News Digest

Fiorina and Carson ready to enter the race for the White House

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is reportedly set to launch a presidential campaign this week. Citing “a person with knowledge of the campaign’s plans,” the Wall Street Journal said Fiorina will make an official announcement online and hold a conference call for the national press. The first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, Fiorina also ran and lost a bid for the U.S. Senate in 2010. She attracted positive buzz at a recent speech in Iowa, and her expected announcement would make her the first female candidate to enter the 2016 Republican presidential primary race.

I’m not a neophyte. And I’m not naive.

Carly Fiorina

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson told a Florida television station on Sunday that he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Carson, 63, who is popular with the conservative Tea Party movement, is expected to formally declare his candidacy at an event in Detroit on Monday. He would be the first African-American to enter the growing Republican field for the party’s presidential nomination next year. The first doctor to successfully separate twins conjoined at the head, Carson developed a conservative following in 2013 after he advocated a flat tax, private medical savings accounts and other conservative policies at a National Prayer Breakfast speech that was attended by President Barack Obama.

Many people have suggested to me that I should run for president, even though I’m not a politician.

Ben Carson