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Republican front-runner Donald Trump has broken just about every rule of conventional US presidential campaigning. Short on a long-term political vision to help shape the destiny of the nation, he has gleefully insulted Muslims, Mexicans, women and virtually all of his opponents. A Trump-in-the-White-House scenario poses high stakes for the Gulf region. Gulf Arabs could pull billion in investment money from the US if Trump, who triggered a global outrage when he advocated a temporary ban on all Muslims entering the US, wins the presidency later this year, prominent UAE businessman Khalaf al-Habtoor said. Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal,...

Real-estate mogul Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that his campaign was endorsed by a big-name leader in the evangelical community: Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. "Great honor- Rev. Jerry Falwell Jr. of Liberty University, one of the most respected religious leaders in our nation, has just endorsed me!" Trump wrote on Twitter. ... "It is truly an honor to receive Jerry's endorsement. Not only is he a high-quality person, with a wonderful family, whom I have great respect for - I also consider him a very good friend and his support means so much to me," Trump said in...

Donald Trump's outreach to Christians is bearing fruit, if results of the NBC News/Survey Monkey weekly online tracking poll out Tuesday are any indication. Among white evangelical Republican voters nationally, Trump earned the support of 37 percent, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose father is a pastor and has played a key role in recruiting faith leaders to support his son, is at 20 percent. In the same survey conducted the previous week, Cruz registered 9 percentage points higher. Below the top two contenders, Ben Carson earned 11 percent among evangelicals, and Marco Rubio took 10 percent. The Manhattan business...

Senator Bernie Sanders and Donald J. Trump appear to be the candidates to beat in New Hampshire, according to a poll released Monday that showed them with commanding leads two weeks before the state's primary. ... A Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald survey found that 55 percent of likely Democratic primary voters support Mr. Sanders and 39 percent back Hillary Clinton. On the Republican side, Mr. Trump continues to dominate the field. The poll shows 33 percent of likely Republican primary voters backing the billionaire developer, with 14 percent supporting Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and 12 percent supporting a rising...

In an interview for the inaugural installment of @katiecouric, the new Web show hosted by Katie Couric, Glenn Beck said that he thinks "John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama." Beck, the Fox News personality, radio host and author, also said that he may have voted for Hillary Clinton over McCain had Clinton been the Democratic nominee in 2008. "I can't believe I'm saying this, I think I would have much preferred her as president and may have voted for her against John McCain," Beck told Couric.

Veteran actress Whoopi Goldberg is making plans to leave the U.S. in case Donald Trump is elected as president on November. The 60-year old comedian openly expressed her sentiments over Trump's blaming immigrants for U.S. problems. Fox News reported that on the Wednesday episode of "The View," Goldberg, a co-host of the show said, "I've always been an American, and this has always been my country, and we've always been able to have discussions." Goldberg further elaborated on her statement saying, "And suddenly now it's turning into, you know, 'not them, not them.' And you know, we have a lot...

Donald Trump said electing Senator Ted Cruz would mean no deals and more executive orders at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada this afternoon. "He looks like a nervous wreck," Trump said of Cruz. "He's going down. He had his moment. He had his moment and he blew it." DONALD TRUMP: ... here's a Senator, and by the way, if it weren't for Sarah Palin, he would not be a Senator. He was at 2% and then she came along and then he did fine. Honestly, Sarah brought him over the line.

Donald Trump on Friday morning released a new campaign ad that accuses Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of flip-flopping on immigration and supporting "amnesty." The 60-second television spot starts with a Fox News interview between Bret Baier and Cruz from late last year in which Baier grilled Cruz on his comments about the immigration reform bill in 2013. "It sounded like you wanted the bill to pass," Baier told Cruz in December. Cruz stumbled and mumbled before responding, "Of course I wanted the bill to pass, what — my amendment to pass, what my amendment did is take citizenship off the...

It's become a truism this election season that whatever you expect to happen with Donald Trump, you're probably wrong. So add this to the list of surprises: On Monday, the thrice-married Republican frontrunner, who described himself as pro-choice as recently as 2000, traveled to the heart of conservative evangelism only to be greeted as a conquering hero. Trump spoke at the Liberty University convocation on Martin Luther King Day. Liberty is the largest Christian university in the world... So one might have expected that Trump, who declined to name his favorite Bible verse on the campaign trail, would have received...

