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Donald Trump defends record on women as presidential rivals pile on

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Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon, so his rivals are scrambling to figure out how best to handle the blowback from every new bout of bluster drowning out their campaigns. Lead the charge, if you’re the sole woman in the Republicans’ White House race and trying to crack the top tier for the next debate, by questioning Trump’s ability to withstand the pressure of the presidency. Belittle Trump’s claim to be a truth-teller by arguing that…

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Donald Trump: ‘I don’t recognize’ insults of women

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Donald Trump says he can’t recall specifics of insulting women. The GOP presidential hopeful says he didn’t recognize the words Fox News’s Megyn Kelly used during a debate on Thursday. Kelly asked about him having called women “fat pigs,” ”dogs,” ”slobs,” and “disgusting animals.” On NBC’s “Today” and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Trump says he didn’t recognize the insults and will “have it checked out.” In fact, news outlets have reported that he wrote a New York Times columnist that she…

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GOP debate off to a contentious start as Donald Trump refuses to commit to supporting party nominee

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The latest on the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president: 10:25 p.m. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is emphasizing his opposition to abortion. He says he believes future generations will “call us barbarians for murdering millions of babies.” Rubio disputes the Republican presidential debate moderator’s characterization that he opposes abortion except in the case of rape and incest. He says he has never advocated for those exceptions. ___ 10:18 p.m. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has no apologies…

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Attack targets Donald Trump webiste, Gawker posts old cell phone number

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s corporate website was the target of a cyberattack Monday, the same day a celebrity gossip website published an old mobile telephone number for the billionaire businessman. Aides to Trump said hackers were able to access non-public pages inside Trump.com, where they posted a tribute to comedian and late-night talk show host Jon Stewart. The aides described the episode as a prank and not a serious threat. They said the hackers’ temporary entry into a low-level…

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Data: Nearly five dozen give a third of all 2016 campaign cash

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It took Ted Cruz three months to raise $10 million for his campaign for president, a springtime sprint of $1,000-per-plate dinners, hundreds of handshakes and a stream of emails asking supporters to chip in a few bucks. One check, from one donor, topped those results. New York hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer‘s $11 million gift to a group backing the Texas Republican’s White House bid put him atop a tiny group of millionaires and billionaires whose contributions already dwarf those…

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Under-the-radar Marco Rubio hopes to fly high in South Carolina

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Even before the blow-hard braggadocio of Donald Trump took him to the top of the national polls, there has always been a comfortable seat at the table for the loudest voice in the room when it comes to GOP presidential primaries — see Michele Bachman, Herman Cain, and Ted Cruz, not to mention Barry Goldwater before them. But one place cranking it up to 11 has been a losing gambit of late — perhaps surprisingly, South Carolina. That’s why U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio –– beleaguered in the…

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Jeb Bush team bullish on Iowa

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When Jeb Bush announced earlier this year that he wouldn’t participate in the Iowa Straw poll in August, it was immediately viewed by some pundits as the equivalent of the Bush campaign pulling out the white flag, essentially giving up on the socially conservative state. In retrospect, his pullout was ahead of the curve in other Republicans bailing out on the event, which was officially canceled a few weeks later. And according to the latest polls, Bush is competitive in the…

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