The long U.S. presidential campaigns neared their end on Monday in the same angry tone they began, with Republican Donald Trump calling Democrat Hillary Clinton a “phony” and Clinton accusing her opponent of worsening divisions throughout the country. As public opinion polls showed Clinton with a narrow lead, she and Trump raced through several battleground […]
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Donald Trump says his presidential run is a movement and a “once-in-a-lifetime chance to take our government back” from wealthy campaign donors and special interests and return power to the American people. Trump is giving the Republican Party’s weekly radio address, and saying that he and Republican candidates for Congress will bring badly needed change […]
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Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Thursday, pledging to focus on combatting online bullying and serve as an advocate for women and children if her husband is elected to the White House. Her description of the perils of social media seemed at odds with her husband’s divisive and […]
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The Nigeria Nobel literature laureate, Wole Soyinka has told students that if Donald Trump is elected president of the United States next week, he will leave the country, UK Guardian report. “If in the unlikely event he does win, the first thing he’ll do is to say [that] all green-card holders must reapply to come […]
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The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): 4:29 p.m. Barack Obama is urging African American voters to see Hillary Clinton’s election as the way to protect his legacy as the first black president. Obama says Republican Donald Trump would shred his accomplishments, while Clinton would continue on his path. Clinton is making […]
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Share prices fell in Europe and Asia on Monday as uncertainty rose following news the FBI has revived an inquiry into U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Investors also were watching for a slew of market-moving data and events this week. KEEPING SCORE: European shares opened lower, with France’s CAC 40 down 0.6 […]
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U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted 3-2 to adopt new privacy rules that will subject broadband internet service providers to more stringent requirements than websites like Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc or Alphabet Inc’s Google. The rules will force companies like AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc and Comcast Corp to obtain consumer consent before using […]
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For the first time in several weeks, Donald Trump is leading in Florida, according to a poll released by Bloomberg Politics on Wednesday. In a four-way contest including Green Party nominee Jill Stein and Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson, Trump garnered 45% support to Hillary Clinton’s 43% among likely voters in the state. In a […]
Read More A defiant Donald Trump blamed his worsening campaign struggles on “phony polls” from the “disgusting” media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks. Just 14 days until the election, the Republican nominee campaigned in battleground Florida as his team conceded publicly as well as privately that […]
Read More U.S. oil and gas industry workers have contributed only slightly more money to the campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton than to Republican Donald Trump since the two clinched their parties’ nominations for the White House, according to Reuters’ review of federal disclosures. The nearly even support suggests ambivalence in the industry between two rivals who […]
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Oil prices fell as much as 2 percent on Monday on news of the impending restart of Britain’s Buzzard oilfield, and U.S. crude slid below $50 per barrel, which triggered technical selling. Earlier, oil was pressured by news that Iraq wanted to be exempt from a production cut by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting […]
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An envelope containing a white powdery substance was sent to one of White House hopeful Hillary Clinton’s campaign offices in New York, though police initially ruled out any danger. The envelope was first delivered to Clinton’s offices in Manhattan, where campaign workers then transferred it to her Brooklyn headquarters, New York Police Department Lieutenant Thomas […]
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