Politics

Jeb Bush drops out of the Republican race for president

By Associated Press

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he is ending his bid for the White House.

Donald Trump wins big at South Carolina GOP primary

By Michael D. Regan and Jill Colvin and Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

Donald Trump scored his second straight Republican presidential primary win, rolling to victory in South Carolina on Saturday as voters seething about Washington and politicians helped propel the billionaire businessman past GOP establishment candidates.

The latest: 2016 presidential election updates from South Carolina, Nevada

By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press

The Latest on the 2016 presidential election and two crucial contests Saturday: South Carolina's Republican primary and Nevada's Democratic caucuses.

Hillary Clinton wins the Nevada Democratic caucuses

By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press

Hillary Clinton edged out Bernie Sanders on Saturday in Nevada's caucuses, the third contest during a primary campaign between the Democratic presidential rivals.

Clinton trying for the win in toss-up Nevada caucuses

By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press

Hillary Clinton worked to pull out a victory in Nevada's caucuses on Saturday, seeking to undercut the headway of rival Bernie Sanders and boost her presidential bid as the campaign broadens to primary contests across the country.

What to expect as the South Carolina primary and Nevada caucuses unfold

By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

On the Republican side, the presidential hopes of Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and John Kasich may hang in the balance.

Poll shows income gap, Wall Street major issues for Democrats

By Ken Thomas, Emily Swanson, Associated Press

A poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that most Democrats consider income inequality a very important issue and half of them think tougher regulations of the financial markets imposed after the 2008 financial crisis did…

GOP House primaries to test establishment popularity

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Next month, GOP House members in a crescent curving from Texas to Illinois face the first congressional primaries in this incumbent-bashing, anti-establishment season of billionaire Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, the leading Republican presidential contenders.

Cruz attends Scalia mass, as GOP candidates set focus on South Carolina

By Associated Press

Ted Cruz has taken time away from campaigning in South Carolina to attend the funeral Mass in Washington for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.