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Republican frontrunner Donald J. Trump declined to condemn white supremacist David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. He had done so already in August, as reported by Politico, and had even done so on Friday, as reported by The Hill.

Sen. Marco Rubio defied a prediction that he would be unable to beat Donald Trump, now that the billionaire presidential candidate has emerged from New Hampshire and South Carolina with big victories over the rest of the Republican field.

Sen. Marco Rubio denied a report from the Huffington Post that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was expected to endorse him for president.

CNN’s “The Lead” host Jake Tapper told DNC Chair Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) that he wasn’t sure her explanation for why the nomination process isn’t rigged to help Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over fellow

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said that the New Hampshire primary was “a horrible night” for the establishment in both parties and a great night for the winning candidates after GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Senator Bernie Sanders

CNN is not only desperate to absolve itself of its legitimate responsibility for spreading the false idea that Dr. Ben Carson was dropping out of the presidential race last week, CNN is also hoping to complete a three-bank shot that

The latest Iowa poll, conducted by Quinnipiac, shows the overall race between Trump and Cruz is a virtual dead heat (Trump’s 31 to 29 lead is within the poll’s margin of error). But among white evangelicals, who make up 57 percent of GOP caucus attendees, Cruz’s lead over Trump is substantial – 39 percent to 27 percent.

CNN anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper said that while Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) campaign is at fault for an improper data breach, they do have “legitimate gripes” over the DNC “trying to have a small audience”

During a post-debate interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on December 15, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz described how political correctness prejudices President Obama and Hillary Clinton against law-abiding American citizens.

Sarah Palin played a word-association game where Tapper mentioned a name and Palin responded with the first thing that came to her mind. When asked about Rubio she described him as “robotic.”

On Sunday’s State of the Union on CNN, host Jake Tapper asked Republican frontrunner Donald Trump a false question about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, which Trump proceeded to answer badly.

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama, told CNN’s Jake Tapper Tuesday that Obama ignored the rise of ISIS because it did not fit the campaign “narrative” for Obama’s 2012 re-election.

As Dr. Ben Carson moves up in the polls, reporters across the political spectrum are zeroing in on his relationship with Mannatech, a Texas based food supplement company. But so far the discussion has generated more heat than light.

On Monday, CNN’s “The Lead” host Jake Tapper said that if you believe that Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responding to fellow candidate Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) statement that “all the shouting in the world” wouldn’t stop guns

This morning, NBC News cited sources who affirmed that Vice President Joe Biden will decide whether or not he plans to run for president in the next 48 hours.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, sounded off on the possibility of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Romney’s 2012 running mate, as the next Speaker of the House. Romney told

As the afternoon wore on at the Wynn Las Vegas, CNN tried desperately to hype the evening’s Democratic debate.

Via his verified Twitter account, CNN’s Jake Tapper accused Republican Benghazi Committee chairman Trey Gowdy of spreading a “falsehood” about CNN’s attempt to reach his committee for comment prior to the network’s airing of a report about a fired Benghazi

Left-of-center media outlets began attacking the local sheriff from the Oregon county where the recent mass shooting occurred almost immediately after the tragedy. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence jumped in, and now the full weight of CNN has joined the dog-pile attack. Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin was first attacked for his pro-Second Amendment views, then the Brady campaign and CNN began attacking him for a Facebook post he allegedly made nearly three years ago. Yes, that means they targeted the sheriff and did opposition research on a leader currently handling a mass shooting in his county.

Karen Finney, Senior Spokeswoman for Hillary for America stated that Clinton saying “We went through a thorough process to identify all of my work-related emails” and stating that she “did not participate” in the process of reviewing her emails is

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” while discussing a questioner at his town hall last week asking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about Muslims in America, which included President Barack Obama, host Jake Tapper asked Trump on whether or not

In the second-tier GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday evening, moderator Jake Tapper asked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) whether he would authorize a military strike against Iran (he initially said “nuclear strike,” then caught himself).

Moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper, conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt, and CNN Leftist Dana Bash, the second Republican primary debate is on tonight.  This post will look at the media’s coverage of the debate. Newest posts at the

SIMI VALLEY, California — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush huddled in secret with a handful of reporters as he’s slipping in the polls ahead of the next debate here on Wednesday evening, Breitbart News has learned.

During Sunday’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper” on CNN, host Jake Tapper showed GOP presidential hopeful Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) some clips of him dodging questions about gay marriage and immigration, which Walker replied by saying he is “talking

Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz cried over the Iran deal on CNN’s State of the Union this weekend when she was asked by host Jake Tapper what she would say to fellow Jews who would say to her that she had “sold out Israel” by casting a vote in favor of the agreement.

Palin announced that she will appear at a rally in Washington this week protesting the U.S. nuclear agreement with Iran. Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will join Palin at the event along with several politicians, broadcasters, and other leaders concerned about a deal that President Obama has secured enough support for in the Senate to stop the GOP from blocking it.

CNN anchor and correspondent Jake Tapper posted on Twitter, quoting GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who defended Fox News’ Megyn Kelly amid the social media backlash over Fox News and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s jab at Kelly following the debate.

CNN’s “The Lead” host Jake Tapper told White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest “somebody at the White House should maybe watch the videos” during an interview on Planned Parenthood on Monday. Tapper asked Earnest if he was contending that nothing

Monday on  CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper pointed out Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s plummeting favorably rating in swing states where she has been campaigning over the summer. Tapper said, “Take a look at the

At an Atlantic Council event in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a 2016 candidate for the Republican nomination, discussed Donald Trump’s rhetoric on immigration with CNN host Jake Tapper. Graham suggested Trump was digging himself into a

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead With Jake Tapper,” in reacting to Hillary Clinton’s claim all the Republican candidates, including Jeb Bush, are on a “spectrum of hostility” towards immigrants, host Jake Tapper said, “Jeb Bush is married to a Mexican

During a recent appearance with CNN’s The Lead With Jake Tapper, Democrat presidential contender Bernie Sanders said gun manufacturers should be no more liable for the misuse of their product following a theft than a hammer company would be.

“I would say that it was a little interesting when the Huffington Post ran the story. They could clearly see it was Mitt Romney in a video clip that Jake Tapper asked me to respond to, so then the Huffington Post runs an article saying I had said what was clearly Mitt Romney’s comment,” Huckabee explained to Breitbart News.

GOP presidential candidate Gov. Mike Huckabee is using Facebook to poke fun at the Washington Post “Fact Checker,” giving it the coveted “Four Pinocchios.”

On Sunday’s “State of the Union” on CNN, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a candidate for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, reacted to the lack of support he has received from his congressional colleagues, including Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), who attacked