Image copyright AP Image caption Mr Sandford was dramatically arrested during a Las Vegas rally for Mr Trump A British man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison over his attempt to grab a gun in a bid to kill Donald Trump. Michael Sandford, 20, pleaded …
Read More »Donald Trump: ‘No new business deals’ during presidency
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Trump will put his sons in charge, but some critics argue this is not enough Donald Trump has said his sons will run his businesses during his presidency but there will be “no new deals”. He tweeted he would “hold a news conference in …
Read More »Trump mocks Russia ‘conspiracy theory’
Image copyright AP Donald Trump has poured fresh scorn on US intelligence claims of Russian hackers meddling in the US election. He tweeted: “Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card. It would be called conspiracy theory!” The US president-elect …
Read More »China ‘seriously concerned’ over Trump’s Taiwan policy
Media captionDonald Trump says he “doesn’t want China dictating to me” China says it is “seriously concerned” after US President-elect Donald Trump expressed doubts about continuing to abide by the “One China” policy. Under the policy, the US has formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan, which …
Read More »Latinos v Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a huge angry missile-shooting robot battling Mexicans. That’s the concept of a dark, funny and sharply satirical sci-fi short film from Uruguay that millions are watching online. Titled “M.A.M.O.N. (Monitor Against Mexicans Over Nationwide) Latinos VS. Donald Trump,” production company APARATO used computer generated images and visual …
Read More »Trump on Twitter
Image caption Trump’s Twitter page in April 2009 Donald Trump’s Twitter account wasn’t always the powerful spectacle it has become. Journalist Adam Harris goes through the archives to see how it evolved. In the month since the election, Mr Trump has taken to Twitter to lambast what he views as …
Read More »Vogue vs Trump
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anna Wintour, editor in chief of US Vogue, is one of the most powerful women in the media Tensions are simmering between the US magazines Vogue and Teen Vogue, and the country’s president-elect Donald Trump. Last week, legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour, considered one of …
Read More »Lockheed Martin shares suffer after Trump F-35 tweet
Image copyright Getty Images Shares in Lockheed Martin have fallen after President-elect Donald Trump said he would cut the cost of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter after taking office. He tweeted: “F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and …
Read More »Crunch Report | Donald Trump Is 45th President of U.S.
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Read More »Analysis of social media did a better job at predicting Trump’s win than the polls
Many of the polls forecasted an easy win for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election, but we now know their prediction models were flawed. While data scientists are scrambling to figure out what went wrong, a number of social media analytics firms are touting the fact that …
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