Tag: US election

Manhunt under way after bombs sent to Democrats, Trump critics

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Another suspected bomb was found in New York City on Thursday morning as a manhunt was underway for a serial bomber targeting high-profile...

China trying to sway US vote, poses threat: officials

WASHINGTON: China is waging an unprecedented campaign to influence American public opinion as November congressional elections approach and presents the greatest long-term counterintelligence threat to...

Schiff says Trump wants focus on tweets, not Russia probe

WASHINGTON : The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee accused President Donald Trump on Sunday of trying to divert Congress from its investigations...

Shock and fear in Asia as Trump rises

Donald Trump´s stunning performance in the US presidential election triggered shock and angst in Asia, where observers fretted over the implications for everything from...

Donald Trump mocks Clinton over ‘short-circuit’ comment

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Trump pits American against American: Clinton

In a speech weighted with America’s complicated racial history, Democrat Hillary Clinton laced into Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Wednesday, accusing him of...

Sanders’ attack on Clinton not the first, or likely the last

Bernie Sanders’ claim that Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton isn’t qualified to be president landed with a boom this week. The blow was far from...

Clinton’s challenge: how to solve a problem like men

Hillary Clinton has the biggest chance in the United States (US) history of shattering the ultimate glass ceiling and becoming the first female commander-in-chief....

Obama plunged ever deeper into 2016 election

President Barack Obama is fond of saying he has run his last election, but Hillary Clinton’s shortcomings and Donald Trump’s shock assent are drawing...

Don’t believe Clinton is qualified to be US president: Sanders

Bernie Sanders questioned whether Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is “qualified” to be president after she spent much of the day criticising his record and...

Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders win Wisconsin

 Republican Ted Cruz and Democratic challengerBernie Sanders snatched victories in the crucial Wisconsin presidential primary Tuesday, sending a message to frontrunners Donald Trump and...

Obama blames media for tone of US presidential campaign

President Barack Obama on Monday laid some of the blame for the tone of the presidential campaign on political journalism that has been pinched...

Do everything to stop Trump, WP advises Republicans

“Nobody cares what they say in their editorials anymore, especially me,” declared Republican front-runner Donald Trump as the world’s three major opinion makers, The...

Hilary, Trump front runners in US election

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump romped to victory in the Florida primary Tuesday, thwarting party efforts to stop his march to the White House...