Ted Cruz Opposes 'Birthright Citizenship'
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Wednesday that the United States shouldn't automatically grant citizenship to children of immigrants in the country illegally.
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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Wednesday that the United States shouldn't automatically grant citizenship to children of immigrants in the country illegally.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton told activists from the "Black Lives Matter" movement they should promote specific policy changes rather than only focusing on "changing hearts."
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush said Tuesday that the government should have broad surveillance powers of Americans and private technology firms should cooperate better with intelligence agencies to help combat "evildoers."
As Hillary Rodham Clinton walked among the booths of funnel cakes and corn dogs at the Iowa State Fair, trailed by a massive pack of media and onlookers, Donald Trump's helicopter circled the fairgrounds in the air above.
Even at his own rallies, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich is a stranger to some New Hampshire voters.
In a speech light on policy details but heavy on flair, Donald Trump told a raucous New Hampshire crowd Friday that he'd make a smarter president than any of his competitors when it comes to the economy, the military and everything else.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday declined to rule out resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the U.S. government.
Donald Trump doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon, so his rivals are scrambling to figure out how best to handle the blowback from every new bout of bluster drowning out their campaigns.
Republicans seeking their party's 2016 presidential nomination have the challenging task of trying to stand out among the 17 candidates in the race, and Thursday's televised debate was the first opportunity for the party to start whittling down its choices. So it's no surprise that the candidates had a vested interest in puffing up their own records as governors, senators and public figures. And some of them just got the facts wrong.
The topic of illegal immigration took center stage in New Hampshire Monday night at a crowded and pointed preview of the full-fledged debate between Republican presidential candidates.
An Associated Press analysis of fundraising reports filed with federal regulators through Friday found that nearly 60 donations of a million dollars or more accounted for about a third of the more than $380 million brought in so far for the 2016 presidential election.
Much to the Republican party's chagrin, Donald Trump's poll numbers are rising faster than any other announced GOP presidential contender.
Republicans' swift condemnation of Donald Trump's disparaging comments about Sen. John McCain's military service marks a turning point in the party's cautious approach to the billionaire-turned-presidential candidate.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized Sen. John McCain's military record at a conservative forum Saturday, saying the party's 2008 nominee and former prisoner of war was a "war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."
Donald Trump has made a big jump in the latest Monmouth University Poll of Republican voters nationwide and is now nipping at the heels of frontrunner Jeb Bush.
During a campaign stop in Iowa, Jeb Bush said Hillary Rodham Clinton's new economic proposals would not grow the economy or boost wages.
Worried about "Republican-on-Republican violence," top party donors are taking action, with one firing off a letter calling for more civility and another seeking to block businessman Donald Trump from the debate stage altogether.
In a splintered presidential field, former Gov. Jeb Bush holds a slight lead over businessman Donald Trump in New Hampshire.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called for the immediate removal of the Confederate battle flag from outside the South Carolina Statehouse, scrambling the 2016 Republican presidential contenders into staking a position on a contentious cultural issue.
Months of speculation will come to an end Monday when Jeb Bush takes to the stage at Miami Dade College's Kendall campus to announce his 2016 presidential campaign.
When Jeb Bush finally says on Monday that he's running for president, he'll begin the campaign with much to prove.
There is no clear Republican front-runner in the race for the GOP's Presidential nomination, according to the newly-released Quinnipiac University national poll.
Carly Fiorina, former technology executive, announced she's running for president. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was set to launch his bid as well Monday, as the Republican field of hopefuls expands once more.
Gov. Scott continues his summer travels in Aspen, Colorado where he's hobnobbing with his fellow Republican governors and wealthy donors.
The list of high-profile Republican politicians set to speak at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa continued to grow Wednesday.
