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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2015
Republicans hope voters' memory stays short as tea party-triggered disarray festers
In Washington, Republicans are rudderless after their candidate to lead the House of Representatives drops out. On the campaign trail, seasoned conservatives struggle in the presidential race while a reality TV star alienates the nation's fastest-growing slice of the electorate.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2015
If Trump dumps NAFTA and its benefits, U.S. companies, consumers could take big hit
Donald Trump has pledged to renegotiate or terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying that it's been a disaster for the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2015
All Syrian refugees the U.S. takes in now would be booted back under a Trump presidency
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would send all the Syrian refugees the United States accepts back to Syria if he is elected, he said on Wednesday at an event in Keene, New Hampshire.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2015
Trump slams Boeing plan for new China facility, saying it will hurt American workers
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump bashed Boeing Co. on Wednesday over its plans to open a new facility in China that the company's largest union says could hurt American workers.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015
Could 2016 really see a Trump vs. Sanders race?
Those who quickly wrote off Donald Trump as a buffoon failed to see that he has shrewdly read the Republican zeitgeist, and that he knows precisely where to stick the knife into competitors.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2015
Oregon artist to sell image of Trump painted with menstrual blood
An Oregon artist who used menstrual blood to paint an image of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Wednesday she would sell posters as well as the original, which was created in response to remarks that the billionaire made about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2015
Distant No. 3 Bush tries to dump Trump's 'low-energy' tag heading into Republican debate
Once considered a heavy favorite for the Republican nomination, Jeb Bush will try to energize his presidential campaign on Wednesday when he goes into a prime-time debate where Donald Trump looms large.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2015
Biden thumps Trump for appealing to baser, xenophobic attitudes via 'sick message' on U.S. immigration
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Republican presidential contender Donald Trump was selling a "sick message" about immigrants in America based on xenophobia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2015
Trump following path blazed by Rush Limbaugh
Donald Trump's style — bombastic, bullying, crude and insulting — has long been influential in the Republican Party. Now it's taking over.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2015
Billionaire Trump calls high CEO pay a joke, 'disgraceful'
U.S. Republican party presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday high salaries paid to chief executives were a "joke" and a "disgrace" and said these were often approved by company boards stacked with the CEO's friends.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2015
Trump on Fiorina: 'Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that?'
Donald Trump belittled the physical appearance of fellow Republican U.S. presidential candidate Carly Fiorina in remarks published on Wednesday, saying: "Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that?"
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 10, 2015
Candidate O'Malley slams 'xenophobic' Trump, Democratic rivals over refugee crisis
Martin O'Malley is no fan of Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2015
Fossil fuel advocate Palin wants to be energy czar, says immigrants in U.S. should 'speak American'
Immigrants to the United States should "speak American," former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said on Sunday, adding her voice to a controversy triggered by Donald Trump's criticism of fellow Republican White House hopeful Jeb Bush's use of Spanish.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2015
Trump-inspired Boston brothers who roughed up homeless Mexican to stay in jail
Two Boston brothers charged with urinating on and beating a homeless Mexican man in an attack allegedly inspired by Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's views on immigrants agreed on Thursday to remain in custody until trial.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2015
Trump makes a lot of sense on foreign policy
Donald Trump may be the most sensible Republican in the race, at least on foreign policy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2015
Fire in his belly, Bush tells Trump to bring it on, is told in return to speak English in U.S.
Republican Jeb Bush's new campaign ad ridiculing Donald Trump as a "germophobe" and Democrat-in-disguise is just the start of what will be a bigger onslaught, signaling a more aggressive stance by the candidate, Bush advisers said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 29, 2015
Trump's 'yellow peril' jibes break with GOP script
In his recent Rolling Stone essay, Matt Taibbi immortalizes the race for the Republican Party presidential nomination, as a freaky spectacle that is "like watching 17 platypuses try to mount the queen of England. You can't tear your eyes away from it."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2015
Trump came in with gloves off, looks to bully Bush with withering wrath
At almost every turn lately, Donald Trump has tried to get under Jeb Bush's skin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2015
At Koch group summit, a restrained enthusiasm for Trump
While thousands streamed into a football stadium Friday evening in Mobile, Alabama to see Donald Trump, a much smaller crowd of committed conservatives unwound at a bar and mused over the good, the bad and the unknown of the unlikely Republican presidential front-runner.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2015
Faux U.S. candidate Deez Nuts polls 9% in Clinton-Trump matchup
A fake U.S. presidential candidate named Deez Nuts, reported to be the creation of an Iowa teenager, has stirred a social media frenzy by polling nearly 10 percent of registered North Carolina voters in a hypothetical matchup against former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald Trump....

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