The Latest: Cruz says Trump spreading false rumors

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a copy of his 1987 book, "Trump: The Art of the Deal" during his campaign town hall event at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H. Trump's first book was a memoir/manifesto dedicated to a life of big-time negotiating. Hillary Rodham Clinton debuted with a call for community involvement in raising the young with "It Takes A Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us." Trump agreed to a six-figure contract for "The Art of the Deal." For "It Takes a Village," then-first lady Clinton accepted no advance and donated most of the royalties to charity. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File) FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2015 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a copy of his 1987 book, "Trump: The Art of the Deal" during his campaign town hall event at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H. Trump's first book was a memoir/manifesto dedicated to a life of big-time negotiating. Hillary Rodham Clinton debuted with a call for community involvement in raising the young with "It Takes A Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us." Trump agreed to a six-figure contract for "The Art of the Deal." For "It Takes a Village," then-first lady Clinton accepted no advance and donated most of the royalties to charity. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

By Associated Press March 25, 2016 2 min read

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (AP) – The Latest on the Republican race for president (all times local):

3:05 p.m.

Donald Trump is denying allegations made by Republican presidential rival Ted Cruz that he is spreading rumors about the Texas senator’s personal life.

Trump says in a statement issued Friday that he knows nothing about the allegations on social media and in a supermarket tabloid that Cruz has cheated on his wife, Heidi.

Cruz forcefully denied the rumors on Friday, denouncing them as “garbage” and angrily accused Trump and “his henchmen” of trafficking in “slime” and “sleaze.”