Jumbled GOP field hopes for survival in South Carolina
Hoping for survival in the South, a muddled field of Republican presidential contenders descended Wednesday on South Carolina, no closer to clarity about who can stand between Donald Trump and…
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Campaigns turn to New Hampshire with Cruz ascendant
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Next up: New Hampshire. Presidential contenders on Tuesday turned their airplanes and their hopes to the next arena in the fight for the nomination,…
In final Iowa blitz, an outraged Clinton channels Sanders
BY LISA LERER and KEN THOMAS Seeking victory in Iowa, Hillary Clinton has begun channeling the economic indignation of her rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose unapologetically liberal campaign has…
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…
Trump hosts rally _ in New Hampshire _ ahead of Iowa caucus
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Donald Trump held court in New Hampshire Friday, while his presidential competitors in both parties hustled through Iowa in a last-minute scramble to win…
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…
Sanders says no tragedy if he loses Iowa; he can still win
By KEN THOMAS Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination would succeed even if he fails to prevail in the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses,…
Democratic mayor to challenge GOP’s Rand Paul in Senate race
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray filed to run for Rand Paul’s U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, giving Paul a viable challenger and complicating his bid for re-election as he lags in…