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Trump taunts China as he picks former rival Carson as housing secretary
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has fired off another Twitter broadside, attacking China over alleged currency manipulation and foreign policy, as he elects retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a presidential rival-turned-supporter, to serve as the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Trump picks women for UN post and education secretary
Donald Trump began to broaden the base of his future cabinet on Nov. 23, nominating two conservative women including a critic, after his earlier picks rewarded campaign loyalists.
Trump's nomination of South Carolina's 44-year-old governor, Nikki Haley, as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will be seen as a sign he is ready to forgive some foes to raise a bigger tent.
Gingrich for secretary of state?
Even scarier than the thought of Donald Trump as America’s 45th president — in an election whose outcome has shaken liberals and conservatives alike — is that of who will fill his cabinet come January 20, 2017.
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US presidential rivals Clinton, Sanders tied in support among Democrats: Poll
The top contenders in both the Democratic and the Republican presidential nominating races have roughly equal support among members of their respective parties, according to a national Reuters/Ipsos poll released on April 12.
Trump storms to victory in Nevada Republican caucuses
Donald Trump stormed to victory in Tuesday's Republican caucuses in Nevada, giving the billionaire businessman his third straight win in the race for the White House.
Trump skips debate, wins on social media
Donald Trump was the big winner across social media on the night of Jan. 28 during the seventh Republican presidential debate - despite the fact that he was not even there.
Trump was the most searched-for candidate on Google during the debate, according to data supplied by the search engine, which co-sponsored the event with Fox News.
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US Republican Ben Carson's campaign manager, 20 staff quit
U.S. Republican Ben Carson's 2016 presidential bid was thrown into chaos on the last day of 2015 when his campaign manager and some 20 other staff members quit amid infighting, dropping poll numbers and negative media coverage.
Trump laps Republican field in latest 2016 poll
American billionaire Donald Trump, the dominant Republican no one can stop talking about heading into the 2016 presidential election, is leaving his rivals far behind in the polls.
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'Make America McCarthyistic Again'
Donald Trump, the American businessman turned presidential hopeful, threw out another provocation the other day. He argued there must be a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." He, in other words, advanced a religion-based exclusion to normally one of freest countries in the world.
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Trump defies protests to host 'Saturday Night Live'
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump hosted the sketch-comedy show "Saturday Night Live," defying protesters to make the highly anticipated but controversial primetime television appearance.