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Pete Buttigieg declares he will not run for Michigan governor, US Senate
Pete Buttigieg, the former US Transportation Secretary, announced on Thursday that he will not run for governor in Michigan or US Senate next year.
Updated on Mar 13, 2025 08:50 PM IST
Reuters |
Pete Buttigieg and Elon Musk clash after false Helene relief claims: ‘DM me…'
Transportation Secretary Buttigieg countered Elon Musk’s allegations about FEMA obstructing hurricane relief efforts, clarifying that no flights were blocked.
Published on Oct 05, 2024 10:29 AM IST
Aditi Srivastava
Kamala Harris gets major warning from Democrats ahead of debate with Trump
Ahead of the first most-awaited debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Democrats issued a major warning to the US Vice President.
Published on Sep 09, 2024 05:43 AM IST
Age and accidents? Buttigieg backs President Biden's leadership despite slip-ups
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg defended President Biden's leadership amidst slip-ups and confusion over Ukraine and Iraq.
Published on Jun 30, 2023 04:36 PM IST
Who’s who on Joe Biden’s sprawling climate team
President Joe Biden has already assembled an unprecedented team of White House climate advisers and installed climate experts in roles that haven’t typically been thought to require environmental expertise, a sign that environmental policy will be central to his administration’s agenda.
Updated on Jan 27, 2021 07:00 PM IST
Bloomberg |
Transportation nominee Pete Buttigieg calls for improvement in US infrastructure
Biden put Buttigieg - a rival for the Democratic presidential nomination last year - in charge of the department that oversees aviation, highways, vehicles, pipelines and transit.
Published on Jan 21, 2021 05:19 PM IST
Reuters |
‘New voice’: Joe Biden hails transportation nominee Pete Buttigieg
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would be the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet position.
Updated on Dec 17, 2020 12:36 PM IST
Wilmington | Associated Press | Posted by Karan Manral
Buttigieg may finally give the US its infrastructure day
By focusing on identifying and remedying sources of excess cost in our infrastructure system, and by helping speed the transition to electric vehicles, he can have a major impact even in an era of political deadlock.
Published on Dec 16, 2020 08:49 PM IST
Bloomberg | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh
Biden names Buttigieg to cabinet in a first for an openly gay person
Buttigieg’s selection is in line with Biden’s promise to name a cabinet that reflects the diversity of the country.
Updated on Dec 16, 2020 11:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Trump hails rival Joe Biden’s ‘incredible comeback’ after Super Tuesday polls
Joe Biden is running as a moderate, in contrast to his leftist rival Bernie Sanders, but Trump insisted that some of the former vice president’s “handlers are further left than Bernie
Updated on Mar 05, 2020 07:24 AM IST
Washington | Agence France-Presse
Joe Biden wins four early states in solid super Tuesday start
Television networks declared Biden the winner in the three southern states shortly after polls closed, an indication that his victories there were decisive and could net him a large portion of the total available delegates.
Updated on Mar 04, 2020 07:47 AM IST
Bloomberg | Joe Sobczyk and Justin Sink
Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of the US Democratic presidential race
Pete Buttigieg, the two-term mayor of Indiana’s South Bend city, became the second Democrat running for the party’s presidential nomination to drop out of the race after a blow-out performance from former Vice-President Joe Biden in the South Carolina on Saturday with an emphatic win that’s overhauling the race.
Published on Mar 02, 2020 02:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Pete Buttigieg quits campaign, fellow Democrat Joe Biden back in US presidential race
The 38-year-old Buttigieg’s surprise decision was set to shake up the race this coming week when 14 states vote on “Super Tuesday.”
Updated on Mar 02, 2020 10:02 AM IST
Washington | Agence France-Presse
The Democratic quest to find a challenger to Trump | HT editorial
The Left is behind Sanders, while Buttigieg is the centrist favourite
Published on Feb 12, 2020 07:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Woman wanted vote changed after learning this US presidential hopeful is gay
The exchange was caught on a video that quickly went viral online on Tuesday as Buttigieg took a shock lead in the caucuses, according to partial delayed results.
Updated on Feb 05, 2020 09:03 AM IST
Des Moines (United States) | Agence France-Presse
‘A bold step’: Democrats laud Twitter for political ad ban
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock suggested Facebook should follow Twitter’s lead, tweeting simply: “Good. Your turn, Facebook.”
Published on Oct 31, 2019 04:16 PM IST
Washington | Associated Press
Is America ready for gay president? Iowa casts first votes
The first answer will come in Iowa, a state where the 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor has campaigned frequently and spent heavily. So far, Democratic voters here seem to say that Buttigieg’s sexual orientation is immaterial.
Published on Sep 21, 2019 08:15 AM IST
Des Moines, Iowa | Associated Press
Harris benefits from Biden take-down, but trails by a lot in campaign collections
Harris raised $12 million in the second quarter, however, which put her in a distant fourth position, behind Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who led the field with two-times more than her at $24.8 million, and Biden and Sanders, who collected $21.5 million and $18 respectively.
Updated on Jul 06, 2019 11:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
After her take-down of Biden, Indian-American Kamala Harris leaps to No 2 slot
The first-time senator from California, whose father is black and mother Indian, had confronted Biden on his history of opposition to busing as a racial desegregation tool in the 1970s and 80s and his recent remarks portraying himself as a unifier who could even work with leading segregationists of the time.
Updated on Jul 03, 2019 08:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Former Vice President Biden likely to announce presidential run next week
Biden is the current frontrunner among Democrats, leading the 18 hopefuls already in the poll in nearly every poll, and by a wide margin.
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 10:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Democrat Buttigieg launches 2020 presidential bid
If elected, Buttigieg, a 37-year-old Rhodes scholar and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, would represent a series of historic firsts: the youngest President ever and the first who is openly gay, reports The New York Times.
Updated on Apr 15, 2019 03:06 PM IST
Washington | Indo Asian News Service