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    Joe Biden pledges to choose a woman as his running mate

    Democratic frontrunner makes commitment at debate as Bernie Sanders suggests he would probably do the same Joe Biden has vowed to choose a woman as his running mate if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination. “There are a number of women who are qualified to be president tomorrow,” Biden said during the first one-on-one Democratic […] More

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    Tony Blair: nominating Bernie Sanders would be ‘an enormous gamble’

    Former PM doubts ‘appetite for socialist revolution’ Debate: ‘Sledgehammer on Trump, scalpel on Sanders’ Tony Blair has warned Democrats in the US that nominating Bernie Sanders to face Donald Trump for the presidency would be “an enormous gamble”, risking defeat on a similar scale to that suffered by the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn. Related: […] More

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    How Bernie Sanders went from frontrunner to the last-chance saloon

    The Vermont senator seems to have failed to convince primary voters he was the best candidate to take on Trump – but the self-described socialist has still reshaped the ideology of the Democratic party Bernie Sanders had just dominated the Nevada caucuses, after strong showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, when the Vermont senator thundered […] More

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    Georgia second US state to delay presidential primaries over coronavirus fears

    Georgia, where Joe Biden is ahead of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race, joins Louisiana in pushing back voting as Covid-19 spreads Coronavirus – latest updates Georgia has become the second state to delay its presidential primaries over coronavirus fears, a day after Louisiana also pushed back voting in primaries. In-person early voting, which began […] More

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    Why Joe Biden won another week in US politics – and Republicans lost

    As the Democratic frontrunner built on his lead, Trump and Republicans kept stumbling over coronavirus The former vice-president cemented his lead over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic race with another string of primary victories on Tuesday – most significantly in Michigan, where the leftwing senator had sensationally beaten Hillary Clinton in 2016. Biden currently holds […] More