Stand-ins struggle to provide concise answers for loose-talking, flip-flopping Trump
Donald Trump isn't making it easy for top supporters and advisers, from his running mate on down, to defend him or explain some campaign positions. Across the Sunday news shows, a parade of Trump stand-ins, led by vice presidential nominee Mike Pence, couldn't say whether ...
Trump to get first security briefing but ultra-sensitive info off-limits: sources
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to receive his first national security briefing this week from intelligence officials, sources said on Tuesday. Representatives from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will give the New York businessman a wide-ranging briefing on foreign policy ...
RNC speakers resort to calling Clinton names, urging she be shot, chant 'lock her up'
Liar. Lock her up. References to Lucifer. Shoot her for treason. Republicans may have mixed feelings about nominating Donald Trump for president, but one thing they can all rally around is a deep dislike for Democrat Hillary Clinton. One New Hampshire delegate called Clinton a ...
'Law and order' Trump calls police last line of defense before chaos, vows to fix VA faults
Touting himself as the "law and order candidate," Republican Donald Trump pledged Monday to crack down on Department of Veterans Affairs employees who fail to serve veterans, his latest in a series of prepared remarks aimed at articulating his policy agenda for his general ...
Trump says he's narrowed down veep picks to five or six, doesn't rule out Christie
Shifting swiftly to the general election, Donald Trump says he's narrowed his list of potential running mates to "five or six" people and doesn't want to accept taxpayer money to finance a fall campaign against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In a break from recent ...
Republican rivals pounce on Rubio's debate missteps in bid to blunt rise
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tried to blunt efforts by his rivals to slow his rise in the Republican presidential contest, while on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton looked to close the gap with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire just two days before ...
GOP debate takeaway: Candidates fudge facts to frame their arguments
What happened in Iowa didn't stay in Iowa. And when it reached the stage in the latest Republican presidential debate, Ted Cruz had some explaining to do. Cruz wasn't quite square with the facts Saturday night when he explained why and how his campaign spread ...
A gathering of GOP presidential candidates before major donors on Thursday prompted predictable condemnations of President Barack Obama's foreign policy and a surprise bill of attainder against the Republican Party. In an appearance before the Republican Jewish Coalition forum in Washington, billionaire Donald Trump predicted ...
Christie says Obama doesn't back cops as president visits N.J. to pitch ex-con rehab
President Barack Obama announced new measures to smooth the integration of former criminals into society but his visit to New Jersey on Monday irked the state's governor, a struggling Republican presidential candidate. Obama, a Democrat who has made criminal justice reform a priority of his ...
U.S. would have 'no right' to stop Israel from hitting Iran nuke sites: Christie
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, campaigning for president in New Hampshire, said the U.S. would have "no right" to stop Israel from using military force to destroy Iran's nuclear program. Christie said Wednesday at a Republican forum that he'd look to have a conversation with ...
Christie warning over states where pot is legal: You have till 2017 to toke up
Residents in U.S. states that have legalized marijuana should toke up while they still can, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. "If you're getting high in Colorado today, enjoy it," Christie, a Republican campaigning for the 2016 presidential nomination, said Tuesday during a town hall ...
Blunt-talking N.J. Gov. Christie crowds way in as 14th GOP presidential candidate
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie launched his bid for president on Tuesday with the goal of re-introducing himself to a national audience, telling his most loyal supporters that he's ready to begin what he called a noble effort to "lead our country and to ...
