North Korea readies for its biggest political show in years
By ERIC TALMADGE Its capital has been duly spruced up, the masses prepped for their rallies and leader Kim Jong Un appears to be set to take center stage Friday…
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AP sources: Kasich to end bid for Republican nomination
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE The last man standing in Donald Trump’s path to the Republican nomination, Ohio Gov. John Kasich will end his campaign Wednesday, making Trump the party’s presumptive nominee.…
Trump repeats unsubstantiated claim Cruz dad has Oswald ties
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN Republican front-runner Donald Trump rehashed unsubstantiated claims Tuesday that his rival Ted Cruz’s father has links to President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey…
Trump vows to put “America first” in foreign policy
By JILL COLVIN and JULIE PACE In a rare formal policy speech, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security “above all else” if elected president, warning allies…
Trump’s GOP Senate critics fact check him on foreign policy
By RICHARD LARDNER The Senate’s leading Republican voices on national security are assembling an indictment of Donald Trump’s worldview by soliciting rebuttals from U.S. military leaders that challenge the accuracy…
Trump campaign plane flying with expired registration
By JEFF HORWITZ and JOAN LOWY One of Donald Trump’s jets has been flying for months with an expired registration, Federal Aviation Administration records showed Tuesday. The Republican presidential candidate’s…
Trump’s inexperienced supporters hamstring delegate hunt
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI First Steve Barlock discovered he had to join the Republican Party to support Donald Trump in the Colorado GOP caucuses. That was the easy part. What followed…
Texas Republicans stay silent as GOP officials face troubles
The Texas attorney general has been indicted for allegedly duping investors in a tech startup, and the agriculture commissioner reportedly used tax dollars to travel to obtain a so-called Jesus…