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Virus-hit Singapore heads for election 'like no other'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 23 08:28 PM

More than 42,000 cases have been reported in the city-state, the vast majority among migrant workers. The death toll stands at 26. Read more »

Hillary Clinton endorses Biden's White House bid

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 07:53 AM

Hillary Clinton endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying the United States needs a "real president" and not just "somebody who plays one on TV."   Read more »

Obama endorses Biden for president to 'heal' America

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 08:00 AM

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. Read more »

Trump, Biden finally bury hatchet to talk on coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 09:05 AM

Democrat Joe Biden and President Donald Trump finally spoke by phone Monday, both sides confirmed, ending days of teasing and squabbling between the presidential election rivals to discuss the national coronavirus upheaval. Read more »

A Biden boom, Bloomberg bust: What the early Super Tuesday returns suggest

James Oliphant, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 11:48 AM

The Super Tuesday contests offer the biggest one-day haul of the 1,991 delegates needed to win the party’s nomination at its national convention in July, with about 1,357 delegates, or nearly one-third of the total number, up for grabs.   Read more »

Who's in, who's out in Democratic White House race

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 03 11:00 AM

The Democratic Party set records last year for the size and diversity of its field of candidates seeking to challenge President Donald Trump.   Read more »

US elections: Klobuchar, Buttigieg to join Biden on Super Tuesday eve

Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Posted at Mar 03 09:22 AM

But former vice president Joe Biden still faces a challenge from billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg among voters hoping the party will nominate a moderate. Read more »

'Mayor Pete' Buttigieg ends improbable US presidential bid

Michael Martina and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 02:32 PM

Buttigieg, 38, a former two-term mayor of South Bend, Indiana, an Afghanistan war veteran and the first openly gay candidate to make a competitive run for the US presidency, narrowly won the Iowa caucuses that kicked off the nominating race in February and finished a close second in New Hampshire. Read more »

Billionaire Bloomberg, US presidential hopeful, learns on the job

Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times
Posted at Mar 02 08:43 AM

Bloomberg’s bid for the presidency, which faces its first test before voters Tuesday when 14 states go to the polls, has exposed to the country what New Yorkers have long known: He was never admired for his gifts as a retail politician. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 20, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 02:51 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Dems do battle

David Becker, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 03:17 PM

Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar gather onstage for the ninth Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates’ debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on Wednesday.  Read more »

'We’re running against a billionaire' Democrats attack Bloomberg in US presidential debate

Simon Lewis and Tim Reid, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 12:24 PM

Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York mayor making his first debate appearance in the race, faced criticism from all his rivals on the stage in Las Vegas. Read more »

Trump offered to pardon Assange if he denied Russia helped leak Democrats' emails - lawyer

Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 07:18 AM

LONDON - U.S. President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange if he said that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks' publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016, a London court heard on Wednesday. Read more »

Trump's 2020 Democratic rivals see common enemy: Bloomberg

Trip Gabriel, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 17 04:21 PM

The fixation on Michael Bloomberg, the free-spending multibillionaire, reflected his rising prominence in the Democratic race, even though he is skipping the first 4 nominating contests and focusing on the 14 Super Tuesday states that will vote March 3. Read more »

Bloomberg faces increasing fire from fellow US Democrats

Brian Knowlton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 07:21 AM

Democratic presidential candidates sharpened their attacks on billionaire rival Michael Bloomberg on Sunday as moderates battled to elbow their way to the top of a crowded pack.   Read more »

Bloomberg's election challenge to Trump is a waterfall of cash

Rebecca R. Ruiz, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 14 08:53 AM

In the first quarter of his campaign alone, Bloomberg, who is not accepting political donations, spent $188 million — more than what numerous candidates in the race had spent combined. Read more »

Alarmed by Sanders, moderate Democrats can’t agree on alternative

Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 13 09:09 AM

The Democratic presidential primary is entering an intensely tumultuous phase, after two early contests that have left former Vice President Joe Biden reeling and elevated Sen. Bernie Sanders but failed to make any candidate a dominant force in the battle for the party’s nomination. Read more »

US elections: Biden slumps, Bloomberg surges as Democratic race heats up

Chris Kahn, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 09:27 AM

Support for Joe Biden's US Democratic presidential bid has tumbled nationally to the lowest on record since his lackluster finish in the Iowa caucuses, while interest is surging in the upstart candidacy of billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Read more »

‘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 »