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Is Donald Trump Heading to the GOP Nomination? Billionaire Wins Nevada Caucus with 46% of Vote

Watch Listen In his third consecutive victory, billionaire businessman Donald Trump has easily won the Nevada caucus. Trump received 46 percent of the vote, winning most key demographic groups. Florida Senator Marco Rubio placed second with 24 percent. Texas Senator Ted Cruz came in third with 21 percent. «We won the... Leer más

Apple Fight on iPhone Access Extends to Other Cases

AFP – Apple is battling the US government over accessing locked devices in at least 10 cases around the country, in addition to the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers, court documents show. The existence of other court disputes lends credence to Apple’s argument that the high-profile legal... Leer más

Republicanos endurecen oposición a nombramiento a la Corte

Los miembros de la Comisión Judicial dijeron que si el presidente Barack Obama nomina a una persona para reemplazar al fallecido magistrado Antonin Scalia, no convocarán a una audiencia ni programarán una votación para decidir quien llenará la vacante. «Ni audiencia ni votación» dijo el senador de Carolina del Sur,... Leer más

U.S. religious groups and their political leanings

Mormons are the most heavily Republican-leaning religious group in the U.S., while a pair of major historically black Protestant denominations – the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and the National Baptist Convention – are two of the most reliably Democratic groups, according to data from Pew Research Center’s 2014 Religious... Leer más

President Obama Presents the Plan to Close Guantanamo: «This Is About Closing a Chapter in History»

  Today, President Obama announced his plan to close the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay once and for all — saying that keeping the prison open undermines our national security and stains our broader record on upholding the highest standards of rule of law. He made the case for why it’s... Leer más

The South Carolina primary results don’t mean Trump will be the nominee

Today, South Carolina Republicans cast votes in the 2016 presidential primary. As expected, two things happened. First, Donald Trump wiped the floor with the competition. Second, pundits have overreacted in declaring that his second win clears him a path to the nomination. The latter is not only premature, but rabidly... Leer más

Is speaking Spanish necessary to be Hispanic? Most Hispanics say no

During Saturday’s Republican presidential debate in South Carolina, Marco Rubio questioned (in English) whether Ted Cruz speaks Spanish. Cruz responded in Spanish with a challenge to Rubio to discuss their views on immigration in that language. Rubio’s confrontation with Cruz, who recently became the first Hispanic to win the Iowa... Leer más

Los candidatos esquivan Cuba en vísperas del voto en Nevada y Carolina del Sur

El viaje de Barack Obama a Cuba introduce un elemento novedoso en la carrera electoral, pero sin apenas trastocar la dinámica de campaña ni convertirse en un asunto central de debate. A dos días de las primarias republicanas en Carolina del Sur y de los caucus demócratas en Nevada, algunos... Leer más

It’s official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California

The demographers agreed: At some point in 2014, Latinos would pass whites as the largest ethnic group in California. Determining when exactly that milestone would occur was more of a tricky question. Counting people isn’t like counting movie ticket receipts. The official confirmation had to wait until new population figures... Leer más

Outsiders-in-chief and the world: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders need to sharpen their global vision

In utterly different ways, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have struck fear into the hearts of a smug, ossified and intellectually lazy establishment. Yet whether either man can make the leap from protest candidate to having a shot at actually winning the White House remains to be seen. Making that... Leer más

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