Donald Trump beats Nikki Haley in New Hampshire
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is predicted to cruise to victory in Nevada’s GOP-organised caucus right this moment, the place his solely challenger is Texas pastor Ryan Binkley, selecting up an additional 26 delegates and additional cementing his dominance within the race to safe the celebration’s presidential nomination.
Nikki Haley, who has branded the caucus “a rip-off”, solely managed a second place end within the Silver State’s major on Tuesday, struggling the humiliation of scoring fewer votes than the “none of those candidates” field on poll papers.
Ms Haley’s defeat didn’t price her any delegates but it surely did serve to severely weaken her declare to have the ability to mount a severe problem to Mr Trump
It additionally locations even better stress on her efficiency in South Carolina when that state’s major arrives on 24 February.
Ms Haley is a local of the Palmetto State and served as its governor earlier than becoming a member of Mr Trump’s administration as ambassador to the United Nations however is however trailing her outdated boss within the polls by a large margin.
In different information, self-help writer Marianne Williamson has introduced she is suspending her marketing campaign difficult Joe Biden for the Democratic nod after two weak major performances.
How Trump soured on Ronna McDaniel after seven years of unyielding loyalty
The chair of the Republican Nationwide Committee (RNC) has advised Trump that she’s planning on leaving her position after the South Carolina GOP major on 24 February.
The front-runner is ready to push for the chair of the North Carolina Republican Get together, fellow election denier Michael Whatley, to switch her, in keeping with The New York Occasions.
McDaniel has been beneath stress for a number of months to step down as Trump’s allies have tried to push her out amid considerations concerning the RNC’s funds forward of the overall election marketing campaign.
After years of dogged loyalty on her half, her tenure seems to be ship to finish on a decidedly bitter notice.
Gustaf Kilander seems to be at what went fallacious.
Joe Sommerlad8 February 2024 15:15
One other European chief, one other gaffe for Biden
“After which Helmut Kohl turned to me and stated, ‘What would you say, Mr President, for those who picked up the London Occasions and realized {that a} thousand folks had damaged down the doorways of the British Parliament, killed some bobbies on the way in which in, to disclaim the prime minister to take workplace,”’ Mr Biden stated.
He echoed the blundering story at one other occasion the identical day.
Amelia Neath & Martha McHardy8 February 2024 14:45
Karl Rove blasts ‘lunacy’ of ‘conspiratorial proper’ claiming Michelle Obama will substitute Biden
Republican strategist Karl Rove has blasted the “lunacy” of the “conspiratorial proper” over its weird theories that former first girl Michelle Obama would substitute Joe Biden because the Democratic Get together’s 2024 candidate.
Rove, former deputy chief of workers to George W Bush, was being interviewed by Stuart Varney on Fox Enterprise when the host introduced up the concept of Ms Obama changing the incumbent president on the ticket forward of November’s election.
Right here’s Oliver O’Connell on his response.
Joe Sommerlad8 February 2024 14:15
Haley simply misplaced Nevada to ‘nobody’. Why her marketing campaign says it doesn’t matter
It actually didn’t price her any delegates but it surely wasn’t an excellent look, with late evening host Seth Meyers joking on Wednesday evening that it revealed the candidate as having “the alternative of momentum”.
Right here’s John Bowden on how Workforce Haley has responded.
Joe Sommerlad8 February 2024 13:15
Monitoring the 2024 Republican delegates
With the Iowa caucus have kicked off the 2024 Republican presidential major season final month, Donald Trump and Nikki Haley are campaigning within the hope of selecting up as many delegates as doable to safe the Republican Nationwide Committee nomination for the presidency.
Delegates are people who characterize nearly all of voters of their state or district. They are often celebration leaders, activists, volunteers, legislators or different individuals who approve of the celebration’s platform.
Every state is given a selected variety of Republican or Democratic delegates.
This 12 months, Republicans have allotted 2,429 delegates.
A candidate wants roughly 1,215 to safe a nomination.
Right here’s Ariana Baio to clarify additional.
Joe Sommerlad8 February 2024 12:15
So Lengthy, Marianne: Williamson suspends presidential marketing campaign
The self-help guru has introduced she is ending her long-shot run to unseat Joe Biden from the Democratic nomination, which comes as not an enormous shock after she was solely in a position to chalk up two lacklustre major performances at nice expense.
Right here she is signing out in usually idiosyncratic trend.
Joe Sommerlad8 February 2024 11:15
Trump set to cruise to victory in Nevada caucus
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is predicted to cruise to victory in Nevada’s GOP-organised caucus right this moment, the place his solely challenger is Texas pastor Ryan Binkley, selecting up an additional 26 delegates and additional cementing his dominance within the race to safe the celebration’s presidential nomination.
Nonetheless, Trump’s thoughts is prone to be elsewhere right this moment on condition that the US Supreme Courtroom may also start listening to opening arguments on Thursday because it considers whether or not he ought to be allowed to stay on 2024 poll papers in any respect.
The states of Colorado and Maine have moved to have Trump eliminated citing Part 3 of the 14th Modification to the US Structure, which argues that anybody discovered to have “engaged in riot” after swearing a loyalty oath shouldn’t be allowed to return to public workplace.
The best courtroom within the land, which has a conservative majority, will now think about whether or not that applies to Trump in relation to the Capitol riot of 6 January 2021, when his supporters stormed the legislative advanced in an try and cease the formal certification of the 2020 election outcomes, erroneously believing the vote to have been “rigged” in Joe Biden’s favour, because the then-president and his allies had repeatedly claimed.
Trump is just not anticipated to attend this listening to however will as a substitute keep at his Mar-a-Lago dwelling in Florida earlier than jetting out to Nevada later.
Right here’s Ariana Baio on his plans for the day.
Joe Sommerlad8 February 2024 10:45
RNC chair to step down following Trump criticism, stories say
Two days after Donald Trump advised a information channel that he could be recommending adjustments on the Republican Nationwide Committee, it seems that chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel might be heading for the exit.
The New York Occasions reported the information on Tuesday night, as voters in Nevada participated in Democratic and Republican contests that have been largely meaningless, albeit for various causes. President Joe Biden coasted to a different victory whereas Nikki Haley embarrassingly misplaced a major – to “none of those candidates” – that will have netted her zero delegates anyway in her race towards Donald Trump for the GOP nomination.
One in every of Ms McDaniel’s former rivals, Vivek Ramaswamy, had publicly referred to as for her firing onstage at a Republican debate earlier than his personal departure from the 2024 race.
Oliver O’Connell8 February 2024 08:15
No, Biden’s inauguration was not an riot…
Twitter needed to clarify this to Marjorie Taylor Greene:
Oliver O’Connell8 February 2024 05:15
Election subject: Trump and China tariffs
For the primary time in additional than twenty years, Mexico final 12 months surpassed China because the main supply of products imported to america. The shift displays the rising tensions between Washington and Beijing in addition to US efforts to import from nations which can be friendlier and nearer to dwelling.