I will first begin with the Obama administration and its policy toward Liberia. The administration was faced with a weak economy left by the Bush government. When Obama took office in 2009, unemployment was about 7.2%. Despite the Democrats having control of both houses, the economy was down. Like in Clinton’s first term, the Democrats … Read more
When Bill McAnulty, an elections board chairman in a mostly white North Carolina county, agreed in July to open a Sunday voting site where black church members could cast ballots after services, the reaction was swift: he was labeled a traitor by his fellow Republicans. “I became a villain, quite frankly,” recalled McAnulty at a … Read more
The Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs(IEA), Jean Mensah will join a host of other members of the global network of Presidential debates to observe the third and final US Presidential debate, a release from the office of the IEA said Tuesday. The debate is billed to come off at the University of … Read more
These Republicans will not vote for Trump A tape recording of Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about women has sparked howls of condemnation from Republican colleagues. Several have said they can no longer back him. It’s not the first time. Republicans have been deserting him for months over various scandals. So who is on the … Read more
It’s time for this year’s election predictions, since waiting until a week out makes it all-too-easy. Nowhere holds the key to victory more than Pennsylvania, so we’ll start there for who wins the presidency, and by extension, control of Congress. The White House goes through southeastern Pennsylvania, home to more than 40 percent of the … Read more
Donald Trump, the main supporter of false claims about Barack Obama’s birthplace, has finally said he accepts that the president was born in the US, “period”. But Mr Trump also falsely accused Hillary Clinton’s team of starting the so-called “birther” campaign in 2008. The “birther” movement had questioned Hawaii-born Mr Obama’s citizenship and therefore his … Read more
The Trump campaign has acknowledged in a statement that President Obama was born in the US. The Republican candidate had been a leader of the “birther” movement that questioned Hawaii-born Mr Obama’s citizenship. But his campaign now accuses his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of introducing the “smear” during the 2008 Democratic nomination contest. There is … Read more