Harris: Trump is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power to be US president
Kamala Harris was flanked by American flags on stage and surrounded by blue and white banners that said “FREEDOM” with a well-lit White House behind her. The crowd included older people and college students, people from overseas, from New York and from nearby Virginia. Many women came in groups with other female friends.
Sixty years after unwinding of Jim Crow, Trump’s MAGA reminds Black voters of horrors of bloody past
It’s almost at the edge of living memory: President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial poison.” The legislation prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin at places serving the public – such...
The Washington Post scandal: New revelations raise integrity, objectivity questions in American media
The spiking of an article unfavourable to Democrats – a rare investigation that would cast pro-Palestine protesters in a sympathetic light – comes after Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, intervened in the opposite direction, blocking the paper from endorsing Kamala Harris for president.
After Trump painted Congolese immigrants as past imprisoned criminals, refugees in Kenya and Uganda awaiting resettlement in US are scared
It has taken President Joe Biden’s administration nearly four years to ramp the refugee programme back up as the deep cuts during Trump’s time in office meant resettlement organisations had to reduce staff and dismantle infrastructure that took time to rebuild.
‘The Washington Post’ pays heavy price for rejecting Harris endorsement as 200,000 readers cancel subscription, top editors resign in protest
No candidate was informed or consulted about the decision and that there was “no quid pro quo”, Bezos said, adding that there was no connection between the decision and a meeting between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Blue Origin’s CEO on the same day.
Hard truth: In America journalism is now the least trusted profession, hence The Washington Post is not endorsing a candidate
You can see my wealth and business interests as a bulwark against intimidation, or you can see them as a web of conflicting interests. Only my own principles can tip the balance from one to the other. I assure you that my views here are, in fact, principled, and I believe my track record as owner of The Post since 2013 backs this up. You are of course free to make your own determination, but I challenge you to find one instance in those 11 years where I have prevailed upon anyone at The Post in favour of my own interests. It hasn’t happened.
Democrats put Trump on backfoot after comedian describes Puerto Rico ‘floating island of garbage’
Fernando Tormos-Aponte, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh who specialises in Puerto Rican politics and electoral organising, said the timing of the comments may spell trouble for the Trump campaign.
Comedian’s ‘floating island of garbage’ comment at Trump rally upsets Puerto Ricans, politicians, celebrities
Americans of Puerto Rican origin or ancestry are an important demographic in some of the competitive swing states that will likely decide the winner of the November 5 election, including Pennsylvania. Broadly speaking, both candidates are fighting tooth and nail for the Latino vote, which has trended more Republican in recent years but still leans Democratic.
Trump’s burnt precious minutes with stories about his White House days, dead athlete’s penis size and now he’s burning votes
Trump aides say he sets the pace and talks as long as he wants. They don’t try to contain him – and they have put him in forums such as podcasts where his rambling ways can find a home and he won’t be subjected to a battery of questions.
John Kelly’s comparison of Trump to Hitler exposes conspiracy of silence between US mainstream media and political class
John Kelly, a retired Marine general and Trump’s longest serving chief of staff, told the New York Times and The Atlantic in interviews published this week that when he was president, Trump made it clear that he admired Hitler and yearned for his authoritarian power.
