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Donald Trump spoke briefly at the 250th anniversary Army parade, after reviewing a procession of thousands of soldiers in present and past uniforms, an array of military hardware, aerial flyovers and a large fireworks display.

The weather did not interrupt the event, as Trump and members of his administration gathered on an elaborate reviewing stand set up on the Ellipse.

Lee Greenwood sang his standard, “God Bless The USA” and he, like a few others, also wished the president a happy birthday. Trump turned 79 on Saturday.

“Every other country celebrates their victories; it’s about time America did too,” Trump said.

Members of the U.S. Army drive a Paladin self propelled howitzer and Stryker infantry carrier vehicles in the 250th birthday parade in Washington, DC. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

The parade was a celebration not just of the history of the Army, but a nod to its future.

CNN on Thursday announced additional new White House team members to cover the Donald Trump administration.

As previously reported, Kaitlan Collins will serve as chief White House correspondent while also continuing to anchor her primetime show The Source. She’ll be returning to Washington from New York.

Kristen Holmes has been named senior White House correspondent, having previously been national correspondent, including spending the past two years on the trail covering Trump’s campaign.

Alayna Treene, a reporter covering Trump’s campaign, will serve as a CNN reporter covering the White House.

Chief National Affairs Correspondent Jeff Zeleny also will cover the Trump administration, including a focus on the influence and impact of the new administration’s policies.

Others will cover major issues of the new administration. Phil Mattingly, CNN anchor and chief domestic correspondent, will focus on cross-platform coverage of the economy, and correspondent Priscilla Alvarez will report on immigration.

On Tuesday, the office of Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, announced that the former first lady would not be attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.

A statement from the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama declared, “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th inaugural Ceremonies. Former First Lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration.”

Over the years, Michelle has been unabashedly vocal about her loathing for Trump and accused him of endangering her family through offensive and malicious language.

Ahead of Trump’s swearing-in in 2017, Michelle and Obama invited Trump and his wife, Melania, to the White House for tea and discussion. The attempt to bridge the distance between the political figures was unsuccessful, and in a 2023 podcast, Michelle recounted her experience of Trump’s inauguration in 2017: “To sit on that stage and watch the opposite of what we represented on display – there was no diversity,...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama was noticeably missing from President Jimmy Carter‘s state funeral today (January 9) and we now know why.

Her husband, former President Barack Obama, did attend, as did all the other former US Presidents.

Now, we know why the former First Lady was not present.

Keep reading to find out more…

Journalist Jeff Zeleny explained during CNN‘s coverage, “I’m told by her advisors that she has scheduling conflicts…She’s still in Hawaii.”

The Obama‘s released the following statement when President Carter passed, saying, “President Carter taught all of us what it means to live a life of grace, dignity, justice, and service. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who loved and learned from this remarkable man.”...

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CNN is kicking off its comprehensive coverage of Election Day two full days before most Americans head to the polls.

On Thursday, the Warner Bros Discovery-owned cable network said its coverage of key U.S. Senate, U.S. House and White House competitions will start on Sunday, November 3 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time with a special programming block called “Countdown to Election Day.” The block will feature special weekend editions of “The Situation Room,” “Erin Burnett Outfront,” “Anderson Cooper 360,” “The Source with Kaitlan Collins, “CNN News Night: State of the Race with Abby Phillips” and “Laura Coates Live.”

“Election Day in America” will offer non-stop coverage of Election Day on Tuesday, November 5 at midnight Eastern Time. Boris Sanchez and Jessica Dean will helm a three-hour early morning block until 3 a.m. Eastern Time, at which point Erica Hill and Kasie Hunt take over hosting duties. Omar Jimenez...

A small contingent of journalists gathered near the Canadian border earlier this morning to watch as Dixville Notch, Nh, continued its tradition of casting the first ballots on an election day.

Nikki Haley cleaned Donald Trump’s clock in this hamlet — 6 votes to none.

