Polls gone wild
In Nigeria, we would have said the national polls on the U.S. Presidential Elections have gone ga-ga. Well, nothing to do with Lady Gaga. But for simplicity sake, let’s just say the polls have gone wild. Check this out: As at Wednesday, the NBC News poll had Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump 48-42 and Reuters poll 40-38. But CNN poll had Trump leading Hillary 49-48 while the LA Times poll had them dead even at 44. Note that this is mainly in a two-way race between Clinton and Trump.
Uproar at Republican convention as anti-Trump delegates revolt
A tense Republican National Convention erupted in turmoil Monday amid a loud revolt by delegates opposed to presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, furious over being denied a floor vote on the event’s rules. Several hundred anti-Trump delegates seeking to change the convention rules so that they could opt out of voting for the real estate […]
Trump cannot become president – Clinton
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called on venerable civil-rights group the NAACP on Monday to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in his bid for the White House.
Supreme Court judge sorry for branding Trump a ‘faker’
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized Thursday for publicly disparaging Donald Trump as a phoney with a big ego.
Trump: ‘I am the law and order candidate’
Donald Trump proclaimed himself the “law and order candidate” Monday, emphasizing increased threats to police and declaring only he can keep Americans safe in a nation reeling from gun violence. “I am the law and order candidate,” the Republican party’s presumptive presidential nominee said in a speech in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The declaration, reminiscent of […]
Trump no racist or anti-Semite says son-in-law
Donald Trump’s son-in-law, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, on Wednesday vigorously defended his father-in-law as no racist or anti-Semite after fresh controversy engulfed the Republican White House hopeful.
Obama says ready to ‘pass the baton’ to Clinton
Barack Obama delivered a forceful plea Tuesday for Hillary Clinton to succeed him as president, praising the character of his former secretary of state whose horizon brightened after the FBI recommended no charges be filed over her email scandal.
Trump hails Brexit vote to leave EU as ‘fantastic’
Donald Trump hailed Britain’s vote to leave the EU as “fantastic” shortly after arriving in Scotland on Friday for his first international trip since becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Trump savages Clinton as ‘world-class liar’
Donald Trump went on a blistering offensive against Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, calling her disqualified to run for president and savaging her record on trade, foreign policy, human rights and immigration.
Man charged for attempting to kill Trump
A US man has been charged for trying to grab a police officer’s gun at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas so he could kill the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Clinton issues stinging rebuke of ‘shameful’ Trump
Hillary Clinton unleashed a blistering assault Tuesday on her White House opponent Donald Trump, attacking the celebrity billionaire’s “shameful” comments about President Barack Obama and Muslims after the massacre in Orlando.
