For die-hard Democrats holding out hope that they won’t have to live through a Trump presidency, there is a last, incredibly long shot for them latch on to — a surprise twist in the Electoral College. Though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 200,000, Trump has won the minimum of 270 electoral votes necessary […]
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North Korea warns Trump on nuclear weapons: We’re never giving them up
North Korea has issued an ominous warning to the incoming U.S. president, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. Yonhap reported that a commentary in North Korea’s major newspaper Rondon Sinmu did not refer to Donald Trump’s victory specifically, but issued a veiled warning that the incoming administration would have to deal with a nuclear-armed […]
Obama Begins Transition To Trump
WASHINGTON ― Early Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama called the man who long attempted to delegitimize his presidency to congratulate him for winning the race to serve in the office next. The White House announced that Obama had called Republican President-elect Donald Trump, who defeated Democratic nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in […]
Clinton Wins Popular Vote, Loses Election
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to Florida voters Oct. 30 at a Baptist Church in Miami, Fla. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finds herself on the wrong end of an electoral split, moving ahead in the popular vote but losing to President-elect Donald Trump in the Electoral College, according to the latest numbers emerging […]
Stock Market Bounces Back After Initial Trump Election Drop
People celebrate during the call for Republican president-elect Donald Trump at his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown on November 9, 2016 in New York City. at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of Nov. 9, 2016 in New York City.(Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images) U.S. stocks were […]
Trump to Demand Recount if He Loses
To hear Donald Trump tell it, Tuesday’s results will either save or ruin the country. Americans will emerge from Election Day ascendant with a strong new leader who heeds their cries, or they will plunge into a dystopian future of hopelessness and violence. “It’s our last chance,” Trump said in early November in Pennsylvania. But […]
Hitler Comparisons Continue as Trump Runs Ad Some See as Anti-Semitic
The new ad from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ― which warns of evil global elites and uses three Jewish people as examples ― adopts the language of anti-Semites, the head of the Anti-Defamation League said on Sunday. “Whether intentional or not, the images and rhetoric in this ad touch on subjects that anti-Semites have […]
National Enquirer bought rights to Trump affair story, never released it!
The National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy playmate for exclusive rights to her story about having an affair with Donald Trump, but it never published the story, according to The Wall Street Journal. Karen McDougal, Playboy’s 1998 playmate of the year, claims to have had an affair with Trump from 2006 to 2007, […]
NFL Players Weigh In On Presidential Election
We all know what Donald Trump thinks locker-room talk is. Turns out the election is itself the talk of some NFL locker rooms. Denver Broncos linebacker DeMarcus Ware says he and his teammates discuss politics almost every day. He calls the 2016 race “the most dramatic” he can remember. His election advice: “Think about your […]
Enthusiasm Dips for Clinton, Trump now leading
Strong enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton has ebbed since the renewal of the FBI’s email investigation. While vote preferences have held essentially steady, she’s now a slim point behind Donald Trump — a first since May — in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates. In the latest results, […]
Mark Cuban says ‘Obamacare is world’s largest start-up, Trump has no clue how it works’
Billionaire investor and Hillary Clinton -supporter Mark Cuban said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump doesn’t know how Obamacare works. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Alley” on Tuesday, Cuban compared President Obama ‘s universal health care plan to “one of the biggest start-ups of all time,” saying it’ll go through “fits and difficulties.” He added […]
Trump Refuses to Pay Key Campaign Strategists nearly $750,000
Donald Trump’s hiring of pollster Tony Fabrizio in May was viewed as a sign that the real estate mogul was finally bringing seasoned operatives into his insurgent operation. But the Republican presidential nominee appears to have taken issue with some of the services provided by the veteran GOP strategist, who has advised candidates from 1996 GOP nominee […]