Sentences with phrase «recent election of president»

With the recent election of President Donald Trump, and the defeat of Hilary Clinton, I was interested in how this biennial would address the political and social aftermath of the 2016 election.

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The failure of far - right populist Gert Wilders to win the recent Dutch election was a boost for the EU but a threat awaits in the prospect of French President Marine le Pen, a far - right anti-immigration candidate who has promised to hold a referendum on France's EU membership if elected, the same promise Cameron made.

Although no recent First Amendment cases could be seen to apply directly to the publication of tax returns from a candidate for president, lawyer Floyd Abrams said that «all the cases make it extremely unlikely that the Times could constitutionally be held liable for publishing such a newsworthy story, a month before a presidential election, about a candidate for Presidenpresident, lawyer Floyd Abrams said that «all the cases make it extremely unlikely that the Times could constitutionally be held liable for publishing such a newsworthy story, a month before a presidential election, about a candidate for PresidentPresident.»

As Donald Trump assumes the mantle of 45th president of the United States, much of the mainstream press is going through a soul - searching process, trying to understand how it got the outcome of the election so thoroughly wrong — and also how to survive under what is likely to be one of the most media - hostile administrations in recent memory.

Swaths of virgin desert in the U.S. West in recent years have transformed into solar farms, a trend green energy supporters predict will persist even with the election of a president who is making fossil fuel - friendly Cabinet appointments and promises to bring back coal.

«The record levels of households reflect the significantly higher values of all asset classes post-recession,» Spectrem Group president George Walper, Jr., said in a press release, «and the recent record level of the United States markets following the presidential election has added demonstrably to the asset level of most affluent investors.»

After one of the most contentious and divisive election seasons in recent history, on January 20 the United States will swear in Donald J. Trump as the country's 45th president.

Second, very few U.S. presidents in recent history have won two elections with a majority of the popular vote.

Tom is the vice president of strategy marketing for Edison Research, a company that has conducted exiting polling for some of the most controversial U.S. presidential elections in recent history.

The most recent intrusion — the Cambridge Analytica data scandal that has engulfed Facebook and may have played a role in the Brexit referendum and the election of US president Donald Trump — is a case in point.

In the recent parliamentary elections, rightfully fed - up Venezuelans responded by ousting members of Hugo Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), giving the opposition party, the more - centrist Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), a supermajority that could challenge President Nicolás Maduro.

[Campaign material produced by Harris Media for the President's campaign channels Kenya's recent history of ethnic violence to accentuate fears over the possible election of his rival.]

A majority of Americans say that President Barack Obama's religious beliefs are either somewhat different or very different than their own, a poll on religion and the recent elections found.

As the recent presidential campaign turned US attention to Russia — with reports of Trump's alleged ties to the Russian president as well as alleged hacking by Russian operatives in hopes of influencing the election — Russians were following American politics too.

Jacob Zuma's recent election as South Africa's fourth president since the end of apartheid was a foregone conclusion.

PATS President John Moyer stated «With the recent elections, the main goal of the «Hike To Harrisburg» event was to thank those legislators who have been PATS supporters and to enlighten the freshman legislators about our Society, as well as, our role in concussion and sudden cardiac arrest management and other recent health care issues that we have supported.»

President Mahama also in a recent response to his main contender in the November elections, Nana Akufo - Addo of the New Patriotic Party; counseled him not to try to minimize the country's achievements and the depth of Ghana's transformation especially, in the last three years.

Some analysts have dismissed the theory of the Bradley effect, or argued that it may have existed in past elections, but not in more recent ones, such as when Barack Obama was elected and reelected President of the United States in 2008 and 2012 respectively.

Bharara, constrained from endorsements and opining as a federal prosecutor, has let his hair down on Twitter in recent weeks since he was fired President Donald Trump, posting pointed thoughts on issues ranging from the investigation into Russian meddling in the election to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the MTA.

George Weah's recent election as President of Liberia is not only noteworthy for being the first peaceful transition of power in the country since 1944.

According to the newspaper, federal agents have already interviewed several of more than two dozen recent hires, including former aides to President Obama, who Cuomo employed shortly after the 2016 elections.

The governor has been active in recent days on other matters, including taking steps to counteract a rise in hate crimes after the election of Donald Trump as president.

The governor, who said there was nothing wrong with the legal system in Nigeria, added that «in recent times, politicians like President Buhari are the ones responsible for the rot in the judiciary because of their desperation to use the courts to foist one party state on Nigerians with conflicting judgments from election tribunals.»

The recent Franco - German «duopoly» appears to be collapsing following the election earlier this month of French president Francois Hollande, who was attending his first European leaders» meeting.

Interestingly, Nana Addo and the NPP, who hailed the election of Nigerian President Buhari, as signifying their expected change in Ghana, has been keeping away from Nigeria's Buhari in recent times, following a recession in the Nigerian economy.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday extended «sincere congratulations» to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on his victory in the recent presidential election.

