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The salaries of world leaders don't exactly measure up to the likely worth of the world's many billionaires. (associated press)

Inside the Beltway: Presidents, prime ministers, how much money do they make?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Illustration on Hillary and Republicans by Kevin Kreneck/Tribune Content Agency

DONALD LAMBRO: Hillary Clinton’s advantage

By Donald Lambro

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Lynchburg, Va., to announce his campaign for president. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz: ‘Zero intention of taking any government subsidy or Obama subsidy’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, speaks at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Lynchburg, Va., to announce his campaign for president. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Ted Cruz: My music preferences changed on 9/11

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, his wife Heidi, and their two daughters Catherine, 4, left, and Caroline, 6, right, wave on stage after he announced his campaign for president, Monday, March 23, 2015, at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, in Lynchburg, Va. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

CAL THOMAS: A better 2016 agenda

By Cal Thomas

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, his wife Heidi, and their two daughters Catherine, 4, left, and Caroline, 6, right, wave on stage after he announced his campaign for president, Monday, March 23, 2015, at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, in Lynchburg, Va. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House welcomes Ted Cruz to Obamacare

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry attends a breakfast meeting, Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in Houston. A day after Sen. Ted Cruz announced he's seeking the Republican presidential nomination, Perry refused any discussion of how his fellow Texan's move affects his own anticipated White House run. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Rick Perry: Do you want a grizzled captain or ‘bright, capable lecturer’ flying your plane?

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas (right) announced his candidacy for the White House on Monday, and fellow Sen. Rand Paul is planning an ambitious five-state, five-day rollout of his own starting April 7 in his home state of Kentucky. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul: Ted Cruz and I might differ on ‘winnability’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, formally initiated his candidacy, first by announcing on Twitter, and then going to evangelical Liberty University in Virginia to make a public televised speech. Mr. Cruz later did an hour on Sean Hannity's Fox News show. (Associated Press photographs)

Ted Cruz’s spokesman: Obamacare decision still in the works

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, speaks at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Lynchburg, Va., to announce his campaign for president. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

TedCruz.com trolls Cruz campaign: ‘Support President Obama’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, spent virtually nothing from his campaign war chest to formally initiate his candidacy, first by announcing on Twitter in the wee hours of Monday, before formally announcing later that morning on the campus of evangelical-oriented Liberty University in Virginia. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul 2016 campaign launches illustrate vastly different media strategies

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and his wife Heidi watch as their daughter Caroline, 6, center, high-fives members of the crowd after Cruz announced his campaign for president, Monday, March 23, 2015, at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, in Lynchburg, Va. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. Also pictured is Catherine Cruz, 4, left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ted Cruz, top Obamacare critic, signing up for Obamacare

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, speaks at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Lynchburg, Va., to announce his campaign for president. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Ted Cruz teaches Republicans a lesson

By Judson Phillips

New York Rep. Peter King hammered Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday, calling the fellow Republican a big-mouthed "carnival barker" who has no business running for president. (CNN)

Peter King on supporting Ted Cruz: ‘I will jump off that bridge when we come to it’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Rafael Cruz, father of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, speaks during a tea party gathering on Jan. 10, 2014, in Madisonville, Texas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz’s narrative on Cuba omits father’s role fighting for Fidel Castro

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, speaks at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, Monday, March 23, 2015, in Lynchburg, Va., to announce his campaign for president. Cruz, who announced his candidacy on twitter in the early morning hours, is the first major candidate in the 2016 race for president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

JOSEPH CURL: Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign message all about Christianity, Reagan

By Joseph Curl

Former President Ronald Reagan. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz described as ‘first top tier conservative since Reagan’ by Richard Viguerie

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist said the Chamber could have helped put Republicans in control of the House of Representatives if it had forcefully entered the campaign fray. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Grover Norquist, Dan Stein headline ‘unprecedented’ immigration forum

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Polls show Sen. Ted Cruz is running toward the back of the pack for the 2016 Republican nomination and has work to do to attract fellow Hispanics. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz immigration crackdown advocacy sparks fierce Hispanic backlash

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times