As the day goes on, network correspondents are fanning out across the state at precincts to talk to actual voters, after months in which the first-in-the-nation primary was judged and assessed by polls. Commentary and analysis is focusing on whether

Haley and her top surrogate, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, blitzed the airwaves on Monday, while Trump held a final rally in Laconia, Nh, where he predicted that Haley would be out of the race after tonight. He was interrupted by climate protesters, who have been a frequent presence at events in recent days.

There is a Democratic race, too. Joe Biden is not on the ballot,...

Networks are heavily promoting their night of Iowa caucus coverage, with reporters fanned out across the state and, throughout the day on Monday, anchors doing their best to stir up excitement in the waiting game before voting actually begins.

But as large as the investment is for broadcast and cable networks, the coverage is facing heavy competition on the night of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Fox has the Emmys, and ABC has what is likely to draw the biggest audience, the NFL playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Broadcast networks are sticking to their regular schedules with the possibility of news updates, leaving the ongoing coverage to their streaming and cable channels.

Four years ago, about 8.5 million watched Iowa caucus coverage across the three major cable news networks, but it was for a Democratic primary with a tight race for first place. In...

The Iowa caucus on Monday will be like no other —- and that was apparent from the start, well before subzero weather raised doubts about turnout, stymied campaigns in the final sprint and left an army of reporters and consultants seeking the warm refuge of Des Moines hotel lobbies.

The expectation is that Donald Trump will win —- but like past caucuses, that will only tell part of the story. In the race for second place, rival Nikki Haley is looking for momentum for a potential victory next week in New Hampshire, and Ron DeSantis wants to defy pundits who have written him off.

The release of the final poll before the caucuses on Saturday night —- one sponsored by the Des Moines Register, NBC News and Mediacom —- helped set expectations for the results, with much coverage framed on whether candidates exceed or under perform. The poll showed Trump...

President Joe Biden is set to deliver his second State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday: “The president will underscore the progress we have made during one of the most challenging times…in history.”

The speech will be carried live at 9 p.m. Et by every major broadcast and most cable news outlets. It can also be livestreamed via the player embedded below. The Republican response to Biden’s address, delivered directly after, will also be available via the player.

This is Biden’s first address to a divided Congress and Kevin McCarthy’s first State of the Union as Speaker of the House.

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ABC News will have special coverage of the 2023 State of the Union and the Republican response from 9 p.m.-11 p.m. Et on ABC,...

Walter Mondale, the prominent late-20th-century Democrat who served as Jimmy Carter’s vice president and lost to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 election, died Monday, April 19th, at his home in Minneapolis, The New York Times reports. He was 93.

A spokesman for Mondale’s family confirmed his death but did not reveal a cause. Mondale reportedly spent the weekend speaking with Carter, President Joe Biden, and First Lady Jill Biden, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris. He also sent a farewell email to former staffers. Memorials are currently being...

CNN announced a series of changes to its Washington, D.C. lineup on Monday, with Jake Tapper’s The Lead expanding to two hours and Tapper taking on the role as lead anchor for all major Washington events.

Wolf Blitzer’s The Situation Room will now air for an hour at 6 Pm Et.

Jim Acosta will switch to a new role from chief White House correspondent to anchor and chief domestic correspondent for the network, with more details on his weekend anchoring duties to be announced. Kaitlan Collins will be the new chief White House correspondent, with Phil Mattingly as senior White House corespondent.

Other changes: Dana Bash has been named co-anchor of the Sunday morning program State of the Union with Tapper.

Abby Phillip will become anchor of Inside Politics Sunday with Abby Phillip from 8 Am and 9 Am Et. She also has been named the network’s senior political correspondent.

Jake Tapper, the Washington-based correspondent for CNN, will likely get a new spotlight at the network after it said it would expand his weekday program to two hours and make him the lead anchor for all Washington events. The move is part of a broader shakeup of the cable-news outlet’s Washington coverage, which has taken over more of its schedule in the last few months of the Trump administration.

As part of the changes, Abby Phillip will take over as anchor of the weekend broadcast of “Inside Politics,” while Dana Bash will co-anchor the Sunday talk program “State of the Union” with Tapper. Tapper and Bash will each anchor two Sundays a month, beginning January 24th.

