Mar 23 Despite Trump’s tight script at AIPAC, Jewish voters still aren’t sure By Margaret Warner Before speaking Monday to the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the country, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (or AIPAC), presidential candidate Donald Trump -- who famously says he’s his own best adviser -- sought counsel from Jewish friends and… Continue reading
Mar 23 Ryan slams ‘ugliness’ in politics amid Trump-driven chaos By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — This year's political campaigns are discouraging and risk alienating people from government and dimming their hopes for the future, House Speaker Paul Ryan says in a speech aiming to describe "what politics can be."… Continue reading
Mar 23 Jeb Bush endorses Cruz for president By Associated Press Jeb Bush tweeted Wednesday that "Ted is a consistent, principled conservative who has shown he can unite the party."… Continue reading
Mar 22 Trump tweets, deletes, reposts threat at Cruz By Associated Press Donald Trump apparently has no regrets about making a threat against rival Ted Cruz. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:58 News Wrap: Trump suggests torture as anti-terror tactic By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, following the morning’s bombings in Brussels, GOP front-runner Donald Trump proposed expanding laws to allow torture to disrupt future attacks. Also, federal prosecutors say an “outside party” showed the FBI how to access the encrypted… Continue watching
Mar 22 The 2016 GOP race in 5 questions By Lisa Desjardins Today marks exactly 365 days since the starting pistol of the 2016 race, when Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first in either party to announce a presidential candidacy. Since then the field of hopefuls swelled to 22 and shrunk… Continue reading
Mar 22 Clinton and Trump clash in responses to Brussels attacks By Daniel Bush Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's markedly different responses to today’s terrorist attacks in Brussels offer a preview of how the two front-runners would clash over national security and immigration in the general election. Continue reading
Mar 22 Trump offers new insight into foreign policy posture By Jill Colvin, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Confronting doubts about the depth of his knowledge of world affairs, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump delivered a sober speech to a pro-Israel crowd, outlining for the first time the team of foreign policy thinkers advising his campaign. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 2:20 Donald Trump unveils team of foreign policy advisers By PBS News Hour Foreign policy dominated the day in the race for the White House. Republican front-runner Donald Trump revealed the first members of his foreign policy team during a trip to Washington, where he met with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 7:47 Why most 2016 candidates are speaking at AIPAC By PBS News Hour Tamara Keith of NPR and Stu Rothenberg of the Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report join Gwen Ifill to discuss the latest in politics, including Hillary Clinton’s remarks to AIPAC, Donald Trump’s meeting with Republicans in Washington, the campaign pivot to… Continue watching