Trump’s questioning of the value of data worries Republicans
By BILL BARROW Donald Trump says he plans to win the White House largely on the strength of his personality, brushing off the need for a heavy investment in what…
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The Latest: Rove’s super PAC to focus on Congress, not Trump
The Latest on developments in the presidential campaign, including Donald Trump’s meetings Thursday with House Speaker Paul Ryan and with other congressional leaders: (all times local): 1:23 p.m. Republican strategist…
Congressional Republicans grapple with new Trump reality
By ERICA WERNER Congressional Republicans returned to Capitol Hill to confront an awkward new reality: Donald Trump is their presumptive presidential nominee, but instead of uniting behind him, leading figures…
Behind closed doors, North Korea opens ruling party congress
By ERIC TALMADGE North Korea opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980 behind closed doors Friday, in an anticlimactic start to what officials have portrayed as…
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…
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…