A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that a quarter of Republicans think that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) can’t become president because he was born in Canada to an American mother.
Many leading Republican presidential contenders are gathering at Walt Disney World today for an “Economic Growth Summit” organized by Gov. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) political committee, Let’s Get to Work.
A group of journalists from several major news outlets reportedly got together on Monday to discuss what they might do to convince Hillary Clinton to finally step out from behind her ever present phalanx of aides and actually take questions.
The California State Senate voted on party lines Monday to raise the minimum wage to $13 per hour by 2017–a 44% increase from where it stands today, at $9 per hour. Just two years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that increased the minimum from $8 per hour in 2013 to $10 per hour by 2016. The new bill, introduced by State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) as a measure to reduce poverty and inequality, would amount to a staggering and unprecedented 62.5% increase in four years.
The invitation-only Economic Growth Summit will be at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Convention Center, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each of the candidates is being given 30 minutes to speak.
Hillary Clinton is kicking off her campaign on New York’s Roosevelt Island on June 13 and, as Politico reports, it “will not be the first time that the former secretary of state—or her husband, for that matter—has invoked the famous family in a political setting”.
Monday in an interview with Yahoo News’ Katie Couric, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said, “We need a political revolution, in my view, where people begin to stand up and fight.” Sanders said, “My view is that the
GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) stance on the Patriot Act and the NSA’s bulk surveillance isn’t playing well with colleagues in his own party, but it has definitely made him more recognized on social media.
Before Walker went on a fundraising cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee, Americans United For Change (AUFC)—a liberal organization—announced it would be organizing a counter-protest to Walker’s cruise. A couple things made this different than any normal protest, however. First off, the people “protesting” Walker on global warming—who they called “climate change voters”—would be dressed as moose. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, they’d be on a “floating iceberg” behind Walker.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a 2016 GOP presidential candidate who just single-handedly took down the National Security Agency (NSA) bulk data collection program by blocking reauthorization of the Patriot Act, is out with a new campaign ad on Monday evening detailing what he did and how.
On Monday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer dismissed the candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is vying for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. According to Krauthammer, Sanders bid isn’t to be taken
Over the weekend, three provisions of the Patriot Act expired thanks to the machinations of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). That expiration drew the ire of major political figures from both sides of the aisle.
Republicans in Iowa are calling for “candidates and potential candidates” to participate in the state’s straw poll.
Rand Paul (R-KY) a day earlier in which he said that some of his colleagues may have been desirous of a terror attack in order to score political points against him. Limbaugh said Paul may have gone a little too
Univision’s Jorge Ramos has been one of the few media personalities who has fiercely questioned President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in ways that made them uncomfortable. But now that Hillary Clinton has vowed to “go even further” than Obama
Roughly 66 percent of likely Democratic caucus goers say one of the scandals looming over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign could hurt her if she were to become the Democratic Party’s nominee in the 2016 general election.
Several Republican presidential candidates are heading to Orlando, Florida on Tuesday for an “Economic Growth Summit” hosted by Gov. Rick Scott. Participants will include the Sunshine State’s top two contenders, Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush.
Christie said he signed his state’s Race to the Top application for federal funds in exchange for adopting the Common Core standards because his state needed the money, an admission many other governors are likely hesitant to make in light of the huge outcry from parents across the country against the standards and their associated testing and data collection.
Paul criticized—without naming names—GOP senators including Marco Rubio of Florida, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and other Republicans like Jeb Bush for failing to listen to voters about their concerns with the NSA program.
Two months after announcing her presidential candidacy with a YouTube video that left out Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton will formally kick off her campaign on June 13 with a rally on New York City’s Roosevelt Island. Clinton has avoided the
Environmentalists’ head-scratching over Hillary Clinton’s refusal to take a hard stand against the Keystone XL pipeline may soon cease, as a Monday Huffington Post report confirms findings in Clinton Cash revealing that the Clintons have bagged millions of dollars in speaking fees from some of the Keystone XL pipeline’s largest investors.
Real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump, who’s presumably getting ready to announce a run for the presidency on June 16, hammered Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is the latest GOP presidential candidate to throw his hat in the ring. Graham announced his candidacy in his hometown of Central, South Carolina Monday morning.
Two Canadian banks tightly connected to promoting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in the United States either fully or partially paid for eight speeches made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the period not long before she announced her campaign for president. Those speeches put more than $1.6 million in the Democratic candidate’s pocket.
The Clinton Foundation has raked in more than $1 million in just three years from colleges and universities willing to pay big bucks to host its annual networking event.
Rubio echoed what McConnell said by calling Paul’s actions against the PATRIOT Act the “reckless spreading of misinformation and political posturing,” according to TampaBay.com.
