Tag: Ted Cruz

"I have an idea for @JebBush whose campaign is a disaster. Try using your last name and don't be ashamed of it!" Trump tweeted. The Washington Examiner soon noticed the tweet was identical to one posted by Trump in mid-December. (AP Photo)

Is Donald Trump running out of insults?

Gabby Morrongiello · January 7, 2016 6:31 pm

"Marco Rubio is rocking some seriously fashionable black boots today in New Hampshire," remarked a New York Times reporter. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Media get a kick out of Rubio’s ‘black booties’

Eddie Scarry · January 7, 2016 5:44 pm

There's no doubt that Cruz was born in Canada, to a Cuban father and a mother who was a natural-born U.S. citizen. The question is whether that makes Cruz himself a natural born citizen, and thus eligible to serve in the White House. (AP file photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz was a U.S. citizen at birth. Will a court decide if he’s a natural-born citizen?

Byron York · January 7, 2016 3:19 pm

Yesterday in Iowa, Ted Cruz said he would leave the ethanol mandate in place for now, not touching it at all in his first term, and then letting it expire when the current mandate is (kind of) set to expire, in his theoretical second term. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

CORRECTED: Cruz still favors slashing ethanol mandate every year for five years

Timothy P. Carney · January 7, 2016 12:47 pm

Cruz: It’s better to ‘inflict’ transgender teens on teachers than on students

Ryan Lovelace · January 6, 2016 11:59 pm

"I'm glad he's taking my idea -- I think it's the right thing to do," said Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump claims Cruz ripped off his immigration plan

Gabby Morrongiello · January 6, 2016 11:55 pm

Trump said Cruz should determine whether he is eligible to be president despite being born in Canada. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Trump: Cruz should obtain a ‘declaratory judgment’ on birth status

Gabby Morrongiello · January 6, 2016 11:19 pm

"Oh look, the legal issue is straightforward. The son of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen," Ted Cruz said, before CNN personality Dana Bash interrupted. (AP Photo)

Cruz: Birth location non-issue on campaign trail

Ryan Lovelace · January 6, 2016 10:44 pm

New theme this weekend: Trump vs. Cruz. (Bloomberg photos)

Trump spokeswoman: Supreme Court should decide Cruz eligibility

Gabby Morrongiello · January 6, 2016 10:28 pm

(Screen shot of now-deleted Tweet from Alexander Nazaryan's Twitter account)

Newsweek apologizes after writer compared Cruz to Nazis

Becket Adams · January 6, 2016 7:31 pm

Cruz made the effort to leverage news of the North Korean nuclear test while on the campaign trail in Iowa. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

National Security

Cruz: Clintons enabled North Korea’s nuclear program

Ryan Lovelace · January 6, 2016 6:32 pm

Ann Coulter said she had been convinced that Ted Cruz was eligible but that "lawyers I usually trust were playing fast and loose with the Constitution." (AP Photo)

Coulter attacks NY Times for defending Cruz’s citizenship

Eddie Scarry · January 6, 2016 5:56 pm