Mar 06 Little clarity for GOP nomination after ‘Super Saturday’ results By Michael D. Regan and Nancy Benac, Jill Colvin, Associated Press After splitting states during the latest round of voting on Saturday, Donald Trump's and Ted Cruz's performance show the GOP's path to the presidency remains opaque. Trump won Kentucky and Louisiana on Saturday and Cruz took Kansas and Maine. Continue reading
Mar 06 Trumps calls for Rubio to end White House bid By Michael D. Regan and Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump said that Rubio had “a very, very bad night,” and said that it’s time for the race to be a two-man contest between him and Cruz. Continue reading
Mar 05 ‘Super Saturday’ split as Cruz, Trump get GOP wins; Sanders takes two states, Clinton wins Louisiana By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press Ted Cruz cinched double-barreled victories in Kansas and Maine, and Donald Trump captured Louisiana in Saturday's four-state round of Republican voting, fresh evidence that there's no quick end in sight to the fractious GOP race for president. Continue reading
Mar 05 GOP breaks may stem from party resistance to all things Obama By Michael D. Regan and Donna Cassata, Associated Press Conservatives' gut-level resistance to all things Obama - the man, his authority, his policies - gave birth to the tea party movement that powered the GOP to political success in multiple states and historic congressional majorities. Yet contained in the… Continue reading
Mar 05 Before there was Trump, there was brash business tycoon Paul LePage By David Sharp, Jill Colvin, Associated Press With no public polling in Saturday's GOP caucuses in Maine, there are few indicators of how well Trump might fare. But brash business tycoon Paul LePage is campaigning for him in the state. Continue reading
Mar 05 On ‘Super Saturday’ five states weigh in on 2016 candidates By Nancy Benac, Associated Press Eager to lock up the GOP nomination without a convention fight, Donald Trump battled Saturday to pad his lead in the delegate count as four more states delivered verdicts on the fractious Republican race for president. Democrats in three states… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 12:34 Shields and Brooks on the GOP push to stop Trump By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff joins syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks to discuss the week in politics, including takeaways from Thursday’s contentious GOP debate, the mainstream Republican revolt against Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ chances to upset… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 4:04 Rubio, moderators push back on Trump’s policy assertions By PBS News Hour Thursday’s debate saw the last vestiges of civility stripped away from the GOP race, with the night’s rhetoric ranging from personal slights to outright vulgarity. Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Ted Cruz attacked Donald Trump for alleged fraud and for… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 1:25 Facing mounting GOP opposition, Trump withdraws from CPAC By PBS News Hour Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has canceled his scheduled appearance at the ongoing Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., following concerted efforts by establishment GOP figures to rally the electorate against him. But even when he’s absent, Trump is still… Continue watching
Mar 04 Swallowing hard, Trump’s rivals vow to back him if nominated By Nancy Benac and Steve Peoples, Associated Press DETROIT — The Republican establishment and its last best hopes to defeat Donald Trump spent a long and extraordinary day denouncing the billionaire businessman as dangerous, a “phony” and a “con man” unfit for office. Then, when it was all… Continue reading