Details on the second TV debate between presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in St Louis, Missouri on October 9.
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Trump says news media obsessed with ‘alleged’ tax filing
(Reuters) — U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday (October 3) appeared to complain about the public attention he has received over his leaked 1995 of tax filing which showed he had over $900 million in losses that year. The New York Times first reported the story, saying the losses were from bad business deals in the 1990s. Experts have said the losses might have allowed Trump to avoid paying federal income taxes […]
Las Vegas youth hold “interactive watch party” of 1st televised US presidential debate
NEVADA, Las Vegas, USA (Eagle News) — A unique “interactive watch party” of the first televised presidential debate in the United States was held at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The students from local middle schools, high schools and colleges participated in the interactive watch party where the viewers from the local schools and the community not only heard what US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had to say, but […]
Sparks, insults fly at Clinton-Trump first TV debate
by Jennie Matthew HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump strode out cloaked in icy politeness. Yet within minutes their debate degenerated into bickering, insults and diatribes — a gladiatorial contest of modern times. It was a 90-minute battle of endurance between two of the most famous people in America: Clinton, cool, calm and collected, almost serene as she smiled through the insults — and landed jabs of her own — […]
Backgrounder on the first Clinton-Trump presidential TV debate
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Trump vs. Clinton: the first TV debate
Clash of the titans: Clinton, Trump go head to head
by Jennie Matthew with Michael Mathes in Washington HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off Monday in one of the most consequential presidential debates in modern US history, with up to 100 million viewers to tune in for the hotly-anticipated political duel. With polls tightening into a virtual dead heat, the stakes could hardly be higher: the first woman to win the White House nomination for a major US […]
Clinton, Trump neck and neck heading into first debate
by Brigitte Dusseau WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The lengthy US presidential campaign is careening towards a 90-minute Monday showdown, with Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump squaring off in their first televised debate as they sit nearly neck and neck in the polls. The event, which is expected to be watched — and parsed — by tens of millions of Americans, could draw a record number of viewers when it kicks off […]
Trump, Clinton show differences on national security
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – by Ivan Couronne Andrew BEATTY Hillary Clinton sought to show a steady hand and Donald Trump claimed “I told you so” Monday, as a fresh spate of terror attacks prompted markedly different tacks from the dueling White House hopefuls. Fifty days out from the presidential election, a bomb in New York, a mass stabbing in Minnesota and a New Jersey pipe blast injured dozens and put national security center-stage in the […]
For some Americans, Trump is ‘lesser evil’
by Ivan Couronne BARBERTON, United States (AFP) — For some voters, Democrat Hillary Clinton in November is the clear choice for the White House — after all, she certainly has more political experience than Republican rival Donald Trump. But a trip through the American Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania and Ohio quickly reveals that for others, such logic doesn’t hold much sway. “Like anyone else, I have my misgivings about Trump,” admits Alex Morton, a 67-year-old […]
Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine release tax returns, putting pressure on Trump
by Sarah Nacman Eagle News Service Washington Bureau Washington, DC (Eagle News) – Hillary Clinton released her 2015 tax return showing hers and husband Bill Clinton’s joint gross income of $10.6 million. According to the Democratic presidential candidate’s website, the Clintons’ Effective Federal/State/Local Combined Tax Rate is 43.2%. Clinton’s running mate, vice-presidential bet Tim Kaine, and his wife also released 10 years’ worth of tax return hoping to put a pressure on the Republican […]
Clinton, Trump spar over his Islamic State founders claim
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Hillary Clinton admonished rival Donald Trump on Thursday for claiming that she and Barack Obama were the founders of the Islamic State, saying anyone who would “sink so low” should never be president. “No, Barack Obama is not the founder of ISIS,” Clinton tweeted. “Anyone willing to sink so low, so often should never be allowed to serve as our Commander-in-Chief.” Trump again roiled the presidential campaign late Wednesday, telling a […]
