The HuffPost presidential forecast model gives Democrat Hillary Clinton a 98.2 percent chance of winning the presidency. Republican Donald Trump has essentially no path to an Electoral College victory. Clinton’s win will be substantial, but not overwhelming. The model projects that she’ll garner 323 electoral votes to Trump’s 215. For all of 2016’s craziness, that … Read more
Irrespective of who wins on November 8 it will not resolve the mounting issues of race and class. This year’s presidential contest have been marked by an escalation in social tensions involving both national and class issues. These divisions within the United States are manifested in the polling data which have revealed a sharply split … Read more
Donald Trump’s campaign team has sought to allay negative views expressed overseas towards its candidate, a day before the US goes to the polls. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the BBC such antipathy “doesn’t reflect why Donald Trump is running and who he would be on the global stage”. She also attacked Hillary Clinton’s “unremarkable … Read more
Donald Trump was rushed off stage Saturday night during a campaign rally here as security officials swarmed, but the candidate emerged back on stage after a few minutes and finished his speech. Some kind of a disturbance had occurred in the front of the room where Trump was speaking. He put his hand above his … Read more
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are neck-and-neck in a new national tracking poll out Tuesday morning. The latest ABC News/The Washington Post offering showed Trump barely edging Clinton among likely voters, 46%-45%, well within the poll’s 3 percentage point margin of error. Support for Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson, meanwhile has fallen to a new … Read more
The last king of Rwanda has died in the US aged 80 years old. Born Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa, King Kigeli V came to power in 1959 but was only king of Rwanda until 1961, when the monarchy was abolished and he was forced into exile. He eventually settled in the US where he set up a … Read more
Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters — but two new polls diverge on the size of her lead. Clinton is 11 percentage points ahead of Trump, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll out Sunday. An ABC News/Washington Post poll, meanwhile, pegs her lead at 4 points. In the NBC … Read more
A charity volunteer claims he faces deportation because he has not done enough to prove he is gay. Valerie Ediage arrived in the UK six years ago and said his life would be at risk if he returned to Cameroon. Homosexuals in the country can be jailed for up to five years. The Home Office … Read more
A new poll gives Hillary Clinton a double-digit lead over Donald Trump, just as the GOP presidential nominee is traveling to Colorado for two events on Monday. The Monmouth University poll shows Clinton leading Trump, 49 percent to 38 percent, with Libertarian Gary Johnson at 7 percent and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at 3 … Read more
US Democratic party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton kept her pneumonia diagnosis from most of her staff, according to reports, choosing to tell only family and close aides. Mrs Clinton was reportedly concerned that news of the illness would be exploited by her opponents. She was diagnosed on Friday and advised to rest, but continued campaigning. … Read more
Motivated by Ms. Mawuena Trebarh, CEO of GIPC, Ghana and Church Member of Glorious Wave Church Int., Ghana Having been a Member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) for over 20 years had the privilege to observe many Politicians from various Parties at close range be it Ministers of Parliamentarian. Seeing those going … Read more