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The Latest: Ted Cruz wins Alaska caucuses to wrap Super Tuesday
The Latest on campaign 2016 on Super Tuesday.
Mexico to confront criticisms from US political campaigns
The Mexican government has come up with a plan to confront criticism of the country during U.S. electoral campaigns, but it doesn’t include getting into verbal duels with presidential candidates.
Birther ballot challenge against Ted Cruz in Illinois tossed by judge
A judge has dismissed a claim that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz isn’t eligible for the Illinois ballot because he was born in Canada.
Trump University fraud lawsuit can continue, court says
A New York court has refused to throw out a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump over his former school for real estate investors.
Cruz campaign plans North Idaho visit Saturday
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, battling for delegate victories in Super Tuesday voting, plans to visit North Idaho on Saturday, according to his campaign’s state director. Norm Semanko, a Boise attorney and executive director of the Idaho Water Users Association, said he received “official word from the Cruz Campaign” that the Republican presidential hopeful will be in the Coeur d’Alene area between 2 and 5 p.m. No other details have been released.
Paul Ryan: GOP nominee must reject bigotry
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday anyone who wants to be the Republican presidential nominee must reject any racist group or individual. Ryan made the tacit swipe at GOP front runner Donald Trump as voters in 11 states holding GOP contests headed to the polls on Super Tuesday.
Why Super Tuesday is so important to the presidential candidates in both parties
After starting small, the presidential campaign has exploded into a nationwide contest that on Tuesday could all but decide the Democratic and Republican nominating fights. Twelve states from Alaska to Massachusetts will hold caucuses and primaries that day, awarding a big chunk of the delegates needed to secure the two major party nominations.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Carson’s barb racist, ignorant
Being black means sharing the common experience of being insulted, bullied and oppressed by people who think they are white.
Kathleen Parker: Messages of inclusion, exclusion clash
Campaign messages from Clinton, Trump place Americans in separate worlds.
The Latest: Hillary Clinton collects 39 delegates with S.C. victory
The Latest on the 2016 presidential race, with attention focused on the Democratic primary in South Carolina on Saturday.
Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio escalate case against Donald Trump
ATLANTA – With Super Tuesday approaching, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz escalated their argument Saturday that Donald Trump is a conservative impostor, trying to make the case to voters they can keep the ascendant billionaire from claiming the Republican presidential nomination. At a rally outside the Georgia Capitol, Cruz went after Trump’s positions on immigration and gun control, criticized his ethics and hammered him for his frequent use of profanity.
Donald Trump wants to weaken libel laws amid feuds with reporters
Feeling maligned by the media, Donald Trump is threatening to weaken First Amendment protections for reporters if he were president and make it easier for him to sue them.
Trump says he ‘can’t’ release his tax returns. IRS doesn’t see why not.
Donald Trump says he would like to release his tax returns to the public, but just can’t. The Internal Revenue Service and tax experts, though, say he can.
Marco Rubio vs. Donald Trump: the ‘choker’ vs. the ‘con man’
Leaks, in the world of politics, are common. But dribbled-out information was not what Marco Rubio had in mind Friday in reference to Donald Trump.
Christie endorses Trump for president
WASHINGTON – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had better be hungry: He’s got a lot of harsh words to eat about Donald Trump now that he’s endorsed the billionaire. Trump, in turn, has some tough things about Christie to start walking back now that the two men are suddenly allies instead of antagonists in the Republican presidential race.
Mexicans back ex-President Fox in vulgar spat with Trump
Mexicans are backing former President Vicente Fox in his verbal spat with Donald Trump after Fox called the Republican front-runner “crazy” and a “false prophet” and Trump replied that Fox ought to be “ashamed of himself” for using a profanity.
Campaign notebook: Trump attacks newspapers; Rubio attacks Trump
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that if he’s elected president, American newspapers should watch out.
Debate Takeaways: Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz aggressively take on Donald Trump
HOUSTON – It was the final opportunity for Donald Trump’s opponents to change the trajectory of the Republican presidential race before Super Tuesday, and they made the most of it. The billionaire businessman was positioned at center stage on Thursday night at the GOP debate in Texas as the undisputed front-runner for his party’s nomination, having won three consecutive primary contests.
Debate brawl: Rubio and Cruz go hard after Trump
HOUSTON – Brawling from the get-go, a fiery Marco Rubio went hard after Donald Trump in Thursday night’s Republican debate, lacerating the front-runner’s position on immigration, his privileged background, his speaking style and more. Ted Cruz piled on, too, questioning the front-runner’s conservative credentials, as the two senators tag-teamed Trump in a debate that reflected the increasing urgency of their effort to take down the billionaire businessman before he becomes unstoppable. It was a rare night where the bombastic Trump found himself on the defensive.
AP Fact Check: Donald Trump objects to cursing
A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story from the Republican presidential debate Thursday night in Houston.