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Trump is eyeing Paul Manafort for 2024 campaign role
Former president Donald Trump is expected to enlist Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager he pardoned, as a campaign adviser later this year, according to four people familiar with the talks.
Washington’s primary helped unpopular Biden and Trump march toward party nominations. Could parties change paths?
WASHINGTON – If it wasn’t clear enough already, Tuesday’s primaries in Washington and three other states made it official: Joe Biden and Donald Trump have enough delegates to clinch their parties’ nominations for president.
Trump trial delays cast doubt on verdicts before November election
A likely delay in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is the latest complication of prosecutors’ efforts to try his other criminal cases before Nov. 5, raising the prospect that he could be elected president — and perhaps take office — before being tried on the most serious charges against him.
Trump didn’t quit NATO, but a potential second term alarms allies
When Donald Trump prepared to speak publicly at a NATO summit in 2018, his own advisers didn’t know if he would blow up the alliance that has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy since 1949.
Biden easily wins Washington’s primary despite ‘uncommitted’ push
The campaign to vote “uncommitted” in the Democratic presidential primary picked up statewide and national momentum in the new year as the death toll in Gaza continued to climb and surpassed 30,000 people late last month, with thousands more missing, the associated press reported.
Donald Trump secures Republican presidential nomination with Washington delegates
Former President Donald Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, and it was Washington state that gave him the last delegates to do so.
Spin Control: Nominations are set, but Washington presidential primary continues
Washington Republicans who already marked and mailed their presidential primary for Nikki Haley and Democrats who voted for Dean Phillips might be wondering what will happen to those votes Tuesday night after each dropped out of their respective races last week.
Northwest lawmakers react to Biden’s most important State of the Union Address yet
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on Thursday may have been the most consequential of his term, and Northwest lawmakers believe it highlighted exactly why – or why not – he should serve another four years.
Trump wants united GOP after Haley bows out
On a night that brought a near sweep of delegate-rich states and took him to the cusp of the Republican nomination, Donald Trump walked into a ballroom full of adoring fans, meeting their enthusiastic triumphalism with a dark and subdued speech that barely touched on the night’s results.
McConnell endorses Donald Trump as GOP resistance collapses
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump in the 2024 election, an awkward embrace marking the final capitulation of the party’s establishment to the former president.
Haley cedes Republican race to Trump, but does not endorse him
Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, ended her presidential campaign Wednesday and pointedly declined to endorse her rival, former President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court rules Trump can remain on Colorado ballot
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may not bar former President Donald Trump from running for another term, rejecting a challenge to his eligibility that threatened to upend the presidential race by taking him off ballots around the nation.
Spin Control: March 12 primary gives voters a say – albeit small – in picking presidential nominees
Last month’s ballot was mainly a chance to have a say about local taxes. This month’s ballot is a chance to have a say about the nation’s highest office.
Campaign to vote ‘uncommitted’ in Democratic presidential primary reaches Washington
A campaign to vote “uncommitted” in the Democratic presidential nominating contest to signal anger with President Joe Biden’s support for Israel amid that nation’s siege of Gaza is building momentum in Washington state and the Spokane-area.
Biden amasses cash stockpile as Trump bleeds money in 2024 fight
President Joe Biden faces a number of obstacles on the road to reelection. Money won’t likely be one of them.
Immigration rises to top of voters’ minds ahead of Super Tuesday, polls find
Many Americans view illegal immigration as a “very serious” problem, and a majority support building a border wall, new polling has found a week before the Super Tuesday primaries.
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel confirms she is stepping down
The longtime leader of the Republican National Committee confirmed Monday that she is leaving her post before the 2024 election, as the party faces a cash crunch and people close to former president Donald Trump attempt to wrest control of the organization.
Russia looms over yet another Trump presidential campaign
In February alone, Donald Trump encouraged Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to NATO allies that do not contribute sufficiently to the military alliance.
Far behind Trump, Haley confronts prospect of first South Carolina loss
Nikki Haley kicked off a rally by touting more than a dozen accomplishments from her tenure as governor. She touched on the hard times she led the state through, from hurricanes to floods to the racist massacre at the historically Black Mother Emanuel AME Church.
Trump campaign spent more than it raised, while PAC helped on legal fees
Donald Trump’s campaign spent more than it raised in January, putting more pressure on outside groups who are already footing the bill for his mounting legal woes.