Us Elections

US Billionaire's Gift To Graduates Fuels Student Debt Debate

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 22, 2019

When the American billionaire Robert Smith announced to students graduating from historically black Morehouse College that he would pay off their student loans, he put himself at the center of one of the 2020 US election's key issues.

In Call With Putin, Trump Says Did Not Raise US Election Meddling

World News | Reuters | Saturday May 4, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he discussed "the Russia Hoax" with Russian President Vladimir Putin but did not raise with him concerns about Russian meddling in U.S. elections.

Facebook Joins Research on Social Media Impact on Elections

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 30, 2019

Facebook began the research initiative last year after revelations of foreign influence campaigns on the 2016 US election and the Brexit vote in Britain.

Former US Vice President Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run For White House

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 25, 2019

Former US vice president and Democratic elder statesman Joe Biden launched his third White House bid Thursday, becoming the frontrunner in a crowded field and painting incumbent Donald Trump as a "threat" to America.

Former US Vice President Joe Biden To Announce 2020 Election Run Thursday

World News | Reuters | Wednesday April 24, 2019

Former US Vice President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday that he is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination for the 2020 election, a source familiar with the plans said on Tuesday.

Trump's Son-In-Law Calls Robert Mueller Probe Worse Than Russian Meddling

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 24, 2019

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor, said Tuesday that Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference was worse than anything done by Moscow, which he dismissed as "a couple of Facebook ads."

PM Modi, Donald Trump's Campaign Strategies Similar: Sam Pitroda

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 9, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump's campaign strategies are similar as both rely on "playing" with people's emotions, Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda said on Monday.

Mueller Report On Donald Trump And Russia To Be Made Public By Mid-April

World News | Reuters | Saturday March 30, 2019

U.S. Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a redacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election by mid-April, "if not sooner," he said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday.

Kamala Harris Pushes To Raise Funds In Crowded 2020 Presidential Race

World News | IANS | Saturday March 30, 2019

US Senator Kamala Harris will be speaking on Saturday at the Human Rights Campaigns dinner wherein she will be sandwiching it into a prolific schedule of fundraising this weekend as Sunday night at midnight is the first deadline of the 2020 US presidential race.

Robert Mueller Report To Be Released By Mid-April, Says Attorney General

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 30, 2019

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is to be released by mid-April, Attorney General Bill Barr said on Friday.

Trump Has No Problem With Release Of Mueller Report, Says White House

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday March 25, 2019

US President Donald Trump would have no problem with the release of the Mueller report into Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday.

Russia Ready To Mend Ties With US, Says Lawmaker After Mueller Report

World News | Reuters | Monday March 25, 2019

Moscow would be happy to mend ties with Washington after a report by US Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, a senior Russian lawmaker said today.

Mueller Probe Doesn't Exonerate Trump, Release Report "Urgently": Nancy Pelosi

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday March 25, 2019

Top congressional Democrats said Sunday it was "urgent" that the full report on Russian interference in the 2016 US election be publicly released, stressing it does not exonerate President Donald Trump.

Trump's 2016 Campaign Didn't Collude With Russians, Finds Mueller Probe

World News | Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | Monday March 25, 2019

Special counsel Robert Mueller III did not find that Donald Trump's campaign or any of his associates conspired with Russia in its efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, according to a summary of Mueller's findings sent to lawmakers Sunday.

Facebook Plans More Fact-Checking Ahead of European Parliament Election

Reuters | Tuesday March 19, 2019

Facebook has been under pressure around the world since the US election in 2016 to stop the use of fake accounts and other types of deception to sway public opinion.