Julie Pace

Democratic US presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus, March 12, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

November 8, 2020, 9:07 am

President-elect Biden claims a mandate that will quickly be tested

With Trump and Senate Republicans sure to make his life hard, liberals pressuring him from the left and a raging pandemic, US president-elect faces tough challenges ahead

By Julie Pace

US President Donald Trump wraps up his speech at a campaign rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

September 20, 2020, 4:36 pm

US to hit 200,000 dead; Trump sees no need for regret

US president says without his efforts things would be much worse: ‘We have done a phenomenal job with respect to COVID-19’

By Julie Pace

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, visits with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, September 11, 2020, before a ceremony marking the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

September 13, 2020, 8:10 pm

Bloomberg to spend at least $100 million to help Biden in Florida

Trump takes shot at former NY mayor for pouring money into the US state, says he ‘thought Mini Mike was through with Democrat politics’

By Julie Pace and Alexandra Jaffe

In this Thursday, July 6, 2017 file photo US President Donald Trump casts shadows on the wall at the end of a press conference, in Warsaw, Poland (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski/file)

June 19, 2020, 1:28 pm

Poll: Majority of Americans feel Trump adds to divisions in an unhappy country

5 months before election, amid crises in health, economy and race relations, most Americans — including 63% of Republicans — say the country is heading in the wrong direction

By Julie Pace and EMILY SWANSON

Then-US vice president Joe Biden, left, watches US president Barack Obama, center, at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, on January 4, 2017 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh/File)

April 14, 2020, 7:01 pm

Obama endorses Biden, says former VP has ‘qualities we need’

Endorsement marks Obama’s return to presidential politics after he avoided intervening in the Democratic primary

By Alexandra Jaffe, Julie Pace and Bill Barrow

Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, greet one another before they participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington, March 15, 2020. (AP/Evan Vucci)

March 16, 2020, 5:24 am

‘Bigger than any one of us’: Biden, Sanders debate takes on pandemic

Democratic candidates unite in criticism of Trump’s response to the fast-moving coronavirus but diverge in how they would confront the spiraling public health and economic crisis

By Julie Pace and Alexandra Jaffe

From left, Democratic US presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, talk before a Democratic presidential primary debate, February 25, 2020, in Charleston, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

March 15, 2020, 6:16 am

Biden, Sanders to debate against backdrop of global pandemic

After five candidates drop out, the two men are the last to make the case they are best-positioned to challenge Trump as rising infections wreak havoc

By Julie Pace

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a primary election night campaign rally in Los Angeles, March 3, 2020. (Chris Carlson/AP)

March 4, 2020, 1:07 pm

Biden’s stunning turnabout remakes Democratic race

Former vice president scoops up victories on Super Tuesday as party members drift toward seeing him as best alternative to liberal firebrand Sanders

By Julie Pace

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks with members of the media after a Democratic presidential primary debate, Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

February 26, 2020, 12:29 pm

Sanders learns what it’s like to be a front-runner

Pile-on at Democratic primary debate reflects the Independent senator from Vermont’s position in the race

By Julie Pace

Democratic US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign event in San Antonio, February 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

February 23, 2020, 11:39 am

Sanders’s path in Democratic primaries has echoes of Trump’s 2016 campaign

An anti-establishment US presidential candidate gains an advantage against multiple moderate contenders, rocking their party. Sound familiar?

By Julie Pace

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent-Vermont., arrives to speak to supporters at a primary night election rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, February 11, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP)

February 12, 2020, 9:23 am

Sanders’ narrow New Hampshire win ups pressure on moderates to coalesce

Vermont senator benefits from crowded and fractured primary field; Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Biden together draw support from over 50% of New Hampshire voters, twice as much as Sanders

By Julie Pace

This combination of Jan. 26, 2020, photos shows at left, Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Jan. 26, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa; and at right Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo)

February 7, 2020, 1:47 am

DNC chair calls for ‘recanvass’ of Iowa results with race too close to call

Despite 97% of precincts reporting, AP still can’t declare a winner with Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders nearly tied

By Steve Peoples, Julie Pace and BRIAN SLODYSKO

This combination of Jan. 26, 2020, photos shows at left, Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Jan. 26, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa; and at right Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in Sioux City, Iowa (AP Photo)

February 6, 2020, 10:32 am

Buttigieg, Sanders nearly tied as Iowa caucus results narrow

As much of the political world shifts attention to New Hampshire, 2 men separated by 40 years in age and conflicting ideology battle it out in contest marred by reporting delays

By Steve Peoples and Julie Pace

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event Feb. 2, 2020, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

February 3, 2020, 1:24 am

In Iowa, anxiety and unpredictability cloud Democratic caucus finish

Campaigns, voters acknowledge sense of unknown as party begins choosing who to send for November face-off with Trump; former secretary of state John Kerry denies considering run

By Julie Pace and Sara Burnett

Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, attends a meeting of Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 17, 2013. (AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, File)

January 3, 2020, 11:05 pm

US long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike

Israel had also tracked the Quds commander, but until now, both countries had held back, concerned that his killing could plunge the region into wider conflict

By Zeke Miller and Julie Pace