Joe Biden

Bloomberg to spend at least USD 100 mn to help Biden in Florida

11:45 pm September 13, 2020

Washington: Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is committing at least USD 100 million to help Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign in the crucial battleground state of Florida. Bloomberg’s late-stage infusion of cash reflects Democrats’ concerns about the tight race in a state that is a priority for President Donald Trump. A victory for Biden in Florida, the […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House

10:47 pm September 12, 2020

Washington: Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump is going on the offence this weekend in Nevada, which hasn’t supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004. Trump is confronting local authorities by holding public events Saturday and Sunday after state officials blocked his initial plans for rallies in Reno and Las Vegas because they would have violated coronavirus health guidelines. […]

Trump, First Lady mark 9/11 moment of silence on Air Force 1

11:59 pm September 11, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday led the nation in mourning victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack with a moment of silence along with First Lady Melania on Air Force One. He delivered remarks at the memorial site near Shanksville in Pennsylvania. Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden crossed paths at the 9/11 memorial site in New York, where […]

US concerned by China's ongoing attempts to 'intimidate' neighbours: White House

Letters reveal public distaste for booze in JFK White House

7:19 pm September 10, 2020

Boston: It was a tempest in a teapot — or, more accurately, a whiskey tumbler. Presidential transitions are always at least a little tricky. Case in point: Researchers at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum have found a cache of letters from Americans objecting to JFK’s embrace of cocktails at White House events. The letters shed new […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump and Biden run vastly different pandemic campaigns

9:24 pm September 9, 2020

Winston-Salem: North Carolina caps outdoor gatherings at 50 people to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but don’t tell that to President Donald Trump. He basked in a largely maskless crowd of several thousand supporters during a campaign rally in this critical state. “As far as the eye can see,” Trump said, reveling at […]