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Trump Skips Big GOP Event Amid Birther Flap

Campaign says it's unrelated as rivals pounce

(Newser) - More trouble in camp Trump? After a debate performance seen as less-than-stellar , Trump's failure to correct a man's public assertion that President Obama is a non-American Muslim continues to resonate. Amid the backlash from both fellow Republicans and Democrats, Trump skipped a major forum for GOP candidates last...

Trump: I'll Be President for Free

He's not the only candidate who can afford to give up salary

(Newser) - Donald Trump doesn't want your $400,000 a year, America: At a town hall event in New Hampshire last night, he told a questioner that he would reject the presidential salary if he was elected, Reuters reports. "The first thing I'm going to do is tell you...

Trump Fails to Correct Man Who Calls Obama a Muslim

Man at town hall tells Trump Obama is not an American

(Newser) - Donald Trump, apparently forgetting about the time he pressured the president of the United States into producing his birth certificate , failed to correct a man at a town hall event last night who claimed President Obama is a Muslim—and not an American. The questioner at the Rochester, NH, event...

GOP Debate Is Most Watched CNN Program Ever

1 in 7 US households tuned in to watch

(Newser) - Last night's three-hour Republican primary debate-athon was CNN's highest-rated program ever, proving the Trump-featuring debates are some of the most popular TV shows of the year, CNN reports. The main debate drew an average of 22.9 million viewers (the earlier undercard debate got 6.3 million), and...

Why Trump Should Be Worried After Debate
Why Trump Should Be Worried After Debate
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Sep 17, 2015 8:42 AM CDT

Why Trump Should Be Worried After Debate

Pundits think his dominance of the campaign is poised to fade

(Newser) - As the political analysts assess the winners and losers of last night's CNN debate, one theme seems to be emerging, maybe best summed up in a headline at Politico that asks, "Is the summer of Trump over?" It may not necessarily translate into an immediate drop in the...

Winners, Losers Emerge From GOP Debate

Trump showdown made it 'Carly's night'

(Newser) - The Carly Fiorina-Donald Trump showdown was billed as the moment to watch during last night's long and crowded GOP debate, and she's emerging as the biggest winner of both the exchange and the night—and is being talked about almost as much as Trump. Here's what the...

11 Candidates, 11 Lines: Debate's Standout Remarks

Including one about turning the TV off

(Newser) - Eleven candidates and three hours of debate: Which lines made an impression? A standout statement from each of tonight's GOP hopefuls, via CNN , the New York Times , and the Washington Post :
  • Donald Trump: "I would get along with [Assad]. I would get along with a lot of the
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Fiorina Gets Huge Applause in Response to Trump Slam

Women all over the US 'heard very clearly' what he said about her face

(Newser) - The prime-time debate has been heavy on policy, but the biggest applause line of the night has gone to Carly Fiorina after she was asked to respond to Donald Trump's insult about her face . "I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said,...

Tom Brady Endorses Donald Trump, Sort Of

'There would be a putting green on the White House lawn, I can tell you that'

(Newser) - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw his support behind presidential candidate Donald Trump today, hours before the second Republican debate. The Super Bowl MVP, whose four-game suspension for using deflated footballs was recently overturned by a judge, says he thinks his golf partner can win. "I hope so,...

Why Conservatives Are Taking the First Shot at Trump

Club for Growth sees billionaire as too close to the left

(Newser) - Donald Trump's campaign may be about to hit its first big test. Club for Growth will drop $1 million on anti-Trump ads in Iowa, to begin airing tomorrow, reports the Wall Street Journal . The anti-tax, anti-spending group has already aired one ad that attacks Trump's "very liberal"...

5 Reasons Tonight's GOP Debate Could Get Crazy

There will be desperation in the air at the Reagan Library

(Newser) - The second Republican debate is tonight and nobody—least of all host network CNN, which describes it as "Round 2 of a heavyweight bout"—is pretending it's going to be anything other than another episode of the Donald Trump Show. CNN is expecting a record audience for...

Trump Makes Emily Blunt Reconsider US Citizenship

'This was a terrible mistake. What have I done?'

(Newser) - Donald Trump might actually be able to follow through on his promise to reduce immigration as he's already made British actress Emily Blunt regret her new US citizenship. "I became an American citizen recently," Blunt told the Hollywood Reporter when asked about Trump. "That night we...

Fiorina Ad Lobs Trump Insult in His Face

One take on super PAC's spin: It's 'perfect comeback' to Trump's 'look at that face'

(Newser) - Donald Trump dissed Carly Fiorina in Rolling Stone with his now-famous "Look at that face!" comment , and a Fiorina super PAC is throwing it back in his face with a new ad capitalizing on his own words. Released yesterday by the Carly for America Committee, "Faces" kicks...

Trump Fans to Protesters: 'Clean My Hotel Room'

It was biggest Dallas rally since Obama in 2008

(Newser) - Donald Trump spoke to 15,000 fans at a Dallas arena last night in what the Dallas Morning News reports was the biggest political event in the city since Obama attracted 17,000 people to a rally in 2008. There was also a large crowd of protesters outside the American...

Trump's Running a Weird Campaign and He Knows It

'I hope they attack me, because everybody who attacks me is doomed'

(Newser) - "Let Trump Be Trump" is the sign that hangs in the presidential candidate's campaign headquarters in his eponymous NYC tower, and there doesn't seem to be any indication that the Donald's staffers are letting him do anything but that. The real-estate tycoon has coasted to the...

Trump Out, Schwarzenegger In at Celebrity Apprentice

NBC announces Arnold as new host

(Newser) - With Donald Trump out, Arnold Schwarzenegger is in. NBC has named Schwarzenegger the new host of Celebrity Apprentice, Entertainment Weekly reports, setting off a host of jokes on Twitter about what the action star/former governor's catchphrase will be:
  • @berringer452 : "I guess instead of being fired the contestants will
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29% of Americans Still Think Obama Is a Muslim

But 80% say he was born American

(Newser) - Bit of bad news for President Obama: The latest CNN/ORC poll shows that nearly a third of Americans and 43% of Republicans still believe he's Muslim. Breaking that down, 39% of adults say he's Protestant or another kind of Christian, 29% say he's Muslim, 14% don't...

Trump on Tonight Show: If I'm Ever Wrong, I'll Apologize

Fallon impersonates Trump for interview

(Newser) - Donald Trump clarified, sort of, a long-standing question about his personality during a Tonight Show appearance last night. Host Jimmy Fallon asked Trump if he had ever apologized for anything. "I fully think apologizing is a great thing," Trump replied before winning applause by adding: "But you...

Now Trump's Looks Get Insulted on the Trail

Hair looks like a squirrel, says Bobby Jindal

(Newser) - Bobby Jindal sounds like he's spoiling for a fight with Donald Trump: "I think it's pretty outrageous for him to be attacking anybody's appearance when he looks like he's got a squirrel sitting on his head," the Louisiana governor tells CBS in an interview...

Trump Insults Carly Fiorina's Looks

'Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?'

(Newser) - In a Rolling Stone cover story on Donald Trump and his campaign, one particularly crass comment is getting the most attention: Writer Paul Solotaroff says Trump made fun of GOP rival Carly Fiorina's looks when she appeared on TV news, saying, "Look at that face! Would anyone vote...

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