Washington: President Barack Obama has suggested that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton faces a double standard as the first female presidential nominee of a major party against an outlandish opponent whose rhetoric and behaviour were being normalised. “She made me a better president and she didn’t ask for credit,” said Barack Obama. “I saw her as my Secretary of State. I saw her in the Situation Room making arguments... 

Washington: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will cancel the historic Paris climate deal if voted to power as the agreement would cost the US economy USD 5.3 trillion and “skyrocket” electricity prices. Donald Trump. Speaking at an election rally in Florida, Trump said he will create jobs all across America and provide cheaper energy to people, especially farmers. “I believe so much in the environment. Believe... 

Waukesha: Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence played up his self-effacing Midwestern persona in a Wisconsin campaign appearance on Wednesday, introducing himself as a “B-list Republican celebrity”, while urging the crowd to vote for Donald Trump. “For the sake of our Constitution, for the sake of the sanctity of life, for the sake of the sanctity of our Second Amendment and all our God-given liberties we must make sure... 

The United States depicted at the Republican National Convention is a scary place. It is wrenched by economic uncertainty, social upheaval, political dysfunction, runaway immigration, violent streets and existential threats from abroad. Republicans want voters to see the need for drastic change. The nation’s only choice, they say, is Donald Trump. No one can deny that Trump is the candidate of change, while Clinton has been running as the candidate...