Voters want Warren, Gingrich running for VP
A lot of people have thrown out a lot of opinions about who should be on the ticket with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Now the American public is throwing in its opinion, too.
Category Archives: Senator Marco Rubio
The 15 craziest moments in the presidential campaign
When Washington D.C. voted Tuesday night, it marked the end of the 2016 presidential primary season. And oh, what a season it was.
Mitt Romney, Sore Loser
Mitt Romney, after two unsuccessful bids for the US presidency in 2008 and 2012, is on the campaign trail again. This time not for himself, but instead for some hypothetical candidate to usurp the presumptive nominee, Donald Trump.
Why Some Politicians Are Not Talking About the Homophobia Behind the Orlando Attacks
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Orlando police chief John Mina and FBI agent Ron Hopper speak at a news conference after a shooting attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Kolczynski - RTX2FSA7 - See this story on www.theatlantic.com At first, the reactions were only subtly different: expressions of horror and sadness, thoughts, and prayers.
FBI Rebuts Criticism It Missed Chance to Stop Orlando Killer
U.S. law enforcement officials are pushing back against mounting criticism that they failed to properly investigate the shooter in the Orlando massacre, saying two previous investigations were closed after finding Omar Mateen posed no threat at the time. The FBI will "look at our own work, to see if there is something we should have done differently," Director James Comey told reporters in Washington Monday.
Rubio: Orlando shooting ‘new face of the war on terror’
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said attackers like the shooter in the Orlando massacre are "the new face of the war on terror." "They have said openly that they intend to target us here, and one of the hardest parts of this war is the individual who carries out an attack by themselves in a soft target like this, basically, in Orlando, Florida," Rubio said in a phone interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday.
June 12: ‘Hamilton,’ Hillary and Dinkins
Piscataway, N.J.: How can the producers of "Hamilton" raise tickets so that the cheapest seat is $179 - before fees? And the top seat price, $849? Are you kidding? They said they did this to foil scalpers. Well guess what? Now they're the scalper.
Mitt Romney critical of ’16 field for losing to Donald Trump
An at-times emotional Mitt Romney lashed out at the slate of 2016 Republican presidential candidates for failing to stop Donald Trump , saying what's become of the GOP "is breaking my heart." CNN and Politico reported Romney appeared to tear up during the closed-door gathering when making the comment at a summit he's hosting for many of his top supporters and donors from the 2012 campaign.
Romney tears into GOP for not criticizing Trump
Mitt Romney on Saturday torched Donald Trump and the Republicans who failed to stop his climb to the party's presidential nomination, saying the current fortunes of the GOP are "breaking my heart." Romney's condemnation, made at the Stein Eriksen Lodge before hundreds of his donors and business partners, highlighted the ill will between the last two GOP nominees for president.
Talks on Zika bill fire up in Washington
Talks on Zika bill fire up in Washington Sen. Nelson says this is a political problem Check out this story on floridatoday.com: http://on.flatoday.com/28rbmjH An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is photographed on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center on January 25, 2016, in Cali, Colombia. WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are expected to start ironing out the details of a spending bill to combat Zika during the upcoming week, more than four months after President Obama first asked Congress for nearly $2 billion to fight the mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects and paralysis.
Rubio Still Believes Trump Can’t Be Trusted With Nuclear Codes
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said his opinions have not changed since he said he believed presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump could not be trusted with America's nuclear launch codes. "I stand by everything I said during the campaign," Rubio said during a Weekly Standard interview.
Biga: Senator Jeff Sessions for VP. You can bank on It.
Rumors abound about who Donald Trump will select as his running mate. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich seems to be the early favorite in on-line polls and betting markets.
Donald Trump drops hints on VP pick, says he has narrowed field down to ‘four or five’ candidates
In his first interview since the end of Republican primary season, Donald Trump discussed the progress he's made in his search for a running mate. The presumptive Republican nominee for president told Bloomberg that he has narrowed the field to "four or five politicians from within the party's establishment."
Robinson: Endorsing Trump will leave a mark
Bluffing is Donald Trump's one great talent, and he brazenly bluffed his way to the Republican nomination. Now he is showing his cards, however, and they are utter garbage: racism, ignorance, capriciousness, egomania and general unfitness for office.
Rubio rebukes Trump over Judge…
MARCH 13: Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio takes the stage at a campaign event at the Team Marco headquarters March 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. "It's offensive -- he should stop saying it," Rubio said of Judge Gonzalo Curiel.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Warns Donald Trump: ‘I Know What That Rhetoric Can Do’
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley warned that the type of rhetoric coming from Donald Trump can lead to violence. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump should use a more civil tone while campaigning, warning that divisive rhetoric could ultimately lead to violence on par with the 2015 Charleston church massacre .
Clinton camp slams Trump University as ‘fraudulent scheme’
Newly released documents about a now-defunct business owned by Donald Trump reveal strategies for enticing people to enroll in real estate seminars even if they couldn't afford it, opening the presumptive Republican nominee up to fresh criticism from Hillary Clinton that he took advantage of vulnerable Americans. " Trump University was a fraudulent scheme used to prey upon those who could least afford it," Clinton's campaign wrote on Twitter Wednesday morning.
During this week’s recess, Rubio wants Congress to hear from voters…
President Barack Obama has an outspoken and unlikely ally in his push for more dollars to combat the rising threat of the Zika virus - former Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio. The Florida senator, whose home state has an alarming number of Zika infections, is ridiculing fellow Republicans in Congress for refusing to back the White House's request for $1.9 billion to fight the mosquito-borne virus.
Campaign Daybook: Trump Moved Assets to Tax-Friendly Delaware
The Republican nominee transferred dozens of the "Trump" trademarks for everything from hotels to ties to his U.S. golf courses into a new Delaware-based company as he papered for his White House run, Bloomberg's Lynnley Browning reports. By shifting more than 110 registered or pending trademarks to Delaware, Trump consolidated them in a state that doesn't tax income from royalties on intellectual property.
Once opposed, now in favour: Republicans form an orderly line to endorse Trump
Marco Rubio not so long ago insulted Donald Trump's tan, made crude insinuations about his anatomy, and dubbed him a "con man" and "the most vulgar person ever to aspire to the presidency". Yet days after Trump clinched enough delegates to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the Florida senator said he would speak on the billionaire's behalf if asked, and would release his delegates to Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July.