Tag: Donald Trump

• Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 07:48 UTC

  Early polls indicate better prepared Hillary came ahead of Trump in the debate

  

  Early polls following the first of three presidential debates point to Hillary Clinton coming out ahead of Donald Trump in Monday night’s face off. According to a CNN/ORC poll taken immediately after the debate wrapped, 62% of 521 registered voters who watched the debate said Clinton won, compared to 27% for Trump. Pulbic Policy Polling also had Clinton trumping Trump, but by a more narrow margin of 51% to 40%.

• Monday, September 12th 2016 - 07:07 UTC

  Hillary's pneumonia puts US presidential candidates' medical records on the campaign debate

  

  United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's personal doctor revealed on Sunday that he Democratic nominee was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, hours after Clinton drew attention for abruptly leaving a 9/11 memorial event at Ground Zero and was seen on video apparently being assisted getting into a van.

• Friday, August 19th 2016 - 10:39 UTC

  Trump overhauls campaign team to try and reverse poor opinion polls

  

  US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump overhauled his presidential campaign team for the second time in less than two months, hiring the head of a conservative news website to bolster his combative image and try to reverse poor opinion poll numbers. Trump named Steve Bannon, head of the Breitbart News website, as campaign chief executive officer, a new position.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2016 - 08:40 UTC

  Trump trailing in the polls pledged slashing taxes and regulations to “jump start America”

  

  The United States Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he will slash taxes, block onerous financial regulations and unleash the energy sector as he pledged to “jump-start America” with a new economic plan if he is elected president.

• Friday, August 5th 2016 - 13:18 UTC

  Clint Eastwood blasts the “kiss-ass generation”, and admits a vote for Trump despite “some dumb things”

  

  Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend. He's been a movie icon for decades, the star of the famed “Man With No Name” Spaghetti Westerns and Dirty Harry movies. The 86-year-old Oscar winner is also one of the highest-profile conservatives in the movie business. Or maybe he's one of the highest-profile libertarians but he's not sure which ideological descriptor fits for him anymore.

• Friday, July 1st 2016 - 09:08 UTC

  “Possible surprise” in US elections must have the Pacific Alliance “ready to react”

  

  The Pacific Alliance must be “ready to react” to a possible “surprise” in the United States presidential election, Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo said in Chile on Thursday.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2016 - 08:23 UTC

  Briton arrested at a Trump Las Vegas rally wanted to shoot the candidate

  

  A Briton who tried to grab a police officer's gun at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas said he wanted to shoot the US candidate, court papers say. Michael Steven Sandford, 20, did not enter a plea when he appeared before a judge in Nevada and was remanded in custody until a hearing on 5 July.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  Trumps sacks campaign manager to ease relations with fellow Republicans

  

  Donald Trump has fired his hard-charging campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, in a dramatic shake-up designed to calm panicked Republican leaders and reverse one of the most tumultuous stretches of Trump's unconventional White House bid.

• Thursday, June 16th 2016 - 07:03 UTC

  Hillary ahead of Trump in polls, but both have strong unfavorable impressions

  

  The 2016 United States presidential election has been divisive, but Americans agree on something: they really don't like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, according to one of the latest public opinion polls.

• Friday, June 10th 2016 - 07:28 UTC

  Obama endorses Hillary, “I'm with her”; joint campaign to unite Democrats and fight Trump

  

  President Barack Obama endorsed one-time rival Hillary Clinton to be his successor Thursday, signaling to Democrats it is time to unify after a bitter primary campaign and beat Donald Trump.