CNN placed other prominent Washington operatives in new slots. Jim Acosta, whose profile has grown as CNN’s chief White House correspondent, will take on weekend anchoring duties of a program that will...

The final debate of the 2020 presidential election cycle is tonight in Nashville, with the second nationally televised meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden set to begin at 9 p.m. Et/6 p.m. Pt at Belmont University.

NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker will moderate the debate, which will be simulcast across a total of 16 broadcast and cable networks and available on several streaming services and digital platforms. You can also watch the livestream on Deadline (courtesy of PBS NewsHour) here:

Like the first debate on September 28 in Cleveland — which drew 73.1 million viewers across the networks, the third-highest total ever — tonight’s debate will be 90 minutes without commercial interruption, with the subject matter (chosen by Welker) across six 15-minute segments to include fighting Covid-19, American families, race in America, climate change, national security and leadership.

The Commission on Presidential Debates, which organizes the proceedings, has tweaked...

There’s a little TV event taking place tonight that you might have heard about. President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden will square off in their first debate of the 2020 election season. Deadline is offering the C-span livestream above, but there are numerous other ways to watch.

Moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace, the 90-minute tussle starts at 9 p.m. Et from Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. The Fox News Sunday host already has laid out what tonight’s topics will be, in no particular order: the Trump and Biden records, the Supreme Court, Covid-19, the economy, race and violence in our cities and the integrity of the election.

All the major broadcast and cable news networks and their radio and online outlets will carry the feed, while it will be shown on online platforms ranging from Roku to Twitter.

Here’s a...

As Democratic candidates announce their intent to run against President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, none yet has really been a surprise. But, according to CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, one unexpected contender may still enter the race: Hillary Clinton.

“Clinton is telling people that she’s not closing the doors to the idea of running in 2020,” Zeleny said on Inside Politics. “I’m told by three people that as recently as this week, she was telling people that, given all this news from the indictments, particularly the Roger Stone indictment,...

Washington — President Donald Trump defended an administration policy that has seen almost 2,000 children separated from their parents at the border, amid increased media coverage that included images of kids housed in indoor warehouse spaces behind chain-link fences.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, appearing in the White House briefing room, told reporters that the problem was loopholes in the law that prevented the ability to detain full family units.

“Those who criticize the implementation of our laws offer only one countermeasure — open borders,” she said, adding that there is a “lot of misinformation” as to what the Department of Homeland Security is doing.

“This is a very serious issue that has resulted after years and years of Congress not taking action,” she said.

Four former first ladies have condemned the policy, the most recent being Rosalynn Carter, who called it “disgraceful and a shame to our country.”

Trump gave no indication...

Things took an unexpected turn on the couch over at “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday when forensic psychologist Dr. Michael Welner blasted CNN for creating a gun culture which “contributes to” mass shootings. “I think that CNN is going to have to answer for how they demonize gun enthusiasts and how CNN contributes to mass shooting. And I believe that they do.” The remark came in response to a segment about comments made by CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny, who suggested that most of the victims in the Las Vegas massacre were Trump supporters because they were country music fans. Also Read: 'Fox.

Hillary Clinton believes First Lady Melania Trump has not kept her word about doing more to prevent cyberbullying.

The former First Lady, 69, questioned whether Trump is really “serious” about her commitment to the cause since she has yet to release a formal plan for her anti-cyberbullying efforts after vowing in November to be an advocate for women and children.

“No, no and, look, I don’t think anybody is doing enough on cyberbullying,” Clinton said during a roundtable interview with Mic on Tuesday when asked if she thought Trump was doing enough with her platform.

Adding, “ is a real problem...

During a panel discussion focused on the Senate Gop’s failure to repeal ObamaCare, CNN’s Jon Berman cited a report by colleague Jeff Zeleny that reveals that there may be a political divide brewing between the White House and Congress. Yesterday was the first day of “Made in America” week, which is another in a series of […]...

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough will address Donald Trump‘s deeply personal Twitter tirade head-on.

People has learned that the engaged couple has delayed their July 4th holiday vacation in order to address the president on-air Friday during their MSNBC show, Morning Joe.

