Elections in the United States

The United States is a federation, with elected officials at the federal (national), state and local levels. On a national level, the head of state, the President, is elected indirectly by the people, through an Electoral College. Today, the electors virtually always vote with the popular vote of their state. All members of the federal legislature, the Congress, are directly elected. There are many elected offices at state level, each state having at least an elective Governor and legislature. There are also elected offices at the local level, in counties and cities. According to political science professor Jennifer Lawless, there were 519,682 elected officials in the United States as of 2012.

State law regulates most aspects of the election, including primaries, the eligibility of voters (beyond the basic constitutional definition), the running of each state's electoral college, and the running of state and local elections. The United States Constitution defines (to a basic extent) how federal elections are held, in Article One and Article Two and various amendments. The federal government has also been involved in attempts to increase voter turnout, by measures such as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

Donald Trump

Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessperson and media personality. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's career, branding efforts, personal life, wealth, and outspoken manner have made him famous throughout the country. Since 2015, he is also a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

Trump is a native of New York City and a son of Fred Trump, who inspired him to enter real estate development. After two years at Fordham University and while studying at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Trump worked for his father's firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son. Upon graduating in 1968 he joined the company, and in 1971 was given control, renaming the company "The Trump Organization". Since then he has built hotels, golf courses, and other properties, many of which bear his name. He is a major figure in the American business scene and has received prominent media exposure. The NBC reality show The Apprentice bolstered his fame, and his three marriages were extensively reported in tabloids.

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A man holding Islamic State Militant's flag

'British' boy in Islamic State group execution video

Edit BBC News 27 Aug 2016

The Islamic State group has released footage showing five boys, including one it identifies as British, carrying out the killing of prisoners in Syria ... The video shows the children shooting dead five men identified as captured Kurdish fighters who are kneeling ... ....

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AG2 Dwyane Wade in attendance at the Women's Finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida on April 5, 2008

Dwyane Wade's cousin fatally shot pushing baby in stroller

Edit Times Free Press 27 Aug 2016

CHICAGO (AP) - NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin was shot and killed in Chicago while pushing her baby in a stroller near a school where she intended to register her children. Wade took to Twitter to lament what he called another "act of senseless gun violence.". Her family said Nykea Aldridge, 32, had recently relocated to the area on the city's South Side ... She wasn't the intended target, police said ... "My cousin was killed today in Chicago....

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Why Syria's war, after 400,000 deaths, is only getting worse

Edit The Times of India 27 Aug 2016

WASHINGTON - There is a basic fact about Syria's civil war that never seems to change. It frustrates any attempt at resolution. Despite many offensives, peace conferences and foreign interventions, including this week's Turkish incursion into a border town, the only needle that ever seems to move is the one measuring the suffering of Syrians - which only worsens. Academic research on civil wars, taken together, reveals why ... RELATED....

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Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, Arizona, 18 June 2016

Trump: African-Americans will vote for me after Dwyane Wade's cousin killed in shooting

Edit Politico 27 Aug 2016

Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted that the fatal shooting of professional basketball star Dwyane Wade's cousin in Chicago is a reason why African-Americans will support his candidacy ... Just what I have been saying ... African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP! ... Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2016 ... ....

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A pair of stranded mariners signal for help by writing "SOS" in the sand as a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft crew from Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 flies over in support of a Coast Guard search and rescue mission, East Fayu Island, Micronesia, 25 August, 2016.

Micronesia: Couple rescued from desert island after SOS spotted in sand

Edit BBC News 27 Aug 2016

Two people have been rescued from an uninhabited Pacific island after a US Navy helicopter spotted their SOS sign. The pilots spotted the sign drawn into sand on East Fayu Island in Micronesia and alerted the US Coast Guard ... ....

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