Clinton to Bloomberg: Don’t waste your time running
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton insisted Sunday she’d secure the Democratic nomination — so Michael Bloomberg can put his presidential hopes to rest. Bloomberg sees an opening for a third-party run if a...
View ArticleTrump dominates Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina in new polls
DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump holds a dominant position in the three states that get first crack at picking a Republican presidential nominee, according to polls released Thursday. An NBC/Wall Street...
View ArticleNo Trump at GOP debate means everyone’s a winner — even Jeb
Thursday night, Gozer the Destructor chose not to take the form of Donald Trump and show up at the Republican primary debate in Iowa. And so, for the first and last time, we got a glimpse of the 2016...
View ArticleRubio is new favorite for GOP nomination in prediction markets
Ted Cruz won the Iowa caucuses on Monday night. But Marco Rubio took the prediction markets. After Iowa Republicans voted in their first-in-the-nation caucuses, Texas Sen. Cruz emerged victorious. But...
View ArticleOne of these three men will be the GOP’s presidential nominee
From an original field of 17 candidates, the raucous race for the GOP presidential nod has come down to three following the Iowa caucuses — Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, analysts said...
View ArticleOut of Iowa: Two wide-open races — and some chicanery
First, enjoy the overlooked and inspiring good news out of Iowa: Ted Cruz on Monday became the first Latino ever to win a presidential primary or caucus. In fact, three of the top four Republican...
View Article13 polls were dead-wrong about Iowa
Thirteen polls predicted Donald Trump would win the Iowa caucuses — and all of them turned out to be wrong. For the Democrats, most recent polls gave Hillary Clinton the edge over Vermont Sen. Bernie...
View ArticleThe Republican path to electoral suicide
Ted Cruz, who won the Republican caucus in Iowa on Monday, says he has always opposed legalizing the 11 million people who live in the U.S. without the government’s permission. Donald Trump, who...
View ArticleRick Santorum ends presidential bid, endorses Marco Rubio
WASHINGTON — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum ended his bid for the White House Wednesday and said he will support Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination....
View ArticleRubio closes in on Trump, Cruz in latest polls
WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is making his move, according to three polls released Thursday. Just days after topping expectations and nearly edging out Donald Trump for second place in Iowa,...
View ArticleJohnnie Cochran couldn’t handle the truth, so he sued me for $10M
Johnnie Cochran got away with it. The late lawyer warped the United States criminal justice system in a successful quest to free the rich, famous — and, I believe, guilty as Osama bin Laden — accused...
View ArticleWhy is ‘the Republican Obama’ an insult?
“The Republican Obama.” That’s the new hot attack on Sen. Marco Rubio. Ted Cruz leveled the epithet at Rubio just days before the Iowa caucuses, which is a little ironic since Cruz has been called the...
View ArticleWhy Marco Rubio is Democrats’ worst nightmare
Sen. Marco Rubio’s surprisingly strong bronze-medal finish in Monday’s Iowa caucuses — just one point behind silver medalist Donald Trump — cheered his fans and chilled Democrats. The Florida...
View ArticleRubio faces barrage of attacks in Republican debate
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Marco Rubio, a first-term senator on the rise in the presidential race, faced a barrage of attacks in Saturday night’s Republican debate, with rivals challenging his readiness to be...
View ArticleChris Christie gets the better of Marco Rubio during debate
Just as the key story for the GOP presidential race in the past week has been the rise of Marco Rubio, so the key question arising from the GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire is: How seriously...
View ArticleCandidates make final pitches ahead of New Hampshire vote
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio gained ground on Donald Trump in New Hampshire while Hillary Clinton stayed within striking distance of Bernie Sanders, according to a poll conducted days before the state’s...
View ArticleMarco Rubio is standing by his Obama-bashing script
WASHINGTON – A defiant Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday it pays to stick to his script — despite being mocked by his opponents for sounding like a broken record during the last GOP debate. The freshman...
View ArticleKasich breaking out of crowded GOP field, poll says
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is breaking from the crowded field of GOP presidential hopefuls and could be in position to score a campaign-resuscitating second-place finish in New Hampshire, a late poll...
View ArticleRubio supporters manhandle protester dressed as robot
Marco Rubio supporters in New Hampshire manhandled a protester Tuesday dressed as a robot — a mocking reference to the Florida senator’s repetitive remarks in Saturday’s GOP presidential debate.
View ArticleThe New Hampshire primary: As it happened
It's decision day in New Hampshire with votes rolling in for the Democratic and Republican primary election.
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