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As President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto gathered for what was jokingly called the " Three Amigos Summit ," the specter of Donald Trump seemed to hover close. While subjects ranging from trade, the recent "Brexit" vote and Tuesday's deadly attack in Turkey were also discussed, Trump was a hot topic of conversation.
U.S. President Barack Obama hit back Wednesday at the idea Donald Trump is a populist, calling the Republican presidential contender's controversial statements xenophobic and cynical. Following several questions from reporters covering the Three Amigos' summit in Ottawa, including queries about his potential successor in the White House, Obama wrapped up an answer to a question on clean energy and went back to the subject of Trump -- without naming him directly.
The National Council of La Raza -- a leading immigrant advocacy group -- says it will not invite either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton to its annual conference in July. The group has long extended invitations to presidential candidates in the past.
The Latest on U.S. President Barack Obama's summit Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto : President Barack Obama says he'll keep working for a trans-Pacific trade deal that is stuck in the U.S. Congress and opposed by both of the candidates who are vying to succeed him. Addressing a news conference, Obama says the goal in an integrated global economy is not for countries to shut themselves off from the world.
Foreign officials are complaining that they're being "bombarded" by fundraising appeals from U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. And now, two watchdog groups are filing complaints against the Republican's campaign saying the practice breaks the law.
Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton's plan to "staple" a green card to the diplomas of foreign students graduating with masters and PhDs in the Science, Technology, Education, and Mathematics fields would hurt the job prospects and wages of American graduates already struggling in a glutted labor market, according to Sen. Jeff Sessions . "Although there are more college graduates in the U.S. today than at any point in our history, many have trouble finding meaningful work in their field of study.
Voting for Donald Trump? That doesn't mean you're completely on board, according to a new analysis of data from this week's ABC News/ Washington Post poll. With presumptive nominees Trump and Hillary Clinton garnering the lowest favorability ratings of major candidates in recent times, some voters say they are choosing to hold their noses and pull the lever in the ballot boxes.
North America's leaders, at their summit in the Canadian capital, are confronting a rising tide of economic protectionism and nationalism. President Barack Obama arrived in Ottawa for talks on Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
The rise of Donald Trump to the top of the Republican party has been puzzling to many to say the least. Many speculations for that rise have been offered; however, according to some, the main reason might be the majority of Republicans are not true conservatives.
Renowned statistician Nate Silver on Wednesday revealed his general-election forecast on ABC's "Good Morning America," and he's placing Hillary Clinton at a near 80% favorite to win in the fall. Silver, who runs the data-journalism website FiveThirtyEight, handicapped Clinton's current odds at 79% while giving Donald Trump a 20% chance of winning the general election.
On Tuesday, prior to the final summit of the current US, Mexican, and Canadian leaders - nicknamed the "Three Amigos" - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique PeA a Nieto stepped out for a jog in Ottawa, and their attire immediately drew international attention. For the 44-year-old Trudeau, despite his recent brushes with controversy , the short shorts may only reaffirm his reputation for youthful vigor.
If Salvador Dali were around today he might have captured the mood of the nation best in a painting. But, you could simulate one for yourself by piecing together these wildly varying, discordant sentiments in your head: "She is an extremely ambitious liberal interventionist hawka .[and] was the leading figure behind the destruction of Libyaa If Hillary Clinton gets into office, it means endless wara .[she] surrounds herself with people who don't really challenge her."
The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post. Pentagon leaders had requested the study to help make their enormous back-office bureaucracy more efficient and reinvest any savings in combat power.
In 1913, the Second Balkan War broke out as Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece, its former allies from the First Balkan War. Here, a Bulgarian field gun is being positioned for the siege of Adrianople, occupied by the Turks, during the Second Balkan War.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers - two powerful business lobbies both traditionally supportive of Republican candidates - took the highly unusual step of lashing out at presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump during his speech Tuesday that hammered U.S. free-trade deals. "Under Trump's trade plans, we would see higher prices, fewer jobs, and a weaker economy," the Chamber tweeted during the speech in Monessen, Pennsylvania, linking to an analysis that argues Trump's trade positions would throw the United States into an economic recession.
As soon as pro-immigration demonstrators were cleared from the Broad Street ramp of the Vine Street Expressway Tuesday morning - including four hauled off in handcuffs - other advocates assembled five blocks away at City Hall to get out the vote against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. "From his promise to create a deportation force, to calling immigrants rapists and killers, Trump has shown he stands squarely against us," said Lizet Ocampo, Latino vote director of the People for the American Way, a national progressive advocacy group that headlined the City Hall speak-out.
In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York. From the start, TrumpA's call A'for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United StatesA' has been a signature of the RepublicanA's campaign for president.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has accepted that he's not going to be president. And he really doesn't want presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in the Oval Office.