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New House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. calls for a bold pro-growth agenda as he delivers his first major policy speech since talking over the gavel just over a month ago, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan promises conservative agenda, confronts Obama in big speech

In his first major speech since becoming the highest-ranking Republican in Washington, House Speaker Paul Ryan vowed Thursday to spend the next year pushing legislation that will begin to repair the damage to America that he said was wrought by President Obama.

December 3, 2015
Amid signs that Donald Trump's momentum is stalling, Sen. Ted Cruz last week announced a solid fundraising total for the third quarter and took the first steps to put some real distance between himself and Mr. Trump, who he had embraced — literally — just a month ago. (Associated Press)

Tea party activists convinced Donald Trump tapping Ted Cruz for ticket

A group of tea party activists is convinced that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has struck a secret deal with rival Sen. Ted Cruz to guarantee the Texan the vice presidential spot on the ticket, and conservatives are raving that it would be the best pairing since Harry Burnett Reese combined peanut butter and Hershey's chocolate.

November 26, 2015
Republican insiders are calling for presidential candidate Jeb Bush to drop out of the race, but the former Florida governor is sticking it out — for now. (Associated Press)

Jeb Bush attacks Donald Trump in bid to save candidacy

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush kept plugging away in his struggling campaign Wednesday by hurling attacks at front-runner Donald Trump, but GOP strategists increasingly advise him to start thinking about getting out of the race.

November 25, 2015
Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a Stratham Republicans' event Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, in Stratham, N.H. (Erik Hawkins/Portsmouth Herald via AP)

Chris Christie: Muslim-Americans fear Syrian refugees, too

Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday said that President Obama was not standing up for Muslim-Americans or any Americans with his demand to bring thousands of Syrian refugees to the United States.

November 24, 2015
Donald Trump appeared to benefit most from the new focus on national security. He hardened his lead among Republican primary voters nationally and in early-voting New Hampshire, while retaking the lead from Mr. Carson in Iowa, home to the country's first nominating contest. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump gains momentum with Muslim targeting push as voters focus on terrorism

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has gained momentum in polls as he vowed heightened security measures that target Muslims in the wake of the Islamic State attack on Paris, with the electorate's new focus on terrorism boosting several Republican candidates ahead of Hillary Rodham Clinton in theoretical matchups.

November 23, 2015
Ben Carson has been jockeying with Donald Trump for the lead in the race of the Republican president nomination. Both men have polled in the low 20s, with the next-closest competitor trailing them by double digits in most polls. (Associated Press)

Ben Carson’s religion not an issue for Bible Belt voters

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump raised doubts about the electorate's palatability for rival Ben Carson's Seventh-day Adventist beliefs, but Bible Belt voters insisted Thursday that the denomination to which the candidate belongs isn't an issue.

November 19, 2015
Congressman Keith Ellison addresses the marchers from the steps of the Basilica in Minneapolis, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, during a march to show solidarity with France after the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT

Rep. Keith Ellison defends Muslim Syrian refugees’ First Amendment rights

Rep. Keith Ellison, who in 2007 became the first Muslim member of Congress, on Wednesday cited the Constitution's protection of freedom of religion to blast his colleagues' proposals to allow Christian Syrian refugees into the U.S. refugees but not Muslims refugees from that country.

November 18, 2015