U.S. policy

Donald Trump

Trump tempest echos Muslim debate roiling evangelical leaders

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's persistently anti-Muslim rhetoric has kept the GOP up in arms to protect their party from being tied to Islamophobic bigots. But his latest utterance on the subject also recalls positions taken earlier by some U.S. religious leaders, to the consternation of more

Immigration

Syrian refugee policy takes focus in US 2016 politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The bloody attacks in Paris are putting the Syrian refugee crisis at center stage in U.S. politics as migrants from that war-torn country surge toward the West and security concerns rise. GOP presidential contender Marco Rubio on Sunday said the United States should no longer accept Syrian