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Donald Trump asks if it would be ‘rude’ to say Ted Cruz’s poll numbers are ‘really tanking’

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump asked at a Friday rally in Plattsburgh, New York, whether it would be "rude" of him to say 2016 GOP rival Ted Cruz's poll numbers are "really tanking" ahead of Tuesday's primary in New York.

April 15, 2016

John Kasich knocks Ted Cruz for accusing Mitch McConnell of lying

Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday knocked 2016 GOP rival Ted Cruz for saying last year on the Senate floor that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lied to Mr. Cruz and other senators -- a charge the Texas Republican has not backed down from in recent days.

April 15, 2016

Ted Cruz: Minimum wage ‘systematically hurts the most vulnerable’

Sen. Ted Cruz said Friday the minimum wage systematically hurts the most vulnerable, but that it's within the constitutional authority of individual states to pass their own rules of the road on the matter.

April 15, 2016

The New York Post endorses Donald Trump

The New York Post has endorsed GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday's primary, with the paper's editorial board saying that despite some "rookie mistakes," Mr. Trump has "electrified the public" and is "a plain-talking entrepreneur with outer-borough, common-sense sensibilities."

April 15, 2016

Corey Lewandowski: ‘I work for Donald Trump, and everyone knows that’

Donald Trump's campaign manager says he still reports to the boss, amid recent hirings of seasoned political operatives to fill high-level slots on the GOP front-runner's campaign.

April 15, 2016

Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s campaign manager: ‘So thankful for Mr. Trump and for his loyalty’

Donald Trump's campaign manager said Friday he's "thankful" for the loyalty Mr. Trump showed him in the wake of a battery charge stemming from an incident with a reporter that was ultimately dropped on Thursday.

April 15, 2016

RNC: Each state’s delegate process ‘easy to understand for those willing to learn it’

In a memo circulated Friday, the Republican National Committee laid out the GOP delegate distribution rules for the remaining presidential election contests in April, issuing a reminder that the plans were submitted last October and it's incumbent on the campaigns to be up to speed on the rules.

April 15, 2016

Ted Cruz uses Obama, Bill de Blasio attacks to motivate voters

Sen. Ted Cruz seems to savor the disdain President Obama and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio are heaping on him.

April 14, 2016

Ted Cruz: ‘Would be a fool’ not to consider Marco Rubio for VP

Sen. Ted Cruz said anyone would naturally look at Sen. Marco Rubio as a possible option when weighing who to tap as a vice presidential nominee and said Mr. Rubio's 2010 U.S. Senate run helped inspire Mr. Cruz's own successful bid two years later.

April 14, 2016

Donald Trump viewed unfavorably by two-thirds of Americans: poll

Donald Trump is the most unpopular major presidential candidate in more than 30 years of ABC-Washington Post polling, with two-thirds of Americans reporting an unfavorable view of the GOP front-runner in a survey released Thursday.

April 14, 2016

Donald Trump: Megyn Kelly and I had a ‘very good conversation’

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said he had a "very good conversation" on Wednesday with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, with whom he has had a long-simmering feud since the first Republican debate in August.

April 14, 2016

Donald Trump special counsel: ‘Donald Trump doesn’t get nervous’

Michael Cohen, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Donald Trump, said Thursday that Mr. Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner, "doesn't get nervous."

April 14, 2016

Ted Cruz: Donald Trump’s team ‘acting like union boss thugs’

Sen. Ted Cruz says 2016 GOP rival Donald Trump's team is acting like "union boss thugs" and that Mr. Trump's campaign is encouraging violence.

April 14, 2016

Ted Cruz radio ad goes after Bill de Blasio: ‘Socialist policies’ tearing NYC apart

Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign is going after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio ahead of the Republican presidential primary April 19, with a radio ad saying the mayor's "socialist policies" are tearing the city apart.

April 13, 2016

Marco Rubio: I want GOP nominee to be a conservative, and Ted Cruz fits

Sen. Marco Rubio said in a new interview that Sen. Ted Cruz is the only GOP presidential candidate still actively campaigning that fits the criteria of what Mr. Rubio looking for in a "conservative" as the Republican nominee.

April 13, 2016

Donald Trump convention manager: ‘We’re out of Cruz land’

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's convention manager is predicting Sen. Ted Cruz, Mr. Trump's top 2016 GOP rival, will not have a great showing in the remaining GOP contests in April.

April 13, 2016

Bernie Sanders wins official support from Jeff Merkley, fellow senator

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont has picked up the support of Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon -- the first time a sitting U.S. senator has officially backed Mr. Sanders' bid for president.

April 13, 2016

New York Daily News endorses ‘superprepared warrior realist’ Hillary Clinton

The New York Daily News has endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of the April 19 Democratic presidential primary in the Empire State, praising Mrs. Clinton as a "superprepared warrior realist."

April 13, 2016

Donald Trump: ‘I was the best thing that ever happened to Bernie’

GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is claiming some credit for Sen. Bernard Sanders' performance in the Democratic presidential primary contest, saying his counter-punching at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton several months ago helped Mr. Sanders.

April 13, 2016

Donald Trump: RNC ‘should be ashamed of themselves’

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump laid blame on the Republican National Committee for what he called a "rigged" system after losing out on delegates to Sen. Ted Cruz in Colorado over the weekend.

April 13, 2016