Monday 8 August, 2022
Our columnist says Republicans in the US are agitating around the culture wars to energise their base ahead of the US midterms in November.
“I may have misjudged the extent of his capacity for malfeasance, but I have never underestimated the appeal of Donald Trump’s brand of politics,” writes Larry in this week’s column.
Some Republicans fear Trump’s continued presence could harm their chances at future elections.
One lawmaker said the truck had been ripped in half by the impact.
Paul Ryan, Jeff Sessions and John McCain have all called on Moore to drop out of the Senate race in Alabama.
Moore has been accused of pursuing romantic relationships with teenage girls.
Their defections mean that the bill has no chance of even getting a vote on the Senate floor.
The Democratic party is struggling to figure out how to progress in the wake of Trump’s spectacular win last November.
Working class Americans have been neglected by the political establishment, writes Julien Mercille.
In a series of tweets hitting out at the Republican Party, Trump called House Speaker Paul Ryan “weak and ineffective”.
Many voters in the so-called American rust belt states don’t really like either candidate, but they especially do not like Hillary Clinton it seems.
He was due to surrender to the FBI to face federal fraud charges before killing himself on Friday,
The bar for the celebrity star power that will be on show in Cleveland is a little lower than expected.
In their first joint appearance, Trump tried to draw a sharp contrast between Pence and Hillary Clinton.
“Is it a prescription for calamity or crisis? No one knows.”
Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, will serve as Trump’s running mate in the race to the White House.
The GOP nominee’s camp says it is still looking to finalise his itinerary for next week.
The Democrat frontrunner has released not one, but two, campaign adverts specifically aimed at the billionaire.
“We gave it everything we’ve got,” he told supporters.
“I have never see a human being eat in such a disgusting fashion.”
The 2012 Republican presidential nominee’s outburst is being seen as a sign that the Republican party is deeply concerned about Trump’s meteoric rise.
Both Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina are calling it quits.
The no-nonsense New Jersey governor went on the attack over Rubio’s memorised speeches.
Dr Ben Carson stayed hovering in the wings as other candidates strode past him to take their places on stage.
The billionaire dismissed the Fox host as a “third-rate reporter” who is bad at her job.
From his attacks on Mexican immigrants to his incendiary comments about Muslims – Trump has been in the limelight constantly since his campaign launch.
The outspoken businessman was forced to scrap a news conference designed to showcase his support.
The businessman’s support for a government database to track Muslims isn’t going down well.
Trump comparing the self-confessed ‘pathological temper’ of Ben Carson to that of child molesters.
Republican White House hopefuls lined out once again to debate – and not all of them agree with The Donald.
This is quite a party trick.
“We will go out and we will fight hard and we will win. I see no circumstances under which I would tear up that pledge.”
The line-up for the debate is “preposterous” says Rick Santorum.
The Republican teenager, who was born in 1996, has become the youngest lawmaker in the US.
The actor tells his local paper why he used a chair as a prop in his controversial Republican convention speech: “Some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down.”
In the home! In the office! In the car! Our handy guide to the new pursuit.
All the primaries came down to this: Mitt Romney 2,061; Ron Paul 190; others 3.
Storm continues to make its way towards the US coast after bringing heavy winds, rains and flooding to Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
Let’s see what it says in his yearbook.
