Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden held competing town halls at the same time on Thursday night via different TV networks, attacking each other over issues ranging from the pandemic response, the QAnon conspiracy theory to the Supreme Court expanding. Answering questions …
Read More »Second presidential debate in limbo as Trump, Biden campaigns at odds over format
Washington, US | Xinhua | The second U.S. presidential debate appears in limbo as the campaigns of President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are at odds over its format. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced on Thursday that the second Trump-Biden encounter, originally scheduled for Oct. 15, …
Read More »Biden says next debate should not be held if Trump still has COVID-19
Washington, US | Xinhua | 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the next debate should not be held if his Republican opponent, U.S. President Donald Trump, still has COVID-19. “Well, uh, I think if he still has COVID, we shouldn’t have a debate,” Biden told reporters after …
Read More »Trump refuses to commit to peaceful power transfer if he loses election
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose this year’s presidential race, while suggesting that the election will be challenged in court. “We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said during a press briefing …
Read More »U.S. experts say Biden would oversee different foreign policy
Washington, US | XINHUA | Just two months before the tightest presidential race in recent memory, it remains unknown where the United States will stand on foreign relations after voters cast their ballots. But experts said if challenger Joe Biden is elected, his foreign policy stance on such issues relating …
Read More »Biden urges not to vote on Supreme Court justice nominee before election
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday called on some decisive Republican senators to reject a vote on a new Supreme Court justice nominee before the election to replace late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Delivering a speech in Philadelphia, Biden made the plea to …
Read More »Observers say Trump may benefit in Democrats’ vote-by-mail push
Washington, US | XINHUA | An unprecedented number of voters are expected to cast their vote through mail due to the still spreading COVID-19 pandemic. Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s strong oppositions to mail-in voting, several U.S. observers said he will probably benefit from the measure pushed by Democrats. According …
Read More »Could mountains of mail-in ballots spark U.S. election chaos?
Washington, US | XINHUA | This election year could well see the largest number of mail-in ballots in recent memory, and many fear that could cause chaos on election night. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many Americans fret over going to the polls in person, fearing that close contact with …
Read More »Trump again dismisses allegations about his disparaging slain U.S. soldiers
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday again brushed off media allegations that he disparaged slain U.S. service members by referring to them as “losers” and “suckers.” An article published in The Atlantic on Thursday, quoting anonymous sources, claimed Trump made the remarks when he visited …
Read More »Nearly 100 Republicans including several former governors endorse Biden
Washington, US | XINHUA | The number of former Republican lawmakers and officials endorsing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden continues to grow as a new group representing almost 100 prominent Republicans including several former governors endorsed the former vice president on Thursday. The group, called Republicans & Independents for Biden, …
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