Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been gaining huge amounts of support in his campaign to become the Republican nominee for the 2016 general election in the US and most of it seems to be coming from the controversial nature of his speeches and policies.

Donald Trump keeps insisting he is a winner, and so are those who support him, he loves to remind voters how rich he is, and the message is striking a chord, says Arie W Kruglanski

On the eve of Tuesday's crucial multi-state primaries, a sharp new divide erupted between Republicans over the party's frontrunner, billionaire tycoon Donald Trump.

Presidential hopeful refuses to condemn supremacist’s backing

Brawling from the beginning, a fiery Marco Rubio went after front-runner Donald Trump in the last Republican presidential debate before the key ‘Super Tuesday’ contest, lashing out at his position on immigration, his privileged background, and his speaking style.

Donald Trump’s campaign for the Republican US presidential nomination is building a momentum that may sweep away challenges by Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, with his crushing win in the Nevada caucuses marking a third straight victory in state contests.

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Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign would like to be focusing its attacks on Democratic President Barack Obama around now.

Mitt Romney reached out to conservatives suspicious of him and sought to assert himself as the inevitable Republican US presidential nominee, despite failing to deliver a knockout blow to his rivals in the biggest round of nominating contests.

Mitt Romney has moved a step closer to clinching the Republican presidential candidacy after his Super Tuesday victory in the key Ohio primary.

Mitt Romney has added the Alaska caucuses after he squeezed out a win in the pivotal Ohio primary and captured four other states in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Mitt Romney has squeezed out a win in the pivotal Ohio primary after capturing four other states and padding his delegate lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Republican presidential hopefuls are preparing for the crucial Super Tuesday primary and caucus votes in 10 US states.

Mitt Romney hopes to use Super Tuesday’s massive batch of primary contests in 10 states to reassert himself as the unchallenged front-runner in the race to challenge resident Barack Obama.

Top Republican Eric Cantor has endorsed Mitt Romney for president of the US, giving the frontrunner a boost as the primary nomination contest reaches a critical stage.

Mitt Romney is pressing to refocus the Republican presidential race on jobs and the economy in the sprint to Super Tuesday’s contests next week, looking to blunt Rick Santorum’s efforts to sow doubts about his record on social issues.

Mitt Romney scored a hard-fought triumph in his native state of Michigan and powered to victory in Arizona today, dealing a blow to his chief rival and gaining precious momentum in the turbulent Republican presidential race.

Mitt Romney accused rival Rick Santorum of dirty tricks, for encouraging Democrats to defeat him in Michigan’s primary as voters determined his fate in his home state.

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, who has emerged as Mr Romney’s leading challenger in the Republican presidential race, clashed over the US federal government’s power in a high-stakes debate that might have been the last in the roller-coaster campaign to challenge President Barack Obama.

John McCain officially became the Republican Party’s presidential nominee today and will be the oldest first-term US president if elected in November.

Hillary Clinton put the full weight of her presidential campaign and her political career behind Barack Obama in a passionate speech which drew thunderous applause at the Democratic Party’s national convention.

A YEAR ago, Hillary Clinton was joshing about whether she could appoint her husband secretary of state when she became president and Barack Obama was urging a throng to be realistic about his own chances.

Hillary and Bill Clinton waged a two-front campaign blitz today in the two big states Mrs Clinton needs to win to keep her Democratic presidential campaign afloat

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama looked set to engage in a heated debate tonight as the former First Lady tried to get her presidential campaign back on track.

Barack Obama went into today’s elections with a slight lead over his rival Hillary Clinton for the first time in the battle for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

Barack Obama is flying high, but Hillary Clinton is fighting back, writes Karen McCarthy.

Former president Bill Clinton swept through deep east Texas in a bid to help his wife get her campaign for the Democratic Party’s nomination back on track.

NIALL O’DOWD, when ‘reporting’ Hillary Clinton’s victory in the Massachusetts Democratic primary (February 10), grossly exaggerated the weight of it.

John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination tonight as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering campaign.

US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has raised €3m (€2.06m) for his presidential campaign in the 24 hours since the first polls closed on Super Tuesday.

HILLARY CLINTON and Barack Obama split the Democratic Party delegates yesterday as John McCain declared himself the front-runner in the Republican race after the biggest Super Tuesday in history.

HILLARY CLINTON’S campaign, lagging far behind Barack Obama’s fundraising this year, expects to be outspent byMr Obama in upcoming Democratic nominating contests just as it was in Super Tuesday states, her strategists said last night.

IN THE small hours of yesterday morning a giddy crowd of 250 gathered around televisions at the Lime Cafe Bar in Dún Laoghaire.

Authorities in the US were today searching for victims of tornadoes that killed at least 26 people across four states.

More than 20 states went to the polls on Super Tuesday in the most significant day so far in the race to the White House.

Battle-scarred former prisoner of war John McCain declared he was the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination after a series of victories on Super Tuesday.

The death toll from tornados across four US Southern states that tore through homes, ripped the roof off a shopping mall and blew apart warehouses in a rare spasm of violent winter weather rose to at least 21 today, with dozens injured.

Hillary Clinton edged ahead of Barack Obama today in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination as results from the Super Tuesday elections came in.

Super Tuesday across the pond yesterday in the American Presidential primaries, the day when the best candidates are separated from the rest, from the also-rans; Super Tuesday in Clonmel also, the second day of the National Coursing Meet.