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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Veterans Memorial Building, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

Donald Trump has 21-point lead over No. 2 Ted Cruz: poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

GOP presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, stresses the need for a broad international coalition of European and Arab allies in the Middle East. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush split over Middle East policy

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP will come around on climate change, Obama predicts

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe speaks during an AP Day at the Capitol session in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Terry McAuliffe, Va. governor, outlines $109B budget proposal

By Alan Suderman - Associated Press

Virginia governor outlines $109 billion budget proposal

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Kevin Harvick (4), Kasey Kahne, top left, Danica Patrick (10), Kurt Busch (41), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) and Jeff Gordon (24) drive around the track during a NASCAR Sprint Cup practice session at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, July 3, 2015, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Tax deal doles out year-end goodies for NASCAR tracks, racehorses, college students

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama laughs as he is asked a question during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. At the end of his fifth year in office, Obama's job approval and personal favorability ratings have fallen to around the lowest point of his presidency. Obama will depart later for his home state of Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation trip. It's the first time in his presidency that his departure plans have not been delayed by legislative action in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House declares total victory over GOP in budget battle

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Dan Bilzerian. **FILE**

Dan Bilzerian, ‘King of Instagram,’ likes what he sees in Donald Trump

By Charles Hurt

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said that while the GOP may not get everything it wants in ongoing budget negotiations to keep the government open, he remains hopeful that the U.S. oil export ban, long on the Republican priority list, can be lifted. (Associated Press)

Congress closes in on budget deal to fund government

By Anjali Shastry and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

CHARLES HURT: CNN turns GOP debate into aggravating, irrelevant snoozefest — as planned

By Charles Hurt

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Las Vegas. The first rule of gambling is sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Not even Donald Trump was immune to that fundamental truth as he built a gambling empire. He helped Atlantic City grow its casino market into the nation&#8217;s second-largest while welcoming celebrity friends like Michael Jackson, smothering his casinos in neon purple carpeting, and bringing his touch to decorating: If one chandelier is good, then 17 are better. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump rally turns heated amid audience scuffles, Nazi salute

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

American Muslim voters at a debate watch party, organizated by Muslim Public Affairs Council Tuesday recoiled in disgust form Donald Trump and nearly every other presidential candidate on the stage, saying Republicans had made them targets for anti-Muslim bigotry and violence. (S.A. Miller)

Donald Trump, Republican candidates stoking bigotry, violence, Muslim voters say

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Van Thanh Nguyen, center, is greeted by a nun as she arrives for her daughter Tin Nguyen's funeral on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Santa Ana, Calif. Nguyen died in the mass shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., on Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Catholic bishops reject halt to Muslim visitors, urge gun control

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall meeting in the Convocation Center on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus in Aiken, S.C., in this Dec. 12, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)

Donald Trump hits 41 percent, takes 27-point lead in new national poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Most Americans favor GOP plan to defund Planned Parenthood, says poll defying narrative

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Forum in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kasich: I could change my mind about supporting Trump

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a town hall meeting at Furman University on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Ted Cruz: ‘I do not agree’ with Donald Trump’s Muslim moratorium

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2015 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev speaks with reporters on Capitol hill in Washington. Reid is heading into retirement next year. Before he goes he has some strong words for Republicans. In a floor speech Wednesday, the Nevada lawmaker accused Republicans of "running on a platform of hate." He said that the party and its candidates "demagogue women" and direct "insults and slander" at Muslim-Americans, immigrants, and supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Harry Reid: Trump running on a ‘platform of hate’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, during the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Scott Morgan) ** FILE **

Ben Carson, Marco Rubio running closest to Hillary Clinton: poll

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump doubled down on his anti-Islamic State rhetoric over the weekend, saying "We are having a problem with the radicals in the Muslim group." (Associated Press)

Donald Trump seen as most reliable on terror among GOP candidates

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times