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Another poll, another huge — and growing — Trump lead

It seems like only this morning that we were updating our “state of the debate” graphic and talking about how John Kasich was pretty secure in his position and how the center of gravity in the 2016 Republican race was Donald Trump in about every sense of the phrase. It seems like it was only this morning, because it was only this morning.

Poll: Most Hispanics have a negative view of Trump

Donald Trump may say he’ll win the Latino vote, but three out of four Hispanic adults have a negative view of the real estate mogul, according to a new poll.

State of the race 6 months before Iowa caucuses

To size up how Iowa-centric the candidates’ schedules are, the Republicans and Democrats are ranked in order of days spent in Iowa since the day after the 2012 election through Saturday.

Trump sees double-digit surge in new poll

Donald Trump has surged to the top of the 2016 GOP presidential field in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll with a double-digit increase in the past month.

Jeb Bush retakes the top spot for the GOP nomination once again in our August rankings, but not because he’s the candidate who has dominated the conversation since we last ranked the field in early June.

Trump campaign fires staffer over allegedly racist Facebook posts

Donald Trump’s campaign fired a staffer Sunday for what it said were racially offensive Facebook posts.

14 GOP candidates not named Donald Trump will participate in the same event tonight. Here’s what to watch.

Fourteen of the 17 major Republican candidates for president plan to participate in a candidate forum in New Hampshire Monday night, giving voters an early glimpse of most of the packed field in the same setting.