JERUSALEM (AP) — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump canceled plans Thursday to visit Israel, a trip for which even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — widely seen as an ally of the Republican Party — had shown little enthusiasm. Meanwhile in Washington, Defense Secretary Ash Carter stressed that the American fight against Islamic State is focused on violent extremists, not Muslims, and a Senate committee formally rebuked Trump's policy proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country.
Trump announced his decision on Twitter, saying he would reschedule "at a later date after I become President of the U.S." Appearing on Fox News, he said there were many reasons for the move, among them that he didn't want to put Netanyahu in a bind.
CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday said a video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting a black teenager was "abominable" and that the city's delay in releasing the footage was "a failure of government."
Carson, the only black candidate in the 2016 field, held a fundraiser and met with ministers.
