April 28, 2016

ELIANA JOHNSON — Call it a Hail Mary. With no chance of winning the Republican nomination before the convention in Cleveland and with the odds of a contested convention growing dimmer, Ted Cruz announced Carly Fiorina as his potential running mate Wednesday afternoon.... (more)

April 28, 2016

NEWSMAX — Donald Trump left most experts unimpressed following his foreign policy speech in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Politico reports. "It struck me as a very odd mishmash," Doug Bandow, of the libertarian Cato Institute, said. Cato finds agreement with Trump on limiting the United States' role abroad, but Bandow said, Trump "called for a new foreign policy strategy, but you don't really get the sense he gave one."... (more)

April 28, 2016

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Donald Trump complained today that the United States has "lacked a coherent foreign policy" since the end of the Cold War. His vow that a Trump administration would impose coherence is about as credible as his vow to make Mexico pay for his fantasy wall. Indeed, the foreign-policy speech was itself incoherent . . . quite apart from the fact that, just the blink of an eye ago, Trump was enthusiastically supporting -- with his tongue and his wallet -- the very policies he now bemoans.... (more)

April 28, 2016

POLITICO — Back when he hosted a prime-time talk show on MSNBC, Ed Schultz divided the world into heroes and villains. The heroes usually included Democrats like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The villains were most Republicans, and especially Donald J. Trump... (more)

April 28, 2016

THOMAS SOWELL — The sudden appearance of Donald Trump on the political horizon last year may have been surprising, but not nearly as surprising as seeing some conservatives supporting him.... (more)

April 28, 2016

DAVID LIMBAUGH — Donald Trump is trying to establish the narrative that he's already won the Republican presidential nomination. If that's true, why is his team trying to reinvent him? Trump had a big win in New York, and he had another big day in other Northeastern states this week.... (more)

April 28, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Caitlyn Jenner revealed Tuesday that she recently took Donald Trump up on his offer to use the women's bathroom at Trump Tower in New York City. The reality star, formerly Bruce Jenner, made the admission in a speech at the TIME 100 Gala in Manhattan, where Mr. Trump was also in attendance, People magazine reported.... (more)

April 27, 2016

YOUTUBE — Major Announcement. Ted Cruz Picks Carly Fiorina to be Vice President Running Mate Ted Cruz told reporters Wednesday that he'll be making a "major announcement" during a rally in Indianapolis, where he's expected to announce that ex-presidential hopeful and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will be his running mate should he win the GOP nomination.... (more)

April 27, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Hours before Donald Trump swept all five GOP primaries Tuesday night, a super PAC leading the charge against him was assuring donors he faces a "nearly impossible path" to the Republican presidential nomination.... (more)

April 27, 2016

US NEWS — The Latest on campaign 2016 as voters head to the polls in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland (all times Eastern): 10:55 p.m. Republican Donald Trump says that Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is only doing well in the election because of her gender.... (more)

April 27, 2016

THE EDITORS OF NATIONAL REVIEW — The stakes of next week's Republican primary contest in Indiana could not be much higher. A Ted Cruz victory could make it all but impossible for Donald Trump to secure the nomination outright. A Trump victory could make it all but impossible for him not to. A coordinated, all-out anti-Trump effort of the sort seen in Wisconsin is in order. And that means that, like Scott Walker in the Badger State, Indiana governor Mike Pence needs to step up.... (more)

April 27, 2016

BREITBART — I've endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz. I was a contributor to National Review's Against Trump symposium at the beginning of the year. Sarah Palin, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Phyllis Schlafly--you are friends and allies, serious men and women for whom I have great respect. You and other conservatives disagreed. I pen this open letter to you.... (more)

April 27, 2016

NEWSMAX — Donald Trump is apparently not pleased with the advice and the comments of political guru Paul Manafort, according to Politico. Multiple sources tell Politico Trump was not happy with reports that Manafort characterized the real estate mogul as using a "different persona" and "projecting an image," during a closed-door meeting with Republican leaders.... (more)

April 27, 2016

WORLDNETDAILY — Talk-radio host Michael Savage, a strong supporter of Donald Trump's campaign for president, took issue with the Republican front-runner's opposition to North Carolina's bathroom law, which requires people to use gender-specific public facilities according to their biological sex.... (more)

April 27, 2016

NEWSMAX — Republican Donald Trump took aim at rival John Kasich's table manners Monday, labeling his eating "disgusting" and calling him "a stubborn guy who eats like a slob."... (more)

April 27, 2016

NEWSMAX — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a New Jersey police officer who was demoted after his boss mistakenly believed he was involved in a political campaign can still bring a lawsuit alleging a violation of free speech rights.... (more)

April 27, 2016

CHELSEA SCHILLING — Drug cartels are helping Muslim terrorists -- including at least one ISIS militant -- sneak across the U.S.-Mexico border to scope out the targets for terror attacks, according to a Tuesday report from Washington watchdog group Judicial Watch.... (more)

April 27, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — At Georgetown, the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher learning in the U.S., the official teachings of the church against homosexuality have been set aside. Wednesday is the occasion for a "Lavender Graduation" event, described as "a special ceremony for LGBTQ and Ally undergraduate and graduate students," in order to "acknowledge their achievements, contributions, and unique experiences at Georgetown University."... (more)

April 26, 2016

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — The 2016 presidential election is on the top of most Americans' minds, according to the latest George Washington University Battleground Poll. Despite, or perhaps because of, the high level of engagement, voters have negative views of almost all major candidates, and report the tone of the race is wearing on them.... (more)

April 26, 2016

NEWSMAX — Voters ages 18 to 29, often called millennials, are not fans of presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to Harvard poll results.... (more)

April 26, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The Republican Party could be maimed for years following the 2016 presidential election, party insiders tell the Washington Examiner. They worry not just that front-runner Donald Trump will lose the general election to Hillary Clinton, but that the disruption he's proudly caused will mean lost elections and diminished influence for years to come.... (more)

April 26, 2016

NEW YORK TIMES — The temporary alliance between Senator Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, formed to deny Donald J. Trump the Republican presidential nomination, was already fraying almost to the point of irrelevance on Monday, only hours after it was announced to great fanfare.... (more)

April 26, 2016

CINCINNATI.COM — No matter how John Kasich fares in the five East Coast primaries Tuesday, he's staying in the race. The most immediate benefit to Kasich of his new alliance with Ted Cruz comes in the form of certainty for the rest of the GOP primary season. In the long run, the alliance, announced in emails each campaign sent just before bedtime Sunday, marks both candidates' best chance of keeping front-runner Donald Trump from amassing enough delegates during primary contests to win the GOP nomination outright.... (more)

April 26, 2016

NEWSMAX — Terror groups like ISIS or al-Qaida could launch strikes within the U.S. to affect the presidential election this November, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told Newsmax Monday morning.... (more)

April 26, 2016

NEWSMAX — More than half a million people have pledged not to shop at Target after the retail giant said transgender people can use whichever bathroom and fitting room they choose in its stores.... (more)