Debate stage drama: GOP awaits top 10 announcement
By STEVE PEOPLES and KATHLEEN RONAYNE They crowded the stage in New Hampshire for a debate-style faceoff. But the jam-packed Republican field will be narrowed considerably for the first formal…
Elections
Biden for president? Allies mulling Clinton challenge
By JULIE PACE and JOSH LEDERMAN Vice President Joe Biden’s associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick and…
Million-dollar donors lift Jeb Bush’s presidential ambitions
By JULIE BYKOWICZ and THOMAS BEAUMONT A dozen million-dollar contributors account for at least 10 percent of Jeb Bush’s record-setting presidential fundraising haul. The big-money boosters propelled Right to Rise,…
Disavowed by GOP leaders, Trump has supporters cheering
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND JILL COLVIN The Republican establishment may hope this is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump’s circus-like run for the presidency. But as the fallout…
Kenya president says talks with Obama to focus on extremism
By ANDREW NJUGUNA and TOM ODULA The fight against extremism will be the key topic of talks with President Barack Obama, who will be visiting the country of his father…
Obama visits prison to call for a fairer justice system
Peering from the back seat of his armored black limousine, President Barack Obama rode into a razor wire-surrounded federal prison Thursday and said he met young inmates “who made mistakes…
Iran deal sets 2016 clash between Clinton and GOP hopefuls
By LISA LERER and KEN THOMAS Hillary Rodham Clinton’s embrace of a landmark nuclear deal with Iran as a worthwhile agreement that also needs strict enforcement underscores the tension between…
Hispanic leaders want GOP field to condemn Trump’s ‘idiocy’
By STEVE PEOPLES Hispanic leaders are bristling at the largely tepid response by Republican presidential candidates to Donald Trump’s characterization of Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug dealers. Several 2016…