Author: Bill Barrow
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Seven states and events miles apart: How the Trump and Biden campaigns approach a rematch
Joe Biden and Donald Trump each won the White House by razor-thin margins in key states
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Trump escalates his immigration rhetoric with baseless claim about Biden trying to overthrow the US
Former President Donald Trump has further escalated his immigration rhetoric, baselessly accusing President Joe Biden of waging a “conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America” at the border as he campaigned ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday contests
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Super Bowl ad for RFK Jr. stirs Democratic and family tension over his independent White House bid
Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential ambitions resulted in public family drama after a political action committee aired a Super Bowl ad invoking the Democratic family’s legacy to implicitly compare the independent candidate to his assassinated uncle, President John F. Kennedy
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Obama heads to Ga. as Warnock tries to voting advantage on Walker
ATLANTA • Georgia voters have cast more than 1 million ballots ahead of the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, with Warnock looking to juice an apparent Democratic head start in early voting with a visit Thursday from Barack Obama. The former president will campaign with…
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Warnock, Walker pivot to overtime in Georgia Senate contest
ATLANTA • Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker pivoted to a decisive extra round of their Senate race Thursday, while party leaders and donors around the country geared up for a four-week campaign blitz that could determine control of the chamber for the next two years. With votes still being counted in…
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Switchbacks defender Jimmy Ockford a steadying force
Three days prior to his team’s USL Championship season opener last week, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC defender Jimmy Ockford was awarded the role of team captain for the 2021 campaign. The 28-year-old, now in his eighth professional season, is confident that his first year on the pitch with the Switchbacks will be a positive one…
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Debate Takeaways: An acrid tone from the opening minute
WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a year of circling each other, Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday night in Ohio. The 74-year-old president and the 77-year-old former vice president are similar in age, and they share a mutual dislike. But they differ starkly in style…
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Biden introduces VP choice Harris
WILMINGTON, Del. • Joe Biden and Kamala Harris delivered an aggressive one-two attack on the character and performance of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as they made their election case for the first time as running mates. Biden, a 77-year-old white man, embraced the significance of naming the first Black woman to a major party’s…
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Hillary Clinton endorses Biden
NEW YORK • Hillary Clinton, the first woman to become a major party’s presidential nominee, endorsed Joe Biden’s White House bid on Tuesday, continuing Democrats’ efforts to coalesce around the former vice president as he takes on President Donald Trump. Clinton made her announcement during a Biden campaign town hall to discuss the coronavirus and…
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Democrats delay nominating convention amid virus concerns
WASHINGTON • Democrats announced Thursday that they were postponing their presidential nominating convention until August, an unprecedented move that shows how the coronavirus is reshaping the battle for the White House. The party had hoped that a mid-July convention would give them more time to rally behind a nominee and unify against President Donald Trump.…