Whenever pretty much any controversial thing or person is in the news, then the mobile games based on them hit. And this US election season has seen countless games based on all the candidates hit. And most of them are cheaply-made stuff that use broad humor and possibly lax Appl … | Continue reading
House Speaker Paul Ryan tells WSJ's Gerald F. Seib about his planned meeting with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this week to discuss how to unify the GOP party. Photo: Madeline Marshall | Continue reading
Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has agreed to back Trump as a California delegate in Cleveland this summer. Thiel’s level of support for the Donald is unclear but Thiel will be one of 172 selected Golden State delegates headed to the Republican National Convention, and a so … | Continue reading
Hillary Clinton is running neck and neck with Donald Trump in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, according to a new Quinnipiac University Poll. Senator Bernie Sanders does better than Clinton against Trump in all three. WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports. | Continue reading
Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and a key investor in Facebook was, discovered to be on a ballot in California as a delegate for Donald Trump. It came from Trump’s offices as an officially approved candidate, so we can safely say this isn’t just a malicious rumor. But while … | Continue reading
One of Donald Trump's presidential delegates is a familiar name in the tech world: investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Yesterday, Thiel's name appeared on a list of pledged California delegates selected by Trump, at this point the presumptive Republican presidential candi … | Continue reading
The most impressive thing about Trump and his political and personal brand is that it follows the one guiding principle of branding: know your audience. | Continue reading
Donald Trump may be a controversial and divisive character, but PR experts say he offers important lessons to PR professionals and business leaders. PR veterans don’t suggest adopting Trump’s political views or copying his hairstyle, but they do recommend that PR and corporate ex … | Continue reading
Facebook plans to have a major presence at the Republican National Convention in July, where frontrunner Donald Trump will officially become the party's nominee for president. The social network has no plans to bow to pressure from protestors and critics of Trump, who've urged te … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama said the presidential race is not "entertainment" or a "reality show," in a clear reference to presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, and said candidates' plans and records need to be closely scrutinized. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Earlier today, Donald Trump celebrated Cinco de Mayo by publishing a tweet that read: "Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!"The tweet linked to a Facebook page, and more importantly, included a picture of Trump with one hand giv … | Continue reading
We’re witnessing a marketing and communications revolution. Real-time communications are immensely powerful. | Continue reading
This is fine does not mean this is fine — not on social media.The three-word phrase now doubles as shorthand for when a situation becomes so terrible our brains refuse to grapple with its severity. An oil spill has covered the Gulf of Mexico? This is fine. The polar ice sheets ar … | Continue reading
Presumptive Republican Nominee Donald Trump will have to change the electoral map in order to defeat his likely Democratic competitor, Hillary Clinton, in the general election. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains which states are in play in 2016. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced he was dropping out of the Republican presidential race, leaving front-runner Donald Trump as the last man standing. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Donald Trump: the man, the myth, the pumpkin, the all-but-certain Republican nominee for the US presidency.Hundreds of members of the Republican party, shaken by this state of reality, have been tweeting seemingly heartfelt goodbyes to the GOP for the last several hours. You can … | Continue reading
Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee after Ted Cruz dropped out of the race. Bernie Sanders scored a big upset over Hillary Clinton in the Indiana primary. Photo: Associated Press | Continue reading
“If Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get five percent of the vote. The only thing she’s got going is the women’s card,” Donald Trump said during a press conference last Tuesday at Trump Tower. In a video response, Clinton fought back by saying: “If fighting for wom … | Continue reading
FEATURE: The 2016 United States presidential election is weird, but the Internet is doing its best to prove it can always get stranger. Supporters of Republican presidential primary leader Donald Trump recently turned into demons and stormed the unofficial headquarters for Bernie … | Continue reading
On his radio show today, Glenn Beck and three friends dipped their faces in Cheetos dust to look like Donald Trump. You see, Donald Trump's fake tan gives him the skin tone of an Oompa Loompa on a tropical vacation. And that color vaguely resembles Cheetos. Good luck eating them … | Continue reading
Ever since Carrier announced a plan to move a manufacturing plant to Mexico from Indianapolis, presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the company. The issue is coming to a head Tuesday as Indiana votes in its primary. Photo: AP | Continue reading
200-mile Model E likely follows Chevrolet Bolt, Tesla Model E, and next-gen Nissan Leaf to market. The EV Ford will likely be built in Mexico (sorry, Donald) circa 2019. | Continue reading
A large crowd of demonstrators clashed with Donald Trump supporters outside the Republican front-runner’s rally in Costa Mesa, California on Thursday. Photo: AP. | Continue reading
Carly Fiorina brings to the Ted Cruz campaign a proven ability to go toe-to-toe with Cruz arch rival Donald Trump. Here are some of the sharpest exchanges between Fiorina and the GOP front-runner. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Donald Trump has been facing a lot of backlash over his idea to build a wall around Mexico to halt the remittances flowing from the US to this country. While it is evident Bitcoin can easily sneak around any artificial wall, Mexican Bitcoin startup Bitso raised US$1.85m to provid … | Continue reading
