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Campaign Finance Reports Offer Clues to Campaign

Wednesday was the filing deadline for the 2016 presidential candidates to reveal their fundraising and spending details, and while the overall numbers are fairly easy to digest and understand (Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lead their respective parties’ contenders in money raised, for example), there are lots of details buried in each report that will take a few days for the media to find and report on their likely meaning for the campaign.

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While Others Struggle to Raise Cash, Trump Just Spends

Of all the campaign-finance numbers flying around with the filing of reports to the Federal Election Commission, the single most meaningless might be $487,736.

Donald Trump leads the Republican field in a USA Today/Suffolk University nationwide poll released Tuesday.

Who’s in and who’s out in the first Republican debate

With new polls out Tuesday from CNN and the good people at the Washington Post (in partnership with ABC News), we’ve updated our widget to reflect what the stage would look like if the first debate were held today.

GOP strategists to Jeb: Treat Trump with kid gloves

Jeb Bush needs to walk a fine line in responding to Donald Trump’s attacks, Republican strategists say, and avoid going toe-to-toe with the brash New Yorker.

Poll: Trump’s favorability increasing, but not with Hispanics

Americans have increasingly positive views of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump since his remarks on immigration, though many more still dislike him by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday.

Who’s a contender? Why Scott Walker is, and Donald Trump isn’t

Who’s a contender?

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday became the 15th prominent Republican to declare his candidacy for the 2016 presidential nomination, a field so crowded it takes a scorecard to keep up with all the names — and it’s still growing.