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Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats hoping Donald Trump dooms GOP in Senate races

Democrats running in competitive Senate races are giddy about the prospect of businessman Donald Trump leading Republicans into the fall election, confident that their GOP rivals could get swallowed up in an anti-Trump undertow.

May 4, 2016
Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, a leading Christian religious-conservative group (Associated Press) **FILE**

Republican establishment pressured to embrace insurgents in role reversal

The Republican establishment has watched in horror this primary season as their presidential picks have, one after another, been marched out to slaughter, leaving the party's leaders in Washington stunned and under growing pressure to give up the fight and rally around the insurgents.

May 1, 2016
With major primary victories Tuesday, GOP front-runner Donald Trump needs only a majority of the remaining states to win on the party's first convention ballot. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump in control after delegate haul in Northeast primaries

Donald Trump is now on target to win the Republican presidential nomination at the GOP's July convention, holding support from half of all delegates allocated so far, thanks to a massive haul Tuesday night that puts him firmly in the driver's seat.

April 27, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Trump's highly anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday will test whether the Republican presidential front-runner, known for his raucous rallies and eyebrow-raising statements, can present a more presidential persona as he works to unite the GOP establishment behind him. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump outlines ‘America first’ foreign policy vision

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took a swipe at neoconservatism Wednesday, arguing in a major foreign policy address that the U.S. shouldn't be in the "nation-building business" and suggesting Washington should be more willing to work with unsavory regimes as long as doing so advances American interests and creates "stability in the world."

April 27, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a primary night news conference, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Donald Trump grabs majority of unbound delegates in Pennsylvania

Overcoming lingering concerns about his ground game, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump collected a majority of the "unbound" delegates up for grabs in the Pennsylvania primary -- denting his rivals' hopes of winning over more of these delegates that will be free to vote for whomever they want on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention.

April 27, 2016
Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich shake hands after a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz, John Kasich bicker over alliance as Donald Trump decries rivals’ ‘collusion’

The uncomfortable alliance forged by Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich began to falter almost as soon as it was announced, with the candidates squabbling Monday over what it meant, and front-runner Donald Trump saying their "collusion" proved the system is rigged and underscores the weakness of his rivals.

April 25, 2016
New York is home territory for Donald Trump, who was born in Queens, grew up in the city and has based his massive business empire there. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump wins New York primary, demolishes Cruz, Kasich

Donald Trump crushed his opponents Tuesday night en route to a major victory in New York's Republican presidential primary, scoring a needed boost after a string of setbacks and putting himself back in the driver's seat as the campaign nears the final stretch.

April 19, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump vows to put states in play that the GOP hasn't won in a generation. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s new voter appeal to face New York test

Donald Trump insists the new voters he's brought into the Republican primary are just the tip of what he'll be able to do if he's the nominee in November, vowing to put states in play that the GOP hasn't won in a generation.

April 5, 2016
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, points as he speaks at a campaign stop at Waukesha County Exposition Center, Monday, April 4, 2016, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Wisconsin Republican primary too close to call

The GOP presidential primary in Wisconsin was too close to call shortly after polls closed Tuesday, with all sides hoping a win would reshape the campaign in their favor.

April 5, 2016