Donald Trump trounced his rivals Tuesday night in five Northeast primary contests. A likely win in New Jersey in June would bring him to 1000 delegates, meaning he’d only need 237 more to win the nomination outright. WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports. Image: Getty | Continue reading
Donald Trump won all five primaries on Tuesday and declared himself the presumptive Republican nominee, while taking a shot at rivals Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich for "colluding" to undermine him. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Tuesday's primaries in five northeastern states further propelled front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton toward their parties' nominations. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib discusses the key takeaways. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders, facing some tough races in Tuesday's primaries, told supporters that he's still a better bet than Hillary Clinton to beat Donald Trump, despite long odds in the Democratic delegate count. | Continue reading
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich have a new strategy for stopping Donald Trump: Joining forces. The two candidates announced they are divvying up the upcoming primary states to try to block the GOP frontrunner’s path to the nomination. Photo: AP. | Continue reading
Presidential front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are poised to win the state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday. WSJ's Jerry Seib explains what this means for the primary and general elections. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Donald Trump, after an overwhelming victory in the New York Republican primary, unveiled a more establishment demeanor. WSJ’s Monica Langley unpacks the personnel hires and strategic shifts behind the campaign’s evolution. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images | Continue reading
There has been a lot of talk about Donald Trump and his plans to build a physical wall around Mexico. This plan would be set in motion to prevent remittance solutions originating in the US, and coerce the Mexican government into paying for this wall in the end. But Bitcoin will q … | Continue reading
One of Donald Trump’s many campaign promises if he is elected President of the United States is a tall wall along the Mexico-U.S. border. Mexico is footing the bill, if it were up to the Donald. Refuse and Trump will put the brakes on the $24 billion remittance flow from U.S. to … | Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg opened Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference with a few well-timed jabs at presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Speaking in front of a diverse crowd in San Francisco, Zuckerberg said: “it takes courage to choose hope over fear” before criticizing Trump’s controv … | Continue reading
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a message for Donald Trump: Stop dividing people.Kicking off the company's annual F8 developer conference, Zuckerberg outlined Facebook's mission more articulately than he ever has, saying the social network stands for "connecting every person. Gi … | Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg gave an impassioned opening speech at Facebook's F8 developer conference keynote today, lambasting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters for fostering a culture of fear in the US. Though he did not name Trump directly, Zuckerberg refere … | Continue reading
Donald Trump faces a contested convention if he can’t reach 1,237 delegates. But the two most delegate-rich states, New York and California, could hold the keys to his winning the Republican nomination outright. WSJ’s Jason Bellini has today’s Campaign Calculus. Image: Getty | Continue reading
A wall. Trump still wants a wall. That’s what he says. Last week, while Trump revealed his plan to block remittances from illegal immigrants, bitcoin... | Continue reading
Love him or hate him, there are marketing lessons to be learned from Donald Trump. | Continue reading
After a difficult week for Donald Trump, and unfavorable demographics for Hillary Clinton, challengers Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders look set to have a strong night in Wisconsin. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains. Photo: AP | Continue reading
EA has lashed out at Donald Trump for using copyrighted audio from Mass Effect 2's trailer for a campaign ad."We do not support our assets being used in political campaigns," the video game publisher told GameInformer after Trump retweeted the video in question.By all accounts th … | Continue reading
Every few years, a public figure proposes repression and violence in the name of patriotism, and we go back to the dystopian novel It Can’t Happen Here. Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 book is currently being read in the context of Donald Trump’s presidential run, built on bare-faced xenoph … | Continue reading
Ted Cruz blamed presidential rival Donald Trump on Friday for a tabloid story that aired rumors about Cruz's personal life. Trump responded that he had nothing to do with it. Photo: AP | Continue reading
It’s not everyday you could end up getting matched with Donald Trump on Tinder – but it’s now more likely than ever as the dating platform wades into the US presidential race in the only way it knows how. Starting today, Tinder is offering to help you decide which candidate is fo … | Continue reading
You know that scene in the classic film Bruce Almighty when Jim Carrey uses his God-like powers to mess with Steve Carrell's character while he's giving a live news broadcast? That's what this video looks like (kind of), except replace Steve Carrell for George W. Bush, Donald Tru … | Continue reading
You know how they say, "Show me pictures or video, or it didn't happen"? Well, the days when you could trust what you see on video in real time are officially coming to an end thanks to a new kind of face tracking.See also: You can now use Donald Trump's voice to say just about a … | Continue reading
Protesters rallied Saturday outside Trump Tower in Manhattan, where GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump launched his campaign last year. Photo: Getty | Continue reading