Rick Santorum claims he was ‘savaged for telling truth’ after CNN firing
Rick Santorum axed by CNN over racist remarks on Native Americans
April 2021
CNN urged to fire Rick Santorum after racist comments on Native Americans
Outrage among Native Americans after ex-senator tells rightwing students’ conference that colonists ‘birthed nation from nothing’
July 2016
Donald Trump taps into manufacturing regions to extract Democratic voters
The Republican appeals to fears over disappearing jobs in coal mines and steel factories of Ohio and Pennsylvania, persuading voters to abandon loyalties
June 2016
Why every candidate I took a photo with dropped out immediately (except Kasich)
It’s not so much a ‘cursie’ – a cursed selfie – but rather it speaks to the magic of the early primaries: when candidates are more loose, unafraid to be embarrassed
May 2016
Famous last words: the candidates who bowed out of the US campaign
Ted Cruz bowed out with the optimistic view ‘we gave it everything we’ve got,’ while Marco Rubio warned ‘we need a new political establishment in our party’
February 2016
Secret societies and public figures who belong to them – the full, incredible list
The International Order of St Hubertus? That would be late supreme court justice Antonin Scalia’s gang, we learn. Here are more unlikely clubs and their members
Santorum drops out of the Republican primary race and endorses Marco Rubio
Former senator, whose campaign failed to set the polls alight, says presidential rival Rubio ‘is a tremendously gifted young man and a born leader’
Rick Santorum: an Iowa requiem for the candidate holding a tiny slice of support
At the same Des Moines Pizza Ranch where he held court before his 2012 upset, Santorum, stuck on 2%, hosted a more subdued gathering of his loyal supporters
January 2016
Lessons from Iowa: real caucus victory comes from beating expectations
Iowa caucuses: what's at stake for main Democratic and Republican hopefuls
Wintry-looking Iowa caucus intensifies turnout fears for Trump and Sanders
Trump's solo act takes cues from vaudeville and tap dances around issues
The 2016 campaign, minute-by-minute
Republican debate: knives out onstage as Trump steals spotlight offstage – as it happened
Mike Huckabee has never tasted beer 'because he doesn't like the smell'
Republican debate: the Trump, the bad and the ugly – as it happened
Republican also-rans bring plenty of beef but little flavor to undercard debate
Rand Paul fails to qualify for Republican debate with presidential candidates
2016 US presidential election: what happens when … and how
US presidential election 2016: the state of the Republican race as the year begins