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Colorado voters press Supreme Court to bar Trump from return to office
A group of Colorado voters on Friday asked the Supreme Court to bar Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, telling the justices in their brief that he is ineligible to return to the White House after spearheading the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
After two Trump wins, congressional Republicans again fall in line
Last spring, a veteran of Republican Senate leadership said that former president Donald Trump’s time had “passed by” and that the GOP needed to “come up with an alternative.” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) also questioned Trump’s ability to win a general election, arguing that the former president didn’t understand “that when you run in a general election, you have to appeal to voters beyond your base.” Less than a year later, Cornyn joined a number of remaining GOP holdouts in endorsing and rallying around Trump after his decisive victories in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.
Maine’s top court won’t weigh in for now on whether Trump can run
Maine’s high court has declined for now to review whether Donald Trump can appear on the primary ballot in the state.
Jon Stewart to return as (part-time) host of ‘The Daily Show’ through 2024 election
Jon Stewart is returning to his roots. The comedian will host “The Daily Show” on Monday nights beginning Feb. 12 and continuing through the 2024 election cycle, Comedy Central announced Wednesday. Stewart will also executive produce the show through 2025.
Trump races toward 2024 Biden rematch after New Hampshire win
Donald Trump put himself on the cusp of clinching the Republican presidential nomination after New Hampshire voters handed him a decisive victory in Tuesday’s primary.
At Virginia rally, Biden and Harris blast Trump for antiabortion push
President Joe Biden is mounting a fresh push on abortion rights, part of a broader strategy to sharpen the contrast with Donald Trump as the Republican frontrunner marches toward his party’s nomination.
Idaho’s Crapo, Simpson endorse Trump on eve of New Hampshire primary
WASHINGTON – Two Idaho Republicans threw their support behind Donald Trump’s re-election bid on Monday, endorsing the former president on the eve of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.
Trump leads by wide margin in N.H. primary, Post-Monmouth poll finds
With the contest for the Republican presidential nomination now a two-person race, Donald Trump holds a clear lead among New Hampshire voters over Nikki Haley, his last remaining challenger, ahead of Tuesday’s primary here, according to a Washington Post-Monmouth University poll.
Risch, Fulcher endorse Donald Trump for president as pressure mounts on Republicans
WASHINGTON – Monday’s caucuses in Iowa marked the start of voting to select the next Republican candidate for president, but a growing number of GOP lawmakers are treating the race like it’s already over.
Trump moves to quash hopes of Ukraine-border deal in Congress
Former president and likely Republican nominee Donald Trump is moving to quash any hopes of a bipartisan compromise on immigration and Ukraine as the Senate prepares for votes as early as next week on a possible deal.
‘We all have concerns’: Hill Democrats see flawed Biden campaign
Congressional Democrats have concerns about President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, with some calling for a new approach — or risk Donald Trump returning to the White House.
After Trump’s landslide win in Iowa, GOP race moves to New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. - The GOP presidential race barreled into New Hampshire on Tuesday, with Donald Trump aiming to build on a landslide victory in Iowa, as his rivals and critics looked to regroup in a battleground seen as perhaps the final chance of slowing his march to the nomination.
Oregon Supreme Court allows Trump to appear on primary ballot
Oregon’s top court on Friday allowed Donald Trump to run in the state’s presidential primary, saying it wouldn’t take up the issue of whether he’s qualified to get on the state’s ballot while the Supreme Court considers a challenge on the issue from Colorado.
New Hampshire looms as Haley’s last chance to stop Trump
Former president Donald Trump is aiming for a crushing victory in Iowa on Jan. 15. But it is the New Hampshire primary eight days later, where former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has narrowed the gap with Trump, that is shaping up to be the most consequential early-state contest - and perhaps the only shot to stop or slow Trump’s march to the GOP presidential nomination.
Biden, in Valley Forge speech, to hit Trump hard as threat to democracy
President Biden is scheduled to arrive outside Philadelphia on Friday afternoon to deliver his first speech of this election year, attempting to cast the 2024 presidential campaign as a battle for the future of American democracy and portray former president Donald Trump as its chief antagonist.
Haley says she ‘had Black friends growing up’ in follow-up to Civil War question
Nikki Haley continues to do damage control for her omission of slavery in response to a question about the causes of the Civil War last month, and on Thursday defended her response in part by noting, “I had Black friends growing up.”
2024 brings wave of elections with global democracy on the ballot
More than 60 countries, with some 4 billion people, are set to stage national elections in 2024. That means roughly half the planet could go to the polls in what could be the greatest rolling spectacle of democracy in human history.
Trump ballot fights put pressure on Supreme Court to act soon
Former President Donald Trump’s latest round of court battles opens a new legal front and tests an arcane constitutional provision preventing insurrectionists from holding political office.
Nikki Haley acknowledges Civil War ‘about slavery’ after facing backlash
Nikki Haley on Thursday acknowledged the Civil War was “about slavery,” after facing swift criticism for making no mention of it when asked about the cause of the conflict at a town hall.
Trump to stay on Michigan GOP ballot, state’s top court says
The Michigan Supreme Court left intact a ruling allowing Donald Trump to stay on the state’s Republican primary ballot next year despite his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, one week after Colorado’s high court ruled he’s ineligible to serve.