But in an interview with the News-Leader on Thursday, Long offered qualified praise for Trump and delivered a pointed assessment of several other candidates in his party’s topsy-turvy presidential contest.
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He also said that the defamation suits would not scare him from his path and his fight against corruption would continue. What compounded the crisis for Jaitley and his party was the attack by BJP lawmaker Kirti Azad on the issue.
For Republicans, this week’s presidential debate highlighted a brewing fight to define the party’s foreign policy posture, exposing divisions among candidates about the US role in fostering regime change in the Middle East and tactics to prevent terror attacks at home.
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Strong reviews for the film, which is set 30 years after “Return of the Jedi”, have added to the fervor for ” The Force Awakens “. Despite raking in some 7 million worldwide on its opening weekend, it wasn’t enough to knock Jurassic World off the top spot.
Rubio said during Tuesday’s debate that he learned from the experience that Americans won’t trust the government on immigration reform until after border security and other safeguards are put in place and proven to work.
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Doughty, playing his final game for Western Kentucky , spotted USF a 14-0 lead and spent much of the first half looking spotty. The South Florida defense has held 6 of 7 Conference opponents below their season scoring average, and one equaled it.
Donald Trump still holds a wide lead over the rest of the field, earning the support of 39% in a Fox News poll released Friday.
Twitter users sent more than 1.6 million debate-related tweets during the event, according to Crimson Hexagon, a company that specializes in social-media data.
Area Republicans have once again deemed Ted Cruz a debate victor.
During an exchange, Senator Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz stated their different understandings of legislation and their different opinions on the NSA.
In the final GOP debate of 2015, Jeb Bush took aim at Donald Trump, calling him the “chaos candidate”.
“I don’t think it matters”, said Democratic analyst Harold Cook. Most of the candidates have called for more aggressive action, though their plans have largely lacked specifics or been similar to steps the Obama administration is already taking. Republicans sparred in their fifth debate on Tuesday.
“The one thing that we all need”, he continued, “and the one thing that every one of the candidates need on this stage is a competent national party”.
CORNISH: That’s NPR’s Sarah McCammon on the campaign trail with Marco Rubio in New Hampshire.
Word had gotten out that the Texas senator, who had previously refused to criticize the billionaire, had raised questions about Trump’s “judgment” at a fundraiser.
“If your eyes are glazing over like mine, this is what it’s like to be on the floor of the United States Senate”, Christie said.
“This is a tough business to run for president”, Bush charged early on in the debate. Instead, he told the Senate in June 2013, his amendment would set up a process so that “those who are here illegally would be eligible for what is called RPI (Registered Provisional Immigrant) status, a legal status, and, indeed, in time would be eligible for legal permanent residency”.
Pressed by Rubio on the legalization question Tuesday, Cruz finally responded: “I have never supported legalization, and I do not intend to support legalization”.
Bush insisted Trump couldn’t “insult his way to the presidency”, and dismissed Trump’s proposal to block all Muslims from entering the country as unsafe and “not serious”.
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Senator Cruz contends that the new law is more targeted but also more effective as an intelligence gathering tool.
