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Ted Cruz embraces apocalyptic preachers and anti-gay militants
No question, the contestants for the Republican presidential nomination are a very conservative bunch, but there is something that sets Texas Sen. Ted Cruz apart from the pack: his endorsements from some of the religious right’s kookiest voices. Where the 2008 GOP nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, distanced himself from militants on the evangelical fringe, Cruz proudly embraces them.
Among the most notable — or notorious — of these Cruz endorsers is Mike Bickle, the pastor who runs the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Mo. Bickle has preached that in the “End Times” God will raise up someone to hunt down Jews who fail to accept...
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Republicans rally to denounce Iran deal, despite dwindling chances of stopping it
With the White House nailing down crucial Democratic support for its nuclear deal with Iran this week, the fight in Congress about the agreement looked to be all over but the shouting.
So on Wednesday, the shouting began.
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'Eye of the Tiger' coauthor 'gobsmacked' at song's use for Kim Davis
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis' release from jail Tuesday was a spectacle, no doubt.
TV cameras beamed images of the moment around the nation. The crowd in Grayson, Ky., roared and waved crosses outside the detention center as their champion — jailed for...
Fiorina, once an afterthought in GOP race, fends off attacks and fights for a debate slot
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Head of pro-Rand Paul 'super PAC' charged with 2012 campaign violations
In a further blow to the fundraising efforts of GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the Justice Department on Wednesday indicted two leaders of his main "super PAC" on charges stemming from the 2012 campaign of Paul’s father, Ron Paul....
Republicans reject donations from white supremacist linked to Charleston shootings
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White supremacist's donations to Republican presidential candidates reported
The leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof made $65,000 in donations to Republicans, including several to Republican presidential candidates, the Guardian newspaper reported Sunday night.
The...
Bowing to reality, Iowa Republicans kill their straw poll
Iowa Republicans have canceled their once-vaunted presidential straw poll, bowing to the reality that the decades-old political tradition now only threatened to spotlight the state’s diminished role in the presidential race.
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Carly Fiorina's imaginary race against Hillary Clinton
Carly Fiorina, the only woman to announce her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, is no Sarah Palin. She's no Michele Bachmann, either.
And the GOP should be thankful. She isn’t a quitter like Palin, who stepped down as Alaska...
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GOP 2016 primary field gets case of indigestion over measles vaccine
Thanks to a thoughtless equivocation by an American governor visiting Britain, the measles vaccine has become the first important controversy of the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
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Christie's vaccination wobble: Predictable, cynical and unacceptable
Is anyone really surprised that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie equivocated about the urgency of vaccinating children against measles, mumps and rubella on a trip to England, where he is attempting to burnish his foreign policy credentials in advance of...
The new year brings in the two-year presidential campaign
There seems to be only one year that is not an election year and that is the first year of a new president’s first term. Note to future presidents: Get your governing done in those initial 12 months; after that, it’s all politics, all the time.
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The blame game in the New York cop killings shows a demonization double standard
Going by objective standards of reason and fairness, Al Sharpton is not to blame for the assassination of two New York City cops over the weekend. Nor are New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., President Obama or any of the...
Parties unite for congressional lawmakers' farewell speeches
Along with acrimonious backroom deals, late-night hours and stale take-out dinners is another tradition of the final days of Congress: the goodbyes.
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Sen. Ted Cruz wants to block funds for Obama's immigration plan
Sen. Ted Cruz stood outside the Capitol on a dreary Wednesday, leading the charge against President Obama's immigration plan. But it was not entirely clear who was following him.
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Candidates in hottest races make final appeals: 'Your vote matters'
Hopscotching across fiercely divided terrain, candidates in the country's hottest contests made their final urgent appeals Monday in a midterm election that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and the size of the Republican House majority.
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Three key questions in the GOP's quest for a presidential nominee
Officially, not a single candidate is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
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Somali American fights militant Islamist recruiters in U.S. heartland
For seven years, youth leader Abdirizak Bihi has waged a personal battle against an elusive foe: religious extremists using sophisticated online tactics to lure young Somali Americans abroad as militant foot soldiers and suicide bombers.
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