Trump, 71, took to Twitter early Thursday morning with a series of insults aimed at Brzezinski, 50, and Scarborough, 54.

“I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me,...

Days before her husband was elected president, Melania Trump vowed that, if she became first lady, she would work to end the “absolutely unacceptable” social media bullying in America.

But on Thursday, she chose — through her spokeswoman — to side with the person being widely condemned as a bully.

After President Donald Trump launched a vicious and personal Twitter attack against Morning Joe co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough on Thursday morning, the first lady offered some words of support for her husband via her spokesperson.

“When her husband gets attacked, he will punch back 10 times harder,” said spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham,...

President Donald Trump met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday in an exchange described by witnesses as “stiff.”

Trump was flanked by First Lady First Lady Melania and First Daughter Ivanka, who strictly stuck to the dress code. Just days after they ditched headscarves in Saudi Arabia, the women wore long-sleeved black dresses and veils for the Pope.

“Per Vatican protocol, women who have an audience with the pope are required to wear long sleeves, formal black clothing, and a veil to cover the head,” Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s communications director, told CNN.

Onlookers described the meeting...

Politicians, commentators and celebrities alike are reacting with shock and outrage over President Trump‘s sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday evening.

“This is an investigator investigating the White House who was just fired by the White House. This doesn’t happen in the United States”— except in Richard Nixon’s White House during Watergate, said a visibly exasperated CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.

Former Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon called into CNN to join the chorus of analysts reminding Americans that Comey was in the middle of investigating Trump for collusion with Russia.

“Donald Trump...

Update Donald Trump has tweeted his dislike for SNL‘s sketch about his tweets. Read about it here. Also, Jennifer Aniston dropped by Weekend Update while Vanessa Bayer was doing her Aniston impression.Tonight’s episode was, at the very least, an exercise in meta, with a touch of cross-promotion: Bayer, Aniston and SNL‘s Kate McKinnon appear in the upcoming feature film Office Christmas Party. See Aniston’s Weekend Update bit at bottom of this post.

Previous Saturday Night Live took aim at Donald Trump’s recent re-tweets from young and less-than-fully-informed Americans supporting his opposition to CNN. “Kellyanne,” said Alec Baldwin as Trump in tonight’s cold open, “I just retweeted the best tweet. I mean, wow, what a great smart tweet.”

Looking into the camera, Baldwin drove the point home, telling viewers: “I really did retweet him, seriously.” Added Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway: “He really did do this.

President-elect Donald Trump woke up on Tuesday morning and fired off a tweet stating people who burn the American flag should face severe consequences, even though flag burning is protected under the First Amendment. Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016 The tweet is presumably a response to Hampshire college students burning flags as a way of protesting the election results. Also Read: Donald Trump Rips Into CNN, Blasts Reporter Jeff Zeleny In Twitter Tirade Presidential transition...

Donald Trump and CNN’s Jeff Zeleny – CNN’s full-time Jeff Zeleny, by the way – just had what often passes for political debate these days, with the President-elect retweeting a batch of anti-cnn comments after Zeleny called out Trump’s unfounded claims of rampant voter fraud. On Anderson Cooper 360 tonight, CNN’s senior Washington correspondent Zeleny accurately called Trump’s tweeted claims Sunday of “millions” of illegal votes “baseless.” Trump’s response was to…...

After a CNN segment said Donald Trump was “showing signs tonight of being a sore winner,” the president-elect took to Twitter to prove the network right. Trump also called out reporter Jeff Zeleny for making the “sore winner” remark on “AC360.” The CNN reporter also said that Trump’s claims of voter fraud were “blatant and baseless.” Also Read: Melania Trump Threatens Lawsuit Over Barron Trump Autism Video Needless to say, that didn’t sit well with the real estate mogul. “@HighonHillcrest: @jeffzeleny what Proof do u have DonaldTrump did not suffer from millions of Fraud votes? Journalist? Do your job!

CNN giveth, and CNN taketh away. After Bernie Sanders whiffed at last Thursday's debate when he was asked to provide a single example of money influencing Hillary Clinton's decisions, CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny helpfully provided Sanders with an attack line that he gingerly tried to roll out in subsequent interviews. On Thursday morning's edition of New Day, however, anchor Chris Cuomo casually knocked the teeth out of that argument as he was interviewing Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver.

