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Ted Cruz Is 'Not Particularly Keen' on Donald Trump's Qatari Air Force One

The Texas Republican flew on the jet for the first time Wednesday and called it "orders of magnitude nicer" than the old one.

Ted Cruz Says Young Americans' Socialism Support Is 'Not Deep' Before Midterms

Gallup's own data backs part of his case: when asked to define socialism, few Americans describe government ownership of the means of production.

Ted Cruz Challenges James Talarico's Faith With His Own Pastor's Words on Jesus

The senator aired undercover audio of a St. Andrew's Presbyterian minister doubting the virgin birth, in a race Cruz is not running in and polls call a dead heat.

Ted Cruz Turns Nikole Hannah-Jones's School Regret Into Case for His Tax Credit

The senator read nearly 20 minutes of the 1619 Project creator's essay on air, but she has since said she has no regrets about caring for other people's children.

Ted Cruz Warns 'Woke Right' Socialism Is 'a Path to Losing' for Republicans

Gallup found socialism's favorability topped 40 percent for the first time the same day Cruz sounded the alarm on Verdict.

Ted Cruz Cites Study: Zero Princeton Faculty Gave to Republicans

Ted Cruz says the study explains why the Democratic Party's 'center of gravity' moved to the faculty lounge, but the zero covers 818 professors, not the 950 he cited.

Cruz Jokes About Planting Hecklers for Trump, Downplays His Own Boos

On his podcast, Cruz called the hecklers "knuckleheads" and stopped short of endorsing co-host Ben Ferguson's staged-crowd theory.

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His figure matches the government's detention data, but his claim that ICE gets its real criminals only from prisons does not hold up.

Joy Reid Says Democratic Party Had to Be 'Screamed At' Over Black Candidates

Two Black Southern House candidates joined the DCCC's Red to Blue list on Monday, three weeks after an expansion to 40 candidates left them off.

Mary Trump Warns Donald Trump Will 'Always Get Worse,' Citing His Childhood

The president's niece traces it to a year without his mother at about 2 1/2. A clinical psychologist herself, she has never treated him.

Thom Tillis Tells Bill Maher Livestreamed Fort Hood Execution Is 'Performative'

The retiring North Carolina Republican said streaming the Fort Hood shooter's Dec. 3 execution would amount to "a recruiting video."

Steve Bannon Warns $2 Trillion Deficit Strains Scott Bessent's 3-3-3 Plan

The federal deficit came in at 6.2 percent of GDP last fiscal year, more than double the target, and the 10-year Treasury yield is at 5.24 percent.

Ari Emanuel Tells Megyn Kelly Jeffrey Katzenberg Oversold His Sway With Biden

The super-agent says he turned down Katzenberg's offer of a Biden meeting for $1 million.