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Larry Donnelly: Super Tuesday 2 makes Joe Biden the Democratic nominee in-waiting

Biden was all but counted out by most onlookers before recently, writes Larry Donnelly.

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Mar 11th 2020, 7:00 PM

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Larry Donnelly: It's Super Tuesday, so is Biden the new 'comeback kid'?

Bernie may secretly have welcomed a Biden victory in South Carolina, but not to this extent, writes Larry Donnelly.

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Mar 3rd 2020, 9:00 AM

# democratic race

Pete Buttigieg pulls out of Democratic presidential race

The 38-year-old’s surprise decision was set to shake up the race this week when 14 states vote on “Super Tuesday.”

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Mar 2nd 2020, 6:52 AM

# super duper

Why is Super Tuesday so super and what will it tell us about the White House race?

Expect to have a much clearer idea of who’ll take on Donald Trump after Tuesday.

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Feb 29th 2020, 8:42 AM

# A RAUCOUS CAUCUS

Democratic Party's partial results: Pete Buttigieg leads Iowa with Bernie Sanders in second place

The start of the elections has been thrown into chaos.

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Feb 5th 2020, 2:14 PM

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Larry Donnelly: Iowa and New Hampshire - a preview and a primer

The two states play a key role in nominating presidential candidates.

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Feb 1st 2020, 1:00 PM

# US Election

'You called me a liar': Audio of row between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren released

The two appeared to engage in a war of words after a debate on Monday night.

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Jan 16th 2020, 7:13 AM

# US Election

Spotify to suspend political advertising in 2020

The company said it does not have the necessary level of robustness in its systems to responsibly validate and review this content.

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Dec 27th 2019, 8:04 PM

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Larry Donnelly: Sondland's impeachment testimony was explosive, but don't expect it to change the outcome for Trump

Is this week’s explosive impeachment testimony simply water that will drip smoothly off Trump’s back?

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Nov 21st 2019, 7:00 PM

# Ex NYC mayor

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg preparing to join 2020 Democratic presidential race, US media reports

The 77-year-old is expected to file paperwork in at least one state this week declaring himself a candidate.

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Nov 8th 2019, 7:05 AM

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Larry Donnelly: Biden, Sanders or Warren look set for nomination... why hasn't the Democratic primary been more competitive?

Huge support for just three Democrat front runners in the race for nomination is unusual, writes Larry Donnelly.

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Nov 3rd 2019, 7:00 PM

# A House Divided

Donald Trump is obsessed with 'winning', so what would losing the midterms mean for him?

Would the US President care, and should he?

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Nov 3rd 2018, 8:00 AM

# From Russia With Love

Russian Foreign Minister dismisses US election meddling probe as 'blabber'

“So as long as we don’t see facts, everything else is blabber.”

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Feb 17th 2018, 1:10 PM

# Playing it cool

'There was nothing to hide!': Trump says ex-advisor's actions during transition were 'lawful'

Trump again reiterated that there was “no collusion” with Russia ahead of the US presidential election last year.

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Dec 2nd 2017, 5:55 PM

# Botsmasters

126 million Americans may have seen posts linked to Russian operation during US election

Moscow has denied any attempt to manipulate the US election.

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Oct 31st 2017, 7:04 AM

# FAKE NEWS

Fake Russian Facebook accounts paid money to stir up race and LGBT issues during US election

Hundreds of accounts have been identified by the social network as taking out ads during the election.

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Sep 7th 2017, 8:22 AM

# white house woes

Trump lashes out over Russia probe after news of grand jury

The process could lead to criminal indictments.

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Aug 4th 2017, 7:05 AM

# mean tweets

Donald Trump just blocked Chrissy Teigen on Twitter after 9 years of her calling him out

Always the bigger person, is our Donald

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Jul 25th 2017, 5:13 PM

# Collusion

Trump says Donald Jr is a 'high quality person' and applauds his 'transparency' on Russian meeting

The FBI are currently investigating whether Trump’s administration aided Russia in their attempts to influence the 2016 US election.