Bernie Sanders campaign says he’s going to New York to appear on Saturday Night Live this weekend with his doppelganger, aka host Larry David. “He is going,” CNN senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny reported moments ago, citing a senior campaign advisor. “He has been invited,” Zeleny said, but quickly added, “there are no official announcements because Saturday Night Live keeps its programming close to the vest. But he is heading there and he believes he will be…...

CNN has hired Politico staffer Manu Raju as senior political reporter covering congress and 2016 presidential election, the network announced on Tuesday. Raju will appear on TV and write for CNN.com, joining other high-profile additions this last year that include Nia Malika-Henderson from The Washington Post, ABC News’ Jeff Zeleny and Raju’s former Politico colleague Rachel Smolkin. Politico in particular has recently lost several reporters to CNN: Raju, Smolkin, Hillary Krieger, Daniella Diaz, Jeremy Diamond and Ashley Killough. Also Read: Donald Trump Rips ABC News, Politico Over Reports on 'Anchor Babies,' Phoenix Campaign Rally Raja’s hire comes...

Pre-eminent political journalist Jeff Zeleny has been named CNN Senior Washington Correspondent, the CNN Washington bureau chief said this morning. Zeleny, based in Washington, D.C., will report on air and frequently write for CNN Politics Digital. He joins CNN from ABC News where he was their senior Washington correspondent since 2013. Prior to ABC News, Zeleny was the esteemed national political correspondent for The New York Times. Meanwhile, ABC News has not yet…...

Jeff Zeleny is departing ABC News for CNN after two years covering politics and Congress for his now former employer. The senior Washington correspondent will not be changing job titles this month, just companies. Zeleny will report on air and write for CNN Politics Digital in his new role. Companies are currently beefing up their news teams for coverage of the 2016 presidential election. Also Read: CNN’s Bill Weir on Why Hosting ‘The Wonder List’ is Best Job in TV News “As we move into the upcoming presidential election year, having a reporter of Jeff’s stature and caliber joining our powerhouse team of.

Rick Klein has been named Political Director for ABC News. He will oversee the division’s political unit and help steer the network’s coverage of major news events on all platforms. Throughout the 2012 election cycle, he helped guide World News political reporting and was a key member of the editorial team that produced the Republican primary debates. He also played Paul Ryan in the network’s mock Vice Presidential debate moderated by Martha Raddatz. The appointment comes the same week the news division tapped a pair of New York Times staffers, Jeff Zeleny and Susan Saulny, to boost their Washington DC bureau.

New York Times political reporter Jeff Zeleny is leaving the newspaper for ABC News. ABC News president Ben Sherwood announced the hire Monday morning in a note to staff. He said that last week, Times' executive editor Jill Abramson praised Zeleny as "a cornerstone of our political coverage." Here is Sherwood's note: I am pleased to announce that Jeff Zeleny is coming to ABC News as our Senior Washington Correspondent covering Congress and politics.   If you're interested in presidential campaigns or national affairs, then you're well aware of Jeff's byline at The New York Times...

New York Times national political correspondent Jeff Zeleny has joined ABC News as Senior Washington Correspondent covering Congress and politics. Zeleny, who starts next month, will contribute to all of ABC News’ broadcasts and platforms, including regular appearances on the This Week roundtable. “Over the past 12 years Jeff has traveled to all 50 states and reported from more than two-dozen countries while covering four Presidential campaigns including Barack Obama’s road to the White House, the Tea Party movement, Capitol Hill and the inside game of politics,” ABC News president Ben Sherwood said in a memo. Zeleny’s hire will boost ABC News’ Washington coverage in the wake of the December departure of Chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper to CNN. ABC News had been in talks with Zeleny as well as New York Times national reporter Susan Saulny.