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) said Monday that the birthplace of Sen. Ted Cruz is "fair game," adding to a growing chorus questioning whether the Texas Republican's Canadian birth could affect his ability to secure the GOP presidential nomination. "When you run for president of the United States, any question is fair game. So let the people decide," Branstad told reporters Monday. Cruz, speaking to reporters in Baton Rouge, La., noted that Branstad's son has thrown his support elsewhere, hosting fundraisers for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

GOP presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum says that fellow GOP candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is "misinforming the public" about him being a "natural born" citizen and eligible to run for President of the United States. The Des Moines Register's politics reporter Jennifer Jacobs posted on Twitter: Ted Cruz is "misinforming the public" by saying "natural born" issue is "settled law," Rick Santorum says in Iowa. Supreme Court must rule. -Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 13, 2016

[Full title] Chris Wallace Relentlessly Grills Ted Cruz on Flipped Crop Insurance Vote: 'Senator, Isn't That Exactly the Kind of Game That the Washington Cartel Plays?' Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz was grilled Sunday morning by Fox News host Chris Wallace over his flipped vote on crop insurance. "One final question, and as I say we're just running out of time, you condemn the Washington cartel, which you call the lobbyists and career politicians who rig the game. I want to ask you about one of your recent acts as a senator," Wallace said before playing video of Cruz switching...

Huckabee raises questions about Cruz's Canadian birthplace. Pursuing America's Greatness, a super PAC supporting former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), launched a new TV ad in Iowa that briefly swipes at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). "New York City or Dubuque, Iowa, there is only one Mike Huckabee," the narrator says after an image of Cruz appears on screen. The spot is backed by a $550,000 buy. (Hotline reporting) GOING THERE. "Huckabee said Thursday that there is a 'convincing and compelling' case to be made that Cruz's Ca­na­dian birth makes him ineligible for the presidency." Huckabee: "It was never a concern...

Senator Cruz has massively flip-flopped from championing high-skilled immigration as an "unambiguous good" and calling for a 500% increase in H-1Bs and a needed, substantial increase in green cards to now saying immigrants take jobs from native-born workers and depress wages. It is simply inconceivable to see these 2013 and 2015 positions are anything other than political posturing from the self-professed "purity" candidate. The group cites a number of Cruz quotes including this from 2013: "I think high-tech immigrants are an unambiguous good for economy and for our country. And I think bringing more high-skill, high-tech immigrants to this country...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Thursday urged his Republican presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to go to court to settle questions about whether he is eligible to run for President. Appearing on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" after Fox Business Network's Republican undercard presidential debate, Huckabee said that the Canadian-born Cruz should seek a summary judgment from a court in order to prove that he can serve as commander-in-chief. "I didn't think it was an issue until I started seeing extensive and thoroughly detailed articles from constitutional law professors with strong credibility saying that this is an issue," Huckabee...

However, the debate did highlight a distinction between GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and the rest of the GOP field on trade. As Trump called for cracking down on Chinese currency manipulation, other candidates-most notably, Marco Rubio-argued against Trump's corrective measures. As Trump explained: "China is ripping us on trade. They're devaluing their currency and they're killing our companies... They send their goods and we don't tax it-they do whatever they want to do...[But] when we do business with China, they tax us... I'm totally open to a tariff. If they don't treat us fairly, hey, their whole trade is tariffed......

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck apologized for claiming that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had voted for President Barack Obama in 2012 and 2016, saying he'd been duped by a fake tweet.Beck was a guest on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" last week, making a case for why he thinks "progressive" Trump would be as big of a "monster" as Barack Obama â€“ a case he's been making for many months.Trump watched and responded to the show with a slew of unpleasant opinions about "dopey" Beck to a New Hampshire crowd.When Trump denied ever having voted for the president Beck tweeted: Why do you keep...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Rep. Peter King is calling out presidential candidate Ted Cruz amid controversy over the senator's comments on "New York values." On Saturday, King tweeted that Ted Cruz was lying when he said he supports New York's firefighters and police. "Not true," the Republican said, adding that Cruz did not co-sponsor or vote in favor of the Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act. King went on to call Cruz "a fraud." @tedcruz can't tell truth. Says he fights 4 cops & firefighters. Not true. Didn't cosponsor or vote 4 Zadroga 9/11 health bill. What a fraud -...

A state legislator in Arizona is circulating a measure among her colleagues that would call for a constitutional convention to address whether Sen. Ted Cruz is eligible to run for president, The Arizona Republic reported. The measure being floated by Republican state Rep. Kelly Townsend would have the state legislature request a constitutional convention to determine what the Constitution's "natural born" requirement means. For such a constitutional convention to be convened, two-thirds of the state's legislatures must request it. The issue has come to the forefront of the 2016 campaign after Donald Trump re-invigorated accusations that because Sen. Ted Cruz...

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina weighed in on what she called the "odd" circumstances of her Canadian-born rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)'s citizenship on Thursday. In an interview on Fox News' "On the Record With Greta Van Susteren," Fiorina said: "I find it odd that Sen. Ted Cruz did not renounce his duel Canadian citizenship until 2014 when it became clear he was running for president." Cruz, who has faced questions about his eligibility to run for president before, dismissed this week's birther chatter as "political noise." Speaking to reporters in Iowa on Wednesday, the Texas senator said, "as a...