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    Donald Trump will depend on support from disengaged voters and disgruntled Democrats to win Iowa. To Sue Downey, the side effects of America’s broken immigration system became plainly visible at a Des Moines restaurant. She was on a recent trip to the city trying to order a meal, but the staff, all of whom she said were Hispanic, couldn't communicate with her. The same thing happened, she said, at a McDonald's in upstate New York while attending her husband’s West Point reunion. “There wasn’t even one person who spoke English,” she said. “We couldn’t even place an order.” Downey is drawn to Republican nominee Donald Trump in no small part because of his hard-line stance on immigration. A 78-year-old retiree from Iowa’s energy assistance office, she worries illegal immigran...

    A Des Moines woman has been arrested on suspicion of voting twice this month in the general election, police and court records show. Terri Lynn Rote, 55, was booked into the Polk County Jail about 3:40 p.m. Thursday on a first-degree election misconduct charge, which is a Class D felony. Rote, a registered Republican, reportedly cast an early voting ballot at the Polk County Election Office, 120 Second Ave., and another ballot at a county satellite voting location in Des Moines, according to a Des Moines police report. Rote was one of three voter fraud suspects reported to police Wednesday by the Polk County Auditor's Office. It's the first time in 12 years that Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald can remember ever having to report potential voter fraud, he said Thursday ...

    The FBI has obtained a warrant to start reviewing emails found on a laptop used by top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband Anthony Weiner, according to reports from US media. The Wall Street Journal says the number of emails could total 650,000 - though not all of them are expected to be relevant to the Clinton investigation. This comes after Friday's bombshell that the FBI was again reviewing emails related to the democratic presidential candidate's private server. In a letter to Congress, the agency's director, James Comey, said new information had prompted an additional review of the case that ended in July. Former Congressman Mr Weiner is being investigated separately after claims he exchanged illicit text messages with a teenager. The FBI conducted a mont...

    Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is facing a fundraising scandal after a Telegraph investigation exposed how key supporters were prepared to accept illicit donations from foreign backers. Senior figures involved with the Great America PAC, one of the leading "independent" groups organising television advertisements and grassroots support for the Republican nominee, sought to channel $2 million from a Chinese donor into the campaign to elect the billionaire despite laws prohibiting donations from foreigners. In return, undercover reporters purporting to represent the fictitious donor were assured that he would obtain “influence” if Mr Trump made it to the White House. Last week Eric Beach, the PAC’s co-chairman, confirmed to the repo...

    Donald Trump faced fresh allegations of making unwelcome sexual advances, with his 11th accuser being Jessica Drake, an adult film star and director. She also claimed that she was offered $10,000 for Mr Trump to come to her room, which she declined. She was unable to recall whether it was Mr Trump or a staff member calling on his behalf who proposed the alleged payment to her. Mr Trump’s campaign dismissed her allegations as “totally false and ridiculous”, adding “Mr Trump does not know this person, does not remember this person and would have no interest in ever knowing her.” Accompanied by her lawyer Gloria Allred, Ms Drake said the alleged encounter took place at a golf tournament at Lake Tahoe in 2006. Mr Trump, the Republican nominee for the White House, has strongly ...

শীর্ষবিন্দু আন্তর্জাতিক নিউজ ডেস্ক: যেসব নারী ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্পের বিরুদ্ধে যৌন হয়রানির অভিযোগ এনেছেন তাদের সবার বিরুদ্ধে মামলা করার হুমকি দিয়েছেন তিনি। অবশ্য তার এ হুমকির জবাবে মুখ খুলেছেন অভিযোগকারী কিছু নারী। তারাও দমে যাওয়ার পাত্রী নন। ট্রাম্পের হুমকির জবাব দিয়েছেন আরও জোরালোভাবে। পেনসিলভ্যানিয়ায় গেটিসবার্গে প্রথম ১০০ দিনের কর্মপরিকল্পনা ঘোষণা করার সময় তিনি বলেছেন, আমার প্রচারণাকে বিঘ্নিত করতে বা প্রচারণায় আঘাত হানতে এমন অভিযোগকারী প্রতিটি নারী মিথ্যা বলেছে। তাদের অভিযোগ পুরোপুরি বানানো। তারা যে অভিযোগ এনেছে তা কখনো ঘটেনি। কক্ষণও না। নির্বাচন শেষ হয়ে যাওয়ার পর এসব মিথ্যাবাদীর সবার বিরুদ্ধে মামলা করা হবে। ট্রাম্প আরও অভিযোগ করেন বড় বড় সব সংবাদ মাধ্যমের সাধারণ একটি ফোন কলের মাধ্যমে তাদের সব কথা ছড়িয়ে দেয়া হচ্ছে, কার্যত যার কোনো বাস্তবতা নেই। এতে অভিযোগকারী নারীরা বলেছেন, যদি ট্রাম্প অভিযোগক...

