Joe Biden says he would push for USD 15 minimum wage
WASHINGTON:Former Vice President Joe Biden says he would push for a USD 15-per-hour minimum wage and rejects the idea that it would hurt small businesses. Biden said at Thursday’s debate: There is no evidence that when you raise the minimum wage, businesses go out of business. President Donald Trump argued that the minimum wage should […]
Could you imagine if i lose? I may have to leave the country: Donald Trump
MACON, UNITED STATES: President Donald Trump fought Friday to recover from sinking election polls by campaigning with a hardline pitch to America’s right wing, claiming at rallies in Florida and Georgia that his Democratic opponent Joe Biden would deliver communism and a “flood” of criminal immigrants. He also seemed to acknowledge things might not go […]
Donald Trump’s pandemic record in spotlight as Kamala Harris, Mike Pence trade blows at VP debate
By Michael Martina, Joseph Ax SALT LAKE CITY: Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris clashed over the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic during their debate on Wednesday, as the White House struggled to contain an outbreak that has infected President Donald Trump and dozens of others. The policy-heavy, relatively sedate […]
Factbox: What a Joe Biden win could mean for financial policy
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON: While Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is unlikely to prioritize a financial industry crackdown if he wins on November 3, he is expected to take a much tougher line than Donald Trump and his former boss President Barack Obama. Banks and investors were preparing for a Biden victory over the weekend […]
US Presidential elections 2020: What you need to know right now
A question mark hangs over U.S. President Donald Trump’s health as he continues treatment for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Doctors say he may go home on Monday. – Outside experts raise concerns that Trump’s infection may be severe based on his treatment which includes Dexamethasone, a steroid used to reduce inflammation. […]
Joe Biden’s son Hunter made money from Russia, China: Donald Trump
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter received a large sum of money from Russia and China, US President Donald Trump has alleged and said that the mainstream media is “underplaying” the story and keeping quiet on it. “It’s hard to believe, when you see the kind of money that […]
Billionaire Bloomberg to spend $100 million in Florida help Joe Biden
By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK: Michael Bloomberg, who spent $1 billion of his own money on a failed 2020 presidential bid, will inject at least $100 million to help Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign against President Donald Trump in Florida. The billionaire’s decision comes at a critical moment in the final 51 days of the race, […]
Joe Biden’s climate plan will give free pass to worst polluters like China, Russia, India’
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON:US President Donald Trump has said the environmental policies of his Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden would “destroy” America’s middle class while giving a “free pass” to the world’s worst polluters like China, Russia, India, and many others. In a major policy speech on his record of natural conservation and environmental […]
Joe Biden will be destroyer of American greatness: Donald Trump
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON:Seeking another four years in the White House, US President Donald Trump has slammed Democratic rival Joe Biden’s record as a “shameful roll call of the most catastrophic betrayals” and said his victory will endanger the nation and destroy the American greatness. Speaking from the South Lawn of the White House, […]
Trump Vs Biden: Where they stand on health, economy, more
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, both promise sweeping progress over the next four years – via starkly different paths. Trump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out tax reductions and regulatory cuts as economic cure-alls and frames himself as a conservative champion in seemingly endless culture wars. But the president, still […]
Colin Powell will vote for Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 presidential election
Colin Powell, who served as America’s top military officer and top diplomat under Republican presidents, said Sunday he will vote for Democrat Joe Biden, accusing Donald Trump of drifting from the US constitution. In a scathing indictment of Trump on CNN, Powell denounced the US president as a danger to democracy whose lies and insults […]
Joe Biden clinches Democratic nomination for 2020 race against Donald Trump
Joe Biden said Friday he had secured the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination and face Donald Trump in November’s US presidential election. “Folks, tonight we secured the 1,991 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination,” the former vice president said on Twitter. “I’m going to spend every day fighting to earn your vote […]
Joe Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months
NEW CASTLE: Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home. Since abruptly canceling a March 10 rally in Cleveland at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has […]
Six prominent Indian-Americans named to Biden-Sanders unity task forces
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: Six prominent Indian-Americans from diverse fields have been named to the Biden-Sanders unity task forces announced by former vice president Joe Biden, who is the presumptive presidential nominee of the opposition Democratic Party. Congresswoman from Seattle Pramila Jayapal and former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy have been named co-chairs of the […]
2020 Watch: Battleground map taking shape for Joe Biden, Donald Trump
By BILL BARROW ATLANTA: The United States Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 169 THE NARRATIVE States are relaxing shutdown and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump is traveling more, determined to model the confidence he believes the […]
Donald Trump campaign raises $61 million in April, Joe Biden $ 60 million amidst coronavirus
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign raised an impressive $ 61.7 million in April while his Democratic rival and former vice president Joe Biden collected $60.5 million at a time when the world’s biggest economy has come to a virtual standstill and over 33 million Americans have lost their jobs. Presidential elections are scheduled […]