Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

US election: Trump top aide leaves campaign

The campaign manager for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is to leave his job.

US Election 2016: Ryan to vote for Trump

US House Speaker Paul Ryan says he will vote for the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in this year's election, despite their differences.

Trump rally sparks clashes in San Diego

Supporters and opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump clashes in the city of San Diego in California.

Trump softens stance on Muslim ban

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears to have softened his stance on temporarily barring Muslims from travelling to the US.

We all lie, politicians even more: scientists

This is the season of lies. We watch with fascination as candidates for the world's most powerful job trade falsehoods and allegations of dishonesty.

New polls show Americans view Trump negatively

For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented unpopularity as he tries to overcome recent campaign setbacks.

The anti-Trump: Obama stepping into campaign fray

President Barack Obama has opened his final presidential campaign — against Donald Trump.

Punish women for illegal abortions: Trump

Presidential candidate Donald Trump briefly called for "some form of punishment" for women who have abortions, if it became illegal.

PROJECT SYNDICATE / Why Trump?

Some people run simply out of ego or greed. The publicity that attends a presidential bid can garner even a failed candidate a book contract, a television gig, or a well-paid speaking career (or perhaps all three). Trump ran on the basis of his celebrity.

March 10, 2016
March 10, 2016

The American Idol

The Grand Old Party does not know how to stop Trump and it is their fault. Throughout history it's a party that has won elections mostly on anti-government rhetoric.

January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016

Politics as a reality show - The rise of Trump

Donald Trump, the US real estate tycoon-turned-presidential candidate, topped himself not so long ago - no mean achievement - by outraging the entire world with his demand to ban the entry of Muslims into the US.

January 3, 2016
January 3, 2016

Al-Shabab uses Trump in propaganda film

The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab releases a propaganda video featuring footage of the US presidential hopeful, Donald Trump

December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015

Malala condemns Donald Trump's call for Muslim ban in US

Malala Yousafzai condemns a call by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the US.

December 11, 2015
December 11, 2015

Canada welcomes wave of Syrian refugees

The first military plane carrying Syrian refugees to be resettled in Canada has arrived in the country.

December 9, 2015
December 9, 2015

Trump’s remark endangers ‘US security’

Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines US national security by boosting the Islamic State (IS) group, the Pentagon warns.

December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015

Donald Trump's Muslim US ban call roundly condemned

Critics from the Republican Party and beyond reject presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a “total and complete” halt to Muslims entering the US.

November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015

Trump's migrant plan savaged by rivals

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's plan to deport 11 million illegal immigrants has been savaged by his rivals in a TV debate.

October 19, 2015
October 19, 2015

Ben Carson is Getting Away with Incendiary Rhetoric

Carson's attack on President Obama is akin to a slave praising slavery. Because Carson is doing the Republican base's dirty work, he is being consistently rewarded with a second place finish in the polls.

October 18, 2015
October 18, 2015

Jeb Bush slams Trump for saying 9/11 came during George Bush's 'reign'

Jeb Bush fires back at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump who slammed George W Bush over the September 11, 2001 attacks that brought down the World Trade Center.

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