Donald Trump beats Hillary Clinton, capping unlikely run to presidency
In a stunning victory once dismissed as impossible, Donald Trump, the celebrity businessman and reality television star who ran a campaign as controversial as it was unconventional, defeated Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night to become the nation’s next president. Trump, 70, defied all norms of political battle, forging…
A word from Bernie voters: #DontBlameMeIVotedForBernie
Right after the US election results were clear on Wednesday, Bernie Sanders supporters rushed to social media to say: “We told you so!”, using various hasgtags such as #DontBlameMeIVotedForBernie, #StillSanders and #BringBernieBack. Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election came as a shock to many Democrats, some Republicans and generally a whole lot of […]
How Donald Trump won the White House and stunned the world
NEW YORK — America, he’s hired. Donald Trump, the bombastic reality-TV-star-turned-politician, won by harnessing deep discontent with Washington and deep-seated loathing of his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton. In so doing, he upended every scrap of conventional wisdom. With zero political experience, Trump dismissed the trappings of a routine candidacy. He insulted people. He warred openly […]
Donald J. Trump Elected U.S. President
In a stunning upset that is a rebuke to the Washington establishment, Donald J. Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States. The victory is the capstone of Trump’s stunning transformation of American politics beginning with his leadership of the birther movement (questioning whether Barack Obama was born in the U.S.) to […]
A gracious Donald Trump claims victory but promises to unite the nation as president
Donald Trump did what many pundits doubted he could accomplish on Election Day. The real estate mogul won the presidency of the United States. While it was no landslide and he has no mandate going into his presidency, Trump still managed to pull off a victory that highlights growing divisions in the country.
Keith Larson: To change the system would mean changing ourselves
Barring any hanging chads, the victor will be declared sometime tonight. Then, those who sought that victory by gleefully seeking to divide will put on their false piety and call on us to come together as Americans. The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Trump and Clinton Circus of 2016 will draw to its close with about […]
US Voters Head to Polls in Droves After Bitter Presidential Campaign
Droves of U.S. voters are headed to polls across the country Tuesday to elect a new president, the culmination of a long, contentious campaign between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. Clinton, a former secretary of state looking to become the first female U.S. president, cast a ballot for herself at a polling place […]
Afghans weigh in on US presidential candidates
Kabul, Afghanistan – The outcome of the US presidential election has a far-reaching impact, and in Afghanistan’s capital, some have definite ideas about who they would like to see in office: Republican nominee Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. This is the country where America’s longest war has been playing out since 2001.
Clinton, Trump Try to Outflank Each Other on Stance Against Terrorism
With public anxiety over terrorist attacks on the rise in the U.S., presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have tried to outflank each other to project toughness on terrorism. Trump blames Clinton for promoting policies as secretary of state that have given rise to terrorism while Clinton says her Republican rival of lacking a […]
US Women, Minorities Aim for Equal Representation
On Election Day, American voters could elect the first female president to follow the nation’s first African-American president. But even with those historic firsts in the White House and an expected rise in the number of woman and minorities elected to the U.S. Congress this year, the nation’s highest elected offices still don’t reflect the […]