Tag: Bernie Sanders

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  Bernie Sanders steps down: Biden becomes the challenger of Trump's reelection

  

  Bernie Sanders, a democratic socialist whose progressive agenda pushed the Democratic Party sharply to the left, ended his White House campaign on Wednesday, clearing the way for a Nov 3 election battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Billionaire Bloomberg steps down and endorses Joe Biden in Democrat primaries

  

  Billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ended his US presidential campaign on Wednesday and endorsed new Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, whose campaign for the White House streaked ahead with a string of electoral victories on Super Tuesday.

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Mass shootings: Trump says “hate has no place” but fingers point to his divisive rhetoric

  

  An under-fire President Donald Trump said on Sunday that “hate has no place” in the United States after two mass shootings left 29 dead and sparked accusations that his rhetoric was part of the problem.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  US Former vice-president joins the Democratic presidential contest

  

  Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, betting that his working-class appeal and ties to Barack Obama’s presidency will help him overcome questions about his place in today’s increasingly liberal Democratic Party.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Senator Sanders launches his second bid for the White House calling Trump a “racist and pathological liar”

  

  Senator Bernie Sanders launched his second bid for the White House on Tuesday taking direct aim at Donald Trump in an announcement that called the incumbent a “racist” and a “pathological liar.” Sanders, 77, joins an already crowded field of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to run against Trump in 2020.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  US Senate blames Saudi prince Salman for Khashoggi's death and votes to stop military aid in Yemen

  

  The US Senate has voted to withdraw US military aid for Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen and to blame the kingdom's crown prince for the murder of a journalist. The historic vote is the first time any chamber of US Congress has agreed to pull US forces from a military conflict under the 1973 War Powers Act.