Austria's new president has vowed to listen to the people's "fear and anger" after his far-right opponent narrowly missed out on a landmark victory. Independent Alexander Van der Bellen beat the Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer by just 31,000 votes among the 4.64 million cast in Sunday's election. The...
AUSTRIA looked set last night to become the first country in Europe to vote in a far-Right president. Norbert Hofer was close to clinching victory but with a wafer-thin margin. Freedom Party candidate Hofer, an aviation engineer, was in the lead with 51.9 per cent ahead of Alexander van der Bellen, a former Greens leader turned...
Postal ballots will decide Austria's presidential election after polling station results from Sunday's vote gave the far-right candidate a slender lead. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party was slightly ahead of his rival, Alexander Van der Bellen, the interior ministry said on Sunday. If elected, Mr Hofer would be the...
Partial results in Austria's run-off presidential election, which pitches the far right against an independent, suggest it is too close to call. Norbert Hofer of the Freedom Party and Alexander Van der Bellen were each on 50%, with 94% of the vote counted. For the first time since World War Two, both the main centrist...
Welcome to Saturday. Let’s recap this week in politics as you sip your coffee in bed. The investigative team at USA TODAY found out that Donald Trump’s businesses have gotten into quite a bit of trouble over their taxes, while Hillary Clinton is ready to say buh-bye to Bernie Sanders and face Trump in the general....
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said her primary race against Bernie Sanders is effectively over. "I will be the nominee for my party," she told CNN in an interview. "That is already done, in effect. There is no way that I won't be." Mr Sanders has come under pressure to bow out...
Donald Trump's business empire has seen revenue jump by $190m (£135m) since the real estate tycoon entered the US presidential race, according to newly released financial documents. His controversial calls for a Muslim travel ban and deporting millions of undocumented immigrants appear not to have harmed his business...
Based on everything we know about them, it’s hard to imagine Paul Ryan endorsing Donald Trump. But it’s even harder to imagine him not doing it. “It’s hard to preside over the convention of your nominee and not support him,” says Oklahoma Republican Tom Cole, a friend and House colleague of...
On Sunday, One of Donald Trumps top aides said he doesn't need to change anything to win the general election. Time reported: Paul Manafort, the candidate’s convention manager, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union that Trump wasn’t pressured by Speaker Paul Ryan to act more presidential during...
Although Ted Cruz's presidential run has come to an end he continues to negatively comment on Presumptive GOP Donald Trump. Breitbart reported: Former 2016 presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz told radio host Michael Berry, when asked if Fox News treated the Texas senator fairly, “There were more than a few...
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Since Trump became the presumptive nominee, there has been several PACs that have jumped on the Trump Train. ABC NEWS reported: A brand new pro-Trump super PAC launched today, touting its ability to take on Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton through a major donor operation focused on funding voter registration...