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Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden’s 2020 bid on Tuesday, in the first major foray that the former president has made in the campaign. “Choosing Joe to be my vice-president was one of the best decisions I ever made, and he became a close friend,” Obama said. “I believe Joe has…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) had made a few phone calls to the last administration before making his big dropout decision.Sanders suspended his 2020 run on Wednesday, saying his "path toward victory is virtually impossible" but pledging to stay on primary ballots through the Democratic National Convention to gain influence in…

(Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden became the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee Wednesday after Bernie Sanders ended his presidential run, setting up the former vice president to face President Donald Trump in November.Biden will now have to find a way to take on Trump in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, which…

These days, most people know the name, Pete Souza. He’s been the official White House photographer twice – for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama – as well as being a photographer for The Chicago Tribune for many years in between. He’s often asked what’s in his camera bags and…

The Challenger space shuttle launching in 1983. Image: nasa By Mark Kaufman2020-04-02 19:03:46 UTC Dr. Bill Fisher blasted off Earth in 1985 aboard a NASA space shuttle, speeding 18,000 mph through the atmosphere. But Dr. Fisher, now a 74-year-old emergency room physician, tweeted Wednesday: "I am genuinely more concerned about…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - As the outlook for Mexico’s economy gets gloomier during the coronavirus crisis, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has driven home the message that his government is ready to help the poor to weather the storm - but that the rich can forget it. FILE PHOTO: Mexico's…

Donovan McNabb in happier, more upright times.Photo: GettyTerrell Owens, looking like he’s still in game shape at 46, posted a video on Twitter doing reclining sit-ups and issued a friendly COVID-19 Driveway Challenge to several celebs, including President Obama, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Chad Ochocinco, Marcellus Wiley, Dwyane Wade and…

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Joe Biden said Thursday that Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic shows that the president “hasn’t done what’s rational to do.” Appearing via video chat on a home version of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the former vice president, who’s the Democratic front-runner to oppose Trump in November, ripped the president…

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is threatening legal action against local TV stations in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin if they don’t pull a Democratic anti-Trump commercial that uses clips of the president talking about the coronavirus outbreak. The campaign says the ad is false. Priorities USA…