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Kristol’s white knight: David French
Bill Kristol's white knight independent presidential candidate is a fellow conservative writer with no national name recognition: David French. Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Standard magazine and a leader of the conservative movement to find an alternative to likely major-party nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton....
Combative Trump Details Millions In Aid For Veterans, Attacks Media
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday detailed $5.6 million in contributions he raised for military veterans, and sharply criticized the news media for questioning him for months about what happened to the money. At a combative news conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan, the billionaire accused the...
Sanders has a new nickname for Trump
Bernie Sanders has a sarcastic new nickname for Donald Trump: "Mr. Macho." The Vermont senator, who is hunkering down in California for his last showdown with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, used the nickname as he bashed the presumptive Republican nominee for embracing — and then backing...
US election: The man hurting Clinton in her fight with Trump
Adding another unanticipated sidebar to this topsy-turvy election, Kenneth Starr has lavished praise on Bill Clinton, citing his "genuine empathy for human beings", calling him "the most gifted politician of the baby boomer generation" and commending his post-presidential philanthropy, which he noted was...
The Strife of the Party: Will Trump Permanently Alter Republicans?
Donald Trump clinched the 1,237 delegates needed to become the Republican presidential nominee Thursday — a feat that seemed almost impossible just a few months ago. Now, despite the wishes of the Republican establishment, Trump is working to remake the party in his own image. Trump’s no-holds-barred style and...
Trump jabs at Bill Kristol over independent candidate prediction
Donald Trump took aim Sunday night at Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol, who suggested on Twitter that news of an "impressive" independent conservative presidential candidate is forthcoming. In a series of tweets, Trump criticized Kristol, calling him a "dummy" and "an embarrassed loser,"...
North Carolina police department pulls out of Republican National Convention
A North Carolina police department backed out of sending 50 police officers to the Republican presidential convention in Cleveland in June over concerns about whether the city is prepared to host an event that is expected to bring at least 50,000 visitors to northeast Ohio. Greensboro police made the decision earlier this week...
35 protesters arrested outside Trump rally in San Diego
San Diego police arrested 35 protesters Friday outside a Donald Trump rally after a peaceful demonstration devolved into chaos, according to police. Three hours into the calm protests, which drew up to 1,000 people, a number of demonstrators tried to breach an off-limits area, resulting in arrests, the police department said on...
Donald Trump rally sparks clashes in San Diego
Supporters and opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have clashed in the city of San Diego in California. Police declared a gathering outside the city's convention centre unlawful and made 12 arrests, as stones and water bottles were thrown. Mr Trump was in the city near the Mexican border to hold a...
US election: Trump wins enough delegates for Republican nomination
The US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reached the number of delegates needed to secure the party's presidential nomination. In North Dakota on Thursday, he thanked 15 unbound delegates from the state who he said "got us right over the top". He defeated 16 other Republican contenders and...
Clinton Email Server Broke Government Rules, Watchdog Finds
Hillary Clinton broke government rules by using a private email server without approval for her work as U.S. secretary of state, an internal government watchdog said on Wednesday. The long-awaited report by the State Department inspector general was the first official audit of the controversial arrangement to be made public. It...
US election: Why has Trump caught Clinton in the polls?
For the first time in this long election campaign, Republican Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls. Mrs Clinton's double-digit lead, which she has held over the past several months, has vanished — and with it, apparently, Democrats'...