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Carson loses his hold on Iowa’s conservatives

Hours after terrorists attacked a hotel in Mali and a week after Islamic State fighters struck Paris, Ted Cruz took the floor here to deliver a harsh critique of President Barack Obama’s Middle East posture and pledge a hard-line approach to Syrian Muslim refugees.

Poll: More Americans trust Clinton than GOP contenders to combat terrorism

When it comes to terrorism, more Americans trust Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton than the top Republican candidates in the field, according to the latest results of an ABC News/Washington Post survey released Monday. But among those who worry most about terrorism, Donald Trump is the preferred candidate.

After a string of strong debate performances and some key endorsements, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has displaced former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as the choice of Republican Insiders to be their most likely standard bearer in 2016.

Cruz Continues to Build Campaign Juggernaut

While early polls get the most attention, the nuts and bolts of campaign infrastructure are often the determining factor in choosing the ultimate nominee of either party. A well-built organization can’t take a candidate polling at the back of the pack and vault him or her into the lead, but it can certainly give competitive candidates an edge over rivals and produce “better-than-expected” results that bring new or renewed attention to a candidate, which in turn can propel them into ... Read More >>

In the Republican primary race, the newest NBC News/SurveyMonkey online poll shows Donald Trump has the frontrunner spot to himself, with 28% support among Republican and independent voters who lean Republican. Support for Ben Carson, who was tied with Trump in last month’s online poll, has fallen off by 8 points and the former neurosurgeon is now tied with Ted Cruz at 18%.

Insiders: Foreign policy blunders threaten Carson candidacy

The emergence of foreign policy as a central issue in the presidential campaign poses the greatest threat to Ben Carson — no other GOP candidate has as much vulnerability on the issue.

How Ted Cruz is locking up the evangelical vote

The hearts of many evangelical voters, polls suggest, are with Ben Carson. But increasingly, their leaders’ heads are with Ted Cruz.