GUARDIAN: Barack Obama predicted that America would not elect Donald Trump president because people would “make a sensible choice in the end”. Speaking on Tuesday at a press conference in California after a meeting with south-east Asian leaders, the president condemned the entire field of Republican candidates for their rhetoric on immigration and climate change, […]
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Donald Trump isn’t taking losing the Iowa caucuses lightly. After a brief effort to appear statesmanlike and spin his success positively, Trump is now accusing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz of stealing his first-place victory and calling for Cruz’s win to be nullified or for a new Iowa vote to take place. “Ted Cruz didn’t win […]
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Texas maverick Ted Cruz dramatically came out with a surprise victory over his Republican rival in the Iowa caucus that supporters hope will herald a rightwing resurgence to match that of Ronald Reagan. Ignoring the media-friendly bombast of Trump in favor of a purer strain of anti-establishment conservatism, Republicans in the state voted in favor of […]
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