U.S. appeals court removes new voter-intimidation rules in Ohio
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won a legal battle on Sunday when a U.S. appeals court in Ohio removed new restrictions on partisan poll watchers that Democrats had sought to prevent Election Day voter intimidation…
Social media helps U.S. millennial voters register, turnout worries linger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the youngest members of the millennial generation became old enough to vote in this year’s U.S. presidential election, states and social media platforms poured efforts into online registration, hoping to attract these tech savvy…
Security hustles Trump from stage after protester displays sign
RENO, Nevada/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump was rushed off stage by security agents at a rally in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday night after a false alarm as someone in the crowd shouted “gun” during scuffles with a man who held up a “Rep…
NBC-Wall Street Journal poll has Clinton leading Trump by four points
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a four-point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the final NBC-Wall Street Journal poll released on Sunday.
Pence: Both sides would accept clear outcome to U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence on Sunday pledged Donald Trump’s campaign would accept a “clear outcome” to the U.S. presidential election but said both campaigns reserved legal options if there was a disputed r…
Amid scandal, bluster and insults, Trump closes in on White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supercharging the bluster, hyperbole and media mastery that made him one of the world’s best-known businessmen, Donald Trump upended U.S. democratic traditions on a 17-month quest he hopes will lead to the White House.
Final reckoning approaches for Obama’s high court nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several intriguing scenarios could unfold after Tuesday’s U.S. election to break the deadlock over filling a Supreme Court vacancy that has provoked a bitter nine-month standoff between President Barack Obama and Senate Republica…
Fending off foes, Clinton blazes a trail with White House in sight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton has one of the strongest resumes of anyone ever to run for U.S. president, with stints as first lady, senator and secretary of state, but she is also a polarizing figure and a Washington insider with decades of po…
Clinton leads Trump 48-43 percent in Washington Post-ABC tracking poll
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a five-point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the latest Washington Post-ABC Tracking Poll released early on Sunday.
‘You’re fired’ – Trump effigy feels the heat on UK bonfire night
LONDON (Reuters) – He turned “You’re fired” into his reality show catch-phrase, but it was Donald Trump who went up in flames on Saturday – or at least an effigy of him did, as part of Britain’s annual Bonfire Night celebrations.