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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and ABC's Jonathan Karl sparred briefly over Cruz's plan for Syrian migrants during Tuesday's "World News Tonight." Karl hit Cruz on a bill the senator plans to introduce that would keep Syrian migrants from entering the United States. Cruz explained to Karl that his legislation would bar not only Syrian migrants but any Muslim migrants from countries with a serious Al Qaeda or Islamic State presence -- an idea very similar to legislation that Cruz's fellow Republican presidential contender Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) announced earlier this week. When Karl pressed Cruz on the fact that the...

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee admitted Wednesday that fellow GOP contender Ted Cruz was prevented from speaking on stage the day before at a rally for the Kentucky clerk, explaining it all came down to a “simple” reason. “Well Steve, this was our event,” Huckabee told NewsMaxTV’s Steve Malzberg Show. “My team put it together. We’re the ones who recruited the people not only to be on the program, but we’re the ones who coordinated the effort. We’re the ones who secured the permits, the staging.” “We had no idea Ted Cruz was even going to show up until the...