Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant “the best vice president America’s ever had,” a “lion of American history.” The tribute marked the presumed end of a long public life that...
Biden Campaign To Trump: Government Capable of ‘Escorting Trespassers Out of the White House’
[aggregation-styles] Forbes Subscription With reports circulating that President Donald Trump won’t concede the election even if winning is a statistical impossibility, Democratic challenger Joe Biden’s campaign is messaging that the United States government has no problem “escorting trespassers out of the White House.” People in Trump’s inner circle, including his...
Biden on Cusp of Presidency After Gains in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Those put Biden in a stronger position to capture the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take...
Biden Pushes Closer to Victory in Race for the White House
WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump's path. With just a handful of states still up for grabs, Trump tried to press...
Walters: California Voters Like Biden, Unions Not So Much
With a turnout that smashed all records, millions of votes remain to be counted in California, but tallies so far are providing some strong themes, to wit: —The disdain of President Donald Trump as Californians gave challenger Joe Biden a victory in the state of historic proportions. Voters favored Biden by a...
Widely Shared Photo of Biden Without Mask Was Taken in 2019
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump's supporters have seized on a photo circulating on Twitter since late Sunday that shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden not wearing a mask while he talks to a campaign staffer on a plane. Why wasn't Biden, who has made a point to put on a...
Biden Marks Iowa Rise From Caucus Collapse to Fall Contender
DES MOINES, Iowa — When Joe Biden was last in Iowa, his presidential campaign was on the verge of collapse and he was soundly trounced in the caucuses by a former Indiana mayor nearly 40 years his junior. He returns Friday as the Democratic nominee, believing he's just days away from becoming president-elect. Biden's...
Trump Paints Apocalyptic Portrait of Life in US Under Biden
WASHINGTON — The suburbs wouldn't be the suburbs anymore, the economy would sink into its worst depression ever and police departments would cease to exist. Even America's older adults would be left to figure out how to get by without heat, air conditioning or electricity. This is the apocalyptic version...
‘We Need You’: GOP Hunts for New Voters in Trump Territory
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s campaign has a bold theory for how he will win reelection: It can tap a universe of millions of supporters who did not vote for him in 2016 but will do so this time. Supposedly, these voters are overlooked by polls that show Trump consistently...
Was Biden Confused Over President’s Name in Widely Shared Video?
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stumbled over a name when he was interviewed during the virtual “I Will Vote” concert, and social media has lit up with claims that he confused President Donald Trump with a previous occupant of the Oval Office. Yes, Biden did say “George,” which some social...