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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

Gaffe Proof? Trump vs. Clinton tests political pitfalls

WASHINGTON – When is a gaffe not a gaffe? When Donald Trump says it. Over 72 hours earlier in the month, the Republican front-runner faced a campaign crisis after unrest at his ev...

DATE: Mar 20, 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

GOP hopeful Donald Trump stands by his campaign rhetoric

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Showing no signs of trying to ease the nation’s tense political atmosphere, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is standing by his antagonistic campaign rhetoric, reject...

DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Who’s an outsider? GOP establishment fears loss of standing

WASHINGTON – Republican leaders in Washington have spent years casting tea party allies and hardliners in Congress as merely a restive minority, a fringe element to be tolerated. ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some in GOP start seeing Cruz as best alternative to Trump

WASHINGTON – Republican leaders on Sunday grappled with the prospect that the best hope for stopping Donald Trump’s march to the nomination may be Ted Cruz – the only candidate who causes as...

DATE: Mar 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New rancor, tough talk in Clinton-Sanders Democratic debate

FLINT, Mich. – Ratcheting up the rancor, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled aggressively in a Democratic presidential debate Sunday night over trade, Wall Street influence and more, ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cruz wins Kansas in GOP battle for delegates

WICHITA, Kan. – Ted Cruz claimed the first prize in Saturday’s four-state round of Republican voting, triumphing in Kansas as front-runner Donald Trump tried to pad his delegate lead in the ...

DATE: Mar 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bernie Sanders takes Colorado after young people turn out for caucuses

Republicans disappointed not to poll for presidency

DATE: Feb 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim ‘alternative-to-Trump’ vote

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Republicans Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz battled to emerge as the true anti-Trump on Sunday as the billionaire businessman took an ever-so-brief break from his trademark bragga...

DATE: Feb 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump seen as losing his temper as well as South Carolina debate

The Big Idea: There is widespread consensus that Donald Trump had a very bad night in Greenville. The question is whether that will cause lasting damage, or if he continues to be coated in T...

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