Officials in Wisconsin are preparing to conduct a full recount of the votes from the US election in the state, which was narrowly won by Donald Trump. A formal request for the recount was filed by the Green Party’s Jill Stein. Dr Stein, the Green Party’s candidate, has also pledged to file for recounts in … Read more
A leading ad exchange has blacklisted Breitbart News, which until recently was run by one of US President-elect Donald Trump’s closest advisers. AppNexus said it would no longer allow Breitbart to sell ad space via its platform, after determining that the site had broken its code on hate speech and incitement to violence. Breitbart responded … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has called for national unity in an address to mark the Thanksgiving holiday. In the wake of what he called a “long and bruising” election campaign he said emotions in the country were raw. The time had come, he said, “to begin to heal our divisions” but added that “tensions just … Read more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is concerned that white supremacists in the United States are being emboldened by the election of Donald Trump and is watching developments closely. The Berlin government declined to give an official reaction to a video circulating on the internet that showed members of the “alt-right” movement, a grouping that includes … Read more
U. S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will not further probe into his former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton over her private email server use, a top aide to Trump said Tuesday. The new administration will also not open any investigation into foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation when Clinton was secretary of state in the Barak … Read more
Donald Trump has repudiated the fringe “alt-right” group that celebrated his election win with Nazi salutes. In a far-ranging interview with the New York Times, the US president-elect was quoted as saying: “I condemn them. I disavow, and I condemn.” He said he did not want to “energise” the group, which includes neo-Nazis, white nationalists … Read more
US president Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values. By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on their successors. Speaking at a news conference at the Apec summit in Lima, Peru, Mr Obama … Read more
Alec Baldwin returned to “Saturday Night Live” to portray President-elect Donald Trump for the first time since the election. Baldwin opened this weekend’s episode of the longtime NBC variety show as Trump, who was busy taking meetings with a range of people, including ‘SNL’ alum Jason Sudeikis’ as Mitt Romney. “This isn’t going to work, … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the cast of the Broadway hit “Hamilton” for appealing from the stage to Vice President-elect Mike Pence to uphold American values, with the conservative in the theater. “The Theater must always be a safe and special place. The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night … Read more
Steve Bannon has no regrets. The ex-Breitbart executive, who serves as Trump’s chief strategist for the new administration, told The Hollywood Reporter that “darkness is good.” “Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power. It only helps us when they (liberals) get it wrong. When they’re blind to who we are and what we’re doing,” he … Read more
The man whom President-elect Donald Trump picked as his national security adviser has said he doesn’t believe that all cultures are “morally equivalent” and once described Islam as “a cancer,” comments that have many in the Muslim community worried about what his new job might mean for them. Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn served … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his nominee for the next attorney general, an official close to the transition process told CNN Friday. The official said the offer had been made officially but it was unclear as of Friday morning whether Sessions had accepted. Sessions, 69, is currently serving his fourth … Read more
The Attorney General has no excuse for her failure to collect the GHS51million judgment debt paid to businessman Alfred Woyome by the state in 2010, private legal practitioner Kofi Bentil has said. “The matters are clear and speak for themselves. A few things are sure which is, Woyome took our money. A court determined that … Read more
Members of the alt-right movement differ on many points, but are generally outspoken in their attacks on multiculturalism, globalisation and immigration. Their targets include political correctness and feminism, and they have typically characterised themselves as being anti-establishment. The election of Donald Trump – a presidential candidate supported by much of the alt-right – could change … Read more
New York’s mayor says he has told US President-elect Donald Trump people in the city are “fearful” of what his White House administration could bring. During a meeting at Trump Tower, Bill de Blasio said he warned the Republican he would aim to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation. He said Mr Trump’s plans would not … Read more
Twitter has suspended the accounts of a number of people associated with the alt-right movement who advocate white nationalism and who supported President-elect Donald Trump. Among those whose accounts have been suspended is Richard Spencer, president and director of the National Policy Institute, which identifies itself as an “organization dedicated to the heritage, identity, and … Read more
Donald Trump says he could have won the popular vote against Hillary Clinton if he had campaigned differently. With one state left to count, Mrs Clinton has nearly a million more votes than him but lost last week’s election due to the electoral college system. Mr Trump said on Sunday this system was unfair and … Read more
Shock! Disbelief! Total surprise! Those media (and politicians) who have in the preceding election campaign totally uncritically, but systematically supported Hillary Clinton, try by using such words to convince the public opinion (and themselves most probably) that the election of Donald Trump as the next American President is a total surprise (a mistake, almost). But … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump announced his transition team on Friday, and it features a slew of prominent business leaders who supported the Republican during his campaign. Vice President-elect Mike Pence will chair the team, taking over for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie remains on the team as a vice chair. Several other politicians and three … Read more
The world woke up to the most shocking news of the world when the unpredictable happened as Mrs Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Presidential hopeful in the US Elections who was tipped to become the first Female President of the most influential democracy in the world got the presidency slipping through her fingers. The global media, … Read more