Trump Defends Call To Ban Muslims At Debate; Cruz, Rubio Spar
Donald Trump defended his provocative call for banning Muslims at Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.
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Donald Trump defended his provocative call for banning Muslims at Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate.
A poll released last week by the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg News showed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leading Trump in Iowa for the Republican nomination by 10 percentage points (31 to 21).
A new CBS News poll tested voter reaction to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the country temporarily.
About a dozen protesters stormed a $1,000-a-plate New York City luncheon where Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was delivering a speech Friday.
Trump tweeted Thursday that he is postponing the trip, which had become problematic for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Meanwhile in New York City, elected officials and religious leaders were holding an interfaith rally Wednesday morning on the steps of City Hall to "to denounce Donald Trump's ongoing racist and anti-immigrant remarks."
The township's planning board voted 6-0 on Tuesday to reject the plan submitted by the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge.
Trump is also reportedly considering a visit to Temple Mount, the Jerusalem holy site that has been a source of friction between Palestinians and Israelis.
A Public Policy Polling survey released last week showed Christie had 10 percent support from Republicans in New Hampshire, where he has been focusing his presidential campaign efforts.
Donald Trump is rejecting criticism that his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. is un-American and has critics comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski says Trump's proposed ban would apply to "everybody," including Muslims seeking immigration visas as well as tourists seeking to enter the country.
Donald Trump is calling New York City's mayor the worst in the country after Bill de Blasio took a shot at the Republican presidential candidate over remarks that he made in front of a mostly Jewish audience last week.
Mayor Bill de Blasio took a shot at Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Sunday, over remarks that he made in front of a mostly Jewish audience last week.
The leader of a national Muslim-American organization has invited Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to come to Jersey City and meet with Muslims there.
The shot at the governor is a departure from the two outspoken candidates' otherwise cordial relationship.
Many of the religious leaders invited to the meet-and-greet with Trump were surprised that the gathering was being advertised by his Republican presidential campaign as an endorsement.
Jay Ruderman of the Ruderman Family Foundation in Boston said Thursday the Republican presidential contender should apologize to Serge Kovaleski of The New York Times and the public.
Now Trump has company on the Republican side. Ben Carson says he, too, saw video of Muslims cheering the 9/11 attacks in New Jersey.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop says Trump is "plain wrong" and is politicizing an emotionally charged issue.
Republican presidential candidates on Friday swiftly condemned Donald Trump's call for requiring Muslims in the United States to register in a national database, drawing a sharp distinction with the GOP front-runner.
Several Republican candidates for president accused President Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton of failing in the fight against Islamic State militants as the terrorist attacks in Paris became a focal point of the nomination race.
rump told people at a rally that he didn't believe Carson's story of his religious awakening and questioned his tale of nearly stabbing a friend but being stopped by a belt buckle.
A CBS News/New York Times poll released Thursday indicated that Hillary Rodham Clinton remained at the top among Democratic presidential candidates, while Donald Trump is considered the toughest Republican challenger.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday was not taking kindly to remarks by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about the new Starbucks holiday cup design.
Donald Trump and Ben Carson are fighting to maintain their place atop the polls, while others, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, are fighting for their political survival.
