WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential caucuses in Nevada, giving the billionaire businessman three straight wins in the race for the GOP nomination. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are vying for second place, far ahead of John Kasich and Ben Carson. Preliminary entrance polls taken of Republican caucus-goers show that nearly 6 in 10 are…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — President Barack Obama wants to close Guantanamo Bay and it’s creating a firestorm in Congress. Monday, the president says the detention center undermines America’s national security and needs to be closed. The plan does call for transferring the remaining detainees to the U.S. and seeks nearly $500,000,000 in construction costs. It does not say where the…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters with former President Bill Clinton at a Nevada Democratic caucus rally, Feb. 20, 2016, in Las Vegas. John Locher/AP Photo (ABC News) — After two razor-thin victories for Hillary Clinton and one blowout for Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, the two Democratic presidential hopefuls are separated by just one pledged delegate. But maybe…
Marco Rubio speaks in Nevada, Feb. 21, Donald Trump speaks in South Carolina, Feb. 18, 2016, Ted Cruz speaks in South Carolina, Feb. 17, and John Kasich speaks in South Carolina, Feb. 18, 2016. (ABC News) — Nevada caucusgoers chose Hillary Clinton on Saturday and, today, Republican voters will decide on a favorite GOP hopeful. With only five candidates remaining,…
(ABC News) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz announced today at a campaign event in Nevada that he has asked for his Communications Director Rick Tyler’s resignation. Cruz’s action comes after Tyler shared on his social media account a subtitled cellphone video that falsely shows Rubio telling a young man that “not many answers” are in the Bible, and after…
(ABC News) — The battle for African-American celebrity backing and voters continues to be a major part of the Democratic nominating contest this week. And the Bernie Sanders campaign will start running radio ads today in South Carolina featuring another famous voice: Spike Lee. “Waaaaake up! Wake up, South Carolina!” Lee begins in the new spot first obtained by ABC…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The Democratic presidential hopefuls have their sights set on South Carolina ahead of Saturday’s primary. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will be in Columbia Tuesday night for a democratic town hall hosted by CNN. It’s a chance for the Democratic candidates to answer questions from voters. The town hall runs from 8:00 tonight until 10:00…
LAS VEGAS (AP)– Donald Trump has repeated inaccurate and racially charged crime statistics, reposted pledges of support from white supremacists and retweeted dubious questions about the citizenship of his presidential rivals. It’s all going out to an online following of more than 6 million people on Twitter alone. His response when challenged? To dismiss it as nothing more than harmless…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The Palmetto State’s Democratic primary is this Saturday and presidential candidates and their supporters are out looking to earn your vote. Here is a look at campaign events in the Middlands area. Hillary Clinton CNN presidential Town Hall Rally at University of South Carolina Tuesday, Feb. 23 (TBD) University of South Carolina School of Law 701 Main St Columbia,…
WASHINGTON (AP)– Note to Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and anyone else who wants John Kasich to exit the race for the GOP presidential nomination: Not gonna do it. Not anytime soon, at least. The Ohio governor tells CBS’s “Face the Nation” that for him, the goal is gathering delegates and maintaining momentum in such Republican contests as Massachusetts,…
