Donald Trump sues Univision for $500m over Miss USA beauty pageant July 1, 2015 Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has filed a $500m (£319.3m) lawsuit against Univision Communications after the US television company scrapped plans to screen the Miss USA beauty pageant. Read more: Donald Trump in quotes Univision and NBC dropped the 12th July event co-owned by Trump after the billionaire made derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants when announcing [...]
Donald Trump in quotes: The 2016 US presidency candidate’s most controversial opinions and tweets June 16, 2015 Donald Trump announced his intention to run for president of the United States in typical style – in the lobby of skyscraper brandishing his name and with boasts such as "I beat China all the time. All the time." The eccentric host of the US version of The Apprentice is an outsider to win the 2016 Republican [...]
Republican Jeb Bush joins US presidential race with 4pc economic growth target June 15, 2015 Ever since he quit his job at Barclays and began travelling the country on a fundraising campaign last year, speculation has mounted that Jeb Bush would make a run for President of the United States. The brother of George W. Bush and son of George HW. Bush formally announced his campaign in Florida where he [...]
Potus tweets, world listens: Barack Obama finally gets his own Twitter account May 19, 2015 Barack Obama is used to enduring long battles but even by his standards, a six-year wait to get a Twitter account must have been something of a slog. Still, he's made his point, gaining 1.77m followers in less than 24 hours, easily beating poor old David Cameron, who languishes down the table with * [...]
Mike Huckabee joins 2016 US presidential race for White House May 5, 2015 Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee became the latest US politician to announce he is running for president yesterday. In doing so, Huckabee joined an ever-growing list of Republicans seeking their party’s nomination in the 2016 presidential contest. Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio have all thrown their hats into the ring, as have [...]
Don’t bank on Hillary: Why a second President Clinton is far from inevitable April 19, 2015 I have been immersed in American presidential politics since at least 1992, when I briefly volunteered in New Hampshire (a pivotal early primary) for the whirlwind that is William Jefferson Clinton. I was present at the creation of his national legend, where – despite almost daily revelations of womanising and draft-dodging that would have sunk [...]
Hillary Clinton will make it to the White House if the Republicans remain divided April 13, 2015 Hillary Clinton announced on Sunday her intention to run to become the first female President in US history. She is the overwhelming favourite to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, despite recent controversies over her personal email use when she was US secretary of state between 2009 and 2013. Although general election day remains [...]
Here’s how Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid announcement made Twitter explode April 13, 2015 Last night, Hillary Clinton finally announced she is throwing her hat into the ring in the race to become President in 2016. Long-running speculation about her intention to run reached fever pitch after news leaked that confirmation would come in an announcement on Sunday. And, indeed, it did. Even with all that chatter, when Clinton [...]
Clinton throws her hat in the ring for US presidency April 12, 2015 HILLARY Clinton has finally confirmed her bid for the US presidency, announcing that she was embarking on a second run for the White House in a video released yesterday. “Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion,” she said in the video, which was posted on her new campaign website. “So [...]
Hillary Clinton announces 2016 run for the Presidency with video message April 12, 2015 Hillary Clinton has announced she is running for the Presidency of the United States via a video message. The veteran politician fires the starting gun on what looks to be a limited race for the Democratic nomination. Clinton starts the race with a vast amount of money and unrivalled ground operation. Few Democrats are likely [...]