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What Republican insiders say about Haley taking on Trump

(ABC News) — Most State of the Union responses take direct aim at the sitting President, criticizing him for his leadership and agenda. But Nikki Haley’s speech last night had a second target: the “angriest voices” in her own party. The South Carolina Governor said her remarks were at least partially aimed at presidential frontrunner Donald Trump – an attack…

ABC Poll: Cruz and Christie gain in popularity as Trump, Carson and Bush stumble

(ABC News) — Ted Cruz has reached top-rank popularity among Republicans and Chris Christie’s favorability rating is most improved in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, while Donald Trump,Ben Carson and Jeb Bush all have stumbled in the battle for GOP hearts and minds. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton continues to far surpass Bernie Sanders in favorability among party…

Donald Trump gets heckled at New Hampshire diner: ‘Enjoy your burger, racist!’

In his first real NH retail stop, Donald Trump ordered a burger at the famous Red Arrow Diner. (Brad Mielke) (ABC News) — Donald Trump made a rare retail campaign stop in Manchester, New Hampshire after a Monday rally, surprising patrons at the famous Red Arrow Diner. The Republican presidential candidate got some grub, but also something unexpected — an earful…

Obama Doubts Prospect of Trump Presidency

resident Obama holds a press conference in Chicago on Oct. 27, 2015 and Donald Trump partakes in the third GOP debate, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. (Getty Images) (ABC News) — As he prepares to deliver his final State of the Union address tonight, President Obama rippedDonald Trump, joking that the only way he could envision the billionaire GOP front-runner…

New Iowa Poll Shows Ted Cruz and Donald Trump In Tight Battle

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flashes thumbs up after an address to a group of supporters at a campaign stop at the Flynn Center of the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vt., Jan. 7, 2016. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo) (ABC News) — Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are locked in a tight battle for the lead in Iowa, according to…

Donald Trump Complains ‘Football Has Become Soft’

Malcolm Butler #21 of the New England Patriots makes an interception against the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth quarter during Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. Harry How/Getty Images (ABC News) — For most NFL watchers, “soft” is unlikely the first word that comes to mind. Not so for Donald Trump. At a presidential campaign event in…

Trump Says He’ll Start Spending At Least $2 Million a Week

(ABC News) — GOP frontrunner Donald Trump said he’ll be spending at least $2 million a week starting Jan. 4 as the primary season kicks into high gear, after resisting buying advertising in his self-financed campaign. “I’ll be spending a minimum of $2 million a week and perhaps substantially more than that,” he said aboard his plane after boarding at…

Poll: Half of Voters Would Be ‘Embarrassed’ by Trump as President

(ABC News) — Fifty percent of American voters say they would be “embarrassed” if Donald Trump were president, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. The current Republican frontrunner, whose 28 percent support in this poll tops his competition for the GOP nomination, would make 23 percent of voters “proud,” the poll found. Other recent national polls…

Trump Makes Sexually Derogatory Remark About Hillary Clinton, Calls Bathroom Break ‘Disgusting’

(ABC News) — In one of his most vicious attacks yet against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump used a sexually derogatory remark in reference to her and said that her bathroom break during the last debate was “disgusting.” During a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump referred to Clinton’s performance in the 2008 election. “Even a race…

AP EXPLAINS: Why Trump Can’t Shut Down the Internet

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says the government must work with “brilliant people” in Silicon Valley to keep violent extremists offline, even if it means shutting down parts of the Internet. But what he’s proposing isn’t possible with today’s technology. And even if it were, such a move would likely hurt more than potential attackers, and it would hinder…