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Pete Buttigieg suspend his campaign for president
DETROIT: Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg suspend his campaign for president yesterday, a campaign aide said, following his fourth-place finish in the South Carolina Democratic primary easily won by fellow moderate Joe Biden. Buttigieg’s withdrawal could help Biden,
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Democrat rivals to stem Sanders’ rise after his big win in Nevada
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC: As Bernie Sanders looked to cement his front-runner status in the US Democratic presidential race after his dominant win in Nevada, his rivals sought in rallies yesterday to blunt his momentum ahead of 15 nominating contests in
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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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Sanders narrowly beats Buttigieg in New Hampshire Democratic primary
MANCHESTER: Bernie Sanders narrowly won New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary today, solidifying his front-runner status in the White House race and dealing a setback to moderate rival Joe Biden, who finished at a disappointing fifth. Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor
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Joe Biden says he’s ‘not going anywhere’ after poor Iowa showing
SOMERSWORTH: Former US Vice President Joe Biden vowed yesterday to go on fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination despite what he called the “gut punch” he took in Iowa, where partial results show the political veteran lagging in fourth place.
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Buttigieg leads in Iowa, Sanders closing in
Pete Buttigieg took a narrow lead in the first batch of long-delayed results yesterday from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses, and former vice president Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about 62% of precincts reporting. US Senator
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Battle lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses
The White House yesterday signaled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while a top Democrat seized on a newly released email on the withholding of US aid to Ukraine to
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Democrats: Trump is not king, aides should testify in Senate impeachment trial
LOS ANGELES: The Democratic US presidential candidates promised during a debate yesterday to make the case to a divided American public that the impeachment of Donald Trump was necessary, and some said they wanted to hear testimony from top White
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Trump impeachment: Demonstrators rally to the streets in New York
Demonstrators rallied in New York yesterday night to call for US President Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal from office on the eve of the House of Representatives’ expected vote to impeach him. Organizers said they were expecting thousands at a
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Trump on track to become third US president to be impeached
Republican Donald Trump is this week likely to become the third US president to be impeached when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden. Trump faces
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