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Biden projected to win in Mississippi and Missouri
DETROIT: Joe Biden was projected to cruise to wins in Democratic presidential contests in Missouri and Mississippi yesterday, striking an early blow against rival Bernie Sanders on a day when six states made their choices in the race to challenge
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COVID-19: Biden, Sanders consider changing campaign plans
Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders said yesterday they were consulting with public health experts about coronavirus risks in planning their next campaign moves, as election officials in upcoming primary states urged people to consider voting early. Neither
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Warren ends White House bid, it’s now Biden vs Sanders
US Senator Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign yesterday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination, leaving behind a two-man battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders. Warren, a liberal senator who
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Biden’s Super Tuesday surge reshapes Democratic race, Bloomberg drops out
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The search for a Democrat to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in the Nov 3 election narrowed yesterday to a choice between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, who staged a comeback in Super Tuesday voting to become the
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Biden may win three states; Sanders takes Vermont on Super Tuesday
WASHINGTON: A resurgent Joe Biden rolled to projected wins in three large Southern states yesterday, getting off to a strong start on the biggest day of voting in the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating race. Edison Research and television networks quickly
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Buttigieg endorses Biden as moderate Democrats close ranks around former VP
DALLAS: Pete Buttigieg endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy yesterday in a meeting between the two former rivals on the eve of crucial Super Tuesday voting as moderate Democrats rallied around the former vice president to strengthen his challenge to front-runner
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Health insurer shares pummelled by Sanders surge, virus worries
NEW YORK: As concerns over the spreading coronavirus outbreak hammered US stocks, one corner of the market was confronted with another potentially game-changing prospect: a Bernie Sanders nomination. The S&P 500 managed healthcare index of health insurance stocks .SPLRCHMO tumbled
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Bloomberg comes under fire at Democratic presidential debate in Nevada
LAS VEGAS: Michael Bloomberg came under heavy fire at his first Democratic presidential debate yesterday, with rivals leaping to criticise him as a billionaire copy of President Donald Trump who would lead the party to defeat in November. The nationally
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Bloomberg to sell his company if elected president: campaign
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg will sell Bloomberg LP, the financial information company that made him a billionaire, if he is elected to the White House in November, his campaign confirmed yesterday. Bloomberg has risen quickly in opinion polls
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Sanders, Bloomberg cross swords as Democratic White House race heats up
RICHMOND: Democratic White House contenders Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg stepped up their attacks on each other yesterday, with Sanders accusing the media mogul of trying to buy the election and Bloomberg saying the senator and his fervent supporters were
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