(Salon) – One of the more enduring tropes on the religious right is this notion that America is a Christian nation, or at the very least...
(Politico) – Donald Trump fired back at GOP rival Ben Carson on Thursday, blasting him for questioning his religious faith and remarking that the retired neurosurgeon was “perhaps...
JANIE HAR, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson jabbed Tuesday at front-runner Donald Trump’s proposal to deport everyone who is in...
(Politico) – Donald Trump and Ben Carson appear to be on a collision course. The two outsiders have yet to butt heads — but that may...
JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vacation-filled August is typically one of the worst months for any politician to raise money. But it was Ben...
(CNN) – Watch out Donald Trump. Here comes Ben Carson. While the bombastic real estate tycoon dominates much of the GOP field, the retired pediatric neurosurgeon...
Aaron Blake, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The big takeaway from this new poll of the Iowa GOP caucuses — from Monmouth University...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Conservatives are attacking Planned Parenthood so viciously that you would be forgiven if you thought that the organization was...
“Well, maybe I’m not objective when it comes to Planned Parenthood. But you know, I know who Margaret Sanger is, and I know that she believed...
(Politico) – Ben Carson’s presidential campaign is surging on a wave of support from socially conservative voters inspired by his passionate talk about faith and his...
(Politico) – Before Ben Carson was vying for votes from members of Christian organizations, he was charging them tens of thousands of dollars — in some...
Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson said Wednesday night that he was “irritated” by the comparison between the fight for same-sex marriage rights and the Civil Rights...
(Politico) – The Republican field for 2016 is growing increasingly top-heavy, with no clear front-runner emerging in the latest nationwide Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday....
(Slate) – No one will blame you if you can’t keep track of the Republican presidential field. It’s huge. If you count declared candidates, prospectives,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist How can you tell when a politician is lying? When he moves his lips. Though originally intended as a...
BALTIMORE (Politico) — Republican leaders have talked obsessively about the need to appeal to more minority voters in 2016, after a disastrous showing in the...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Retired surgeon Ben Carson declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, resting his longshot bid on his...
Ben Terris, THE WASHINGTON POST DETROIT (The Washington Post) — Ben Carson had just started a stump speech to his staff, the one about freedom,...
Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson will make a major announcement on May 4 in Detroit, his campaign tells CNN, setting the date and location for what’s...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Recently, I wrote that today’s Republican Party is gripped by a severe problem – an acting-the-fool dynamic produced...
(Bloomberg) – The 63-year old neurosurgeon, who recently launched an exploratory committee for a 2016 presidential bid, had called in for an interview with Hugh Hewitt. The...
(USA Today) – Presidential hopeful Ben Carson apologized Wednesday night for saying being gay is a choice, following a backlash over his assertion that prisons are evidence...
Washington (CNN) – Ben Carson says homosexuality is a choice because many people “go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay.”...
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Ben Carson’s publisher will be revising future editions of his book “America the Beautiful” in response to allegations that the conservative...
Steve Peoples, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The faces of the Republican Party’s most ambitious members are changing. Long criticized as the party of old...
