoolboy getting ready for a hockey tournament. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden summoned old-school retail politics during his first campaign trip through ...
Just weeks after announcing his presidential run, former Vice President Joe Biden led the Democratic pack in the key South Carolina race, attracting support from 46 percent of likely party primary voters in a state poll released Sunday. Biden had more than triple the support ...
Risky politics? Trump wields his tariffs as a weapon at home
His trade war already raging worldwide, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his aggressive actions as a political weapon at home, too, casting himself as a fighter for American workers and scorning his chief Democratic rivals as weak. Trump's actions have already caused economic ...
Democratic candidate Joe Biden clears path for campaign staff to organize union
Former Vice President Joe Biden kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign declaring himself "a union man," and his aides say he would welcome staffers organizing a bargaining unit. But Biden's team also believes the work environment he's offering is good enough to prevent any push ...
Trump using immigration 'to demonize people,' says Joe Biden in Nevada
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the Trump administration's removal of protections from deportation for young immigrants and the separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border are part of the "battle for the soul of the country" that spurred his White ...
Democrat Pete Buttigieg focusing on black voters in South Carolina swing
Continuing his outreach to African-American voters, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is bringing his campaign back to South Carolina, the first state where black votes play a major role in the presidential primaries. The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, starts a two-day swing in the ...
Joe Biden surge seen fueled by electability advantage but will it last?
Twenty of his rivals have lined up to run for president, believing the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination was wide open. But one week after launching his campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden is threatening to prove them wrong. His liabilities may be ...
Joe Biden's rise tests Trump's plan to cast all Democrat contenders as socialists
President Donald Trump may want to cast his potential Democratic rivals as a band of angry socialists, but Joe Biden is not cooperating with Trump's reelection strategy, and that's giving the president growing unease. As the Democratic field expands to more than 20 contenders, Trump ...
