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Paul Nehlen, a Republican primary challenger to House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaks in Janesville, Wisconsin, August 3, 2016 (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)
February 14, 2018, 7:16 pm
Wisconsin GOP seeks distance from anti-Semitic candidate
Twitter bans Republican contender for House Speaker Paul Ryan’s seat after racist and anti-Semitic posts
By Scott Bauer
Illustrative glass of water (Pixaby free images)
November 2, 2017, 11:23 am
Wisconsin, Israel to collaborate on water research
The Water Council of the Midwestern US state signs accords with Ben-Gurion University and the Israel Innovation Authority
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the American Legislative Exchange Council 42nd annual meeting, in San Diego, July 23, 2015. (AP/Denis Poroy)
October 30, 2017, 4:26 am
Wisconsin bans Israel boycotters from doing state business
Governor Scott Walker hails Jewish state as ‘firm and faithful friend,’ joins 23 other US states in disqualifying boycotting companies from state tenders
By JTA and TOI staff
US House Speaker Paul Ryan speaking at the Wisconsin Fall Fest, October 8, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
November 5, 2016, 9:36 pm
Ryan joins Pence to urge Republicans to ‘come home’ for Trump
House speaker, who has publicly been at odds with his GOP party’s nominee, says free speech, gun rights and health care are at stake
By Scott Bauer
Charles Koch speaks in his office at Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas, May 22, 2012. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)
July 31, 2016, 8:19 am
Billionaire Koch’s aide says no plans to help Trump
Disappointed with both candidates, conservative benefactor intends to focus on helping Republican senators instead
By AP
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., addresses the delegates during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
July 21, 2016, 6:30 am
Cruz refuses to endorse Trump, draws thunderous boos
Mike Pence accepts VP nomination, says that with Republican party ‘united’ at Cleveland convention, Trump’s ‘got backup’
By Julie Pace and Jill Colvin
Scott Walker takes questions before his speech at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention in La Crosse, Wisconsin, May 15, 2015. (AP/Scott Bauer)
September 22, 2015, 1:56 am
Scott Walker exits 2016 race with harsh words for Trump
Wisconsin governor urges other candidates to drop out too, says Republicans need ‘positive message’ leading the field
By Scott Bauer and Julie Bykowicz
Republican presidential candidates, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, right, and Donald Trump both speak during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
September 17, 2015, 9:54 am
GOP candidates united in disdain for Obama, support for Israel
In second Republican debate, Donald Trump takes on Jeb Bush over the war in Iraq, says he’ll ‘get along’ with Russia’s Putin
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Republican presidential candidates, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, right, and Donald Trump both speak during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
September 17, 2015, 4:54 am
GOP candidates split on ‘tearing up’ Iran deal if elected
In second Republican party debate, Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Rand Paul oppose immediate reversal of nuclear pact between Tehran, world powers
By AP, AFP and TOI staff
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump (Charlie Neibergall/AP; Mark Lennihan/AP)
September 7, 2015, 1:00 am
Sanders and Trump lead in New Hampshire, polls show
Clinton losing edge in Iowa as email scandal unravels; Biden popular among voters despite not having announced presidential run
Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during a meet and greet with local residents in Greenfield, Iowa, August 27, 2015. (AP/Charlie Neibergall)
August 28, 2015, 11:13 am
Walker: US must aggressively confront ‘evil’ Islamist terror
Republican presidential hopeful says, as president, he would ‘not surrender another inch of ground to terrorists’
By Bill Barrow
Guests watch Republican presidential candidates speak during the first Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News and Facebook in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 6, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 7, 2015, 7:42 am
GOP candidates find common ground critiquing Iran deal
In first 2016 debate, Rand Paul says he doesn’t have any ‘animus’ toward Israel, Ted Cruz vows to relocate embassy to Jerusalem
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Illustrative: Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the American Legislative Exchange Council 42nd annual meeting, in San Diego, July 23, 2015. (AP/Denis Poroy)
July 24, 2015, 5:30 am
Republican hopeful Walker would scuttle Iran on first day
In combative anti-Obama speech, Wisconsin governor says Tehran is no place for the US to do business
By Elliot Spagat
Republican presidential candidate, real-estate mogul Donald Trump, speaks at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2015. (AP/Nati Harnik)
July 19, 2015, 6:15 am
Trump on John McCain: ‘I like people who weren’t captured’
Media mogul and Republican primary candidate’s attack on longtime senator and former POW draws GOP backlash
By Catherine Lucey and Steve Peoples
File: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
July 19, 2015, 1:54 am
Scuttling Iran deal might not be easy for next president
Republicans promise to ‘invalidate’ nuclear accord if elected, but to do so they’ll have to turn their backs on US allies and likely go it alone on sanctions
By Julie Pace
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