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  • FILE: US President Donald Trump, joined by members of the coronavirus task force, speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, in the press briefing room of the White House on 25 March 2020 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    'He's shot, he's mentally shot': Trump calls Biden 'not competent'

    Trump made several unfounded or highly speculative accusations against the former vice president, saying he would 'triple your taxes' and 'defund the police.'

    672 days ago
  • FILE: US Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. Picture: AFP

    Challenging Trump on economy, Biden unveils $700bn recovery plan

    The Democratic challenger's manufacturing and innovation plan aims to bring back jobs lost during the coronavirus pandemic, and create more than five million new jobs by investing in domestic production and research and shrinking foreign supply chains.

    681 days ago
  • FILE: Biden reached the threshold with the country wracked by protests over the death of African-American George Floyd at the hands of police. Picture: AFP

    Biden clinches Democratic nomination for 2020 race against Trump

    Biden passed the 1,991 threshold to secure his party's nomination as counting continued from Tuesday's round of Democratic primaries.

    715 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Amid pandemic, White House race becomes digital dogfight

    On the surface, President Donald Trump has the edge over Democrat Joe Biden because of the incumbent's extensive digital infrastructure and large social media following.

    718 days ago
  • US Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the unrest across the country from Philadelphia City Hall on 2 June 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Picture: AFP

    Biden accuses Trump of trafficking in 'resentment and fear'

    The 77-year-old former vice president condemned the use of force by police on Monday evening against demonstrators outside the White House protesting last week's killing of a black man, George Floyd, by a white police officer in Minneapolis.

    719 days ago
  • Former vice-president of the US Joe Biden. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Biden condemns 'institutional racism,' Floyd death as he reignites campaign

    Joe Biden, who had met with anti-racism protesters on Sunday, took to Twitter to express his fury at his opponent's response to the protests that have broken out nationwide over the death of George Floyd.

    719 days ago
  • Former vice-president of the US Joe Biden. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Joe Biden condemns violence of US race protests: statement

    'Protesting such brutality is right and necessary. It's an utterly American response, the Democratic White House hopeful said in a statement.

    721 days ago
  • Former vice president of the United States of America Joe Biden. Picture: World Economic Forum.

    Trump, Biden turn to new presidential campaign field -- Snapchat

    The stakes are high: Gen Z (ages 18-23) and millennials (ages 24-39) together make up more than 35% of the American voting population.

    725 days ago
  • FILE: US Attorney General William Barr holds a press conference regarding the December 2019 shooting at the Pensacola Naval air station in Florida at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    No criminal probe of Obama or Biden: US justice chief

    Attorney General Bill Barr said the original investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election was a 'grave injustice' to the president and based on 'utterly baseless' suspicions.

    734 days ago
  • Former vice-president of the US Joe Biden. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Biden: alleged sexual assault 'never happened'

    Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, broke a month of silence on the accusations with his statement.

    751 days ago
  • Former vice president of the United States of America Joe Biden. Picture: World Economic Forum.

    Biden fields committee to help pick a running mate

    The former vice president has vowed to choose a woman for the role and hopes to complete vetting by July.

    752 days ago
  • Former vice president of the United States of America Joe Biden. Picture: World Economic Forum.

    Biden under pressure to address sexual assault allegation

    The presumptive Democratic nominee has been accused by Tara Reade of assaulting her in 1993, when she was a 29-year-old staff assistant in the office of Biden, then a US senator from Delaware.

    752 days ago
  • FILE: Barack Obama (R) and Joe Biden (L). Picture: AFP.

    Obama says Biden can 'heal' US in dark times, endorses ex-VP

    "Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery," Obama said in a 12-minute video.

    768 days ago
  • FILE: This combination of pictures created on 2 March 2020 shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden delivers remarks at his primary night election event in Columbia, South Carolina.
Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders gestures as he speaks during a rally at Valley High School in Santa Ana, California, 21 February 2020. Picture: AFP.

    Sanders endorses ex-rival Biden for US president

    The swift backing marked a notable change from 2016, when Sanders lost the presidential nomination race to Hillary Clinton but delayed endorsing her candidacy.

    768 days ago
  • FILE: Joe Biden. Picture: World Economic Forum.

    Joe Biden wins Arizona for Democratic primary sweep

    CNN and NBC both projected the 77-year-old centrist former vice president as the winner in Arizona over the 78-year-old leftist senator from Vermont.

    795 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Biden, Sanders attack Trump on virus - and spar on record

    Bernie Sanders said he would 'in all likelihood' do the same, following the most diverse nomination contest in US history that saw no fewer than six women in the running to take on Donald Trump in November.

    797 days ago
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    Sanders says still in White House fight despite Biden surge

    Speculation had been growing that he might respond to pleas from Democratic activists to step aside, giving Joe Biden a chance to focus fully on campaigning against Donald Trump.

    802 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Twitter labels video retweeted by Trump as 'manipulated'

    The social media platform has struggled with removing deceptive and abusive content in the past but has also faced accusations that its curbs have suppressed some political views.

    804 days ago
  • FILE: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to guests during a campaign stop at the CSPS cultural center on 21 December 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Picture: AFP

    Warren ending her presidential campaign: US media

    Warren's withdrawal makes the Democratic race effectively a two-man contest between Biden, the 77-year-old former vice president, and Sanders, the 78-year-old Vermont senator.

    808 days ago
  • FILE: Joe Biden. Picture: AFP

    Biden surges past Sanders in Democratic race as Bloomberg exits

    President Donald Trump hailed the "incredible comeback" of the 77-year-old former vice president in the Super Tuesday contests.

    808 days ago
  • Democratic presidential candidate former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg delivers remarks during a campaign rally on February 12, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Bloomberg is holding the rally to mark the beginning of early voting in Tennessee ahead of the Super Tuesday primary on March 3rd. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images/AFP

    Bloomberg suspends campaign, endorses Biden: statement

    The billionaire former mayor of New York spent hundreds of millions of dollars on his presidential run, but failed to win any of the 14 states on offer on Super Tuesday - the most important day in the Democratic primary season.

    809 days ago
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