Tag: Joe Biden

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.
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.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Senator Kamala Harris completes the Democrat ticked with Biden and could be decisive for black voters

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, a landmark pick that puts the senator in contention to become United States' first female and first black vice-president.
Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:35 UTC
Opinion polls show Biden ahead of Trump in Michigan, Florida and Arizona

Another wave of opinion polls released on Sunday showed voters leaning to Democrat Joe Biden over President Donald Trump in Michigan, Florida, and Arizona, three key states won by Trump in 2016.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:44 UTC
“Using masks to defeat the Invisible Chinese virus is Patriotic”, says Trump, fifteen points behind Biden in the polls

US President Donald Trump promised on Monday to resume televised coronavirus briefings and spoke out in favor of mask-wearing - a marked change of tune as polls show him headed for election disaster.
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.