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Immigration emerges as key 2024 wedge issue for Trump, vulnerability for Biden
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Immigration, one of the most politically divisive and complex matters in the U.S. for decades, is emerging as a top issue in the 2024 election. Look no further than Iowa [Read More…]
Nikki Haley pitches ‘better choice’ for Republicans, claiming momentum after primary losses
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference Center, Jan. 23, 2024, in Concord, N.H. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki [Read More…]
Maine’s top court refuses to rule before Supreme Court on whether Trump will stay off ballot
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Maine’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who requested last week for the high court to consider her earlier decision to bar former President Donald [Read More…]
Former Trump DHS officials interviewed in Mayorkas impeachment inquiry
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — The GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee has conducted two closed-door interviews with two former Trump Homeland Security officials, as the committee prepares to move forward with [Read More…]
House Republicans accuse Penn of ‘failure to address antisemitism on its campus’
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House Education Committee kicked off its formal antisemitism probe of the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, which the committee called for after an explosive December hearing where three university [Read More…]
Bidens invite Kate Cox, woman denied abortion in Texas, to attend State of the Union
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, on the House floor of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — President [Read More…]
United Auto Workers endorse Biden; union president calls Trump a ‘scab’
Jamie Kelter Davis/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden received a key 2024 endorsement on Wednesday from the United Auto Workers, with the union’s president using the occasion to savage Biden’s likely general election [Read More…]
‘I get even’: Trump targets Haley after she pledges to keep fighting him following 2 losses
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — “I don’t get too angry, I get even,” former President Donald Trump sniped on Tuesday night during his New Hampshire victory speech shortly after his former U.N Ambassador Nikki [Read More…]
Trump picks up endorsements from holdouts after New Hampshire win
Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Texas Sen. John Cornyn, considered a top contender to succeed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, joined over half of Republicans in the chamber in endorsing Trump following the former [Read More…]
Does Nikki Haley have a chance in South Carolina’s primary? Here’s what some voters are saying
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — New Hampshire has spoken — and with South Carolina’s primary approaching next month, voters are sharing their thoughts about the race between the state’s former governor Nikki Haley and former [Read More…]
Trump fends off Haley with double-digit win and other takeaways from New Hampshire’s primary
Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to a New Hampshire primary election night watch party in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald [Read More…]
Biden campaign speech on abortion rights disrupted 14 times by protesters
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the reproductive freedom campaign rally at George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia, on Jan. 23, 2024. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images) (MANASSAS, Va.) — President Joe Biden had planned [Read More…]
House ethics probe into Rep. Matt Gaetz picks up steam with new witnesses contacted: Sources
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The reopened House ethics probe into Rep. Matt Gaetz continues to ramp up, as the committee in recent weeks has contacted multiple new witnesses as part of [Read More…]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes first public appearance since secretive hospitalization
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is seen making his first public appearance on Jan. 23, 2024 since his hospitalization while participating from his home in a videoconference with the 50 nations of the Ukraine Defense Contact [Read More…]
From ‘landslide’ to ‘strong second’: How Haley’s expectations changed in New Hampshire
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE) — For weeks, Nikki Haley and her allies have said she was ready to take on Donald Trump in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary — and prove she has the momentum [Read More…]
New Hampshire voters speak out about presidential primary — on Biden, Trump and more
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE) — New Hampshire voters have been heading to the polls on Tuesday to vote in a presidential primary that could heavily influence the race for the Republican nomination. It’s largely [Read More…]
Haley captures independents and college grads, but Trump base holds fast in NH: Preliminary exit polls
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE) — Donald Trump held fast to his core support groups even as anti-Trump voters coalesced around Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, producing a far [Read More…]
George Santos asks judge for more time to pursue plea deal ahead of court appearance
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Republican Congressman George Santos returns to federal court on Long Island Tuesday for a status conference in his fraud and money laundering case. Ahead of the appearance, Santos [Read More…]
Five things to watch in New Hampshire’s primary
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign faces a major test of electability in New Hampshire’s Republican primary on Tuesday, when, polls show, she has her best chance to put [Read More…]
Protesters disrupt former President Trump’s rally ahead of New Hampshire primary
A protestor is led out by police as Republican presidential hopeful and former President Donald Trump holds a rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, Jan. 22, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) (LACONIA, N.H.) — [Read More…]