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Can Ted Cruz legally be president? Ivy League scholars debate
Two legal scholars squared off in a public debate on Friday to settle whether Republican Ted Cruz is eligible to become president. Spoiler alert: They didn’t settle it.
Marco Rubio is target as rivals try to block his rise
With the New Hampshire primary poised to cut down the Republican field, candidates are sharpening their knives in a desperate bid for survival that on Thursday resembled a group attack on Sen. Marco Rubio, the freshman senator from Florida.
Trump wants Iowa election do-over
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is accusing rival Ted Cruz of stealing the Iowa caucuses and is demanding a do-over.
Trump says Cruz’s win was fraudulent; Paul drops out of race
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is taking issue with the results of Monday’s Iowa caucuses, accusing contest winner Ted Cruz of fraud.
Despite big lead, Trump lowers expectations in New Hampshire
Donald Trump shrugged off a second place finish in Iowa, suggesting Tuesday that New Hampshire – which holds the nation’s first primary on Feb. 9 – “fits me better.”
In Iowa, late deciders and evangelicals sided against Donald Trump
Donald Trump made a late play for evangelical voters in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucus, but he ultimately couldn’t wrest the group away from winner Ted Cruz, according to entrance polls taken at the start of Monday’s caucuses.
Donald Trump boosts turnout, but not all newcomers vote for him
Donald Trump’s presence is drawing unprecedented attention to the Republican presidential contest. But after careful consideration, many new Iowa voters turned to his rivals instead.
GOP Overview: Win gives Cruz momentum
DES MOINES, Iowa – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a fiery conservative loathed by his own party’s leaders, swept to victory in Iowa’s Republican caucuses Monday, overcoming billionaire Donald Trump and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Among Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were deadlocked in a tight race. Cruz’s victory over Trump was a testament to his massive get-out-the-vote operation in Iowa and the months he spent wooing the state’s influential conservative and evangelical leaders. It was also a harsh blow to Trump, the supremely confident real estate mogul who has riled the Republican field for months with controversial statements about women and minorities.
Iowa kicks off 2016 voting; Democratic, GOP races tight
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders hope to ride voter energy into victories in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, as Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton bank on sophisticated get-out-the vote operations months in the making.
Parker: Trump rude, not politically incorrect
Bashing of Megyn Kelly unleashes impotent “dirty little ids.”
Charles Krauthammer: Parties risk disaster with leading candidates
Sander’s socialism, Trump’s pseudo-conservatism too extreme to win general election.
Trump-less GOP debate drew 12.5 million viewers
The seventh Republican presidential debate – and the first one without Donald Trump – has reached 12.5 million viewers.
Debate fact check: GOP claims on carpet bombs, Kurds and economy
Republican presidential contenders let fly with some inaccuracies when they badmouthed the Obama administration on health care, military readiness and pay for construction workers in their latest debate.
GOP candidates fill the void left by Trump’s boycott
A debate without Donald Trump offered his rivals a chance to escape his long shadow Thursday, resulting in sharp exchanges among Republicans hoping to survive the winnowing of the presidential field that will begin Monday’s in Iowa.
Trump looks to grab attention as GOP rivals debate
Republican presidential candidates take the debate stage Thursday night absent their front-runner, Donald Trump, who will instead seek to starve his rivals of attention at a critical juncture in the campaign by holding a competing event of his own.
Dana Milbank: Clinton must beat ‘socialist’ Sanders
Clinton a dreary candidate, but would defeat demogogue Trump.
Obama, Sanders at the White House: Nice chat but that’s all
President Barack Obama welcomed Bernie Sanders to the White House on Wednesday, but he wasn’t necessarily feeling the Bern.
Kathleen Parker: Palin a monster conservatism created
“National Review” loved Palin, but cannot abide Trump, the candidate she endorsed.
Analysis: Answering 5 questions about whether Trump is really conservative
For as long as Donald Trump has been riding atop the Republican primary polls, his record has raised questions about his conservative credentials.
Milbank: What would Jesus, er, Trump do?
The bombastic gospel of The Donald conceals a false prophet.