আন্তর্জাতিক নিউজ ডেস্ক: নারীদের নিয়ে ডনাল্ড ট্রাম্পের নোংরা মন্তব্যকে জীবনের অংশ বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন তার ছেলে । এ ছাড়া তার পিতার মন্তব্যকে তিনি একটি ভুল বলে স্বীকার করে নিয়েছেন। এ খবর দিয়েছে অনলাইন সিএনএন। এতে বলা হয়, ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্প জুনিয়র শুক্রবার কেআইআরও ৯৭.৩ এর ডোরি মনসন শো’তে উপস্থিত হয়েছিলেন। সেখানে তার পিতার ২০০৫ সালে নারীদের নিয়ে রগরগে কথাবার্তার বিষয়ে তিনি বলেছেন, ট্রাম্পের ওইসব কথাবার্তার জন্য অবশ্যই তিনি খুশি নন। তিনি বলেন, কিন্তু আমি মনে করি আমরা সবাই হয়তো এমন পুরুষদের চিনি যারা অন্য পুরুষদের সঙ্গে ওই জাতীয় কথাবার্তা বলেন। এটাতো জীবনেরই অংশ। আমি বিশ্বাস করি আমার পিতা সাধারণ মার্কিনীদের সঙ্গে সম্পর্ক গড়তে সক্ষম হবেন। অনেক ক্ষেত্রেই তিনি এমন সম্পর্ক গড়ার মতো মানুষ। তিনি এমন সম্পর্কই গড়ে থাকেন। তিনি যে মন্তব্য করেছেন সারাজীবনে তিনি তেমন মানুষ নন। উল্লেখ্য, ডনাল্ড ট্রাম্প ২০০৫ সালের...

    Donald Trump has taken a rare swipe at Michelle Obama, accusing her of criticising his rival Hillary Clinton. The presidential candidate has avoided directly hitting out at the first lady for much of the race. But at a campaign rally in North Carolina, Mr Trump had a change of heart. He accused Mrs Obama of attacking his rival during the 2008 primaries. He said she was alluding to Mrs Clinton when she said that if you "can't run your own house," you can't run the White House. Although the first lady did make that comment, the White House has vehemently denied that it was a reference to the Clintons, instead insisting it was about their own attempts to balance family and politics. Mr Trump also complained that "all she (Michelle Obama) wants to do is campaign". Mrs Obama ha...

    Republican Donald Trump could go down as the least well-funded presidential candidate in recent campaigns - entering the final month of the election still without the cash to match the level of staff and advertising that has helped power the campaign of his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. With less than three weeks until the election, it is too late for Trump to amass the amount of cash he would need to unleash a spending assault that might turn his hobbled campaign around. Through the end of September, Trump raised a total of $163 million - a far cry from Clinton's $449 million. Trump, a New York real estate developer who has boasted about his wealth, pledged to use millions of his personal assets to fund his campaign. In addition to the $163 million raised, he put in $...

    In refusing to say whether he would accept the result of the presidential election Donald Trump plunged America into uncharted territory. For 240 years, no matter how bitter the campaign, the vanquished candidate has always swallowed their pride and publicly conceded. It is one of the basic foundations of American democracy . But, asked if he would abide by tradition, Mr Trump said: I will tell you at the time. I'll keep you in suspense. He said the media had "poisoned the minds of the voters" and the election would be "rigged" and riddled with fraud. A refusal by Mr Trump to accept defeat would effectively give licence to his supporters to cause unrest should he lose. Already, some of his most fervent followers are ready to do that. One Trump supporter in Cincinnati told ...