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Brimming with confidence, Trump team plots endgame against DeSantis, Haley

Former President Donald Trump's campaign is predicting Nikki Haley will finish second here in the Iowa caucuses next week, putting Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign on death watch.

January 12, 2024

Chris Christie’s botched farewell aging well with Trump supporters

Thanks for the parting gift. That's the message Donald Trump's supporters have for Chris Christie days after he -- in a hot-mic moment -- was caught skewering Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis.

January 12, 2024

Haley takes a snow day, cancels Iowa events due to blizzard warning

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley pulled the plug on her scheduled campaign events Friday because of a storm that is expected to dump upward of a foot of snow in parts of the state.

January 12, 2024

Trump can’t just win in Iowa — he has to win huge, analysts say

Former President Donald Trump's poll numbers in Iowa show him poised to win the first-in-the-nation contest Monday with more than 50% of the Republican vote, which would set a state record and propel him into the critical New Hampshire primary as the unbeatable leader in the presidential race.

January 11, 2024

DeSantis gears up for new experience: Subzero cold in Iowa

Gov. Ron DeSantis is battling former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Presiden Donald Trump and skeptical voters, but his biggest challenge right now is he left his winter jacket in Florida.

January 11, 2024

Agent of chaos? Trump says that is Biden, not me

Former President Donald Trump warned voters Wednesday not to buy into the warnings that he will usher in four more years of "chaos" and "bedlam" if he wins back the White House.

January 10, 2024

Trump: Christie was right, Haley will ‘get smoked’ in primary

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got it right on a hot mic moment when he said Nikki Haley is "gonna get smoked" in the Republican presidential nomination race.

January 10, 2024

Chris Christie ends 2024 presidential bid, dings Trump on his way out

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday suspended his 2024 bid for the GOP presidential nomination just days before the first votes are cast.

January 10, 2024

Chris Christie on hot mic says Haley ‘is gonna get smoked’ by Trump

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie predicted in an apparent hot mic moment Wednesday that Nikki Haley is "gonna get smoked" by former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP nomination race.

January 10, 2024

Trump’s secret weapon in Iowa: First-time caucusgoers

Donald Trump has taken a more traditional approach to the caucuses than he did eight years ago when he finished second behind Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. And it is paying off with polls showing a majority of first-time caucusgoers are backing him.

January 10, 2024

Republican women take to campaign trail to audition for vice presidency

The first votes have yet to be cast in the 2024 GOP presidential race but names are already being floated for Donald Trump's running mate and auditions for the job are underway on the campaign trail

January 5, 2024

Trump trains more fire at Haley in New Hampshire

Former President Donald Trump is directing more of his political firepower at Nikki Haley in hopes of zapping the momentum she's carrying into the opening GOP nomination contests.

January 4, 2024

Trump runs the table while rivals scrape for endorsements

Former President Donald Trump is running circles around his rivals in the race for endorsements in the 2024 GOP presidential race.

January 3, 2024

Shocker: Christie says he won’t vote for Trump in general election

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says if former President Donald Trump lands the GOP nomination, he won't vote for him in a rematch against President Biden.

January 3, 2024

Haley, DeSantis try to bait Trump onto the debate stage

Former President Donald Trump's top rivals for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination are calling him out for refusing to take part in a debate next week.

January 2, 2024

DeSantis relying on Iowa voters to ‘upend’ GOP nomination race

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is counting on Iowa voters to "change the trajectory" of the 2024 GOP presidential race and "upend all the media narratives" when they turn out to caucus this month.

January 2, 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy accuses CNN of trying to prop up Nikki Haley by barring him from debate

Vivek Ramaswamy is planning to go the counterprogramming route as a way to deal with likely failing to meet the criteria to participate in a CNN Republican presidential debate next week in Iowa.

January 2, 2024

For Nikki Haley, it is all about lukewarm Trump voters

Nikki Haley's chances of upsetting former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential race hinge on her ability to close the deal with voters who have any inkling of doubt about the ex-president.

January 1, 2024

Haley, DeSantis pummel each other in ad war in final weeks before Iowa caucuses

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley's allies are running ads in Iowa casting Gov. Ron DeSantis as a Trump wannabe and mocking his presidential campaign as a "dumpster fire."

December 29, 2023

House probes President Biden’s role in Hunter Biden flouting congressional subpoenas

House investigators are looking into whether President Biden encouraged his son Hunter Biden not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry and defy a congressional subpoena to testify.

December 27, 2023