Tag: US elections

Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Trump refused to guarantee a peaceful transfer should he lose the election

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to clearly guarantee a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the upcoming US election in November to Joe Biden.
Monday, September 21st 2020 - 08:18 UTC
US election campaign turns into a Senate battle to fill a Supreme Court vacancy

White House hopeful Joe Biden on Sunday branded Donald Trump's moves to fill a Supreme Court vacancy less than two months before the US presidential election an “abuse of power,” as some of the president's own party also objected.
Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:09 UTC
Biden leads Trump by 9 points; the president's “law and order” message falls short

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Trump’s “law and order” message falling short with its target audience of suburban voters.
Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Trump denies climate change in California; Biden called him a “climate arsonist”

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested global warming will reverse itself and dismissed climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West, during a briefing in California on the deadly blazes.
Thursday, September 3rd 2020 - 07:12 UTC
Biden remains ahead in polls: Trump unable to refocus campaign from the pandemic to civil unrest

President Donald Trump’s attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his re-election campaign has yet to boost his political standing, as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to anti-racism protests, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Guaidó counts with US keeping pressure on Maduro whoever wins November election

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Friday he is counting on the United States to maintain pressure on President Nicolas Maduro no matter who wins the US' November presidential election.
Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 08:42 UTC
Trump officially nominated Republican candidate: warns of a “rigged election” because of voting by mail

President Donald Trump adopted a grim tone in remarks to Republicans who formally backed his bid for a second term on Monday, warning without evidence that he could face a “rigged election” in November.
Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:09 UTC
Biden becomes Democratic presidential candidate; strong support from elder statesmen and opinion polls

Joe Biden has been officially anointed the Democratic presidential candidate at the party's convention, helped over the line with some glowing testimonials from elder statesmen. Two Democratic former US presidents, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, endorsed Mr. Biden.
Monday, August 17th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Democrats accuse Trump of wanting to sabotage mail voting by denying funds for the Postal Service

Top Democrats in the US Congress on Sunday called on President Donald Trump's appointed postmaster general to testify this month on changes that have stoked fears they are aimed at holding up mail-in ballots ahead of the November election.
Saturday, August 15th 2020 - 08:06 UTC
Latin America must reject Trump’s attempt to leave his mark on the IDB

By Christopher Sabatini (*) The Trump administration’s intemperate, partisan crusade against international institutions has extended to the Western Hemisphere’s most important multilateral bank.