Republicans

Nearly a quarter of respondents to a recent poll had an opinion on Political Science Professor Emily Farris, who is not running for anything.

She's Not A Candidate, So Why Do So Many People Have An Opinion Of Her?

6:07pm May 15, 2015

by Amita Kelly

Emily Farris is not running for anything and has no national profile or political aspirations. Yet, a quarter of GOP primary voters in one poll had an opinion of her. What's going on? Pseudo-opinion.

Candidates, and "un-candidates," for the presidency are slicing and dicing campaign-finance law, testing the boundaries of what's legal.

'Candidates' Driving Cash-Filled Trucks Through Campaign-Finance Loopholes

5:47pm May 15, 2015

by Peter Overby

Candidates, people likely to become them and their supporters on both the left and right — from Hillary Clinton to Jeb Bush — are exploiting holes in campaign-finance law loopholes. Here's how.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had a tough week with his changing positions on the Iraq War and trying to explain whether he would have authorized it, knowing what we know now.

Politics Rewind: Between Iraq And A Hard Place

5:10pm May 15, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Jeb Bush's shifting positions on the Iraq War gave an opening to Republican rivals for the presidential nomination. And will Hillary Clinton answer questions directly on her trip to Iowa next week?

Boxing puppets of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in January 2012.

Mitt Romney To Fight Evander Holyfield. You Read That Right

11:34am May 15, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Former 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is picking another fight — with Evander Holyfield, the former heavyweight champion of the world. It's all for a good cause.

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks Wednesday before the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where he laid out his

4 Questions For Republicans On Foreign Policy

4:51pm May 14, 2015

by Mara Liasson

Republicans are critical of President Obama's foreign policy with the rise of the Islamic State militant group and the Iran negotiations. But the GOP faces its own challenges related to world affairs.

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Jeb Bush walked back his position that he would have authorized the Iraq War, even knowing what we know now. He now says he would not have.

Jeb Bush Fully Walks Back: 'I Would Not Have Gone Into Iraq'

3:09pm May 14, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

After days of shifting positions on whether he would have gone to war in Iraq, even knowing what we know now, Jeb Bush did an about-face, saying definitively that he would not have gone in.

Dream Action Coalition Co-director Cesar Vargas, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2014. He wants immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to later be allowed to serve in the military.

GOP Split Over Bill To Let Immigrants In U.S. Illegally Serve In Military

8:20pm May 13, 2015

by Juana Summers

Some members of Congress would like to allow immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally when they were children to serve. But some Republicans are threatening to hold up a key defense bill over it.

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Texas Republican state Sen. Craig Estes' bill reinforces that clergy would not have to perform same-sex marriages.

Texas Sen. Doesn't Want Clergy 'Coerced' Into Officiating Same-Sex Marriages

8:09pm May 12, 2015

by Wade Goodwyn

In Texas, state legislators are considering a number of bills disapproving of same-sex marriage. They are also learning some lessons from the "religious freedom" controversy in Indiana.

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Then-President George W. Bush jokes with his brother Jeb, the then-Florida governor, in 2006. Jeb Bush has been asked before, and is sure to be again, how he would distinguish himself from his brother.

Jeb Bush Would Have Authorized Iraq War — Even Knowing What We Know Now

10:46pm May 11, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

The Bush last name is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to Jeb Bush's becoming president. He says he is his own man, but over the weekend he said he would also have authorized the Iraq War.

Three major Tea Party groups endorsed Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., to replace Marco Rubio in the Senate. DeSantis speaks here in 2013 against Obamacare.

Meet The Tea Party's New Favorite Candidate

10:03am May 07, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Tea Party Republicans are trying to make a comeback and have found one candidate to get behind for the Senate in 2016 — Florida's Ron DeSantis, a former JAG Corps lawyer and Yale baseball captain.