Tag: Joe Biden

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Biden leads Trump by ten percentage points; only 43% of Republicans feel US is in “the right direction”

  

  US approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to the lowest level on record, the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows, as new COVID-19 cases surged and Trump was widely criticized for suggesting he wanted to slow down testing.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 18:16 UTC

  US energy sector anticipates sweeping changes is Biden reaches the White House

  

  Rapidan Energy Group predicts sweeping changes for the energy sector if former Vice President Joe Biden beats US President Donald Trump in November. Biden's policies would have global implications for energy trade, altering US/China relations, the pace of Iran's oil recovery, trans-Atlantic climate action and other factors.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:12 UTC

  Trump says he will “go on and do other things”, if he does not win reelection

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said he will go on to other things if he loses the Nov 3 election, after Democratic opponent Joe Biden said the Republican might cheat and refuse to leave the White House.

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Colin Powell criticizes the Republican party and announces he will vote for Biden

  

  Colin Powell, who served as the United States' top military officer and top diplomat under Republican presidents, said on Sunday he will vote for Democrat Joe Biden, accusing Donald Trump of drifting from the US Constitution and Republicans of failing to hold him accountable.

• Sunday, June 7th 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  Biden confirmed as Democrat presidential candidate; black woman expected to complete the ticket

  

  Former US vice president Joe Biden secured enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election.

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 05:49 UTC

  Biden prepared to announce a bipartisan unity cabinet before the November election

  

  United States Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would consider announcing the names of some cabinet officials before the election - and that some of the people might be Republicans.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Top Democrats Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi endorse Biden's White House bid

  

  Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday (Apr 28), saying he is the type of “leader” the United States needs during the current coronavirus crisis.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:07 UTC

  Obama: ”Joe (Biden) has all the qualities we need in a president right now”

  

  Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying his longtime vice president can unify and “heal” a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments.

• 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.