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** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said he thinks an American jihadists fighting with Islamic State militants should be exiled from the country, but some conservatives say the militants should be stripped of their U.S. citizenship for joining the extremist group. (Associated Press)

Ted Cruz slammed for ‘ignorance’ over jab at Bronx

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during arrivals for the G-20 summit at the Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 5, 2013. (Associated Press)

Cruz: ‘Russian bear is encountering the Obama kitty cat’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Former Republican South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation, speaks at the Heritage Action for America 2014 Conservative Policy Summit in Washington on Feb. 10, 2014. (Associated Press)

DeMint: Ted Cruz hotter 2016 commodity than Rick Perry

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 21, 2014, file photo shows Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as he speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington. The Associated Press has tracked the movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates including Jindal. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Cruz, Jindal to headline Faith and Freedom Coalition event

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A member of the St. Louis County Police Department points his weapon in the direction of a group of protesters in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Ted Cruz weighs in on Missouri riots

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to local party activists, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in Algona, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DEACE: 2016 Iowa caucuses are already underway

By Steve Deace

Dan Pfeiffer, senior adviser to President Obama, speaks at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington on July 25. (Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor)

White House adviser on 2016: Rand Paul more viable than Ted Cruz

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell (Associated Press)

Ed Rendell slams Ted Cruz: ‘He looks like a jerk’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This April 30, 2014, file photo shows Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo, J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cruz suggests flight ban is boycott of Israel

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National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee has raised $7.2 million, though the good doctor has not yet committed to making a run for the White House. (The Washington Times)

Carson wins straw poll as conservatives focus on winning battle of ideas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken Feb. 10, 2014, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks in Washington. He has made good on a promise to renounce his birth country's citizenship, doing do amide speculation he could make a run at the White House in 2016. Cruz, 43, was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1970, while his parents were working in the oil business there. His mother, Eleanor, is from Delaware, while his father, Rafael, is a Cuban who didn't become a U.S. citizen until 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Ted Cruz knocks ‘D.C. machine,’ supports fraud probe in Mississippi Senate race

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"I try to do everything through my worldview, my personal relationship with God, and am going to surround myself with people who have the same worldview as I do," says Joe Carr, who is challenging Sen. Lamar Alexander in Tennesee's Republican primary. (Associated Press)

Tennessee long shot Joe Carr is tea party’s best hope

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Some of the Republican Party's most ambitious leaders are courting religious conservatives as evangelical Christians claim new momentum in their fight for the GOP's soul. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Ted Cruz: Every time Republican Party moves left, ‘we lose’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Incumbent: Six-term Republican Sen. Thad Cochran was forced into a runoff election for his Senate seat after the recent Mississippi primary failed to result in a clear winner to become the GOP's nominee in November. (Associated Press)

Tea party has momentum, optimism for another win with Mississippi runoff

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rick Perry

Perry unfazed by the rise of fellow Texan Cruz

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

Democrats draft amendment to curb election spending

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz address delegates at the Texas GOP Convention in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, June 6, 2014. Cruz has fired up the Texas Republican Convention, promising to lead a conservative revolution unseen since the days of Ronald Reagan. The tea party favorite is a possible 2016 presidential candidate, and seemed like one during his speech Friday before thousands of adoring delegates who gave him numerous standing ovations. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)

DEACE: The GOP Establishment ‘endorses’ Ted Cruz 2016

By Steve Deace

**FILE** Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican (Associated Press)

Obama officials fail to quell questions on Taliban exchange

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz address delegates at the Texas GOP Convention in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, June 6, 2014. Cruz has fired up the Texas Republican Convention, promising to lead a conservative revolution unseen since the days of Ronald Reagan. The tea party favorite is a possible 2016 presidential candidate, and seemed like one during his speech Friday before thousands of adoring delegates who gave him numerous standing ovations. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)

Sen. Ted Cruz no longer Canadian

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times