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New Hampshire primary: How did Joe Biden win despite not being on the ballot?
A write-in effort helps the president avoid the embarrassment of losing to a longshot challenger. More »
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New Hampshire primary: Donald Trump and Nikki Haley to go head-to-head
Voters go to the polls on Tuesday as the race for the presidential nomination enters its next stage. More »
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Trump rally in New Hampshire postponed, White House cites tropical storm
MIAMI (Reuters) – A campaign rally for President Donald Trump set for Saturday in New Hampshire has been postponed by a “week or two” because of a tropical storm off the East Coast, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told reporters on Friday. The rally h... More »
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Despite 2020 crises and falling polls, Trump campaigns like it is 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Faced with sliding poll numbers and multiple national crises, President Donald Trump has leaned into a familiar campaign strategy of divisive rhetoric and raucous rallies ahead of the November election. But a lot has changed in America s... More »
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Special Report: How a corporate PR machine is trying to kill a Wall Street tax
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Democratic presidential hopefuls descended on New Hampshire prior to the state’s Feb. 11 primary, John Tackeff was busy. The 27-year-old attended candidate events across the state to raise concerns about a proposed tax on Wall Street ... More »
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Astronomers spot ‘missing link’ black hole – not too big and not too small
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have detected a mid-size black hole – considered the “missing link” in the understanding of these celestial brutes – eviscerating an unfortunate star that strayed too close. Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and two X... More »
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How Bernie Sanders’ passionate base revitalized his campaign
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – When Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack in October, what upset his long-time supporter Craig Althof the most was the way it was covered by the media. In the opinion of 65-year-old Althof, who h... More »
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U.S. presidential hopefuls Sanders, Biden in tight race in early primary states
FORT DODGE, Iowa (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden appear locked in a tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination, as both campaigned in Iowa on Sunday with only days left until the first contest. New polling... More »
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Democrat Buttigieg looks to Trump counties in New Hampshire as key to victory
CLAREMONT, N.H. (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg began making his final case in New Hampshire over the weekend for why he is better placed to win over voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2016 than his top rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nominatio... More »
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Under pressure, Biden drifts leftward on abortion, climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Joe Biden Express to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination went a bit off track this week. Since Biden joined the race in April, his campaign has worked to craft an aura of inevitability around the former vice president’s bid. ... More »
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Democratic Presidential hopeful Buttigieg draws crowd for Fox town…
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Sunday called for higher taxes on the wealthy, backed abortion rights and promised to run what he called an inclusive campaign in a New Hampshire town hall broadcast on Fox News. Buttigieg, the mayo... More »
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Booker says Democrats will put ‘a woman on the ticket’ in 2020…
LEBANON, N.H. (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker all but guaranteed at a campaign event on Friday that he will pick a woman as his running mate if he wins his party’s nomination for president next year. “I am very confident that this election, we ... More »
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New Hampshire man arrested for biting police dog
(Reuters) – A New Hampshire man was arrested for biting a police dog while officers were investigating reports of a shooting in the town of Boscawen, police officials said on Tuesday. The incident unfolded on Sunday when police reported to a home where they we... More »
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Downward-facing goat: Yoga trend draws flock to New Hampshire farm
Goats climb on students during a yoga class with eight students and five goats at Jenness Farm in Nottingham, New Hampshire, U.S., May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Eight people dressed in bright-colored athletic tops and soft pants sat on foam mats and stret... More »
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`Frankenstein` predicted concept key to modern biology: study
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” foreshadowed a key concept in evolutionary biology formally defined by scientists a century after the man-made monster shambled across the pages of the 19th century novel, an academic study published on Friday found. More »
Clinton gets Sanders endorsement in show of party unity
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Democrat Bernie Sanders endorsed former rival Hillary Clinton for president in a display of party unity on Tuesday, describing her as the best candidate to fix the United States’ problems and beat Republican Donald Trump in the Nov. 8 election... More »
Trump calls for increased military response after Orlando shooting
WASHINGTON Donald Trump on Monday said the United States needs to increase its military response against Islamic State in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting over the weekend, including additional bombings. The presumptive Republican nominee, in an inte... More »
Drug-sniffing rabbit, cannon-firing kittens mark U.S. April Fools’
NEW YORK Kittens firing a cannon, a rabbit sniffing for drugs, attempts at humor on the fraught presidential campaign trail and a failed prank by Google competed for attention in the United States on Friday. As ever, the trick for April Fools’ Day hoaxes was t... More »
Before New Hampshire primary, Trump campaign shows mellower side
PLYMOUTH, N.H. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump came to the small town of Plymouth in the New Hampshire mountains on Sunday and promised to lower prescription drug prices, improve education and help heroin addicts get treatment. It was a day... More »
Potential New Hampshire spoiler Kasich could pose threat to Rubio
MANCHESTER, N.H. U.S. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich is polling in the low single digits nationally but may be poised to play the role of spoiler in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary by cutting into the support of higher-profile rivals such as Mar... More »
Rubio falters in presidential debate, offering hope to rivals
MANCHESTER, N.H. Republican White House contender Marco Rubio struggled at a debate on Saturday at the worst possible time, potentially confounding his bid to emerge as Donald Trump’s chief rival in New Hampshire and giving hope to three rivals desperate for a... More »
Exclusive: Presidential hopefuls Sanders, Clinton in dead heat – Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has erased Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s wide lead for the Democratic presidential nomination since the start of year, putting the two in a dead heat nationally, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Clinton leads Sa... More »
America’s angry voters divvied up by Trump and Sanders: poll
IOWA CITY, Iowa/NEW YORK The 2016 election is shaping up to be the year of angry voters, the disgruntled Americans shaking up the establishment by fueling the presidential campaigns of two very different candidates – billionaire businessman Donald Trump and se... More »
Democratic presidential candidates get chance for seventh debate
NEW YORK A U.S. news channel and a newspaper will host a debate for the Democratic presidential contenders in New Hampshire a few days before the state’s primary election, but it remained unclear whether the party will relax its rule banning candidates from no... More »
To some Republicans, Trump gives voice to what’s on their minds
MANCHESTER, N.H./WATERLOO, Iowa – To Barb Stensland, who works at a soda counter in Grundy County, Iowa, Donald Trump was just telling it “the way it is” when he called this week for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. Though the Republican presidenti... More »
Republican Christie, seen as alternative to Trump, wins coveted endorsement
WASHINGTON The publisher of an influential newspaper in the early voting state of New Hampshire said on Sunday the paper had endorsed Republican Chris Christie in the U.S. presidential contest because of his experience and potential to take on rival Donald Tru... More »
Jeb 2.0: Bush relaunches campaign with e-book, tour
WASHINGTON Battered by weeks of negative headlines, Republican Jeb Bush launches a campaign reboot on Monday with a “Jeb Can Fix It” tour and release of an e-book that reveals a more personal side to a 2016 candidate who has struggled on the public stage. Bush... More »
Trump defend Obama? ‘I don’t think so!’
WASHINGTON Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said on Saturday it was not his job to stand up for U.S. President Barack Obama after a man at one of his campaign events said he was a Muslim and “not even an American.” “Am I morally obligated to de... More »
Jeb Bush will target New Hampshire with first TV ads
WASHINGTON Republican Jeb Bush’s first TV ads of his 2016 White House campaign will target New Hampshire, his team said on Friday, in a reflection of his need to do well in an early voting state where rival John Kasich has been making inroads. The initial $500... More »
