Topic: US-Election

US candidates debate in separate town hall meetings

US candidates debate in separate town hall meetings

Octavio Jones, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 16 12:53 PM

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and U.S. President Donald Trump hold separate town hall meetings at the same time but in different states as they continued their campaign going in to the last two weeks before the election on November 3. Read more »

What's the buzz?

What's the buzz?

Eric Baradat, AFP
Posted at Oct 08 02:35 PM

A fly rests on the head of US Vice President Mike Pence as he takes notes during the vice presidential debate against US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California Kamala Harris in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on Wednesday.  Read more »

Donald Trump, Joe Biden hold heated debate

Donald Trump, Joe Biden hold heated debate

Olivier Douliery, Reuters/Pool
Posted at Sep 30 11:02 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Tuesday.  Read more »

Russia promoting distrust in US vote-by-mail plans

Russia promoting distrust in US vote-by-mail plans

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 04 10:22 AM

WASHINGTON - Russia is actively trying to undermine voters' faith in the US electoral system and especially in voting by mail ahead of the November 3 election, according to a Department of Homeland Security analysis Thursday. Read more »

Four more years in the White House?

Four more years in the White House?

Saul Loeb, AFP
Posted at Aug 28 11:08 AM

US President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination for reelection during the final day of the Republican National Convention from the White House in Washington, DC. Read more »

Biden says Trump 'rooting for more violence' amid Kenosha unrest

Biden says Trump 'rooting for more violence' amid Kenosha unrest

Katie Glueck, Thomas Kaplan and Reid J. Epstein, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 28 08:20 AM

Joe Biden on Thursday accused President Donald Trump of “rooting for more violence” at a moment of national unrest over racism and police brutality, offering one of his most extensive responses yet to the Republican argument that he would be a weak leader on law enforcement and criminal justice. Read more »

'Christianity Will Have Power'

'Christianity Will Have Power'

Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 10 04:08 AM

They walked to the sanctuary in the frozen silence before dawn, footsteps crunching over the snow. Soon, hundreds joined in line. It was January 2016, and the unlikely Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, had come to town. Read more »

Russia backs Trump's reelection, and he fears Democrats will exploit its support

Russia backs Trump's reelection, and he fears Democrats will exploit its support

Adam Goldman, Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 21 08:51 AM

WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Donald Trump reelected, five people familiar with the matter said, in a disclosure that angered Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him. Read more »

Paid social media influencers dip toes in U.S. 2020 election

Paid social media influencers dip toes in U.S. 2020 election

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 08:49 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Last week, food and travel blogger Alycia Chrosniak got an unusual alert on her phone: Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign was inviting her to earn $150 by making content about why she supported the billionaire Democratic candidate in the U.S. election. Read more »

Don't tilt scales against Trump, Facebook executive warns

Don't tilt scales against Trump, Facebook executive warns

Kevin Roose, Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 08 09:46 AM

According to a memo obtained by The New York Times, a longtime Facebook executive told employees that the company had a moral duty not to tilt the scales against Donald Trump as he seeks reelection. Read more »

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