National Briefs: Rubio eyes new run for office

After his failed presidential campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is not running for re-election, he doesn't plan on running for governor of Florida in 2018, and he does not want to be Donald Trump's pick for vice president. But Mr. Rubio said it's a "safe assumption" that he will run for public office again at some point in the future.

Trump aide Lewandowski defends Martinez criticism, says focus should be jobs and economy

Top Donald Trump aide Corey Lewandowski on Sunday defended Trump's recent criticism of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, a fellow Republican, and deflected a host of other complaints about Trump's presidential campaign, saying the real issues are jobs and the economy. "The governor is not doing the job," Lewandowski said about Martinez on "Fox News Sunday," in a sharp exchange with host Chris Wallace.

Trump:Illegal immigrants are treated better than veterans

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters and bikers at a Rolling Thunder rally at the National Mall in Washington today. WASHINGTON >> Republican Donald Trump told a motorcycle rally that people in the U.S. illegally often are cared for better than the nation's military veterans, without backing up his allegation.

Incumbents in GOP tepid on Trump

There are signs that the "ostrich effect" is spreading inside the halls of Congress, where Senate Republicans running for re-election in tight races are putting distance between themselves and Donald Trump - with some wary of even mentioning his name. While rank-and-file voters are lining up behind Mr. Trump , some conservative pundits, party leaders and members of Congress just aren't there, saying they can't square the billionaire businessman's controversial rhetoric and personal attacks on the campaign trail.

Delusions of competence this election season

In general, you shouldn't pay much attention to polls at this point, especially with Republicans unifying around Donald Trump while Bernie Sanders hasn't conceded the inevitable. Still, I was struck by several recent polls showing Trump favored over Hillary Clinton on the question of who can best manage the economy.

Trump on tap to speak at Rolling Thunder rally in capital

Donald Trump was focusing on veterans Sunday at the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally, hoping to find a receptive audience despite some missteps in his presidential campaign. Trump angered veterans early on when he criticized the military record of John McCain, the Arizona senator who was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008.

Trump or not, ‘big data’ could be huge in 2016 vote

Trump, who sailed through the Republican primaries using unconventional campaign rallies and Twitter messages, has indicated that he sees little use for popular data analytics tools to help target specific voters. "Big data" could play a huge role in the 2016 US election, even if Donald Trump doesn't think so.

Pat Buchanan: Whites Looking to Trump as Blacks Did Obama – ‘With Hope’

Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan said Saturday that white middle-class Americans have become so disenfranchised that many are looking to Donald Trump as African Americans did to Barack Obama in 2008 - "with hope." "I think, culturally, they're under assault," Buchanan, former aide to Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, told Michael Smerconish on CNN.

Corey Lewandowski on Obama’s Apologies to Foreign Countries: – Be Proud to Be American’

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski joined guest host Matthew Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 and expressed disbelief over the behavior of protesters outside Trump's campaign rallies toward police officers. "At the end of the day, I think part of the job of the President of the United States is to ensure the safety of our families," Lewandowski, who previously worked with the New Hampshire State Police, explained.

Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton: Who’s better for Canada?

Briefing highlights For Canadians, Clinton or Trump? Nissan grabs stake in Mitsubishi Canadian home prices surge in April Canada in anti-corruption alliance A Trudeau-Putin scene I'd love to see Video: How to build a perfect to-do list Clinton or Trump? Ignore for a moment the outrageous pronouncements like banning Muslims and building walls. And, for that matter, a potential flood of Trump refugees seeking asylum on what would be the saner side of the border.

Forget Trump a ” Hillary should debate Bernie

To some voters, the prospect of Democratic insurgent Bernie Sanders debating Republican nominee Donald Trump in an "arena somewhere" in California would be a dream come true. We're not sure where Hillary Clinton falls on that spectrum, but one thing is clear: No one would even be talking about a #SandersTrumpDebate if the Democratic front-runner had kept her promise to California.