Tag: USA General Elections

• Sunday, June 7th 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  Biden confirmed as Democrat presidential candidate; black woman expected to complete the ticket

  

  Former US vice president Joe Biden secured enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election.

• Saturday, November 5th 2016 - 10:11 UTC

  OAS Electoral Observation Mission to the United States completes deployment

  

  The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) to the United States has completed the deployment of its observers and experts ahead of the General Elections that will be held next Tuesday, November 8th. On November 9th, the day after the election, the Chief of the OAS Mission will present a preliminary report.

• Friday, November 4th 2016 - 11:53 UTC

  Clinton stays ahead in polls, but lead get narrower down by the minute with five days to go

  

  Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump, 46%-42% natiowide, with data updated Thursday to include two new national surveys taken after Friday's revelation that the FBI would review new emails to assess The Decmocrate candidate's handling of classified material at the State Department.

• 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.

• 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, May 27th 2016 - 07:08 UTC

  Trump is over the top: with 1237 delegates he becomes Republican candidate

  

  United States presidential candidate Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set the stage for a bitter fall campaign. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination and Trump has reached 1,238.

• 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.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2015 - 06:27 UTC

  “You're fired!” NBC tells Donald Trump's and Mexicans-hate campaign

  

  NBC has ended its relationship with real estate developer and TV personality Donald Trump and his “Miss USA” and “Miss Universe” pageants after he made comments insulting Mexicans when he began his run for president. The pageants, which are part of a joint venture between NBC-Universal and Trump, would no longer air on NBC “due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants” the company said in a press release.