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hen protests broke out at a Donald Trump rally in Chicago on Friday night, so too did "Bernie, Bernie" chants. Trump eventually canceled the rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion, and many of the protesters responsible for that were Bernie Sanders supporters. One of the leaders of the protest was a Sanders surrogate, 20-year-old Ja'Mal D Green, who describes the night as a "win." "Our whole purpose was to shut it down," said Green, a Chicago-based entertainer and activist. "Trump tried to bring his rally to one of the most diverse universities, and we had to show...

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said on Friday that Donald J. Trump bore responsibility for “creating an environment” that encourages violence at his events. Speaking to reporters at a local Republican dinner outside Chicago, where Mr. Trump had just canceled a rally amid fierce confrontations between his supporters and protesters, Mr. Cruz began by saying that the “protesters who took violence into their own hands” were responsible for the episode. “But in any campaign, responsibility starts at the top,” Mr. Cruz continued. “And when you have a campaign that disrespects the voters, when you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages...

The rally in Cincinnati is ON. Media put out false reports that it was cancelled. Will be great - love you Ohio! 9:35am - 12 Mar 16

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday blamed organized "thugs" for protests that shut down his Chicago rally and said the incident had "energized America." Trump, who will be at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, canceled the Chicago event on Friday after it turned chaotic, with scuffles breaking out between protesters and backers of the real estate magnate. "The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!" Trump said on Twitter. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom...

American citizens & voters....beware your First Amendment rights at in both grave peril and danger of being denied. The "Freedom of Speech & the right to assemble peacefully was ruthlessly denied last night in the city of Chicago, by anarchists from, Black Lives Matter, MovOn.org, Illegal Hispanic thugs & Democrat, Bernie Sanders supporters, enmasse. They caused the shutdown of a planned, peaceful gathering & political & support rally for Republican POTUS Candidate, Donald J. Trump & an estimated 25,000 of his supporters. You should also be aware that the media and, Republican opponents, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio & John Kasich.....openly...

I was just watching the Trump Chicago rally. A guy came on the stage and said that for "safety reasons", the rally was being postponed (NFI). There was a huge crowd there waiting to hear Trump. I'm guessing there was a credible threat made of some type.

Trump rally in Chicago has been postponed for safety reasons— RSBN (@RSBNetwork) March 12, 2016

Wednesday, March 9, 2016: Live Stream of the Donald J. Trump for President rally in Fayetteville, NC at the The Crown Center Coliseum beginning at 7:00 PM EST.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In response to Donald Trump's plan to hold a campaign rally at the UIC Pavilion on Friday, students, instructors and others have called for the event to be canceled. But University of Illinois - Chicago's chancellor says he has no grounds to deny Trump the use of the arena, as his campaign is paying for it. About 180 UIC faculty and staff sent a letter Monday to the chancellor expressing concern about the rally and as of about 6 p.m. Monday, a petition on MoveOn.org had more than 44,000 signatures of people who opposed the event. The...

Monday, March 7, 2016: LIVE Stream of the Donald J. Trump for President rally in Concord, NC at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center, Concord, NC beginning at 12:00 PM EST

Unfortunately, I just received a call from the national campaign chairman. The event at JCJC has been cancelled. Ted Cruz will not be in Mississippi tomorrow, as he evidently does not feel well. This is difficult news to deliver, but we trust that God has a plan for the campaign and for Mississippi. I wish you all the best.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump will come March 11 to Chicago for a rally at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion, just days before the March 15 Illinois primary election. University officials confirmed the Trump campaign had rented the arena for an event that will begin at 6 p.m. It will be the businessman and reality TV star's first visit to the state since a rally in November at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield.

“Bad vibes.” “Scary.” “Tense.” “Physical.” “New level of menace.” “Vicious.” Those are the words used by reporters who covered the New Orleans campaign rally by leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Friday evening to describe the leftist anti-Trump protesters who disrupted the rally and the reactions of fed-up Trump supporters. There was even a report that Trump’s campaign manger was personally escorting protesters out of the rally.

Friday, March 4, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump held a campaign rally in New Orleans, LA at Landmark Aviation. Full Speech: Donald Trump Rally in New Orleans, LA (3-4-16)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMGn2qttCmE      

Federal agents have arrested Jerry DeLemus, a local Tea Party leader who stood with Cliven Bundy armed resistance in Oregon this year and in Nevada in 2014. DeLemus is facing nine federal charges based on an indictment brought in Nevada, including conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, threatening a federal law enforcement officer, obstruction of justice, attempting to impede or injure a federal law enforcement officer and several firearms charges, according to court records. State Rep. Susan DeLemus, R-Rochester, confirmed that FBI agents arrested her husband Thursday morning. Fighting back tears, she told the Union Leader that...

Thursday, March 3, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Portland, ME at The Westin Portland Harborview Hotel. The event is scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM EST. Portland, Maine Portland is a city in the U.S. state of Maine, set on a peninsula extending into Casco Bay. In 2013, the city proper had a population of 66,318. The Old Port waterfront features working fishing wharves and converted warehouses with restaurants and shops. Nearby, the Western Promenade is a public park atop a bluff, offering river and mountain views. Its surrounding district, the West End,...

If you’d signed up on Eventbrite for the Marco Rubio rally in Baton Rouge, you got an email this afternoon that likely disappointed you.

The stadium has seating for 5,000 and has never held an event with over 8,000 attendees with parking for 1,000 vehicles. Maj. Jim Cooke with the Madison police told AL.com the huge expected crowd for the Trump rally is a logistics nightmare: “I don’t think you could have picked a worse location for this number of people. …I’m about as frustrated as I can get,” Cooke said. “I never imagined that I would be notified at 10 minutes after 5 on Thursday afternoon that we needed to plan for an event that takes three weeks to properly plan. We’ll figure...

Saturday, February 27, 2016: Live Stream of the Donald J. Trump for President rally in Millington, TN at the Millington Regional Jetport beginning at 6:00 PM CST.

Harney County, Or-During a traffic stop on a deserted stretch of Hwy 395 in south eastern Oregon, LaVoy Finicum with four passengers in his truck came to a complete stop. Ryan Payne who was sitting in the front seat, stuck both hands out of the passenger window to demonstrate that he was unarmed and posed no threat to law enforcement. It was at that time, said Shawna Cox, a passenger in the back seat, that she heard shots ring out as a bullet hit the rear view mirror post on Payne’s side of the truck, right next to his outstretched...