FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attends an event celebrating the anniversary of the White House’s Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) initiative at the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The…
Biden’s Super Tuesday surge reshapes Democratic race, Bloomberg drops out
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The search for a Democrat to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 election narrowed on Wednesday to a choice between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, who staged a comeback in Super Tuesday voting…
Biden has strong Super Tuesday showing, Sanders leads in California
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win at least eight states on Super Tuesday and Bernie Sanders was leading in the biggest race in California, setting up a one-on-one battle for the Democratic…
Trump says Bloomberg ‘can never recover’ from debates’ flops
Town Hall with Michael Bloomberg: Part 1 Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg discusses his qualifications to be president, his path to the nomination and how a Bloomberg administration would have responded to the coronavirus outbreak with moderators Bret Baier…
Super Tuesday miracle? Everything is suddenly going right for Biden after near-collapse of campaign
The comeback kid? Joe Biden may or may not have pulled off a Bill Clinton-style recovery for his primary campaign, but at least for now, the political stars are aligning for the Democratic presidential candidate who was all but counted out…
Wuhan closes makeshift hospital as new coronavirus cases in China drop sharply
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus epidemic closed its first makeshift hospital, one of 16 hurriedly built to handle the epidemic, after it discharged the last recovered patients, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.…
In a Texas chicken joint, Biden and onetime rival Buttigieg unite to stop Sanders
DALLAS (Reuters) – It was a scene that was hard to imagine just one week ago. Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg endorses former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign at Chicken Scratch in Dallas, Texas, U.S., March 2, 2020.…
U.S. national security agencies gather to combat potential election interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National security professionals from across the U.S. government will meet on Tuesday in a Northern Virginia office building for an unprecedented monitoring effort to counter cyberattacks and foreign disinformation aimed at Super Tuesday presidential primaries. Since U.S.…
‘Hundreds’ of early voters asking for a ‘redo’ after two Democrats drop out of presidential race ahead of Super Tuesday
SALT LAKE CITY — State officials in Utah have been inundated with calls and emails from early voters asking to recast their ballot after former Mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced they would end their…
Former NFL player calls Trump ‘first black president’ at White House event
A former NFL player called President Trump the “first black president,” during a Black History Month roundtable in the White House Cabinet Room on Thursday. The affair largely involved the black leaders in attendance praising the president as Trump touted…