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Jul 11th 2017, 10:10 PM

# not letting this go

The Russians were 'guided' by Trump team to sabotage election campaign says Hillary

Trump hit back at the allegations, using his well-worn “Crooked Hillary” catchphrase.

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Jun 1st 2017, 6:55 AM

# make canada great again

Canadian judge suspended for wearing Trump cap in court

Bernd Zabel apologised for his “lapse of judgement”.

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Jan 7th 2017, 5:54 PM

# From Russia With Love

US intelligence says Putin ordered hacking campaign to help Trump win

A new report says the Russian president acted on grudges against the US after being embarrassed by the Panama Papers and the Olympic doping scandal.

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Jan 6th 2017, 10:06 PM

# Clapper

John McCain says 'every American should be alarmed' by Russian interference in election

The US intelligence community has said Moscow interfered to help Republican Donald Trump win.

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Jan 5th 2017, 4:34 PM

# Dear Taoiseach

'He's a real danger to the Irish people': 20 letters scorning Enda Kenny for his Trump congratulations

“I know that a great many Irish people feel as I do and are alarmed that your expression of congratulations is made in their name.”

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Dec 28th 2016, 11:00 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Would you welcome Trump if he visited Ireland in 2017?

Trump has divided opinion during his presidential campaign – and that hasn’t changed since he won the election.

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Dec 27th 2016, 8:30 PM

# Inauguration

US comedian alleges he has unreleased footage showing Donald Trump using the 'N-word' and 'C-word'

“I have the outtakes to The Apprentice where he says every … offensive, racist thing ever,” Tom Arnold said.

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Dec 21st 2016, 9:13 AM

# the electoral college

His critics may be hoping for an upset, but US electors are getting ready to anoint Trump

The Electoral College, a peculiarly American institution, appears near-certain tomorrow to select Trump as President.

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Dec 18th 2016, 6:11 PM

# liked and shared

This is how Facebook plans to crack down on fake news

The company said it will be focusing on the “worst of the worst” offenders and partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made up stories.

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Dec 15th 2016, 8:22 PM

# Rick Perry

The man who forgot the US Energy Department existed will be the head of it

Trump’s choice has close ties to the Texas oil industry and has corporate roles in two petroleum companies.

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Dec 14th 2016, 3:56 PM

# The Kremlin

Obama orders review of hacking during US election campaign

The White House said the review is not intended to question the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s victory.

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Dec 9th 2016, 7:54 PM

# trending

From the All Ireland Final to Chewbacca Mom - here are the most talked about things on Facebook this year

From elections to David Bowie, it has been a busy year for Facebook.

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Dec 8th 2016, 1:01 PM

# Washington DC

Man who fired rifle inside 'pizzagate' restaurant says he was investigating fake news

The pizzeria was the subject of a bogus report that alleged it was at the centre of a child sex ring organised by Hillary Clinton.

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Dec 5th 2016, 10:14 AM

# Wisconsin

Why Wisconsin voters who backed Obama jumped ship from Democrat to Republican

“I went to try and get help and they turned me down. But the Mexicans come in there or any type of Hispanics come there, and they got the help.”

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Nov 27th 2016, 8:30 AM

# not over

It's the dreaded 'R' word: A recount has officially been requested in Wisconsin

The Green Party’s Jill Stein has made the request.

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Nov 25th 2016, 11:13 PM

# it ain't over

Over $2.5 million raised for a US election recount in three swing states

Jill Stein’s campaign has cited unspecified “anomalies” in the election and requested a recount in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

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Nov 24th 2016, 3:30 PM

# Not over yet

Clinton urged to call for recount in three states amid reports of 'foreign hacking'

A team of academics has also called for a Congressional Investigation into alleged “hacking by foreign powers”.

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Nov 23rd 2016, 9:54 AM

# Tangled Web

Trump's blind trust blurs line between business empire and presidential role

Law experts have cast doubt on the idea that the so-called “blind trust” is actually blind at all – referring to it as a “one-eye-closed-and-one-eye-open trust”.

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Nov 19th 2016, 7:30 AM