New York, United States | AFP | Record numbers of Latinos have registered to vote this year, giving them unprecedented power to influence the US presidential election on November 8. But will they actually vote? Pundits have long described the Latino vote as a “sleeping giant” because turnout in the …
Read More »Forever Trump: Diehard supporters’ rallying cry
Johnstown, United States | AFP | Pundits and pollsters say the bottom may be falling out of Donald Trump’s White House run, but diehard supporters in the western Pennsylvania city of Johnstown strongly disagree. A few hours’ drive north and west from liberal Washington, Johnstown — the beating heart of …
Read More »Americans struggle to explain X-rated election to kids
Washington, United States | AFP | How should parents and teachers talk — or not — to children about the 2016 White House race, in an X-rated election season dominated by brutal insults, sex scandal and sleaze? It’s a minefield for educators as Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton …
Read More »The final Clinton-Trump debate: Four key moments
Las Vegas, United States | AFP | The third and final debate of the caustic 2016 US presidential election started with a sober tone… but ended up with Donald Trump questioning the fundamental underpinnings of the nation. Here are four key moments: November 9 If Americans entered the debate concerned …
Read More »Clinton says Trump would be Putin’s ‘puppet’
Las Vegas, United States | AFP | Democrat Hillary Clinton warned Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is rooting for Donald Trump in the race for the White House because the Republican would be his “puppet.” In a ferocious debate exchange, Clinton cited reports from US intelligence agencies that …
Read More »Trump attacks, Clinton lies low as last debate nears
Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump fired off an erratic new broadside at Hillary Clinton on Sunday, making more explosive claims that American media and a conspiracy to commit voter fraud are rigging the presidential election against him. Amid the latest Twitter blasts from the Republican White House …
Read More »Now, Trump challenges Clinton to drug test
Portsmouth, United States | AFP | Donald Trump on Saturday challenged his rival Hillary Clinton to a drug test before their next debate, suggesting the Democrat was “pumped up” on performance-enhancing drugs in a stunning new twist to the brutal White House race. The unsubstantiated attack from the Republican nominee …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Trump still alive, but Republican Party in tatters
Washington, United States | AFP | After nearly 18 months of vitriolic campaigning and two incendiary presidential debates, it is clear that the 2016 race for the White House is truly like no other. The release of a 2005 video containing lewd and sexist comments made by Republican nominee Donald …
Read More »DEBATE: Trump threatens to imprison Hillary Clinton if he wins
Trump berates and threatens in incendiary debate St. Louis, United States | AFP | Donald Trump launched a scorched-earth bid to salvage his faltering campaign during a caustic presidential debate Sunday, vowing to put Hillary Clinton in jail and accusing her husband of sexual misconduct. Before tens-of-millions of viewers and …
Read More »DEBATE: Trump defiant over assault boasts, targets Bill Clinton
St. Louis, United States | AFP | Donald Trump dismissed his predatory remarks about groping women as “locker room talk,” and took a swipe at Hillary Clinton’s husband Bill over past sexual misconduct in a fiery second US presidential debate on Sunday. The Democrat Hillary Clinton, facing a deeply wounded …
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