«Notwithstanding that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the reinstatement of governor's security aides, this recent action by the Police is a clear signal that the Force is working to favour some individuals in the state or destabilise the governorship election in Anambra State.»

Already, the countdown to the next general elections is on and with the recent declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to seek re-election into office in 2019, it seems to be gathering momentum with each passing day.

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has defended former President John Dramani Mahama over attacks on the latter following the annulment of the recent Kenyan election by the Supreme Court.

Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, encouraged Americans in a statement issued late Thursday to be «skeptical about anonymous allegations» after a string of recent news reports about the evolving focus of the special counsel's investigation into Russia's election interference and possible collusion with President Trump's associates.

The district went narrowly for President Bush in 2004 and 2000 but the D.C. suburbs, which comprise most of the seat's population, have been trending more and more Democratic in recent elections.

According to the newspaper, federal agents have already interviewed several of over two dozen recent hires, including former aides to President Obama, who Cuomo employed shortly after the 2016 elections.

In the recent APC congresses and elections, the APC discredited its own President and repudiated everything that he claims to stand for, including the integrity of campaign finance.

[39][40] The treaty further provides that the most recent European elections should be «taken into account» when appointing the Commission, although the President is still proposed by the European Council; the European Parliament «elects» the Commission rather than «approves» it as under the Treaty of Nice.

WESTCHESTER, NY — As former Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino is eagerly entering the private sector and considering all of his options for future employment, including three recent appearances on CNN analyzing the news from Washington and President Donald Trump, some of his recently defeated allies on the County Board of Legislators and his former employees in his county executive's office landed jobs at the Board of Elections.

Imagine that members of the 8th National Assembly had announced during the recent general election campaigns exactly how they were going to tear up section 308 of the 1999 Constitution (which protects the president, vice president, governors and their deputies against civil and criminal proceedings while they are in office) to grant their leaders immunity from prosecution for corruption and money laundering.

In the recent European elections, the leading parties tried to reproduce this by nominating candidates for the post of President of the Commission, claiming that the one with the most seats should get the job.

Questions in the off - topic portion of the Q&A included the role of Mayor de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, and her having City staff, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos» criticism of de Blasio's involvement in recent senate elections, whether de Blasio supports a tax on grocery bags, an update on the recent change in NYPD practice on marijuana possession, why the average person should care about conditions on Rikers Island (an on - topic question, but posed during this off - topic portion of the press conference), whether de Blasio is troubled by Al Sharpton's tax troubles, what the expected executive action President Obama on immigration will mean for the City, an update on the City's municipal ID program, preparations for a rally being organized by Al Sharpton upon the completion of the Ferguson grand jury, a possible mail - in response for marijuana summonses and whether mayor supports regulating costumed characters in Times Square.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, while declaring open a public hearing on the bill seeking to establish the National Electoral Offences Commission on Monday, made reference to the controversy generated by the recent amendment to Section 25 of the Electoral Act, which seeks to re-order the sequence of polls during the general elections.

Lower the number of signatures an unaffiliated candidate for statewide office must collect from 2 % to 0.25 % of the votes for Governor or President in the most recent election whichever is less.

Kerry just returned from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he played a key role in persuading Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept a runoff election after Karzai's recent election victory was found to be the result of widespread voter fraud.

As the president points out to his secretary of state, William Seward (David Strathairn), the recent election has turned 64 Democratic congressmen into lame ducks — men who'll be out of work soon and might sell their vote for a government job.

Set against the ongoing narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement highlighting racial inequality and the election of the most divisive president in recent U.S. history, Get Out, Peele has said is a «documentary.»

The recent election of D.C. Council President Vincent Gray, who beat Mayor Adrian Fenty in the Democratic primary last week, means that Rhee, who had Fenty's total backing, will soon be gone.

It's been one of UTLA's core objectives in striking a new deal with the district, a pivotal component of the «Schools LA Students Deserve» platform that President Alex Caputo - Pearl ran on in the recent election.

President Donald Trump's defeat last November of Hillary Clinton capped the most divisive presidential election in recent memory, and the first few months of his tenure have been marked by controversy.

The recent election of Barbara Madeloni as president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association is symptomatic of teachers» disenchantment with Common Core.

The day after the 2016 elections, Jack Gerard, chairman of the American Petroleum Institute, the behemoth oil and gas group, emailed Powelson to congratulate him on his recent ascension to president of NARUC and ask for a meeting:

Given Donald Trump's recent election as U.S. president and his protectionist musings about renegotiating NAFTA (although, hopefully, not the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement that precedes it), the signing of CETA comes at no better time for Canada.

Surprisingly, Cox does not now work for a voting machine company now (she is President of Young Harris College in Georgia), as so many other election officials do so immediately upon leaving office — the most recent being PA's Sec.