Ted Cruz

7 things to watch in the month-long sprint to Iowa's caucuses

By Ken Thomas and Jill Colvin, Associated Press

There are an enormous field of GOP candidates -- still a dozen strong with a month to go before the leadoff Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. Here are seven things to watch for.

Campaign trail heats up as candidates begin sprint to Iowa caucuses

By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

The race for the White House starts in earnest this week as voters begin to tune in and the candidates try to win them over during a four-week sprint to the leadoff Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. It's then that…

Ted Cruz tries to use abrasive personality to his advantage

By Scott Bauer, Associated Press

Ted Cruz's reputation as an arrogant, grating, in-your-face ideologue has dogged him throughout the Republican presidential race. But it hasn't stopped the Texas senator's rise.

Activists predict abortion will be a hot issue in campaigns

By David Crary, Associated Press

With a deeper-than-ever split between Republicans and Democrats over abortion, activists on both sides of the debate foresee a 2016 presidential campaign in which the nominees tackle the volatile topic more aggressively than in past elections.

The nation's first Hispanic president? Why no one's talking about that

By Daniel Bush

Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both have a legitimate shot at becoming the nation’s first Hispanic presidential nominee. And yet their ethnicity has received far less attention than Barack Obama’s race did when he ran for president eight years…

Cruz blasts Washington Post cartoon depicting daughters

By Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. -- Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz says a Washington Post cartoon depicting his 5- and 7-year-old daughters as monkeys is inappropriate and that children of candidates should be off-limits in campaigns.

Intel panel: Not checking if Ted Cruz released classified info

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday he has asked his staff to look into whether Texas Sen. Ted Cruz released classified information during Tuesday night's GOP presidential debate.

Fact checking the 5th Republican debate

By Tami Abdollah and Vivian Salama, Associated Press

A look at some of the claims in the latest Republican presidential debate and how they compare with the facts.

Live blog: GOP presidential candidates meet for 5th debate

By Associated Press

LAS VEGAS -- The 2016 Republican presidential candidates are debating for the last time in 2015, this time in Las Vegas, as they race for advantage seven weeks before the first votes are cast in Iowa.