Mar 30 Watch 3:45 Trump touts voter appeal while Kasich doubts any GOP candidate will get enough delegates By PBS News Hour A day after Republican presidential candidates took back their pledges at a CNN town hall to support the nominee, Donald Trump seemed to warn party leaders not to block his nomination. Meanwhile Sen. Ted Cruz campaigned in Madison for a… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 11:33 How Donald Trump turned media spectacle into campaign wins By PBS News Hour Donald Trump, front-runner for the GOP nomination, has been able to turn celebrity and controversy into nearly $2 billion in free media attention this election cycle. What’s driving his appeal and how has the electorate changed? Gwen Ifill talks to… Continue watching
Mar 30 Updated: Trump backs off statement on abortion punishment By Todd Richmond, Associated Press Donald Trump is walking back his statement earlier Wednesday that women should be punished for seeking abortions if they're ever banned. Continue reading
Mar 30 Presidential campaign roils Obama's free-trade plans By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agree on almost nothing. Except for their dislike of a sweeping agreement that would erase most tariffs and other trade barriers among the United States and 11 other nations. Continue reading
Mar 30 Teen groped and pepper-sprayed outside Trump rally in Wisconsin, police say By Associated Press JANESVILLE, Wis. — Police are looking for a man who pepper-sprayed a 15-year-old girl as opponents and supporters of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump clashed outside a Wisconsin rally. Continue reading
Mar 30 All 3 GOP candidates back off promise to support eventual nominee By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Will they or won't they? Mostly, they won't. Continue reading
Mar 30 Charge against Trump campaign manager eclipses race in Wisconsin By Steve Peoples, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The 2016 presidential race may have descended on Wisconsin — but most of the campaign buzz surrounds an incident that happened nearly a month ago in Florida. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 4:18 A crucial endorsement and a criminal charge as candidates look to Wisconsin By PBS News Hour The presidential candidates turned their attention to Wisconsin, site of the primary season's best big contest. Gov. Scott Walker endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz, who in turn launched another round of criticism against Donald Trump. But recent polling shows that Trump… Continue watching
Mar 29 Brokered vs. contested conventions. Whatever they're called, there have been more than you think. By Daniel Bush Donald Trump’s ongoing standoff with Ted Cruz and John Kasich could lead to the first contested convention in four decades. Or the first brokered convention in either party since 1952. Or would it be an “open” convention? And what’s the… Continue reading
Mar 29 Police charge Trump campaign manager with assault By Steve Peoples and Terry Spencer, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Florida police have charged Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with simple assault in connection with an incident earlier in the month involving a reporter. Continue reading