ABC News is finalizing deals with New York Times reporters Jeff Zeleny and Susan Saulny, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. An official announcement is expected to come next week, as early as Monday or Tuesday. Zeleny and Saulny will be based in ABC’s Washington bureau, joining a Beltway bench that already includes Martha Raddatz and Jonathan Karl. News of the impending appointments was first reported by Politico. ABC News declined comment. Although Zeleny and Saulny are print reporters, both appear with some frequency on television. And in an e-mail to Politico, Times executive editor Jill Abramson noted that she

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You know things are getting pretty heated on the campaign trail when even Rick Santorum is cursing in public.

On Tuesday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart reviewed Santorum's recent decision to curse out New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny as a fairly positive move on the candidate's part. He didn't even make one Google Santorum joke!

Santorum let loose on the Nyt reporter for thinking he said Mitt Romney was, "The worst Republican in the country," instead of just the worst Republican to go up against Barack Obama on healthcare. Stewart got pretty excited by Santorum's fired up, "This is bullsh*t" retort, and suggested he keep it up until November.

"I think this is how he should talk from now on!" Stewart joked, before making more than a few "Hulk" jokes, naturally.

Watch the clip above to see Stewart's reaction as well as his take on Romney's own "Gotcha" moment,...

You know things are getting pretty heated on the campaign trail when even Rick Santorum is cursing in public.

On Tuesday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart reviewed Santorum's recent decision to curse out New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny as a fairly positive move on the candidate's part. He didn't even make one Google Santorum joke!

Santorum let loose on the Nyt reporter for thinking he said Mitt Romney was, "The worst Republican in the country," instead of just the worst Republican to go up against Barack Obama on healthcare. Stewart got pretty excited by Santorum's fired up, "This is bullsh*t" retort, and suggested he keep it up until November.

"I think this is how he should talk from now on!" Stewart joked, before making more than a few "Hulk" jokes, naturally.

Watch the clip above to see Stewart's reaction as well as his take on Romney's own "Gotcha" moment,...

Rick Santorum's interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Monday gave the Gop hopeful a chance to address his outburst at The New York Times' Jeff Zeleny. Santorum reiterated that a conservative who hasn't had a confrontation with the Nyt isn't "worth their salt" — and went further, contending that Mitt Romney's campaign "fed the line to all the reporters."...

The New York Times got a big story out of Rick Santorum this weekend, but not necessarily in the way they expected. The former Pennsylvania senator berated Jeff Zeleny, a reporter from the paper at a campaign rally for dairy farmers in Wisconsin, unhappy with a question predicated on him having called Mitt Romney "the worst Republican candidate." Santorum said that the reporter was distorting his statement -- he called Romney the worst Republican to run opposed to President Obama's healthcare plan, given his record in Massachusetts -- and unloaded a number of accusations, ultimately calling the question "bulls--t."

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Following his profanity-laced blowup at New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny, Rick Santorum stopped by Fox and Friends Monday morning to explain what happened. "Yeah, you know, if you haven't cursed out a New York Times reporter during the course of a campaign, you're not really a real Republican is the way i look at it!" Santorum quipped. "I mean, it was just one of these harassing moments and, you know, after having answered the question a few times and, you know, (he) sort of comes back with the same old question and same old spin. I said okay, I've had enough of this you know what. And so I just -- you know, that's what I did and, you know, look, we're out there -- we're out there slugging away...and we're mixing it up."...

CBS This Morning had the exclusive video of Republican hopeful Rick Santorum's blowup at New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny. Zeleny asked the former Pennsylvania Senator if Romney was the worst Republican in the country, which set off Santorum. "What speech did you listen to?! Stop lying! I said he was the worst Republican to run on the issue of Obamacare. And that's what I was talking about! Would you guys quit distorting what I'm saying...quit distorting my words, if I see it, it's bullshit!" Santorum erupted. "Come on, man! What are you doing?"...

Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich.Just as soon as Newt Gingrich returned from his Aegean cruise, his campaign staff departed for greener—by which we mean more successful at fund-raising—pastures. New York Times political reporter Jeff Zeleny asked Gingrich about the choice to suspend his nascent campaign for two weeks to sail around the Greek Isles. “To have a major breakthrough in policy, you have to be able to stop and think,” the candidate told him. Gingrich has a bizarre preoccupation with vacations.