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NY Times Op-Ed Mocks Ted Cruz: ‘As Hispanic as Tom Cruise’

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has fired back at a recent New York Times op-ed that questioned whether he was authentically Hispanic, and conservative Hispanics are pointing to it as yet another example of the media’s malpractice when it comes to covering issues of politics and ethnicity.

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Cruz: No One Believes Obama Listens to Biden’s Tough Talk

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” in discussing  Vice President Joe Biden’s comments this weekend in Munich, which he said the Ukrainian people “have a right to defend themselves,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) charged no one in the room listening to Biden’s

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Cornyn and Cruz Clash on Obama’s AG Nominee

Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are disagreeing about what the Senate Republicans’ strategy should be regarding their opposition to the nomination of Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General.

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Ted Cruz Smoked Pot as a Teenager

Responding to an inquiry, a spokesperson for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has told The Hill and the UK’s Daily Mail the senator did smoke pot as a teen.

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Conservative GOP Stars Say Common Core Central to 2016 Race

Less than a year ago, Beltway pundits laughed when rank and file conservatives said the Common Core standards would be a major issue in the 2016 presidential race. Now, the conservative stars of the GOP who are lining up as potential contenders know the education reform initiative boondoggle will be a critical aspect of the debates.

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Texas GOP Chair to Join Rand Paul Campaign

Republican Party of Texas Chairman Steve Munisteri surprised his fellow state Republicans, not by his resignation, but by announcing that he was joining the staff of Kentucky Senator and presidential hopeful Rand Paul (R-KY). Munisteri’s resignation has long been expected as he has said he would not be finishing his term months ago.

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Mitt Romney Bashes Hillary Clinton on Foreign Policy

Many Republicans want new blood, and while they think Romney is a swell guy, they feel his time has passed, and that Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, or some other like-minded candidate would have a better shot of defeating the Democrat nominee in 2016.

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AG Nominee Refuses To Say If Drones Against Americans Illegal

Wednesday during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Barack Obama’s nominee for attorney general, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta Lynch, repeatedly refused to answer Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) In your legal judgment,

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Texas Elected Officials Publicly Declare Support for Perry

Several prominent Texas elected officials quickly issued statements publicly declaring their support for former Governor Rick Perry and denouncing the case against him as politically motivated, after news broke on Tuesday that Judge Bert Richardson had ruled against Perry’s motion to dismiss the criminal charges against him.

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Donald Trump Fires Entire 2016 GOP Field

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is out campaigning for president in 2016. Actually, Trump has said that he is strongly considering a run in 2016, but hasn’t set a date for any kind of announcement. So basically, Trump is really testing

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Sen. Rand Paul: Give Diplomacy With Iran A Chance

Sen. Rand Paul signaled that the Senate should give President Obama room to negotiate with Iran before it votes on economic sanctions on the country. “If it fails I will vote to resume sanctions and I would vote to– vote to actually have new sanctions,” he said. “But if you do it in the middle of the negotiations you’re ruining it.”

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Ted Cruz Gets Praised by Sen. Chuck Grassley

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) once supported President Reagan’s amnesty for illegal aliens back in the 1980’s, but has since stated that he and others made a mistake in doing so. He now supports a piece-meal approach to immigration reform as opposed to a comprehensive approach to fixing the existing immigration problem.