Trump throws GOP into chaos

Many in the GOP are reeling from shock, revulsion and utter confusion about what to do next after a video surfaced Friday of Donald Trump talking about women in crude and aggressive sexual terms. New revelations emerged Saturday after CNN's Kfile reviewed hours of newly uncovered audio of demeaning conversations Trump held over a 17 year period with radio shock-jock Howard Stern.

Iowa political leaders react to Donald Trump’s lewd remarks

On the eve of the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Republican candidate is yet again under fire, this time for lewd and vulgar comments he made toward women during a 2005 conversation. "I'm automatically attracted to beautiful women," Trump said in a 2005 videotape released Friday by The Washington Post.

The Latest: GOP Rep. Roby calls on Trump to quit as nominee

The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump : A conservative Alabama congresswoman says she will not vote for Donald Trump for president and wants him to step down as GOP nominee. Republican Martha Roby says Trump's newly disclosed comments about women and how he treats them make him "unacceptable" for the office.

The Latest: Oh Gop chief says debate “is now everything”

The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before the second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump : Ohio Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges says there will be no punishment for state GOP officials who drop their support of Donald Trump over his crude comments about women. Asked whether the revelations were a fatal blow to Trump's electoral prospects, Borges said, "The debate tomorrow is now everything."

Rhoads: Mike Pence for President

It is time for Donald Trump to end his childish and vulgar campaign against women and resign his nomination while there is still time for the Republican National Committee to replace Trump at the top of a new ticket. There is still time for the RNC to save some down-ballot candidates and nominate Gov. Mike Pence, who can unite the party and defeat Hillary Clinton.

How Republicans Could Replace Donald Trump If He Steps Down

Utah Sen. Mike Lee, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk were just some of the Republicans who called on Donald Trump to give up the nomination after viewing video footage showing the Republican nominee joking of his ability to sexually grope women without repercussion. But their statements were requests, not commandments.

Trump Campaign Reels as Some Donors Explore Replacing Him

Key Republican donors have begun looking into whether it's possible to replace Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee after his campaign was jarred Friday by a video showing him speaking about groping women and making other crude, sexually aggressive comments. Trump released a video statement early Saturday apologizing for the second time in 24 hours for the 2005 comments.

Trump issues defiant apology for lewd remarks – then goes on the attack

Donald Trump issued a defiant apology Saturday morning for lewd and sexually aggressive remarks he made a decade ago - and then made it clear he is girding himself for a nasty political battle. The GOP presidential nominee posted a 90-second video just after midnight on social media, telling voters that he is not a "perfect person" and that the words captured by a hot mic in 2005 "don't reflect who I am."

This is what would happen if Donald Trump quit the…

After a 2005 video of Donald Trump making salacious comments about women surfaced on Friday, some prominent Republicans are calling on their nominee to drop out of the race. In August, the right-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board published a scathing op-ed calling on Trump to mature his campaign style or hand the nomination to his running mate, Mike Pence.

The Latest: Utah’s Lee calls on Trump to quit after apology

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is the latest Republican member of Congress to call on Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president. Lee is responding to Trump's apology for making crude comments about women and his defiant aassertion that those remarks from 2005 are a "distraction from the important issues we're facing today."

Pence: Trump is “still standing stronger than ever”

Mike Pence ignored questions from reporters Friday evening about leaked video in which Donald Trump is heard making very sexually explicit comments about women. "Governor, how can you ignore this question?" asked ABC producer Ines De La Cuetara -- as Pence ignored her question and multiple questions in the same vein from other reporters.

Local unions criticize Pence on auto bailout

Members of the local Democratic and labor communities blasted Indiana governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence for his opposition to the auto industry rescue hours before his Rossford visit on Friday, calling him a threat to the working class. At the United Association Local 50 hall in Northwood, Wood County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Zickar said residents have a history of listening to politicians from all parties, but that Gov. Pence's record speaks for itself, particularly his vote against the 2008 auto bailout.

V.P. pick Pence touts Trump for defense in Rossford speech

SLUG: CTY PENCE08 10/7/2016 The Blade/ Amy E. Voigt Rossford, OH CAPTION: The bus for Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence arrives in to Rossford on October 7, 2016. About 500 people saw Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence at the Rossford Community Recreation Center.

Trump campaign battered by cascade of missteps, new lewd comments

In this Oct. 6, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall in Sandown, N.H. Trump made a series of lewd and sexually charged comments about women as he waited to make a cameo appearance on a soap opera in 2005. The Republican presidential nominee issued a rare apology Friday, "if anyone was offended."

The Latest: Trump shakes up advertising plans

Democratic vice presidential nominee, Tim Kaine, speaks during a Nevada Democratic Party rally at the Carpenters International Training Center in Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. FILE - In this July 6, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets striking workers outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J. On Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, the last vestige of Donald Trump will vanish from Atlantic City when the Trump Taj Mahal casino shuts down.

Matthew hammers Florida, begins dayslong beating of coast

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a five-decades-long civil war that has killed more than 200,000 people in the South American country. Hurricane Matthew's howling wind and driving rain pummeled Florida early Friday, starting what's expected to be a ruinous, dayslong battering of the Southeast coast.

Progressives Unite in Opposition to Donald Trump

The Pulse nightclub, still painted in funereal black, is surrounded by a fence covered with colorful murals commemorating the victims of the June assault, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. On the murals, people have written messages of love, of hope and most commonly, of unity.

Illustration on Donald Trump’s accumulating negatives by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency

The 2016 presidential campaign will go down in U.S. history as a nasty, below-the-belt, political brawl, filled with ugly, juvenile, mean-spirited behavior that has embarrassed our country before the world. Take the first campaign debate where the Republican front-runner suggested that one of the anchors, who asked why he insulted women he didn't like - calling them "fat pigs," "dogs," and "slobs" - was on her menstrual cycle.