David Lauter

Donald Trump appears on a video screen above the crowd at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Analysis: Republican Party divisions nearly upstage Donald Trump in first 2016 debate

June 23, 2019 at 2:26 a.m.

The theatrical drama of the first Republican debate Thursday focused on the man at center stage in Cleveland, Donald Trump, and the bombastic rhetoric he has used to propel himself...

Scott Walker moves right as he courts GOP conservatives

August 18, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

Over the last several weeks, as he has jumped into the front rank of GOP presidential hopefuls, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has shifted his conservative stance further to the right...

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at a campaign event March 7, 2015, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A new poll shows Republicans closely divided on whether to back him.

2016 Republican race up for grabs, Democrats back Clinton, poll finds

June 24, 2019 at 6:46 a.m.

Jeb Bush may be the establishment favorite for the Republican presidential nomination, but he still has a lot of work to do to persuade GOP voters to back him, a...

Alan Gross, center, recently freed after being held in Cuba since 2009, speaks with NASA astronaut Scott Kelly before the start of the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. Also pictured is Gross' wife, Judy.

With State of the Union, Obama sets agenda … for 2016 election

June 24, 2019 at 2:06 a.m.

Few if any of the domestic policy proposals President Obama talked about in his sixth State of the Union speech stand much chance of landing on his desk to be...

Obama’s approval ratings climb as year ends. Trend or blip?

June 20, 2019 at 4:39 a.m.

Perhaps it's just holiday cheer, but a few weeks after his party suffered painful losses in the midterm election, President Obama is ending 2014 with his highest approval ratings of...

2.5 million sign up for Obamacare

March 29, 2019 at 2:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Nearly 2.5 million people signed up for health plans using the federal Obamacare marketplace as of Friday, administration officials said Tuesday, offering a generally upbeat account of the...

Governor’s debate in Florida stalls over a fan

June 24, 2019 at 10:38 a.m.

In the long, and often weird, history of political debates, this may have been a first: A gubernatorial debate stalled for six minutes because of a fight over whether one...

Islamic State brings shift in America: People want to see action

August 21, 2019 at 10:12 p.m.

Six years ago, when Barack Obama won the presidency, Americans were weary of overseas problems; today, they're scared. An unusually large and sudden shift in public attitudes about the threat...

Wisconsin race for governor is the tightest in the country

June 24, 2019 at 10:22 p.m.

The race for governor in Wisconsin — featuring incumbent Gov. Scott Walker, who is often mentioned as a potential Republican presidential candidate — remains locked in a dead heat, the...

Long-term unemployment benefits expire: 6 things to know

June 18, 2018 at 7:58 p.m.

Some 1.3 million Americans, including about 222,000 Californians, lost jobless benefits Saturday as the federal program to assist the long-term unemployed expired. Here are six things to know about who...

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