published Jul 21st 2016, 3:44 pm, by John McCormick (Bloomberg) — Even for a master showman like Donald Trump, Thursday night’s prime-time presidential nomination acceptance speech is a big test. After three days of stumbles at his national convention — capped by a divisive speech by Trump’s top primary campaign

published May 3rd 2016, 6:34 pm, by John McCormick (Bloomberg) —Real-estate developer Donald Trump won the Republican presidential primary in Indiana on Tuesday, dealing a devastating blow to Ted Cruz’s effort to stop the front-runner from becoming the party’s presumptive nominee before the national convention in July. Trump’s win, projected

published Apr 10th 2016, 9:47 am, by Albert R. Hunt (Bloomberg View) — When House Speaker Paul Ryan released a video laying out his familiar theme that politics should be fought on ideas and issues, the Drudge Report’s headline was: “Paul Ryan launches his first campaign ad.” A dream of

©2016 Bloomberg News O4IGED6KLVR9 (Bloomberg) — Hillary Clinton cast herself Wednesday as the only presidential candidate capable of leading the U.S. as it confronts the threat of terrorism, deriding Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz for offering “bluster” rather than real solutions. “Slogans aren’t a strategy; loose cannons tend to misfire,”

©2016 Bloomberg News O4F08B6S972C (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump shot back at Hillary Clinton during a well-received speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee given hours after the former secretary of state blasted the billionaire Republican front-runner’s promise to remain “neutral” in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.  Trump — who along with

©2016 Bloomberg News O3MVFT6S9728 (Bloomberg) —  Ted Cruz isn’t interested in a brokered Republican convention.  A day after displaying unexpected strength against front- runner Donald Trump with wins in two state nominating contests, the Texas senator warned of a “manifest uprising” if “a bunch of Washington dealmakers” attempted to “steal the nomination” from a candidate who

©2016 Bloomberg News O29C646JTSE9 (Bloomberg) — On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump engaged with a protestor who called rival Senator Ted Cruz a vulgar term. Trump was speaking to a crowd of about 5,000 people inside the Verizon Center in Manchester when a