Obama deeply dismayed by vulgarity, violence of campaign
By KEVIN FREKING President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was deeply disturbed by “vulgar and divisive rhetoric” directed at women and minorities as well as the violence that has occurred…
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Brazil: Gov. regroups after huge protests against president
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and JENNY BARCHFIELD Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called a meeting with her closest advisers and congressional leaders on Monday, a day after nationwide demonstrations urging her…
Presidential candidates offer dark visions to anxious voters
By LISA LERER There was little sunshine in Florida this week after the presidential candidates arrived. In back-to-back debates just miles apart, Democrats and Republicans painted a dark vision of…
Obama says GOP leaders to blame for party ‘crackup’
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and STEVE PEOPLES Years of Republican hardline politics and divisive rhetoric have spawned Donald Trump and the “crackup” of the GOP, President Barack Obama said Thursday, scoffing…
Anti-Trump Republicans come to terms with Cruz nomination
By STEVE PEOPLES and MARY CLARE JALONICK As high-stakes elections loom in Florida and Ohio, anxious Republican officials are coming to terms with the idea that their second-least-favorite GOP presidential…
Vice President Biden in Israel amid Palestinian attacks
By DANIEL ESTRIN U.S. Vice President Joe Biden touched down in Israel Tuesday for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders just after Palestinian attackers shot and stabbed policemen and civilians…
Mexican president: Trump language like that of Hitler
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto compared the language of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to that of dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in an interview published Monday, and said…
Ryan ‘laughed out loud’ at Trump threat
The Latest on the 2016 presidential race, which includes a Republican debate on Thursday night in Detroit (all times EST): 12:40 p.m. House Speaker Paul Ryan says he “laughed out…