Jamie Dimon: Let’s ‘lift up’ Americans hurt by free trade
Free trade has taken a beating this election season, from the left and the right. But Jamie Dimon believes it would be a mistake to run away from trade deals.
Category Archives: Hillary Clinton
Days after slamming governor, Donald Trump wants her endorsement
Donald Trump threatened last week to run to replace New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, but still wants her to support his candidacy for president. " I'd like to have it ," Trump said Thursday, when asked by The New Mexican if he'd want an endorsement from her.
Clinton attacks Trumpa s foreign policy as a threat to U.S. safety
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lambasted Donald Trump's foreign policy platform as "dangerously incoherent" in a speech on Thursday that cast her Republican rival as both a frightening and laughable figure. In remarks that at times resembled a comedy roast, Clinton unleashed a torrent of polished zingers and one-liners to attack Trump's policies and character, suggesting Trump might start a nuclear war if elected to the White House simply because "somebody got under his very thin skin."
Violence Breaks Out at Donald Trump Rally in Sa…
Donald Trump's rally in San Jose, California, Thursday night was marred by violence by anti-Trump supporters, who targeted the event's attendees and police. The San Jose Police Department said it "made a few arrests" following the rally, and an officer was assaulted.
Top Clinton Advisor Says the Primary Is Over
While Bernie Sanders is vowing to fight for the Democratic nomination all the way to the convention, a Clinton campaign strategist says the Democratic primary is effectively over - and the only people who don't realize that are a small group of Bernie Sanders die-hards. "Here's what's not in doubt: That at some point Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton will have a majority of pledged delegates.
The Early Winner of the 2016 Campaign: Obama
There remains the technical impediment that the president is constitutionally barred from a third term. But the longer the campaign goes on, the higher Obama's approval rating rises.
Protesters punch, throw eggs at Trump supporters in San Jose
Donald Trump supporters leaving the presidential candidate's rally in San Jose were pounced by protesters, some of whom threw punches and eggs. A dozen or more people were hit and car windows were broken.
Drummond: June balloting should reveal local thinking
Final tallies of Yorba Linda's votes in several contests in Tuesday's primary election will prove interesting, even though the major parties' presidential nominees appear to be in place for the November general election. The margin of victory for Donald Trump from this city's 22,061 registered Republicans will show if Yorba Lindans will unify behind the often-controversial presumptive GOP nominee.
3 ways Clinton can lose to Trump in November
WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next month will become the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. In November, she could become the first female occupant of the White House, eight years after Americans elected their first black chief executive.
Cory Booker Fires Up Millennials for Hillary in a California Starbucks
Sen. Cory Booker rallied a small group of millennial supporters of Hillary Clinton in a Starbucks coffee shop Thursday evening, where he urged those in attendance to use the power of new media to encourage friends to vote in California's primary on Tuesday. In a well-received 30-minute stump speech, Booker recalled his football days at Stanford and spoke fondly of his political history as the mayor of Newark before predicting a victory for Clinton in California.
Hillary Clinton has already succeeded where Trump’s Republican rivals failed
Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.
A Middle East report card
On June 4, 2009, President Obama gave a speech at Cairo University which the White House calls "A New Beginning" meaning a change in the relations between the West and the Middle East North Africa , the region from Morocco to Iran. It is now seven years later and a useful point to consider whether the policies derived from the speech were successful or not.
Therea s upset in the air in California
The acrid odor of Democratic panic, as real as the aroma of burned flesh and cordite on a battlefield, hangs over California in a dark cloud of confusion and uncertainty. "This is how it smelled in '64," says a stunned Democratic observer in Sacramento, "with [Barry] Goldwater charging and [Nelson] Rockefeller on the run."
Illustration on investigations into Trump and Clinton by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
This may be the very first time in U.S. presidential election history when both of our major party candidates were in trouble with the law. Both of them insist they've done nothing wrong.
10 Things to Know-Friday
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan tells The Associated Press that his goal is to make sure the GOP is "at full strength in the fall." Hillary Clinton lambastes her Republican rival's foreign policy vision as one of war, international turmoil and economic crisis, and says electing him would be "a historic mistake."
New super PAC to help Trump, this time organized by a friend
WASHINGTON - A close friend of Donald Trump has helped start a super PAC to support him, potentially giving the presumptive Republican presidential nominee his first big-donor help for the general election. Tom Barrack, a Los Angeles real estate investor, said in an interview with CNN on Thursday that the group has already received $32 million in financial commitments.
Bernie Sanders Looks to Woo Superdelegates in L…
Bernie Sanders said Thursday that it was all about California. Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton is likely to secure the requisite number of delegates before polls close, Sanders said the most populous state in the union had a right to weigh in on the Democratic Party's nomination.
Labor Protest Reveals Divided Democratic Party
Scores of state workers, carrying signs and chanting "No layoffs,'' held a rally Thursday a few hundred yards away from where the Connecticut Democratic Party held its annual fundraising dinner. The Connecticut AFL-CIO, AFSCME Council 4 union members and their allies with D.U.E Justice - A Coalition for Democracy, Unity, and Equality - and others rallied, sang chants and encouraged passing cars to honk their horns in support outside the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
David Perdue: Donald Trump proves it’s time for an outsider
Republican voters have sent the Washington establishment a message in the form of our presidential nominee.a It is loud, and it should be clear. Yet, a small enclave of career politicians within our party is still struggling to understand the mass appeal of Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton Mangles Popular Spanish Phrase In Stump Speech [VIDEO]
As Clinton entered the "we are a nation of immigrants" portion of her stump speech at the event in El Centro, the crowd started chanting the popular phrase "Si se puede" - Spanish for "Yes we can!" But Clinton was a bit off. She got the "si" and the "se" parts right but said "pueda" instead of the proper word.