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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Biden campaign raises $25m ‘money bomb’ at event with Obama and Clinton

President Joe Biden, center, and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton participate in a fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Thursday.
Joe Biden, center, and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton participate in a fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Thursday. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with Bill Clinton on Thursday that organizers said raised more than $25m for the US president’s re-election campaign.

Such a haul, which Politico called an “NYC money bomb”, will widen Biden’s lead over Donald Trump in fundraising for the November election.

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