March 15 now looms as a critical day in the Republican presidential race. Five states vote on Tuesday: North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois and delegate-rich Ohio and Florida, both of which are winner-take-all contests. A sweep of all five states by front-runner Donald Trump would catapult him toward the party’s nomination; but, anti-Trump forces are hoping […]
The Republican nominating contest for president could be consolidating into a two-man race between businessman Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz. By gobbling up the lion’s share of delegates awarded state-by-state, Trump and Cruz are eclipsing two other rivals: Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Ohio governor John Kasich. Rubio did pick up a victory […]
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, the steadfast partner of the 40th U.S. president, Ronald Reagan, died Sunday of congestive heart failure, the Reagan library announced. She was 94. She will be buried beside her husband at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Touching tributes have been pouring in for the former first […]
SEOUL—North Korea has threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike as U.S. and South Korean forces began their largest joint exercises ever conducted. The annual joint drills often intensify tensions on the divided Korean peninsula, but this year the situation is particularly volatile, given tough new United Nations sanctions imposed on North Korea for its recent nuclear […]