WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Congress hurtled toward a government shutdown this weekend in a partisan stare-down over demands by Democrats for a solution on politically fraught legislation to protect about 700,000 younger immigrants from being deported. Democrats in the Senate have served notice they will filibuster a four-week, government-wide funding bill that cleared […]
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Donald Trump honored by Ted Cruz’s endorsement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage of the U.S. presidential election campaign (all times EDT): Updated 4:30 p.m.: Donald Trump says that he’s “greatly honored” by what he describes as Sen. Ted Cruz’s endorsement. After months of refusing to do so, Cruz announced Friday he would vote for Trump, though he did not describe it as an […]
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Cruz’s honesty appreciated
I think Ted Cruz is being unfairly criticized for what he did not say in his convention speech. If you judge what he did say, it was a very good lecture on the freedoms I believe in as a Republican. What people forget is that conservatives stand on principle and mean what they say. After […]
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Sen. Susan Collins isn’t moved by Ted Cruz’s momentum
Ted Cruz is pleading with his Republican presidential rivals to “prayerfully” consider getting out of the race and support his bid in order to stop front-runner Donald Trump from clinching the nomination. He had a strong case to make after winning six states through Tuesday afternoon, coming within a few points of Trump in several […]
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Ted Cruz tells Maine he can beat Hillary Clinton
ORONO — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told a raucous crowd on Friday at the University of Maine that he is the only Republican presidential candidate capable of beating Hillary Clinton, and he called on supporters of other GOP candidates to join him or risk sending Donald Trump to lose the election. The senator from Texas […]
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Ted Cruz to visit UMaine on Friday
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has announced that he will visit Maine on Friday, a day before the state’s Republican caucuses, according to Eventbrite.com. Cruz will appear at the University of Maine’s Hauck Auditorium in Orono, beginning at around 10:30 a.m. Doors to the event open at 9:30 a.m. Cruz’s visit comes two days after Democratic […]
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Iowa a test for evangelical Christians
KEOSAUQUA, Iowa — “Awaken the body of Christ that we might pull back from this abyss.” When Sen. Ted Cruz closed his prayerful plea to a crowd of about 150 people here late Tuesday night, the “abyss” he had in mind was something larger than the prospect of a Donald Trump victory in Monday’s caucuses. […]
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Ted Cruz announces 2016 bid for president
Also on this page: What Ted Cruz believes LYNCHBURG, Va. — Sen. Ted Cruz opened the first major campaign of the 2016 presidential season Monday with a kickoff speech courting cultural conservatives and declaring that he will devote himself to “reigniting the promise of America.” One of several Republican hopefuls to rise from the tea […]
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Shutdown OK; default on debt, likely disastrous
If you’re like most Americans outside the Washington beltway, the “shutdown” of the federal government has had little or no impact on your life thus far. A group of Republicans are staging what amounts to another in a series of protest maneuvers designed to draw attention to their opposition to Obamacare. They are making a […]