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 […]
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in US election clash
Polling stations have opened as the first ballots were cast in the US presidential election, pitting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton against her Republican rival Donald Trump. Voters in nine states got a first crack at electing the new president on Tuesday, with the rest of the country due to get started later in the day.
American Muslims brace for the worst after US election
Atlanta, United States – With the US presidential election only days away, many in the US – particularly the Muslim-American community – are bracing for the worst over fears that a win, or a loss, by Republican candidate Donald Trump could bring violence. Fueled by Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric, members of local militia from across the […]
Meet The Militia Group That Plans To Watch Polling Stations On Election Day
Stewart Rhodes is certain that the 2016 election is being manipulated by “competing cartels” of power-hungry politicians — and that it’s his job to stop it. A Yale Law graduate and the founder of the anti-government group the Oath Keepers, Rhodes traces election rigging back to accusations that John F. Kennedy used dead peoples’ votes […]
Mosques Fear Election Night
Imam Abu Sufian of the Madina Masjid mosque in New York City has witnessed first-hand the explosion in anti-Islamic violence that has unfolded during this divisive presidential election season. One of his fellow New York City Imams, a man he knew, was shot dead along with his assistant as they walked home from morning prayer […]