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Joe Biden launches new national ad aimed at Black Americans

By KAT STAFFORD
Aug 6, 2020 8:49 AM - Joe Biden's Democratic presidential campaign has launched a new national ad focused on Black Americans, urging them to stand up to President Donald Trump the way their ancestors stood up to "violent racists of a generation ago."
Biden won't go to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination

By BILL BARROW
Aug 5, 2020 2:16 PM - Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus, party officials said Wednesday, signaling a move to a convention that essentially has become entirely virtual.
Delayed election results? Maybe, but not because of fraud

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and WILL WEISSERT
Jul 31, 2020 9:54 AM - A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November's presidential race on election night. But that doesn't mean the results will be flawed or fraudulent, as President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday.
Trump floats idea of election delay, a virtual impossibility

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG
Jul 30, 2020 3:12 PM - President Donald Trump, lagging in the polls and grappling with deepening economic and public health crises, on Thursday floated the startling idea of delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election. The notion drew immediate pushback from Democrats and Republicans alike in a nation that has held itself up as a beacon to the world for its history of peaceful transfer of power.
Trump can't delay the election, experts say

By Colby Itkowitz
Jul 30, 2020 10:18 AM - President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the prospect of delaying the November election while making unsubstantiated claims that mail-in voting will lead to fraud.
As crime surges on his watch, Trump warns of Biden's America

By AAMER MADHANI
Jul 29, 2020 8:21 AM - President Donald Trump is painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden's America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would ravage communities should the former vice president win the White House in November.
Eclectic slate of third-party candidates for president file in Illinois

By Marni Pyke
Jul 20, 2020 7:53 PM - Third-party candidates filing for president Monday with the Illinois State Board of Elections included a Lake County native and a rap star.
Biden eyes GOP supporters while Trump focuses on his base

By STEVE PEOPLES
Jul 20, 2020 9:58 AM - In the four months since Joe Biden effectively won the Democratic presidential nomination, he has focused on consolidating the party's divergent and often warring factions. As the closing stretch of the campaign nears, that effort will expand to include Republicans disaffected with President Donald Trump.
Justices rule states can bind presidential electors' votes

By MARK SHERMAN
Jul 6, 2020 2:31 PM - In a decision flavored with references to "Hamilton" and "Veep," the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states' popular vote winner in the Electoral College.
Supreme Court's abortion ruling raises stakes for election

By DAVID CRARY
Jun 30, 2020 10:58 AM - Supporters of abortion rights are elated, foes of abortion dismayed and angry, but they agree on one consequence of the Supreme Court's first major abortion ruling since President Donald Trump took office: The upcoming election is crucial to their cause.
Democrats confirm plans for nearly all-virtual convention

By Bill Barrow
Jun 24, 2020 7:52 PM - Democrats will hold an almost entirely virtual presidential nominating convention Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee using live broadcasts and online streaming, party officials said Wednesday. Joe Biden plans to accept the presidential nomination in person, but it remains to be seen whether there will be a significant in-person audience there to see it. The Democratic National Committee said in a statement that official business, including the votes to nominate Biden and his yet-to-be-named running mate, will take place virtually, with delegates being asked not to travel to Milwaukee.
Klobuchar urges Biden to pick nonwhite woman as running mate

By SARA BURNETT
Jun 19, 2020 9:55 AM - Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she is dropping out of the running to be vice president and urging Democrat Joe Biden to select a woman of color instead.
Virus, racial unrest force Trump campaign to recalibrate

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER
Jun 8, 2020 8:46 AM - The president, West Wing advisers and campaign aides have grown increasingly concerned about his reelection chances as they've watched Trump's standing take a pummeling first on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and now during a nationwide wave of protests against racial injustice.
With wins in 7 states and DC, Biden closes in on nomination

By STEVE PEOPLES
Jun 3, 2020 10:43 AM - Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds more delegates in primary contests that tested the nation's ability to run elections while balancing a pandemic and sweeping social unrest.
Biden blasts Trump's 'narcissism' in new phase of campaign

By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT
Jun 2, 2020 3:00 PM - Joe Biden mounted one of his most aggressive attacks against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, deriding the commander in chief's disregard of core constitutional values and blistering him for being "more interested in power, than in principle."
Civil unrest could influence Biden's search for running mate

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and BILL BARROW
Jun 1, 2020 11:49 AM - Joe Biden's search for a running mate could be reshaped by the police killing of George Floyd and the unrest it has ignited across the country, raising questions about contenders with law-and-order backgrounds and intensifying pressure on the presumptive Democratic nominee to select a black woman.
Atlanta is home to 2 potential contenders for Biden's VP

By BILL BARROW
May 26, 2020 8:01 AM - Neither public rivals nor personal friends, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams spent years climbing parallel ladders at Atlanta City Hall and the Georgia Capitol.
Woman who grew up in Grayslake is Libertarian Party's presidential pick

By Bob Susnjara
May 25, 2020 6:11 PM - Former Grayslake resident Jo Jorgensen will represent the Libertarian Party on the November presidential ballot.
Biden: If you can't choose me over Trump, 'you ain't black'

By BILL BARROW
May 22, 2020 1:19 PM - Joe Biden suggested on Friday that African Americans who back President Donald Trump "ain't black," comments that stirred controversy over whether he was being condescending to voters who could decide whether he wins the White House.
Barr says he does not expect Obama, Biden will be investigated by prosecutor reviewing Russia probe

Matt Zapotosky
May 18, 2020 11:39 AM - Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he did not expect the prosecutor he handpicked to review the 2016 FBI investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign would investigate former president Barack Obama or former vice president Joe Biden - an assertion that is likely to dismay Trump and his conservative allies.
2016 repeat? Trump revives Clinton playbook to battle Biden

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and BILL BARROW
May 18, 2020 7:18 AM - Accusations of a "deep state" conspiracy. Allegations of personal and family corruption. Painting an opponent as a Washington insider not to be trusted. It's 2016 again. Or at least that's President Donald Trump's hope.
Facts Matter: Biden didn't apologize to Trump

May 9, 2020 4:19 PM - President Donald Trump said during a Fox News virtual town hall that former Vice President Joe Biden sent an letter apologizing for criticizing Trump's travel ban, but there's no evidence of any letter and Biden denies writing one, Bob Oswald says in his Facts Matter column.
Prominent lawyer, Trump donor representing Biden accuser

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE
May 8, 2020 9:04 AM - Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who alleged Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, is being represented by a prominent lawyer and political donor to President Donald Trump's 2016 Republican campaign.
Biden pressed to choose a black woman as his running mate

By KAT STAFFORD and BILL BARROW
May 5, 2020 7:11 AM - After a devastating start to the Democratic primary, Joe Biden's campaign was revived when black voters in South Carolina and throughout the South overwhelmingly sided with him. Now that he's the presumptive Democratic nominee, black voters and leaders are pressing for him to pick a black woman as his running mate.
Biden denies he sexually assaulted former aide, calls on National Archives to release complaint

Sean Sullivan and Matt Viser
May 1, 2020 7:39 AM - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday denied that he sexually assaulted a former Senate aide, addressing the allegation publicly for the first time under increasing pressure from his party to speak about it.

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Joe Biden launches new national ad aimed at Black Americans

Updated Aug 6, 2020 8:49 AM

Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential campaign has launched a new national ad focused on Black Americans, urging them to stand up to President Donald Trump the way their ancestors stood up to “violent racists of a generation ago.”

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