Section: US & Canada
Georgia’s ex-president is seeking a political comeback. But he’s doing it from self-exile in Ukraine.
Mikheil Saakashvili’s bid in Oct. 31 elections has many twists — including the fact that he was convicted of crimes in absentia. …read more Source:: The Washington...
The Righteous Anger of Joe Biden
American political debates began in 1858 with Abraham Lincoln taking on Stephen Douglas over the future of slavery. And 162 year later, in what will hopefully be the final debate of Donald Trump’s career, Lincoln again took center stage.Trump, with the fact-free audacity that has characterized his entire career, claimed, “Nobody has done...
8 Highlights From the Second Biden-Trump Debate
President Donald Trump and his challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, clashed Thursday night in the second and final presidential debate before the Nov. 3 election. Trump and Biden traded boasts and criticisms in a meeting that began at 9 p.m. at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, after officials said both men tested negative for...
Trump, Biden Engage in Spirited Last Debate Before Election
U.S. Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, engaged in a spirited debate Thursday night just ahead of the Nov. 3 national presidential election, presenting the nation with sharply divergent views of where they would take the country over the next four years.For 90 minutes, they traded...
Trump on Hunter Biden ‘laptop from hell:’ ‘Here we go again with Russia’
President Trump was incredulous Thursday when Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden suggested that newly breaking details about his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings that were apparently gleaned from a damaged laptop amounted to a Russian disinformation campaign. “If this stuff is true about Russia, Ukraine, China, other...
In Memoriam: The Trump Pivot
For more than four years—ever since it became clear that Donald Trump would actually be the Republican nominee for president—pundits have fixated on one question: Is Donald Trump about to pivot to normalcy? Will he, at long last, stop behaving like a maniac and start acting like a president? Couldn’t he, at the very least, stop...
The Latest: Biden clarifies debate answer on fossil fuels
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): Midnight Democrat Joe Biden says his pledge to gradually move the country away from fossil fuels to combat climate change doesn’t mean he will impose bans that could effectively shut down the oil and gas industry. President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has...
‘We’re About to Go Into a Dark Winter’: Joe Biden Lays Out Positive Vision for America’s Future
“To all you teachers out there: Not that many of you are going to die, so don’t worry about it. C’mon!” So said former Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate on Thursday, defying the Democrat-aligned teachers’ unions that have fought to keep schools closed across the country. Recent Stories in...
Joe Biden leaves no room to backtrack, denies Hunter Biden made money from business deals with Chinese associates
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden unequivocally denied that his son Hunter Biden made money from a foreign business deal involving China during Thursday evening’s final presidential debate. As President Donald Trump went on the offensive bringing up allegations that the former vice president knew about his son Hunter’s foreign...
Biden Hits Back Against Trump’s ‘But His Emails’ Attack: ‘The Guy Who Got in Trouble in Ukraine Was This Guy’
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photos GettyDemocratic nominee Joe Biden coolly defended his son Hunter Biden in the last general election debate of the presidential race, providing a rough rendering of what he has maintained for over a year: that “nothing was unethical” about his conduct abroad.The moment came approximately...
