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Trump, Ryan increasingly at odds over future of the GOP

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump wants to win the White House in the fall. Paul Ryan wants to save his vision of the Republican Party for years to come. Those goals put Trump and Ryan in...

DATE: Mar 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sanders wins 3 states; Clinton retains big delegate lead

WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders scored three wins in Western caucus contests, giving a powerful psychological boost to his supporters but doing little to move him closer to securing the Democrat...

DATE: Mar 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sanders wins primary caucuses in Alaska and Washington

WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders won Democratic presidential caucuses in Alaska and Washington state on Saturday, victories he hopes will stoke a spring comeback against the commanding front-runn...

DATE: Mar 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The Republican Party had the worst week in Washington

Even Speaker Ryan can’t put a positive spin on presidential race

DATE: Mar 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump demands GOP embrace him as Dems unleash new attacks

WASHINGTON – A front-runner under attack from all sides, Republican Donald Trump demanded that his party’s skeptical establishment embrace the inevitability of his presidential nomination as...

DATE: Mar 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump and Cruz tap their inner fishermen to reel in voting bloc

Donald Trump favors bespoke suits, jets, gilded New York towers and once declared on Twitter: “I’m not a hunter and don’t approve of killing animals.” Yet Sportsmen for Trump is rallying beh...

DATE: Mar 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Anti-Trump protesters block traffic in Arizona, march in New York

Rally in Fountain Hills goes on as scheduled

DATE: Mar 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump’s grammar in speeches ‘just below 6th grade level,’ study finds

George W. Bush’s speeches were at a 5th-grade level

DATE: Mar 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bernie getting burned

Sanders needs big-time wins, superdelegates to catch Clinton

DATE: Mar 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton defeats Sanders in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Hillary Clinton rolled up primary victories in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina on Tuesday, dealing a severe blow to Bernie Sanders’ bid to slow her march toward the ...

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump tops Rubio in Florida, falls to Kasich in Ohio

Senator from Florida drops out of race

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2016 race barrels toward potentially decisive primary day

HANOVERTON, Ohio – The tumultuous presidential primary season barreled toward a potentially decisive day for both Republicans and Democrats, with enough delegates up for grabs Tuesday to tur...

DATE: Mar 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World