Ted Cruz, the Cuban-American senator from Texas, received a boost in his effort to rally Republicans behind his bid to beat Donald Trump in the Republican presidential race after Jeb Bush endorsed him for the party's nomination.
The former Florida governor, who abandoned his own White House ambitions after failing to gain any traction, said he was backing Mr Cruz “for the sake of our party and country”, as he took aim at Mr Trump, the clear Republican frontrunner.
“We must move to overcome the divisiveness and vulgarity Donald Trump has brought into the political arena, or we will certainly lose our chance to defeat the Democratic nominee and reverse President Obama’s failed policies,” he said.