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Jim RosicaSeptember 5, 2016

Lost amid Hurricane Hermine coverage, the Washington Post reported Donald Trump ponied up a $2,500 penalty to the IRS after his charitable foundation broke the law by giving a contribution to one of Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s political fundraising panels. The Post last Thursday reported that the Republican presidential nominee “filed paperwork informing the IRS of the political gift and […]

Jim RosicaJune 7, 2016

Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s admission this week that she personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump comes months after she evaded questions about it. That was in March, when — instead of directly answering — Bondi said she “hadn’t heard” about Trump’s representatives saying she asked for the money. The recent revelation came from Bondi’s spokesman to The Associated Press, […]

Steve PeoplesMarch 29, 2016

Marco Rubio is working to play a role at the Republican National Convention even as his rivals scramble for delegates the Florida senator claimed before he suspended his campaign. Rubio has sent letters to Republican officials in states where he has won delegates, charging he wants to keep his delegates, even though he’s no longer an […]

Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told reporters if he had been president during the Paris terror attacks he’d offer support and seek a coalition to counter the Islamic State. He spoke after an appearance at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando Friday. But he said currently there’s no leadership in America to give our allies confidence we’d […]

Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, eschewing tie and lectern, strode onto the Sunshine Summit stage and launched into a talk show host-style monologue, joking about the next Democratic debate being held at “Leavenworth,” home of the famous federal penitentiary. But the junior U.S. senator from Texas quickly got serious, reciting a laundry list of conservative crowd-favorite […]

Associated PressNovember 6, 2015

Republican White House hopeful Ben Carson wasn’t offered a formal scholarship to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as he wrote in his autobiography, his campaign acknowledged Friday. Carson, a newcomer to national politics, has developed a passionate following based in part on an inspirational personal story and devotion to Christian values. The only […]

Associated PressOctober 24, 2015

For months, Jeb Bush‘s campaign insisted it was too early. Too early to worry about the Republican presidential candidate’s sluggish poll numbers. Too early to fret over the rise of unorthodox candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Too early to question if the one-time front-runner is merely a pedestrian candidate. But with just over three […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 24, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday didn’t back away from calling Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton “shrill,” explaining “that the word shrill doesn’t apply to women exclusively.” He also defended his use of overseas workers at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Palm Beach instead of Floridians. Trump participated by telephone on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. The real […]

Associated PressApril 20, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is planning a policy trip to Europe this summer, to speak to an economic conference in Germany and meet with business and defense leaders, among others, aides said Monday. Bush, who is expected to enter the race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, is planning to travel in June to […]

Tag: 2016 GOP presidential nomination

WaPo: Donald Trump pays IRS penalty for Pam Bondi contribution

Pam Bondi’s March evasion on Donald Trump contribution becomes June admission

Marco Rubio aims for role at GOP national convention

Paris attacks: What would ‘President’ Ben Carson do?

Ted Cruz takes on Obama, federal government at Sunshine Summit

GOP candidate Ben Carson backs off West Point scholarship claim

No longer patient, Jeb Bush backers fret about sluggish campaign

Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton is still shrill

Jeb Bush to visit Poland, Estonia, Germany in June