JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says there’s “not a reason in the world” why the U.S. economy can’t...
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Expanding their battle with organized labor, Republican lawmakers in the Midwest are moving to scrap labor laws that...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his legislative allies scrambled Monday for ways to revive his severely wounded trade agenda, although...
(Salon) – In 2012, long-ago Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum got attention as the only Catholic in the GOP presidential primary race. It’s sadly noteworthy: our...
(Salon) – In 2012, long-ago Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum got attention as the only Catholic in the GOP presidential primary race. It’s sadly noteworthy: our...
(Politico) – The Republican field for 2016 is growing increasingly top-heavy, with no clear front-runner emerging in the latest nationwide Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday....
(Politico) – The Republican field for 2016 is growing increasingly top-heavy, with no clear front-runner emerging in the latest nationwide Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday....
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is blaming his own party for the rise of the Islamic State group. The...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is blaming his own party for the rise of the Islamic State group. The...
(Slate) – No one will blame you if you can’t keep track of the Republican presidential field. It’s huge. If you count declared candidates, prospectives,...
(Slate) – No one will blame you if you can’t keep track of the Republican presidential field. It’s huge. If you count declared candidates, prospectives,...
(Politico) – A question for Jeb Bush. And this one isn’t about his brother. It’s about his father. Now that we know whether Jeb would...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The Republican Party doesn’t have a lunatic fringe. It has a lunatic center: a core bloc of White voters and...
BALTIMORE (Politico) — Republican leaders have talked obsessively about the need to appeal to more minority voters in 2016, after a disastrous showing in the...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent An AP News Analysis WASHINGTON (AP) — On paper and in speeches, Republicans boast that Congress’ first budget since they won...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Retired surgeon Ben Carson declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, resting his longshot bid on his...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Retired surgeon Ben Carson declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, resting his longshot bid on his...
WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republicans are bringing something unique to the 2016 presidential campaign: an ability to speak...
BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Marco Rubio lacks the experience to be president and Jeb Bush is a brilliant man ready for the...
BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Marco Rubio lacks the experience to be president and Jeb Bush is a brilliant man ready for the...
(Politico) – The Koch brothers’ political machine is expanding into new states and recruiting new donors as it seeks to shape the Republican Party —...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio launched a Republican presidential campaign this week with a promise to reject “the leaders and...
Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson will make a major announcement on May 4 in Detroit, his campaign tells CNN, setting the date and location for what’s...
Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson will make a major announcement on May 4 in Detroit, his campaign tells CNN, setting the date and location for what’s...
(Salon) – When liberals and Democrats suffer an especially bitter political defeat, the loss is usually followed by a round or two of finger-pointing, self-flagellation and near-existential...