Us Presidential Election 2016

US should sever ties with China, restart nuclear tests: Trump's ex-NSA

There's no guarantee Trump would adhere to the policy proposals on China that O'Brien has laid out

Updated On : 18 Jun 2024 | 9:28 AM IST

Defence attacks Daniels' credibility as she returns to stand against Trump

Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand Thursday in Donald Trump's hush money trial as the defence tries to undermine the credibility of the porn actor's salacious testimony about their alleged sexual encounter and the money she was paid to keep quiet. The trial against the former president kicks back off with defense lawyers questioning Daniels, whose account is key to the prosecutors' case accusing Trump of scheming to illegally influence the 2016 presidential campaign by suppressing unflattering stories about him. Trump looked on in the courtroom as Daniels for hours on Tuesday described an unexpected sexual encounter she says they had in 2006. Trump denies they ever had sex. Still, a decade later, Trump's then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid her to stay silent in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. Daniels' testimony was an extraordinary moment in what could be the only criminal case against the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to go to trial before vote

Updated On : 09 May 2024 | 10:30 AM IST

With a week to go for Iowa's caucuses, Donald Trump appears strong

When Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign after a disappointing midterm election for Republicans, his trajectory was something of a mystery. But seven days before Iowa's kick-off caucuses, his standing among the GOP faithful is hardly in doubt. Voters, campaign operatives and even some of the candidates on the ground here overwhelmingly agree that the Republican former president is the prohibitive favourite heading into the January 15 caucuses whether they like it or not. Everybody sees the writing on the wall, said Angela Roemerman, a 56-year-old Republican from Solon, Iowa, as she waited for former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley to arrive for a weekend rally at Field Day Brewing Co. in North Liberty. It's a little depressing, Roemerman said as her order of tortilla chips arrived, lamenting all the drama surrounding Trump. We don't need another four years. But Trump's going to win. Just beneath all the perceived certainty about Trump's victory, however, lie