For Democrats seeking to challenge Donald Trump in 2020, the rubber meets the road in Miami this week, where Joe Biden will defend his frontrunner status as presidential candidates finally square off face to face. Americans are bracing for the nation’s biggest political debate since the slugfests of 2016, a two-night showdown beginning Wednesday with […]
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Biden still leads in 2020 Iowa poll, three others fight for second
Former Vice President Joe Biden still leads the Democratic pack of presidential contenders in a poll of Iowa voters released on Saturday, with Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg in a tight battle for second place. Biden is the first choice of 24% of likely Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa, the state that kicks off […]
Joementum: Biden ramps up 2020 bid with wind at his back
As the one true known quantity in the Democratic nomination race, former vice president Joe Biden sits atop the pack of 2020 presidential contenders, relishing the prime position as he hosts a kickoff rally Saturday. No one knows whether the man who served as number two to popular Democratic president Barack Obama for eight years […]
Biden draws firefighters’ endorsement, Trump jibes, ahead of speech
Former US Vice President Joe Biden picked up an early endorsement from a large trade union and sparred on social media with President Donald Trump over blue-collar support on Monday ahead of the Democrat’s first event as a 2020 contender. Biden, who will address the Teamsters in Pittsburgh to kick off his White House campaign, […]
Biden says he will be ‘more mindful’ about personal space
Former US vice president Joe Biden, who is mulling a White House run, said Wednesday after coming under fire over his physical contact with women that he will be “more mindful” in the future about respecting personal space. “Social norms are changing. I understand that, and I’ve heard what these women are saying,” the 76-year-old […]