Texas Senator Ted Cruz announced early Monday on Twitter his plans to run for president, becoming the first high-profile Republican formally to enter the 2016 presidential contest.

Mr. Trump, a real estate tycoon turned reality television celebrity, was not a registered Republican until April 2012. He has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrats, including his likely ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Ted Cruz, Republican senator from Texas and former 2016 presidential candidate. His father, Rafael Cruz, left Cuba as a teenager in 1957 amid the nation’s ...