When Donald trump revealed his energy plan in North Dakota last week, he framed it as a jobs issue. Environmental regulations put in place during the Obama administration led to job loss among hard-working Americans, he said — and a Clinton presidency would only make things worse … | Continue reading
It’s time to get up in the guts of one of the candidates for President of the United States. Developer Bossa Studios has launched a new update for its Surgeon Simulator game in a $3 Anniversary Expansion that has players operating on presumptive Republican Party nominee (and thre … | Continue reading
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, widely known for his efforts to improve diversity in the technology industry, planned to host a fundraiser at his home for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump this week. But after an Intel spokesperson fielded questions from the New York Times … | Continue reading
Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump a "fraud" over his legal troubles with the now-defunct Trump University, in a sharp attack by the Democrat presidential front-runner against her likely GOP rival in the general election. Photo: European Press Photo Agency | Continue reading
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, through his brash press conferences and interviews, has changed the way candidates engage with the press. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains how Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are playing catch-up. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Email Marketing - Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders hold big advantages over Donald Trump in email list size, but the presumptive GOP nominee tops both Democrats in email open rate, according to recent ... | Continue reading
Imagine that you are lead strategist for the Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump campaign (take your pick). Your job is to maximize voter turnout in November. You hypothesize that more people would vote if doing so were fun. If your campaign could turn rallies and voting into a game, … | Continue reading
Dear Donald Trump,You've had a tricky relationship with video games over the years, just like you've had with women, black people, gays, lesbians, Muslims, Mexicans, Sir Alan Sugar, and Scottish wind turbines. One minute you're claiming they're the root of all evil. The next you' … | Continue reading
Tech investor, billionaire and Donald Trump-backer Peter Thiel has been locked in a legal battle by proxy with Gawker Media that amounts to a First Amendment test which could potentially put Gawker out of business.The media company that consistently challenges and pokes at the po … | Continue reading
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, in a press conference, said he would "love" to debate Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, under the condition that the event's proceeds be given to charity. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters | Continue reading
The long-simmering fight between presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren heated up again this week, as they traded fresh insults. Here are some of the sharpest exchanges. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Donald Trump may be rewriting the rules in politics, but his tactics are no surprise to marketers who follow Gary Vaynerchuk. | Continue reading
A new WSJ/NBC News polls shows that voters view Donald Trump as the better candidate on economic issues, while Hillary Clinton is seen as stronger on foreign policy. WSJ's Shelby Holliday runs down the latest poll results. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks with WSJ's Gerald F. Seib about what he thinks Donald Trump will need to do to win the general election, including reaching out to young voters and African Americans. Photo: AP | Continue reading
A new WSJ/NBC News poll shows Hillary Clinton's once double digit lead over Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election matchup narrows to just three percentage points. Here's why. Photo: AFP/Getty Images | Continue reading
Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee struck a deal to establish joint fundraising committees, which allow donors to write bigger checks ahead of the general election. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains how the joint effort works. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly appear to have called a truce. Their relationship went sour over Ms. Kelly's questioning after last August's Republican debate. But they sat down for an interview, taped in April but aired on Tues … | Continue reading
Donald Trump, widely known for playing a successful businessman on TV, has some pointed business advice for Amazon: beware the regulator. Now the presumptive nominee to become the Republican party's presidential candidate in this year's election, Trump believes Amazon has "a huge … | 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
Trump was once entertaining. He was a human cartoon character, a real-life being worthy of mockery for his half-baked ideas on how to “make America great again.” Now, the joke is far less funny and Trump is only a step away from the White House. If you need help transporting your … | 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
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
Google will be the official livestream provider at the Republican National Convention, the company confirmed to Politico this week. The search giant will also provide virtual reality tools and real-time data on election trends during the GOP convention, though rights groups have … | 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