Topic page on {?keyword?} | ABS-CBN News

‘Nobody likes him’: Hillary Clinton risks party split over Bernie Sanders

Lisa Lerer and Sydney Ember, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 22 12:18 PM

For 3 years, Hillary Clinton has watched the Democratic Party search for a path forward in the Trump era. Read more »

Looking for a winner, US Democrats keep Biden and Sanders on top: poll

Chris Kahn, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 09:38 AM

The national public opinion poll found that Biden has a slight advantage among registered Democrats, though Sanders has the most support when independents are factored in. Read more »

Facebook keeps policy protecting political ads

Mike Isaac and Cecilia Kang, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 10 08:50 AM

The stance put Facebook, the most important digital platform for political ads, at odds with some of the other large tech companies, which have begun to put new limits on political ads. Read more »

Biden denounces Trump on Iran in commander-in-chief moment

Katie Glueck, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 08 01:15 PM

Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered a forceful and detailed critique of the Trump administration’s escalation toward Iran as he sought at every turn to highlight his own commander-in-chief credentials and to evoke the stature of a president. Read more »

Bloomberg takes on Trump with a $10 million Super Bowl ad

Nick Corasaniti, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 08 12:15 PM

Bloomberg’s campaign has continued to set records for political ad spending by a presidential candidate, having already dropped nearly $170 million on television and digital advertising, according to Advertising Analytics, an ad tracking firm. Read more »

Biden warns of disinformation in US elections ‘mosh pit’

Katie Glueck, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 03 01:55 PM

Biden’s remarks at his first political event of the 2020 election year came a day after a deceptive video of him circulated online, highlighting how campaigns are still struggling to combat false information on the internet. Read more »

Trump far ahead of Democratic rivals in 2020 election fundraising

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 11:34 PM

Even as he was mired in a political scandal that resulted in his impeachment by the House of Representatives, Trump raised a staggering $46 million. Read more »

Julian Castro drops out of US 2020 presidential race

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 03 01:24 AM

Julian Castro, an Obama-era cabinet member and the only Hispanic candidate in the US presidential race, ended his 2020 White House bid Thursday after failing to boost his flagging poll numbers. Read more »

Bloomberg fires back at US election rivals criticizing his fortune

Matt Stevens, The New York Times Company
Posted at Dec 07 08:30 AM

The billionaire and former mayor of New York City rejected the idea that he had an unfair advantage, saying that while other candidates asked donors for money, he had made his money himself and then given most of it away. Read more »

Trump bars Bloomberg News journalists from campaign events

Michael M. Grynbaum, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 03 10:04 AM

The Trump campaign broke from years of precedent in 2016 by revoking the press credentials of journalists from outlets like The Washington Post, Politico and BuzzFeed News, an early sign of the efforts to demonize the media that have become a hallmark of the Trump presidency. Read more »

Michael Bloomberg used his fortune to help Republicans, too

Jeremy W. Peters and Stephanie Saul, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 27 08:51 AM

As Bloomberg begins his campaign for the White House with a promise to spend as much as it takes to defeat President Donald Trump, his Democratic rivals are accusing him of trying to buy his way into the Oval Office. Read more »

Bloomberg boasts what his money can do at first 2020 campaign stop

Alexander Burns, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 26 02:50 PM

Accompanied by a small platoon of aides, including two of his former deputy mayors and a security team that flitted around a downtown waterfront nearly barren of pedestrians, Bloomberg described himself as a political pragmatist skilled at wielding his wealth to win elections. Read more »

Warren accuses Bloomberg of trying to buy US presidential election

Tim Reid and Michael Martina, Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 10:22 AM

Bloomberg, 77, a media mogul who will use his personal fortune to spend freely on his campaign and has said he will not take donations, officially jumped into the White House race as a moderate Democrat on Sunday. Read more »

Bloomberg News sets out how to cover its owner

Marc Tracy, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 25 07:43 AM

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's eponymous news agency gets ready to cover his campaign, with some caveats. Read more »

Ex-US vice president Biden enters 2020 presidential race

John Whitesides and James Oliphant, Reuters
Posted at Apr 25 07:07 PM

WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Joe Biden, a moderate who has made his appeal to working-class voters that deserted the Democrats in 2016 a key part of his political identity, launched a bid for the White House on Thursday as the party's instant frontrunner.   Read more »