President-elect Donald J. Trump won the White House with an outsider’s populist promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington. Now, as he prepares to assume the presidency, an open question remains about the capital he repeatedly spurned: Just how much is he willing to become a part of it? Mr. Trump, a homebody who often […]
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Stock Market Soars Post Election, Corrections Coming
Donald Trump’s election has given a quick boost to stocks, with the Dow Jones industrial average touching all-time highs. Since markets closed Tuesday, the Dow and the S&P 500 are up about 3 percent — and that’s after coming back from the massive Tuesday night drop. Some market observers expect that boom to continue through […]
Trump’s Potential Cabinet Is What Nightmares Are Made Of
As President-elect Donald Trump began his transition to power on Thursday, early reporting has opened a window into what the nation can expect as his “cabinet of horrors,” as AFP put it, takes shape. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Rudy Giuliani, Ben Carson, Newt Gingrich, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, and former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin […]
Trump’s victory is seen as white supremacy for minorities
In his first speech as president-elect, Donald Trump pledged early Wednesday to serve as a leader representing “all Americans.” Racial and religious minorities viewed the promise skeptically. They noted that it came from a man who, over the course of his campaign, had called for mass deportations and a wall along the Mexican border, floated […]
Obama Invites Trump For a Visit, Calls For Unity
WASHINGTON – President Obama on Wednesday made a plea for national unity after the election of Donald J. Trump, saying that he had instructed his staff members to work as hard as they could starting this week to make the transition of power smooth and successful despite his ample differences with his successor. “It is […]
Reports of Voter Intimidation Coming In From Across the Country
Reports of voter intimidation and technical voting machine malfunctions streamed in to voter protection hotlines Tuesday morning as polls opened across the country, with complaints ranging from reports of people unfurling Confederate flags as they drove past Florida polling stations to reports of police inside a Missouri polling place. More than half of the voter […]
Trump Sues Over Nevada’s Early Latino Voter Turnout
Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a lawsuit in Nevada, alleging that polls were improperly kept open late in the Las Vegas area during early voting. The filing comes as the surge of Latinos voting early in Nevada has Hillary Clinton’s campaign expressing confidence that it will win the state, which was nearly a dead heat in […]
Trump Campaign Suspends Donald’s Twitter Privileges
In the final days of the presidential campaign, Mr. Trump’s candidacy is a jarring split screen: the choreographed show of calm and confidence orchestrated by his staff, and the neediness and vulnerability of a once-boastful candidate now uncertain of victory. On the surface, there is the semblance of stability that is robbing Hillary Clinton of […]
Ohio Judge Issue Restraining Order Against Trump and Campaign
In a surprise ruling, a US district judge in Ohio issued a restraining order against Donald Trump’s campaign to prevent anyone working on the campaign from harassing and intimidating voters at the polls on Tuesday. The order came after a two-hour hearing in which the judge pressed Trump’s lawyer to justify the candidate’s inflammatory rhetoric […]
Trump Campaign Aims To Keep Women, Minorities, and Idealistic Whites From Polls
Donald J. Trump’s campaign set off a wave of concern about its tactics on Thursday after a senior campaign official was quoted describing a sophisticated “voter suppression” effort, a term that usually connotes aggressive attempts to keep people from polling places. The anxiety among Republicans outside the Trump campaign was set off by a report […]
Wisconsin GOP Rigging Election By Restricting Student Votes
A Wisconsin city clerk has been complaining for months that she doesn’t have the money or staff to offer early voting — but a newly released email suggests she’s trying to rig the election against the Democratic Party. Kris Teske, the city clerk in Green Bay, argued that her office lacks the resources to set […]
Trump Threatens Female Accusers With Lawsuits
Donald Trump vowed Saturday to sue every woman who has accused him of sexual assault or other inappropriate behavior, as an adult film star claimed publicly that the Republican presidential nominee offered her $10,000 for sex 10 years ago. Trump called his accusers “liars” and blamed the Democrats for orchestrating their allegations. Trump’s campaign had […]