Tag: Hillary Clinton

• 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.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2016 - 08:14 UTC

  Hillary claims Democratic presidential nomination and appeals to Sanders supporters

  

  Hillary Clinton claimed the United Stated Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night after decisive victories in the New Jersey and New Mexico primaries, and quickly appealed to supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont to unite with her against Donald J. Trump.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2016 - 09:34 UTC

  Hillary Clinton captures Democrat presidential nomination, (with super-delegates), says AP survey

  

  Hillary Clinton became the first woman to capture the presidential nomination of one of the United States major political parties on Monday night, according to an Associated Press survey of Democratic super-delegates, securing enough of them to overcome a bruising challenge from Senator Bernie Sanders and turn to a brutal five-month campaign against Donald J. Trump.

• Friday, May 20th 2016 - 10:17 UTC

  Trump ahead of Hillary in new polls, but both candidates have record negatives

  

  Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Hillary Clinton in two new polls, as Republicans begin to coalesce around him while Bernie Sanders keeps hammering fellow Democrat Clinton. The real-estate tycoon leads the former secretary of state, 42% to 37%, in a general-election presidential match-up, according to a Rasmussen poll released Thursday.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

  “We're going after Hillary Clinton”, says Trump as Cruz leaves the primary

  

  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cleared the path on Tuesday night for Donald Trump to claim the Republican presidential nomination, suspending his underdog campaign following a crushing defeat in the Indiana primary, allowing the billionaire businessman to effectively leave the raucous primary behind and turn his attention squarely to the general election.“We’re gonna win in November,” Trump said.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 - 23:46 UTC

  Trump tsunami: Republican hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer to become Rubio's finance chairman

  

  Paul Singer, the influential hedge fund billionaire from New York who endorsed Marco Rubio in October, is set to be named as his national finance chairman according to various US press reports. Singer is well known in Argentina for bringing a lawsuit against the government in the holdouts dispute.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 13:56 UTC

  Biggest pharmaceutical deal in history criticized by US political presidential hopefuls

  

  US drugs giant Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. The takeover could allow Pfizer to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Allergan's Dublin base.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

  A repeat of the Corbyn surprise in United States?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Jeremy “Jez” Corbyn and Bernie Sanders are very much alike - and so are their ambitions. Corbyn wants to lead Britain's Labour Party into the next election and become prime minister; Sanders wants to win the Democratic Party nomination and become the next President of the United States. And then each man plans to turn his country sharply to the left.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Trump dominates the Republican race for US president following the debate among ten contenders

  

  Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate. The tycoon's refusal to rule out a third-party run drew boos from the audience on Thursday night. And he stood by offensive comments he has made in the past about women.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 09:48 UTC

  Obama unveils his climate change initiative: “no greater challenge to the future of the planet”

  

  US President Barack Obama has unveiled what he called “the biggest, most important step we have ever taken” in tackling climate change. The aim of the revised Clean Power Plan is to cut greenhouse gas emissions from US power stations by nearly a third within 15 years.