VOA News By Matt Haines NEW ORLEANS, LA. – If polling data holds true, Senator Bernie Sanders could score big wins on Super Tuesday in many of the 14 states up for grabs, including California and Texas, America’s most populous and delegate-rich states. The front-running self-described democratic socialist Sanders has polled well in all Super Tuesday […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Monday, with plans to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden. Her decision came a day before Super Tuesday, when voters head to the polls in 14 states. Klobuchar, from the Midwestern state of Minnesota, positioned herself as […]readmore
VOA News By Chris Hannas The competition for the Democratic presidential nomination expands significantly Tuesday with voters in 14 states casting their ballots in support of the candidate they want to oppose President Donald Trump in the November national election. About one-third of the delegates that will be awarded during the state-by-state voting process are up […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the easy winner of the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, faces an immediate new challenge from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders when 14 states vote Tuesday in party contests across the country. Biden, in three runs for the presidency, had never won a state […]readmore
VOA News By Michelle Quinn SAN FRANCISCO – As voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday, the day when residents in 14 states weigh in on who will run for U.S. president, all eyes will be on California, the biggest prize. For the first time in years, California voters matter in the primary stage of […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – In his third run for the U.S. presidency, former Vice President Joe Biden is fighting for his political life. But signs that he could possibly win Saturday’s key Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina give him a chance in the long string of nominating contests that follow in March. […]readmore
VOA News By Jim Malone The 2020 battle for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination is off to a fast though uncertain start, with strong showings in the first two contests by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg narrowly won the most delegates in the Iowa caucus voting while Sanders […]readmore
VOA News By Masood Farivar For decades, the U.S Justice Department has aspired to serve as a model law enforcement agency that largely operates independent of political influence. Federal prosecution decisions and sentencing recommendations have been made by career lawyers operating under strict rules of conduct, a rarity in countries with a weak rule of law. Now […]readmore
VOA News By Ken Bredemeier Democratic presidential challengers turned their focus Wednesday to the next two party nominating contests — in the western state of Nevada and in the southeastern state of South Carolina — in the marathon chase to pick a party nominee to face Republican President Donald Trump in the November national election. In both states, Democratic candidates will face much more racially diverse electorates […]readmore
VOA News By Reuters WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump will propose on Monday a 21% cut in foreign aid and slashes to social safety net programs in his $4.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2021, according to senior administration officials. The budget will seek an increase in funds to counter developing economic threats from China […]readmore