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Election campaign and party politics example

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Election campaign and party politics example

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Joe Biden has announced he will run in the 2020 Democratic primary. This will now start the beginning of the invisible primary and the video show that Biden is relatively conservative despite being a Democrat, showing parties are broad churches.

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Joe Biden has announced his 2020 Democratic presidential run, after teasing an official announcement for weeks.

The former vice president has held off on officially announcing until now, although he has been included in polls and reports about the Democratic candidates for months.

Biden said he's running because the "core values" of the US, "our very democracy... everything that has made America, America, is at stake."

In a video message launching his campaign, Biden opens with a reference to Charlottesville and the white supremacist march that took place there in 2018. Biden said President Donald Trump's reaction to the event, at which one counter-protester was killed, threatened the values of the US.

The core values of this nation... our standing in the world... our very democracy...everything that has made America -- America --is at stake. That's why today I'm announcing my candidacy for President of the United States. #Joe2020 https://t.co/jzaQbyTEz3
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 25, 2019

Despite not officially announcing until now, strong criticism has already been levied against Biden, including allegations he inappropriately touches and kisses women and children.
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This is his third run for president, and Biden had already begun accepting campaign donations before his announcement. He plans to hold an event in Pittsburgh on Monday.

Biden is seen as the ideal candidate among the Democratic establishment, given his long history in politics and his position within the Barack Obama White House. He might not appeal to the more liberal Democratic voters who may view him as too old, white, and centrist. His centrist appeal is exemplified by reports that the late Senator John McCain's Republican family could support his presidential bid.

The former vice president enters an already crowded pool of Democratic presidential hopefuls, however. He has been topping a number of polls in the months before his announcement, although the latest polling suggests Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining on him.
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Biden has a long voting record over his years in Congress, and not all his decisions will look good in 2019. He voted in favour of invading Iraq and supported Bill Clinton's 1994 Crime Bill, while in 1996 he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act. He tried to ban encryption in 1991, and was part of the Obama administration which was criticized for clamping down on whistleblowers. He called WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a "high-tech terrorist" in 2010.

Biden has also come under fire for chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee during Anita Hill's infamous questioning over her allegations of sexual harassment regarding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and is a staunch supporter of Israel and the Israeli lobby group AIPAC.
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Former US Vice President Joe Biden announces 2020 Democratic presidential run

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Joe Biden has announced his 2020 Democratic presidential run, after teasing an official announcement for weeks. The former vice president has held off on officially announcing until now, although he has been included in polls and reports about the Democratic candidates for months. Biden said he's running because the "core values" of the US, "our very democracy...

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The president is playing hard ball and not wanting to seem weak by getting his funding for the promised border wall.
Congress has the power of the purse and this is an example of them refusing to pass the budget that allows for the wall. This has resulted in a government shut down.

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No end in sight for shutdown after Trump reinforces border wall demand

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Trump used his first Oval Office address to reiterate his demand for a wall as nearly 800,000 federal workers remain without pay

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American Presidents - The Documentary - BBC World Service

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An assassination, an impeachment and peacemaking: episodes from US presidential history

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Comparing the UK and US, democracy legislative system

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Comparing the UK and US, democracy legislative system

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How moving to the US made me appreciate the House of Lords | Abi Wilkinson

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The blocks to change in the US make the British system look great, says freelance journalist Abi Wilkinson

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Trump lost the House, this will limit his ability to effectively influence legislation/achieve his aims.
Also the results are here.

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The 2018 US midterm elections are most Americans' first opportunity to pass judgment on Donald Trump since his election two years ago.

The US holds congressional elections every two years. At each election the whole of the House of Representatives and one third of the 100-member Senate are elected. The representatives thus serve a two-year term, and the senators six years.

These elections are known as midterms when they fall outside the four-year presidential election cycle. Being in the middle of the presidential term, they are usually understood to be at least partially a reaction to the president's performance so far, and usually see the president's party losing seats.

Donald Trump's Republicans - red in the maps and charts, and often called the GOP, or "grand old party" - went into the election campaign controlling both houses of Congress. The opposition Democrats - in blue above - were hoping for a "blue wave" that would put them in a position to moderate and sometimes block Trump's agenda.

These live results come from the Associated Press. Some other information comes from the US Congress. The Guardian race ratings are derived from other polling organisations and our own research.

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Full results, seat by seat, as the Democrats take control of the House of Representatives, but see the Republicans firm up their position in the Senate.

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Judiciary standing up to executive example

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Judiciary standing up to executive example

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Trump's remarks show the influence of the president via nominations, but Roberts' response shows the separation of powers and the Judiciary standing up to the executive.

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John Roberts chastises Trump for criticism of judge who blocked asylum order

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Chief justice spoke out against president after he called Jon Tigar an 'Obama judge'