House and Senate Republicans huddled at a retreat in Baltimore this week to figure out their agenda for the year. But that task is complicated by the presidential election and the Donald Trump factor.
Sheldon Adelson has filed three libel suits against journalists. One, a columnist at the Las Vegas Journal-Review, which Adelson bought last year,went broke facing the billionaire GOP donor in court.
Many Republican-led states rejected expanding Medicaid under Obamacare. But some GOP governors are reconsidering. That means more poor Americans could be eligible for coverage in 2016.
Ted Cruz noted that Donald Trump and his lawyers had earlier given him a pass on his Canadian birth, but that since then "the Constitution hasn't changed, but the poll numbers have."
The debate began harmoniously, but quickly turned into the kind of lively affair we've come to expect. For much of the night, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was the subject of attacks.
With only seven candidates on the stage, everyone got a little more time to talk and the chance to deliver their attacks and counter attacks face to face — especially Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
Curious to know which candidate is getting the most talking time in tonight's debate? So are we. NPR is keeping track of how long each candidate speaks during the sixth Republican debate.