Apr 25 Column: How Reaganomics, deregulation and bailouts led to the rise of Trump By John Komlos The establishment was good at making big promises, but in the end, they left few crumbs on the table for the middle class. Continue reading
Apr 25 Trump bristles at Cruz-Kasich collaboration By Steve Peoples and Will Weissert, Associated Press BORDEN, Ind. -- Donald Trump says an extraordinary collaboration between Ted Cruz and John Kasich aimed at unifying the anti-Trump vote in some remaining primaries is a desperate move by "mathematically dead" rivals. Continue reading
Apr 25 Kasich says Cruz compact ‘not a big deal’ By Associated Press Ohio Gov. John Kasich is still urging people in Indiana to vote for him. That's the Republican presidential candidate's message about 13 hours after he announced an arrangement to give rival Ted Cruz "a clear path" in Indiana, which holds… Continue reading
Apr 24 Cruz, Kasich campaigns align with goal of beating Trump By Steve Peoples and Ken Thomas, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Donald Trump says an extraordinary collaboration between Ted Cruz and John Kasich aimed at unifying the anti-Trump vote in some remaining primaries is a desperate move by "mathematically dead" rivals. Continue reading
Apr 24 What Muslim-Americans supporting Trump say about their candidate By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press Small numbers of Muslims find comfort, not concern, in Trump’s strong stance on immigrants. Continue reading
Apr 24 Trump campaign trying to court GOP power players in Washington By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Donald Trump, who bills himself the ultimate outsider, is pivoting increasingly to the power centers of official Washington as he tries to clinch the Republican presidential nomination. Continue reading
Apr 23 In Connecticut, Trump tells supporters he’s ‘not toning it down’ By Associated Press A confident Donald Trump told supporters Saturday that he's "not toning it down," a day after his chief adviser assured Republican officials the GOP front-runner will show more restraint on the campaign trail. Continue reading
Apr 23 Railing against ‘rigged’ system may reinforce Trump appeal to base By Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Donald Trump keeps hammering away at Republican insiders even as campaign aides are gingerly courting those same officials. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 12:17 Shields and Brooks on Va. voting rights for felons, toning down the Trump campaign By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s move to reinstate voting rights to former felons, whether Donald Trump has been putting on… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 2:41 Talk of rules, for restrooms and the RNC, dominates the campaign trail By PBS News Hour Rules took center stage in the election cycle Thursday, as Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz clashed over rules regulating transgender people’s access to restrooms. Meanwhile, RNC officials left the Republican party’s rules unchanged going into July’s convention, and Bernie… Continue watching