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ELECTION

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2020
Trump denies seeking or getting election help from another country despite intel report on Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that no country was trying to help him win the November election, after a top intelligence official told lawmakers Russia was interfering in the 2020 presidential vote to help Trump win a second term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2020
Democrat centrists shouldn't worry — Sanders isn't radical
He's a classic liberal Democrat.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2020
Why Bernie Sanders and why now?
If U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, he could win in November for any number of reasons.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020
Democratic candidates aim to change U.S. foreign policy
The Democratic presidential candidates have no shortage of issues on which to criticize Trump for his handling of foreign policy.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2020
Why would Trump offer a pardon to Julian Assange?
Assange had already said that Russia was not responsible for the hacked emails about the 2016 election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2020
Trump accuses Schiff of leaking intelligence about Russia to hurt Sanders
President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Rep. Adam Schiff of leaking classified information on Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. election to hurt Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2020
Can Michael Bloomberg make America proud again?
The electoral odds inside the Democratic Party are aligning in such a manner that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg could end up as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency on Nov. 3.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 21, 2020
How the U.S. election will impact Japanese politics
This year's U.S. presidential election could serve as an existential shock that Japanese politics may desperately need to revitalize itself, forcing a generational change in political leadership that is long overdue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2020
Is a strong economy enough to re-elect Donald Trump?
The U.S. president must navigate difficult swing states and hope infighting hobbles the Democrats
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2020
Michael Bloomberg seeks reset after rough debate debut as Democrats sprint to Super Tuesday
Democratic presidential contenders began a frantic dash for votes on Thursday, as big-spending billionaire Michael Bloomberg sought to move past a bruising debate debut and several of his rivals jockeyed to be the moderate alternative to liberal front-runner Bernie Sanders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2020
Democratic candidates pile on Bloomberg over wealth, race and sexism
Michael Bloomberg faced a barrage of attacks at his first Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday as his rivals rushed to criticize the billionaire businessman for his wealth, record on race and history of sexist comments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2020
Who can beat Donald Trump?
U.S. President Donald Trump is such an alarming figure that many Democratic voters so far appear willing to overlook in Michael Bloomberg what they would never forgive otherwise. And that, perhaps, is the clearest sign yet that American democracy is in crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2020
Bernie should own the socialist label
Even if he loses, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders can rehabilitate socialism as an acceptable economic alternative. I
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2020
Is it already too late to stop Bernie Sanders?
Like Trump before him, the Vermont senator is benefitting from a divided opposition.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2020
Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg trade insults as Democratic White House race heats up
Democratic White House contenders Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg stepped up their attacks on each other on Monday, with Sanders accusing the media mogul of trying to buy the election and Bloomberg saying the senator and his fervent supporters were hurting the party.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2020
Impeachment energizes Trump, drains Democrats
The Democrats' impeachment effort has successfully energized Trump's base and fundraising but not their own.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2020
U.S. Justice Department drops probe of a top Trump target, ex-FBI official Andrew McCabe
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of a top target of President Donald Trump, former No. 2 FBI official Andrew McCabe, at the tail end of a week in which the U.S. law-enforcement agency came under extraordinary pressure from the president.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2020
Joe Biden slumps while Michael Bloomberg surges nationally as Democratic race heats up
Support for former Vice President Joe Biden's U.S. presidential bid has tumbled nationally following a lackluster finish in last week's Iowa caucuses, while interest is surging among Democrats and independents for the upstart candidacy of billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, according to a Reuters/Ipsos...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2020
U.S. scrutinizing information ahead of 2020 election, including from Rudy Giuliani, William Barr says
U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department has received information from President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, ahead of the November election, but that anything originating from Ukraine should not be taken "at face value."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2020
It's been a sad, bad week for the United States
The world's leading power is now being governed by grievance and emotion.

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