Mar 07 Idaho pastor who spoke at Ted Cruz rally shot in the head By Associated Press COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- An Idaho pastor who led the prayer at a weekend campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was gunned down outside his church the following day but was expected to survive. Continue reading
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 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 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 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 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
Mar 04 Fact checking the 11th Republican debate By Calvin Woodward and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press On taxes, trade and drug prices, viewers of the latest Republican debate didn't get a straight story. And Donald Trump spun fiction about 9/11. A look at some of the claims made Thursday night at the 11th Republican debate. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 7:46 GOP schism deepens after Trump's Super Tuesday wins By PBS News Hour The increasingly pronounced fracturing of the Republican party was on full display Thursday, as mainstream leaders rallied against presumptive nominee Donald Trump. Judy Woodruff talks with former Republican Utah governor Michael Leavitt and Stephen Moore of the conservative political group… Continue watching
Mar 03 Debate day: Trump's ready for Rubio, Cruz to bring it on By Nancy Benac and David Eggert, Associated Press DETROIT -- Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio head into the 11th debate of the Republican presidential race Thursday in an ever-more urgent scramble to take down Donald Trump -- with an ever-more nervous GOP establishment wishing them luck. Continue reading
Mar 03 Viewer's Guide: GOP debate about Trump vs. everyone else By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — And then there were four. Ben Carson's departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the… Continue reading