Joe Biden
28 Mar
Though the candidates are the same as last time, the 2024 US presidential election promises to be unique in other ways -- pitting two men facing challenges unprecedented in the 235-year history of US democracy.
26 Mar
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the collapse of a Baltimore bridge a "terrible accident," and pledged to get the major East Coast port up and running as soon as possible after a cargo ship struck one of the span's support pylons.
26 Mar
An American man has changed his name to Literally Anybody Else and is gearing up to contest for president against President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Formerly known as Dustin Elsey, the 35-year-old Texas man now has his driver's license bearing his new legal name and has launched a bid for the presidency. The army…
17 Mar
Donald Trump told a rally in Ohio on Saturday that November's presidential election will be the "most important date" in US history, painting his campaign for the White House as a turning point for the country.
17 Mar
US President Joe Biden joked about Donald Trump and his own age at an annual media dinner on Saturday -- before unloading deadly serious criticisms of his rival in November's election. "One candidate's too old and mentally unfit to be president," the 81-year-old Democrat quipped at the Gridiron Club in Washington. "The other guy's me."…
14 Mar
President Joe Biden needled "loser" Donald Trump Wednesday, in his first battleground campaign stop since the two rivals secured their parties' nominations for what promises to be one of the most rancorous elections in US history.
13 Mar
United States President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, are set for an election rematch in November after clinching their respective parties’ nominations.
13 Mar
Joe Biden and rival Donald Trump each won enough delegates Tuesday to clinch their party nominations in the 2024 presidential race, networks projected, all but assuring a rematch and setting up one of the longest election campaigns in US history.
10 Mar
US President Joe Biden and presumptive White House challenger Donald Trump traded barbs Saturday on the key topics of age and immigration, as they targeted the battleground state of Georgia.
8 Mar
Barring any seismic eventuality, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump should contest the American Presidential election in November on the platforms of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party respectively.
6 Mar
Donald Trump marched Wednesday towards an unprecedented rematch against President Joe Biden in November as his final Republican rival Nikki Haley looked set to throw in the towel after a thumping defeat in the "Super Tuesday" primaries.
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