Tag: Jeb Bush

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 07:41 UTC

  Argentina defaulted bonds dispute pushed into the US Republicans' presidential campaign

  

  One of the wealthiest and most influential Republican donors — who also happens to be in the midst of a legal battle with Argentina over defaulted-debt — is throwing his support behind the presidential campaign of US Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, according to a New York Times report.

• 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.

• Thursday, September 17th 2015 - 09:54 UTC

  Ten dollar bill with Thatcher's face, proposed presidential hopeful Jeb Bush

  

  US Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has picked the UK's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, as his choice for the face of the $10 bill. The former Florida governor made the surprise suggestion during a televised debate for the top Republicans vying for the presidential nomination.

• Saturday, September 5th 2015 - 07:19 UTC

  Trump pledges not to run as independent candidate; tells Jeb Bush to speak in English

  

  Republican front-runner Donald Trump has bowed to pressure from the party establishment and signed a pledge not to run as an independent candidate in the November 2016 presidential election.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 00:24 UTC

  Obama and Democrats support Pope's climate message, but Republicans dissented

  

  The Obama administration and congressional Democrats welcomed Pope Francis' call for sweeping action against climate change Thursday, but the pontiff's message was swiftly dismissed by GOP lawmakers.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2015 - 05:06 UTC

  Jeb Bush aims the White House presenting himself as an anti-Washington figure

  

  Former Florida governor Jeb Bush vowed to fix a dysfunctional Washington as he began his US presidential bid with an attempt to move out of the shadow of the White House legacies left by his father and brother.