Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton made last ditch efforts yesterday to win votes ahead of today's United States Presidential election.Americans go to the polls to elect the President. No fewer than 43 million people have already cast their ballot in the early voting.Yesterday, Trump, the Republican nominee, began his day in the Southeast, stopping in Florida and North Carolina, then heading north to Pennsylvania and joining his running mate, Mike Pence, for two events in New Hampshire and Michigan.By the end of the day, Trump had held five events...
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Timing of FBI's Clinton announcement draws criticism
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday called the timing of the FBI's announcement that it was assessing new evidence in her email case "unprecedented" and "deeply troubling."At a campaign appearance in Daytona Beach, Florida, Clinton told her audience, "It's pretty strange to put something like that out with such little information, right before an election."Clinton later added, "We can't let this election, in the last 10...
US abstain from UN vote on Cuba embargo
For the first time, the United States has abstained from a U.N. resolution urging the lifting of Washington’s nearly 60-year old economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba.For the past 25 years, the U.N. General Assembly has held a symbolic annual vote calling for an end to the sanctions, which was imposed during the Cold War. Last year, the international community was nearly unanimous in its call, with only the United States and Israel...
Trump promote his Brand as he runs for white House
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump staked his claim Wednesday to a home on Washington's fabled Pennsylvania Avenue, cutting the ribbon to officially open his new luxury hotel, even as he continues his campaign to move into the White House a few blocks away.Trailing Democrat Hillary Clinton in the national polls 13 days ahead of the November 8 election, the real estate mogul has spent valuable campaign time this week promoting his personal...
Two women convicted in USA of financing Somali group al-shabab
Two women who U.S. prosecutors say led an online group in raising money to support the Somali insurgent group al-Shabab were convicted by a federal judge Tuesday following a trial in U.S. District Court in Virginia.Muna Osman Jama, 36, and Hinda Osman Dhirane, 46, were found guilty of organizing the so-called Group of Fifteen women from eight countries that helped finance al-Shabab military operations and safehouses in Somalia and Kenya, according...
Obama travels to Greece, Germany and peru after election day
President Barack Obama will travel to Europe and Latin America the week after the presidential election. It's expected to be his last major foreign trip before he leaves office in January.The White House says Obama will arrive in Greece on Nov. 15 to meet with President Procopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Obama plans to discuss Greece's economic situation and the refugee crisis in Europe.Obama heads to Germany on Nov. 17 to meet...
poll find Clinton leading Nationally and in key States
In U.S. presidential politics, not all states are treated equally. In the final days before the November 8 election, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are focused on a small handful of so called “battleground” or “swing” states that will determine who will be the next president of the United States. About two-thirds of the 50 states generally lean toward one party or the other, leaving a dozen or so states that are up for grabs...
Florida in focus for US presidential candidates two weeks before election
U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are focusing their campaigning efforts Tuesday on the state of Florida, which will play a big role in two weeks when the majority of American voters decide which of them will be the country's next leader.It takes 270 electoral college votes to clinch the presidency, and under the system that gives greater weight to more populous states, the winner of Florida gets 29 electoral votes. ...
Retired US general admits leaking top-secret info to media
The former vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff pled guilty in federal court Monday, admitting he lied to the FBI when questioned about whether he provided two journalists with top secret information in 2012, CNN reports.Retired four-star Gen. James Cartwright sat quietly with his attorney, former White House Counsel Gregory Craig, as Assistant US Attorney Leo J. Wise described the facts underlying the single charge of making false statements...
Obama rebuked Trump for rigged election claim
United States President Barack Obama rebuked Donald Trump on Tuesday for claiming that the November presidential election is rigged against him, saying the Republican contender ought to "stop whining" and make his case to voters that he should win, the VOA reports."I have never seen in my lifetime or in modern political history any presidential candidate trying to discredit the elections and the election process before votes have even taken place," Obama said at a White House news conference. "It's unprecedented. It happens to be based on no facts."As...
