The Latest: Rubio sweeps Puerto Rico delegates
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign, with contests in Maine and Puerto Rico on Sunday and a Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan (all times Eastern Standard Time) 5:45 p.m. Marco Rubio will collect all 23 of Puerto Rico’s delegates after posting a huge win in the U.S. territory. But he still lags far behind rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Like many states, Puerto Rico awards all the GOP delegates to a candidate who gets more than 50 percent of the vote. Rubio was well ab..>> view originalBefore she was first lady: Nancy Reagan's acting career
Actors Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis are shown in a scene from their 1957 film, “Hellcats of the Navy,” the first and only film that Reagan appeared in with his second wife. (Reuters) Before her husband’s policies made history, before she told the world to “just say no” to drugs, before she set foot in the White House or California governor’s mansion, Nancy Reagan was a lady of Hollywood. From 1948 to 1962, she appeared in movies and television shows, often playing the role of the loyal wif..>> view originalPeyton Manning informs Denver Broncos that he will retire
Peyton Manning celebrates after the Super Bowl last month. (David J. Phillip/Associated Press) Quarterback Peyton Manning informed the Denver Broncos that he will retire, one month after his second career Super Bowl triumph bolstered his standing among the sport’s all-time-great quarterbacks. “When you look at everything Peyton has accomplished as a player and person, it’s easy to see how fortunate we’ve been to have him on our team,” Broncos front office executive John Elway said in a writ..>> view originalCapitals' longest road trip comes at a good time
(Frank Franklin II/Associated Press) BOSTON – With the Washington Capitals’ postseason place secure so soon, it was natural they struggle to stave off complacency. Their competition are teams either fighting to get into the playoffs or battling for a good position once they get there, understandably more desperate. The 18 games since the all-star break have been a mixed bag of good performances and sloppy ones, while some concerning habits – like the team’s slow starts – have persisted. The..>> view originalTed Cruz's good night comes with an important asterisk
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz told supporters that as the votes are still being counted, "the networks have called the state of Kansas for us." (Reuters) Given his horrendous showing in this year's presidential race, it can be difficult to remember that Rick Santorum won 11 states in the 2012 Republican primaries. It can also be difficult to remember this because few of Santorum's wins were of the marquee variety. After a big -- if very narrow -- win in the Iowa caucuses, her..>> view originalCruz accuses media of holding back on negative Trump stories
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz addresses supporters on Feb. 23 in Las Vegas. (Ricky Carioti/ The Washington Post) Donald Trump has been the subject of countless media reports in this election, many of them negative takes on offensive things he has said, flip-flops he has made or business deals he has done. But Ted Cruz, Trump's top rival for the Republican presidential nomination, is convinced that the press has pulled some punches. In fact, he claimed Sunday on CBS's "Face the ..>> view originalRubio wins Puerto Rico primary a
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida won Puerto Rico’s Republican presidential primary election Sunday, with supporters saying he would help lift the island out of its long economic slump.Early returns showed Rubio with 19,224 votes, followed by Donald Trump at 3,533 and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 2,233 with a little more than half the island’s voting centers reporting.“The numbers are overwhelming,” said local Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez, chairwoman of Puerto Rico’s Republican Pa..>> view originalIt's already looking like a different Supreme Court
The late justice Byron White is credited for the observation that the addition of a new justice to the Supreme Court creates a completely new body that is different in dynamics and practice from its predecessor. Last week showed that the same can be true of a loss. With Justice Antonin Scalia’s chair empty and draped in mourning black — the court’s booming conservative voice silenced — the Supreme Court, now with only eight members, seemed transformed in substance and style. Start with the obvi..>> view originalMitt Romney isn't exactly ruling out his presidential nomination
Mitt Romney, pictured, criticizes Donald Trump on Thursday. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters) Mitt Romney isn't trying to steal the Republican presidential nomination from the four remaining candidates. He has made that much clear. But the 2012 GOP nominee is nevertheless leaving the door open — just a crack — to the possibility of being drafted by his party at a contested convention in July. "I don't think anyone in our party should say, 'Oh no, even if the people in the party wanted me to be the pre..>> view originalHow to understand Putin's jaw-droppingly high approval ratings
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has an 83 percent approval rating. Lyubov Kostyrya’s job is to knock on doors to track it. Every week, Russian pollsters dispatch an army of workers to canvas the country’s 11 time zones for peoples’ views on Putin, the economy and other issues. And so Kostyrya visits one home after another to learn what Russians are thinking. Two years after Putin’s ratings skyrocketed at the start of a geopolitical conflict with the West, they have stayed there, wee..>> view original
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