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DONALD TRUMP

BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2016
Ex-Canada leader Mulroney slams Trump plan to ditch NAFTA, predicts his defeat
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on Sunday criticized Donald Trump's potential plan to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and said the U.S. presidential candidate will likely lose the Nov. 8 election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2016
Kaine blames Clinton's classified email errors on 'improper labeling'
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine on Sunday defended Hillary Clinton against criticism over her handling of classified information as secretary of state, saying she was unaware of the sensitivity of some information she exchanged over email because it had been "improperly labeled."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2016
Border wall cost taboo at Trump's Mexico meeting but Pena Nieto raised topic: Giuliani
A close ally of Donald Trump said talks about the cost of building a wall with Mexico were not supposed to be part of the discussion during the Republican presidential candidate's recent meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 3, 2016
Putin says DNC hack was public service, denies Russia had any hand in it
President Vladimir Putin said the hacking of thousands of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails and documents was a service to the public, but denied U.S. accusations that Russia's government had anything to do with it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2016
One secret of Trump's low-cost campaign: free labor at the top
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2016
Melania Trump sues blogger, Daily Mail over 'escort' reports
Melania Trump, wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, on Thursday filed a lawsuit against two media entities for libel over reports that she was an "escort" in the 1990s.
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2016
Report: White nationalists use Twitter with impunity, dwarf Islamic State's use; Trump camp no comment
White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with "relative impunity" and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2016
Trump calls Democrats the 'party of slavery' in effort to reach out to minorities
Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday night called Democrats the "party of slavery" and praised what he called the millions of black Americans with successful careers as he tries to reach out to minority voters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2016
TPP foe Trump set to blast trade in trade-dependent Boeing's backyard
Republican Donald Trump, who has made his criticism of a pending Pacific trade agreement central to his campaign, on Tuesday was to visit a Seattle suburb that is home to a large Boeing Co. plane manufacturing facility that depends heavily on sales to Asian markets.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2016
Pastor and key Trump booster sorry about Clinton 'blackface' tweet
Pastor Marks Burns, a prominent supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, apologized on Tuesday for sending out a tweet that showed a cartoon image of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in blackface.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2016
Trump hovers over McCain, Rubio in U.S. Senate re-election contests
Republican voters in Arizona and Florida are expected to pick Sens. John McCain and Marco Rubio as their respective U.S. Senate nominees when they go to the polls on Tuesday, but one name not on either ballot, Donald Trump, looms large.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 29, 2016
Ex-key Obama aide says Trump meets clinical definition of a 'psychopath'
A former top adviser to President Barack Obama on Sunday labeled Donald Trump a "psychopath," saying the Republican presidential nominee met the clinical definition of the personality disorder.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2016
U.S. troubles with election and TPP could embolden China in Asia
United States Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned a few months back that China risked a "great wall of self-isolation" for its actions in the disputed South China Sea. That hasn't deterred President Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2016
In new ad aired on TV, Clinton attacks Trump's outreach to black voters
Democrat Hillary Clinton called on Friday for voters to reject the "bigotry" of Donald Trump's White House campaign, releasing a television ad criticizing his efforts to appeal to black voters and saying she is reaching out to people from all parties who are troubled by his candidacy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2016
Calls mount for Clintons to close charitable foundation despite impact on recipients
The Clinton Foundation, the family philanthropy of Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, should shut down or transfer operations to another charity despite its good work to avoid perceptions of "pay-for-play," The Washington Post and USA Today said in editorials on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2016
Trump campaign going to the mattresses
It's no more Mr. Nice Guy for Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2016
Trump finds new target, hopes to rally Republicans by attacking Clinton Foundation
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has struggled to drive a consistent message and consolidate the support of his own party, is honing his attack on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and the foundation bearing her last name, making it a rallying cry for fellow Republicans to get behind...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2016
U.S. election is all about the debates
Debates are the biggest potential game changer in U.S. elections, and the best entertainer always wins them.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2016
Trump tells Fox News 'I'm not flip-flopping' on immigration
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insisted on Monday he was not changing his stance on immigration, despite a comment from a top aide who said his plan to deport 11 million illegal immigrants was still under review.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2016
Clinton Foundation to bar foreign, corporate cash if Hillary is elected president
The Clinton Foundation will stop accepting foreign and corporate donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president and will stop holding the annual Clinton Global Initiative meetings whatever the outcome of the November election, a foundation spokesman said on Thursday.

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