Pete Buttigieg

Biden picks dealmakers and fighters for his climate team

Biden's picks seem to be reassuring skeptics that he won’t neglect the low-income, working class and minority communities hit hardest by fossil fuel pollution and climate change.

Biden nominates Buttigieg for transportation, Granholm for energy

President-elect Joe Biden confirmed Pete Buttigieg's nomination to head the Department of Transportation and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as his energy secretary.

The US presidential candidates’ answers on Idlib were disappointing

Only two were given a chance to speak on the topic during the latest debate and neither answer proposed a workable solution.

Democrats Biden, Sanders brawl as US Super Tuesday contests loom

A resounding victory in South Carolina has thrust Joe Biden back into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, but that could all change in two days when voters go to the polls in 14 "Super Tuesday" states.

Sanders claims big win in Nevada, tightens grip on Democratic lead

While Bernie Sanders scored a strong victory, a cluster of candidates was fighting for a distant second place — and any momentum that may come with it heading into next-up South Carolina and then Super Tuesday on March 3.

Democrats eye Nevada, South Carolina after Sanders wins in New Hampshire

While Sanders and Buttigieg finished first and second in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary respectively, the contest also showed the growing appeal of US Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.

Sanders wins in New Hampshire as Biden crashes and burns

"This victory here is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump," the 78-year old senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders told cheering crowd as he raised the roof with his rallying cry for fairer taxes and health care reform.

Buttigieg narrowly defeats Sanders in Iowa caucus

Pete Buttigieg declared the winner in the Iowa Caucus, narrowly edging out Senator Bernie Sanders in the first contest for the US Democratic presidential nomination.

Buttigieg takes lead in first Iowa results after presidential caucus chaos

Bernie Sanders was in second place and Elizabeth Warren in third in the first batch of long-delayed results from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses.

Sanders claims victory as Iowa caucus results delayed

Iowa's vote, which kickstarted the 2020 US presidential contest, degenerated into a fiasco marred by major delays, with Bernie Sanders claiming a slim lead in the Democratic caucus after citing partial unofficial results.

Iowans begin caucus voting, may clarify Democratic field

Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses were expected to provide some clarity for what has been a muddled nomination fight for much of the last year.

Sanders spars with Biden over war, Warren over women in Democratic debate

Bernie Sanders drew a contrast with establishment favourite Joe Biden by noting Sanders fought a 2002 measure to authorise military action against Iraq. Elizabeth Warren and Sanders locked horns over his alleged statement "a woman can't defeat Trump.