The stunning collapse of President Donald Trump’s health reforms was due in large part to the defiance of two Republican women who resisted relentless White House pressure to toe the party line. While Senator John McCain’s revolt grabbed the headlines, the votes of the lesser-known Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski proved decisive in sinking Trump’s … Read more
From publicly attacking a member of his own cabinet to delivering a partisan speech to a gathering of Boy Scouts, Donald Trump has shown once again it’s no longer business as usual in Washington. Trump has rewritten the political rule book since launching his long-shot bid for the White House two years ago, but the … Read more
Snoop Dogg has been criticised for shooting a toy gun at a Donald Trump character in a music video. Florida Senator Marco Rubio said the rap star was unwise to pretend to shoot a clown dressed as the US president in the video. Mr Rubio told TMZ: “If the wrong person sees that and gets … Read more
President Donald Trump’s accusation that his predecessor ordered his phones to be tapped is “simply false”, Barack Obama’s spokesman has said. Kevin Lewis said that “neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any US citizen”. Mr Trump had tweeted: “Terrible! Just found out Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump … Read more
Yesterday, Donald Trump dominated New York’s Republican primary, securing over 60% of the popular vote and 89 of the state’s 95 delegates. This victory makes it all the more likely he’ll secure the Republican Presidential nomination over climate change denier Ted Cruz and “women-in-the-kitchen” candidate John Kasich. Naturally, many New Yorkers are upset that our … Read more
Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on U. S. President-elect Donald Trump, is a former officer in Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, according to people familiar with his career. Former British intelligence officials said Steele spent years under diplomatic cover working for the agency, also known as MI-6, in … Read more
The highest — and toughest — glass ceiling remains unshattered. This year’s presidential election ultimately was not kind to Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential nominee for a major party, but down-ballot, some of the election’s female candidates made history. From the Senate and the House to statehouses across the country, female challengers won office. … Read more
The sole reason why countless non-American people around the world like myself would take a keen interest in who becomes the next President of this great nation, USA, is simply because they invariably police and decide for the rest of the world in many obvious ways; tactful diplomacy cum force. But, one may curiously ask, … Read more
Major news networks ABC News and CNN have projected that the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump is the winner in the state of Mississippi over Democrat Hillary Clinton, taking the state’s six electoral votes. The state last backed a Democrat for president in 1976, voting Republican in every election since. Mississippi’s GOP officials have heavily … Read more
With just under three weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton met Wednesday night for their third and final presidential debate. Trump entered the Las Vegas showdown hoping to reverse his desperate slide in the polls — and broaden his loyal but narrow base of support. For Clinton, the 90 minutes were a … Read more
Senior Republicans have condemned obscene comments Donald Trump made about women in a 2005 videotape. In the video, posted by the Washington Post, Mr Trump is heard telling TV host Billy Bush “you can do anything” to women “when you’re a star”. The New York businessman bragged about trying to have sex with a married … Read more
—Gordon Offin-Amaniampong examines the political jigsaw: Or what the writer calls the ‘Trump Three-Tier-Trap.” I get this question a lot. The latest was yesterday: “I hear people saying that experts predict Trump win. How likely is it, your opinion?” A political observer based in Accra, Ghana Mr. Kwamina Dadzie posed the question. What do they … Read more