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Takeaways from South Carolina primary: Donald Trump’s Republican home field advantage is everywhere
NEW YORK — Donald Trump trounced Nikki Haley on Saturday in the South Carolina primary, a victory that emphatically punctuated the depth and breadth of his support among Republican primary voters as he vanquished his lone remaining major opponent in her home state. Trump did not even have to mount...
Trump wins South Carolina, beating Haley in her home state
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary Saturday, beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third-straight GOP nomination. Trump has swept every contest that counted for Republican delegates, with wins already in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and...
Trump calls himself a ‘proud political dissident’ in CPAC speech
OXON HILL, Md. — Former President Donald Trump cast November’s presidential election as “judgment day” and declared himself a “proud political dissident” during a speech before conservative activists outside of Washington Saturday as he again cloaked his campaign in religious imagery. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on the...
An RNC member is trying to stop the party from paying Donald Trump’s legal bills
COLUMBIA, S.C. — At least one member of the Republican National Committee is working to slow Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of the organization by pushing to keep the committee neutral until Trump is officially the presidential nominee and avoid picking up his legal bills. Two draft resolutions are being circulated...
Trump says his criminal indictments boosted his appeal to Black voters
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his four criminal indictments have boosted his support among Black Americans because they see him as a victim of discrimination, comparing his legal jeopardy to the historic legacy of anti-Black prejudice in the U.S. legal system. Trump argues he is...
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants top Homeland Security job under Trump
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Madame Secretary? Forget the jockeying to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said at a stop in Greenville ahead of Saturday’s GOP primary there that she has her eye on a key Cabinet position if the former president wins in November....
Trump urges Alabama to protect in-vitro fertilization access after court ruling
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump urged Alabama’s legislature to protect the availability of in-vitro fertilization after the state high court ruling that threatens to make it harder for people to access fertility treatments. “Under my leadership, the Republican Party will always support the creation of strong, thriving, healthy American families....
Lara Trump says ‘every penny’ of RNC funds would go to father-in-law’s presidential bid
Lara Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, said that she would direct every cent raised by the Republican National Committee to his White House comeback bid and winning majorities in Congress if she helped lead the organization. “We need to make sure that every penny of every dollar donated to the RNC...
Voters push to toss Summer Lee challenger Laurie MacDonald from primary ballot
The region’s most contentious primary election race just got spicier. Laurie MacDonald, one of two Democratic challengers trying to unseat a surging U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, is now facing a threat to her place on the ballot. This week four Democratic voters in the 12th Congressional District went to...
Dueling pro-Trump factions in Michigan throw the swing state’s Republicans into disarray
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party was deep in debt when a longtime party donor who had given more than $1 million over the past decade asked for a meeting with its chairwoman. Kristina Karamo turned down the donor. Her reasoning, according to two people familiar with the...
Biden calls Putin a ‘crazy SOB’ and takes aim at Trump during fundraiser for 2024 election
SAN FRANCISCO — During a fundraiser for his reelection campaign Wednesday night, President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” and took aim at former President Donald Trump’s comments comparing himself to the Russian opposition leader who died last week in an Arctic prison. Biden was talking...
White House weighing executive actions on the border — with immigration powers used by Trump
WASHINGTON — The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law repeatedly tapped by former President Donald Trump to unilaterally enact a sweeping crackdown at the southern border, according to three people familiar with the deliberations. The administration, stymied by Republican lawmakers who rejected a negotiated border bill...
Pennsylvania’s high court throws out GOP lawmakers’ subpoena in 2020 presidential election case
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Republican state lawmakers can no longer try to enforce a subpoena for a wide range of election records they issued in 2021 in a quest inspired by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The court,...
James Biden tells GOP lawmakers that Joe Biden had no involvement in the family’s business dealingsVideo
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden “never had any involvement” in the business dealings of other members of his family, his brother James Biden testified Wednesday as he appeared for a voluntary private interview on Capitol Hill as part of House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry. “I have had a 50-year career in...
Student debt wiped clean for 153K borrowers
About 153,000 student borrowers nationwide learned by email this week that their college debt has been wiped clean by the federal government. The U.S. Department of Education says it has discharged or eliminated $1.2 billion in student loans under the Biden administration’s new income-driven student loan repayment plan called Saving...
It’s an election year, and Biden’s team is signaling a more aggressive posture toward the press
NEW YORK — Occupants of the White House have grumbled over news coverage practically since the place was built. Now it’s Joe Biden’s turn: With a reelection campaign underway, there are signs that those behind the president are starting to more aggressively and publicly challenge how he is portrayed. Within...
Nikki Haley vows to stay in Republican primary race against Trump
Nikki Haley on Tuesday insisted she won’t end her long shot Republican primary bid to knock off former President Donald Trump even as she faces daunting odds of winning her home state of South Carolina or anywhere else. Just four days before Saturday’s primary in South Carolina, Haley summoned the...
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’ under state law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments. The decision was issued in a pair of wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed...
‘Real results’: VP Kamala Harris visits Pittsburgh to celebrate clean water efforts
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Pittsburgh on Tuesday to celebrate the region’s success in replacing more than 18,000 lead water lines and improving drinking water infrastructure. The trip came 18 months after she came to the city advocating for new funding to replace tens of thousands of lead pipes. “When...
U.S. appeals court hears argument over missing dates on Pennsylvania mail-in ballots
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument Tuesday over whether county elections officials in Pennsylvania must count mail-in ballots that are missing the date on their outer envelope. Voting rights advocates argue that the date is irrelevant to whether the ballots are legitimate and cast on time, while...
Biden heads to California to rev up his fundraising in anticipation of a costly rematch with Trump
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden heads to California on Tuesday looking to soak up more cash for his reelection bid during a three-day swing through the state. Going into the trip, Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday that they had collected $42 million in contributions during January...
GOP Senate contenders aren’t shy about wanting Trump’s approval. But in Pennsylvania, it’s awkward
HARRISBURG — Since he became the single biggest force in Republican politics nearly a decade ago, Donald Trump has figured prominently in U.S. Senate races, using his massive public platform and loyal base of support to shape which GOP incumbents run for reelection and which contenders get nominated. This year,...
Fentanyl killed their kids. Now these moms are supporting Casey’s fight against the deadly opioid
Peggy Heidish’s son, Zachary, died last June of a fentanyl overdose just two months after he completed an inpatient recovery program to combat his opioid addiction. Heidish, of Edgewood, said her 35-year-old son came back home that spring in high spirits and was ready to move on with his life...
Stalled U.S. aid for Ukraine underscores GOP’s shift away from confronting Russia
At about 2 a.m. last Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin stood on the Senate floor and explained why he opposed sending more aid to help Ukraine fend off the invasion launched in 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I don’t like this reality,” Johnson said. “Vladimir Putin is...
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor signs his new legislative maps into law after Republicans pass them
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed new legislative district maps into law on Monday that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court draw the lines. Democrats hailed the signing as a major political victory in...