North Dakota pipeline-: US journalist amy Goodman faced riot charge
UNITED States journalist Amy Goodman is facing charges of participating in a "riot" after filming Native American-led protests over an oil pipeline in North Dakota. The Democracy Now! Reporter said she would surrender to authorities on Monday in response to the charge. District Judge John Grinsteiner will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to support the riot charge, BBC stated. Ms Goodman filmed the crackdown on protesters by authorities...
FBI Pressurized to unclassified Hiliary clinton's unclassified Email report
Under secretary of State Patrick Kennedy pressured the FBI to unclassify certain emails from Hillary Clinton's private server that were previously deemed classified, according to FBI documents released on Monday that cited redacted sources. In the documents, Reuters said an unnamed person interviewed by the FBI said Kennedy contacted the FBI to ask for the change in classification in "exchange for a 'quid pro quo.'" Whether or not Clinton sent...
USA accuses Russia of trying to interfere with 2016 Election.
The Obama administration said it was "confident" that Russia was behind recent hackings of emails about upcoming US elections in an attempt to interfere with the process. The announcement marks the first time the US administration has officially accused Russia of hacking into US political systems. Earlier in the week, the two countries broke off formal talks about a ceasefire in Syria. "We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these...
US presidential election will be rigged, Trump claims
Republican candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he expected widespread voter fraud in the Nov. 8 United States presidential election, ramping up his warning of a rigged election without providing any evidence and despite numerous studies that show the electoral system is sound. Trump has tried to whip up fears of a flawed election as he has fallen back in opinion polls against Democrat Hillary Clinton. He is also strongly denying allegations...
US election-: Top house speaker paul Ryan said he won't defend trump
House Speaker Paul Ryan dealt his own party's presidential nominee a withering blow Monday, telling fellow Republicans he will no longer defend Donald Trump and will instead use the next 29 days to focus on preserving his party's hold on Congress."The speaker is going to spend the next month focused entirely on protecting our congressional majorities," Ryan's spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, said in a statement.CNN reported that the move highly unusual...
Havard, MIT professor win nobel prize in economics
TWO professors from Harvard and MIT have been awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for contributions to contract theory - the agreements that shape business, finance and public policy.Oliver Hart, 68, a British economist teaching at Harvard, and Bengt Holmström, 67, a Finnish economist teaching at MIT, were announced as the winners Monday by the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, CNN revealed."Contracts are essential to the functioning...
Trump described own daughter 'volustrous' as the new sexiest tape emerged
The controversy over Donald Trump's "locker room" misogyny has intensified as new tapes emerged in which he discussed his daughter's physique and said it was "checkout time" once women reach the age of 35 in a series of interviews with United States broadcaster Howard Stern.The Telegraph reported that conversations covering a 17-year period were uncovered by CNN in which Mr Trump made lewd comments about women and tolerated Stern, one of America's...
Paul ryan said he won't defend donald trump
HOUSE Speaker Paul Ryan told fellow Republicans on Monday said he will no longer defend GOP nominee Donald Trump and will instead use the next 29 days to focus on preserving his party's hold on Congress."The speaker is going to spend the next month focused entirely on protecting our congressional majorities," Ryan's spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, said in a statement.In a conference call with members Monday morning, Ryan told members "you all need to...
Trump and Clinton bitterly attack each other's character during debate.
The U.S. election cycle has featured no shortage of candidates sniping at each other, but the attacks went to a new level Sunday with Donald Trump saying he would launch a federal investigation against his opponent, Hillary Clinton.The scene unfolded during their second debate as Trump sought to defend remarks captured on a 2005 tape that surfaced Friday in which he made lewd comments about women, including saying he can grope them because of his...
us election -: Trump sorry for obscene remarks on women
United States presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has apologised for obscene comments about women he made in a newly released videotape from 2005.Mr Trump said that "these words don't reflect who I am. I apologise".In the video, Mr Trump says "you can do anything" to women "when you're a star" and brags about trying to grope and kiss women.Top Republicans condemned the comments. His election rival Hillary Clinton called them "horrific"."We cannot...
