WASHINGTON—The pace of the 2016 presidential election campaign is quickening as White House contenders from both major political parties hone their closing arguments less than a month before the first votes are cast in Iowa. President Barack Obama injected a new issue into the campaign Tuesday with new executive actions aimed at tightening criminal background […]
A new U.S. political survey shows Texas Senator Ted Cruz, with strong support from evangelical Christians and conservative activists, has surged to the top among Republican presidential candidates in Iowa, the the farm state holding the party’s first 2016 nominating contest. The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll late Saturday said Cruz, who delights in agitating […]
