Polls suggest Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are unlikely to derail the Republican front-runner as 11 states hold primaries or caucuses.
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Racial feud erupts as Republicans fight ‘unstoppable’ Trump
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continued to hammer at the GOP front-runner’s character and lack of policy specifics while courting voters across the South.
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Sanders keeps his Judaism in the background, irking American Jews
During more than three decades in public life as a mayor, congressman and U.S. senator, Bernie Sanders has developed few relationships with Jewish groups or leaders – on religious issues or on Israel.
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Maine parties gearing up for unpredictable caucuses
No presidential candidate seems to have a lock on either the Democratic or Republican nod, and both parties are expecting big turnouts amid a spirited and chaotic national race.
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Cruz warns ‘Trump train’ could become ‘unstoppable’
Almost a quarter of the Republican’s nominating delegates are at stake in the Super Tuesday primaries.
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Clinton cruises to big win over Sanders in South Carolina
Strong turnout among black voters helped propel Clinton to victory over rival Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Report: LePage urged Republican governors to disavow Trump less than week before endorsement
A LePage spokesman doesn’t confirm or deny the report but says Maine’s chief executive now backs the front-runner because both have a business background and come from outside the political establishment.
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Cruz calls Super Tuesday ‘most important day’ in 2016 race
Ted Cruz tells supporters in Atlanta to help him play the numbers game as he takes on front-runner Donald Trump and rival Marco Rubio.
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Trump wants to weaken libel laws amid feuds with reporters
The changes envisioned by the celebrity businessman turned Republican front-runner would mean that ‘when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.’
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In South Carolina, Hillary Clinton looks to win, and win big
Sanders knows his prospects with South Carolina’s heavily black Democratic electorate are grim.