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Poll: Trump leads Republican presidential race with 25 percent

Billionaire Donald Trump has taken a commanding lead in the race for the 2016 U.S. Republican presidential nomination with the support of 25 percent in a Reuters/Ipsos poll, giving him a double-digit advantage over nearest rival Jeb Bush.

Senate confirms Hagel as secretary of defense

The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense on Tuesday, after an unusually acrimonious confirmation fight that threatened to complicate his work as civilian leader at the Pentagon.

Senate committee advances Hagel nomination

Sticking strictly to party lines, the Senate Armed Services Committee referred the nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary to the full Senate for confirmation.

Senators assail Obama’s Hagel nomination, question judgment

Republican lawmakers harshly attacked Chuck Hagel on Thursday at a contentious hearing over his nomination to become the next U.S. defense secretary, questioning his judgment on war strategy and putting him broadly on the defensive.

Mitt Romney, John Thune make pitch to Jewish Republicans at RJC bash

At the Republican Jewish Coalition\’s winter leadership retreat here, it was the absence of certain likely candidates for president that had the crowd most excited. While names like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann generate enthusiasm at some other conservative gatherings, their absence over the weekend here had the Jewish crowd giddy that ahead of the 2012 race, the Republican Party may be retreating from the divisive hyper-conservatives that have frustrated Jewish attraction to the party in recent years.

Kagan seen as brilliant and affable — and a mystery

Rabbi David Saperstein runs through a shopping list of superlatives on Elena Kagan — \”self-evidently brilliant\” and \”steady, strategic and tactical\” — before acknowledging that he doesn\’t have much of a handle on what President Obama\’s choice to fill a U.S. Supreme Court seat actually believes.

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