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CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump told party delegates Thursday that his foreign policy would put Americans first if he is elected to the White House in November. “The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponents, is that our plan will put America First. Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo,” he said. “The American people will come first once again,” he said. © 1994-2016 […]
by Andrew BEATTY CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump will promise fearful Americans that “safety will be restored” if he is elected president, as he accepts the Republican Party’s White House nomination Thursday. “I have a message for all of you: The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end,” Trump will say, according to prepared remarks. In a speech that evokes recent racially-tinged shootings and seemingly indiscriminate […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — The Republican Party formally nominated Donald Trump for president of the United States Tuesday, capping a roller-coaster campaign that saw the billionaire tycoon defeat 16 White House rivals. “It’s my honor to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegation count tonight,” his son Donald Trump Jr told delegates at the Republican National Convention which erupted in cheers and applause. Trump is expected to formally accept […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — US President Barack Obama, who is attending a NATO summit in Warsaw, has been briefed on the killing of police officers in Dallas during a protest against police shootings of black men. “The president has been updated on the shooting of police officers in Dallas. He asked his team to keep him updated on the situation as they get additional information,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton unleashed a blistering assault Tuesday on her White House opponent Donald Trump, attacking the celebrity billionaire’s “shameful” comments about President Barack Obama and Muslims after the massacre in Orlando. Clinton accused Trump of suggesting Obama sympathized with terrorists during a television appearance one day after Sunday’s shooting by a radicalized gunman. “Just think about that for a second. Even in a time of divided politics, this is way […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — White House hopeful Donald Trump, in his latest attack on the media, said Monday he was rescinding The Washington Post’s press credentials for covering his campaign events. “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record-setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post,” Trump wrote in a tweet. Later, the campaign said in a statement that “we no longer […]
by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — White House hopeful Donald Trump appeared bent on exploiting Sunday’s massacre in Orlando to boost the argument that he can be trusted to tackle terrorism over rival Hillary Clinton. With many victims of the carnage yet to be identified, and police still probing the suspected Islamist ties of the slain gunman, Trump wasted no time in harnessing the assault to his political advantage. The presumptive Republican nominee […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — “Delete your account.” Hillary Clinton’s snarky tweet Thursday to her White House rival Donald Trump was among the funniest of the campaign. Almost as funny as it was awkward. The message by the 68-year-old former secretary of state — actually written by a young staffer, a Clinton aide told AFP — was in response to the latest broadside by Trump, who had commented on how “Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary” on […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Thwarted presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders refused Thursday to bow out before the final Democratic primary next week, but said he would meet rival Hillary Clinton soon to foster party unity in the battle against Donald Trump. “I spoke briefly to Secretary Clinton on Tuesday night and I congratulated her on her very strong campaign,” said Sanders, sounding conciliatory after an hour-long White House meeting with President Barack […]
by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton savored history Wednesday as the first woman to claim the US presidential nomination for a major party, taking stock before a bruising war for the White House against Donald Trump. Eight years after she was defeated by Barack Obama, Clinton declared a historic milestone for women on the biggest night of her more than three-decade political career, determined to shatter the ultimate glass ceiling […]
WESTCHESTER, United States (AFP) — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump lambasted his White House opponent Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, as she was expected to proclaim victory in the Democratic primary race, signaling a fierce battle ahead. Instead of celebrating the final day of the Republican primaries by laying out a lofty vision for change, Trump unleashed stinging criticism of Clinton as a political manipulator who lined her own pockets, and a failed secretary of state […]
by Jennie MATTHEW with Michael Mathes in Los Angeles and Andrew Beatty in Washington NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton declared a historic victory for women Tuesday as she grasped the Democratic party nomination and the chance to become America’s first female president. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” an ecstatic Clinton told roaring supporters in New York, “the first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major […]
