Republican Jeb Bush tells rival Marco Rubio ‘stop whining’
The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday’s leadoff Iowa caucuses (all local times): 4:25 p.m. Jeb Bush is showing no sign…
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Trump looks to grab attention as GOP rivals debate
By JULIE PACE Republican presidential candidates take the debate stage Thursday night absent their front-runner, Donald Trump, who will instead seek to starve his rivals of attention at a critical…
Iranian leader in France for next leg of EU trip
The Latest on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Europe (all times local): 4:25 p.m Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has landed in France for the first such visit by an…
Joseph Fiennes to play Michael Jackson in TV drama
Joseph Fiennes will star as Michael Jackson in a one-off TV comedy set to broadcast later this year — a casting decision that has added fuel to a raging debate…
Bad Blood: Cruz-Bushes tension underscores deeper GOP divide
By WILL WEISSERT Ted Cruz once proudly wore a belt buckle borrowed from George H.W. Bush that said: “President of the United States.” He campaigned and worked for that former…
Trump campaigns with Sarah Palin endorsement, but no Palin
By JILL COLVIN Donald Trump brandished the endorsement of conservative Republican firebrand Sarah Palin at an Iowa rally Wednesday in the increasingly intense 2016 GOP presidential sweepstakes. “We had a…
Mexico probes possible money tie between actress, drug boss
There are indications that drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman had business dealings with actress Kate del Castillo, who arranged a meeting between the drug boss and actor Sean Penn,…
Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity of nominees
By JAKE COYLE Calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards are growing over the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ second straight year of mostly white nominees, as…