Polls start to close in tense US presidential election

11/04/2020

Washington, United States—Polls in US battleground states began to close Tuesday, November 3, 2020, inching the contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden to its nail-biting conclusion, following a race fought in unprecedented conditions of a…

White House race: 2 possible scenarios on ‘D-Day’

Christine O. Avendaño - @inquirerdotnet 11/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — With the coronavirus pandemic prompting Americans to vote early or demand mail-in balloting, two possible scenarios may play out on Nov. 3, D-Day for the presidential race in the United States: A decisive result…

The end of the beginning

Manuel L. Quezon III - @inquirerdotnet 11/04/2020

Two things combined to make me wonder about an altogether different thing. The first of the two things was an interesting report in MyCebu.ph on Resil Mojares revisiting his insight into the dispute between Humabon and Lapu-Lapu:…

Trump’s dark campaign goes down to the wire, Biden predicts victory

11/03/2020

Kenosha, United States—President Donald Trump rallied late Monday in Kenosha, the Wisconsin city at the center of racial protests this summer, in a final hour bid to prove the polls wrong and retain the White House, while…

Superstitious Trump ends campaign in same city as 2016

11/03/2020

Grand Rapids, United States—Normally, Republicans don’t win Michigan — but Donald Trump took the US state in a shocking upset four years ago. On Monday evening he headed back to the city of Grand Rapids — exactly…

Trump, Biden, and our economy

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 11/03/2020

Today, Americans will choose a new president, and many have asked me what the implications of a Trump or Biden victory would be for the Philippine economy. We can’t say that our economy has thrived within the…

When a president gets sick

Gideon Lasco - @inquirerdotnet 10/23/2020

News that Donald Trump got sick from a coronavirus infection early this month had political observers buzzing much more than the fly on Mike Pence’s head. For a few days, the world awaited developments from Walter Reed…

Trump tells fans on post-Covid comeback tour: ‘I feel so powerful’

10/13/2020

Washington, USA—Deprived of his beloved campaign trail for 10 days by Covid-19, President Donald Trump took center stage again Monday in Florida, vowing that he is in “great shape” with 22 days to go until he faces…

Trump criticized for leaving hospital to greet supporters

10/05/2020

Washington—US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community Sunday, October 4, 2020, with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the highly infectious, potentially deadly…

The real fiction

Kay Rivera - @inquirerdotnet 10/05/2020

Since US President Donald Trump announced that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19, the weekend has been an odd time for reflection about karma, schadenfreude, and hubris. Anyone with an appreciation for…

Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis may win him some sympathy, but is a double-edged sword

The Strait Times/Asia News Network 10/04/2020

WASHINGTON — That US President Donald Trump has been hospitalised with Covid-19 has changed the conversation of the week to the pandemic, which continues to ravage America. For him, that is a double-edged sword. However, much as the President tries…

The US presidency, hubris, and the coronavirus

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 10/04/2020

Having once moderated a presidential debate myself, I was curious to watch the debates between US President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden. I expected that Chris Wallace, the moderator of the first debate, would…

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