Trade, manufacturing at forefront of Clinton-Sanders race
DETROIT (AP) – Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are putting the global economy at the center of their pitch to Democrats, trading charges about who would best represent American workers as their presidential campaign shifts to a series of Rust Belt primaries. Clinton planned to deliver a policy address Friday in Detroit outlining ways to…
Trump says Melania wants him to ‘be presidential’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump says his wife, Melania, asked him to respond “presidentially” to Mitt Romney’s attacks earlier in the day. Trump is telling supporters in Portland, Maine, that his wife called and said, “Be presidential.” The billionaire says, “When you have incoming, you can’t be too presidential.” Mrs. Trump said in an interview…
Romney: Republicans should pick Cruz, Rubio or Kasich
WASHINGTON (AP) – Mitt Romney says Donald Trump lacks the temperament and the integrity to be president – and that the GOP should pick one of the other three candidates. He says, the only serious policy proposals that deal with the broad range of national challenges we confront today, come from Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio,…
United Farm Workers endorse Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Clinton is receiving the endorsement of the United Farm Workers, the largest farmworkers union in the country. The union, active in 10 states, has a largely Latino membership, a key voting bloc for Clinton in both the primary and general elections. She received their endorsement over then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in…
Delegate math says Trump is not inevitable nominee
There were 595 Republican delegates at stake in 11 states. There were still 40 delegates left to be allocated Wednesday morning
Chicago court to consider Ted Cruz’ ballot eligibility
Joyce has said he filed suit because he fears if the Texas senator becomes the GOP nominee, Democrats will get him kicked off the ballot in some states or Cruz will be forced to drop out
ABC hosts pepper Donald Trump with more questions about David Duke endorsement
WASHINGTON (AP) –Â Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is showing weariness with repeated questions about when – and whether – he has disavowed any connection with David Duke, a onetime Ku Klux Klan leader. Interviewed by phone on ABC’s “Good Morning America” as voters went to the polls early Tuesday, Trump said once again that he…
Clinton, Sanders seek black support that could be critical
WASHINGTON (AP) – A generation gap among black voters could be critical for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday. Older black voters, a reliable primary voting bloc, are coalescing around Clinton. Millennial black voters appear torn between the former secretary of state and her opponent, Bernie Sanders. For Sanders to have any hope…