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People drink as major news organizations project that Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump wins during the New Hampshire presidential primary election, at The Goat in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 24, 2024
In New Hampshire, Trump continued to flex his muscle with Republican base
Former president crushed challenger Nikki Haley among working-class voters without college degrees, exit polls show.
Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump react as results are announced during his New Hampshire presidential primary election night watch party in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2024
Trump defeats Haley in New Hampshire, moving closer to nomination
The former president's only remaining rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, remained defiant telling supporters at a primary night party: "This race is far from over."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign will be studied by the political world as an example of what not to do: Strategy miscalculations, financial mismanagement and a failure to fashion a likable candidate.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2024
How the DeSantis 2024 campaign unraveled: Hubris, infighting, awkward moments
The political world will study his campaign as an example of what not to do.
Casey DeSantis introduces her husband, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as he makes a campaign visit ahead of the South Carolina presidential primary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2024
Ron DeSantis ends campaign, endorses Trump as New Hampshire vote looms
The move leaves former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley as Donald Trump's last remaining challenger for the GOP nomination.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump exits the stage during a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2024
For the anti-Trump wing of the GOP, it all comes down to Tuesday
The old guard of the Republican Party has rallied around Nikki Haley ahead of New Hampshire’s primary, in a long-shot bid to stop the former president.
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2024
Trump suggests Nikki Haley out of running for VP pick as insults fly
The GOP front-runner's comments came as the two traded some of their sharpest barbs yet with the New Hampshire primary just four days away.
Donald Trump and his campaign are keenly aware of the publicity and sympathy his court appearances can generate with his loyal base of supporters.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2024
A day in Trump's world: Morning in court, evening on the campaign
The former U.S. president's unusual schedule sums up the unprecedented nature of this year's election.
The caucus system is increasingly out of step with how modern America lives and picks its presidential candidates and how modern campaigns roll.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2024
It’s time to scrap the Iowa caucus
The concept behind the Iowa Caucus was both noble and novel when it debuted in 1972. Now many people think it has no place in modern politics.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2024
U.S. Congress unveils temporary spending bill to avert shutdown
The temporary spending bill would extend funds for some agencies that face a Jan. 20 deadline.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump greets attendees at a campaign rally in Indianola, Iowa, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2024
The Trump voters in swing states who are returning to the fold
To try to understand his enduring appeal, reporters spoke to five Trump supporters in five general election battleground states.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a livestream event with Iowa’s attorney general, Brenna Bird in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2024
U.S. presidential election heats up as frigid Iowa tests Trump
With a commanding lead in polls, the ex-president is expected easily to win the Midwestern state's first-in-the-nation vote.
A snow plow drives down an empty street in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2024
Coldest weather ever during Iowa caucus threatens Trump’s lead
Caucus-time temperatures on Monday are forecast to be as low as minus 27 degrees Celsius, which would be the coldest ever for the event.
Donald Trump’s wealth and foreign ties are under scrutiny after a new report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sheds light on financial conflicts during his presidency. 
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2024
Trump took $7.8 million in foreign cash while in office. He’d do it again.
National security is at stake if a president puts his or her wallet before the public interest.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears during a campaign event in Durham, New Hampshire on Dec. 16.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2024
How Trump has used fear and favor to win Republican endorsements
The former president keeps careful watch over his endorsements from elected Republicans, aided by a disciplined and methodical behind-the-scenes operation.
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2024
Trump, in Iowa, skirts Jan. 6 talk on attack's anniversary
The lack of mention reflects the degree to which Republican voters have absolved him of responsibility for that day's events.
Voters cast ballots for the U.S. presidential election at a polling station in Portland, Maine, on Nov. 3, 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2024
Trump ballot removals reflect efforts of liberal-funded groups
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and Free Speech for People have been catalysts for the yearslong campaign.
Pedestrians walk past the Trump International Hotel in Washington. House Democrats have released evidence that the former president took in at least $7.8 million from foreign entities while in office, engaging in the kind of conduct House Republicans are grasping to pin on U.S. President Joe Biden.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2024
Trump received millions from foreign governments as president: report
The report describes how foreign governments and their controlled entities, including a top U.S. adversary, interacted with Trump businesses.
Take any scientific issue that involves political choices, from public health to climate change, all sides claim to be basing their concerns on science.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2024
Let’s stop insulting each other as ‘anti-science’
Take any scientific issue that involves political choices, from public health to climate change, all sides claim to be basing their concerns in science.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2023
Trump ballot fights put pressure on Supreme Court to act soon
The case would be unprecedented and brings Trump’s conduct after losing the 2020 election back to the forefront of his likely 2024 rematch with Biden.
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on Dec. 14.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2023
Nikki Haley works to broaden reach as bid to beat Trump gains pace
Support for the Republican presidential contender has risen in opinion polls, but falls short among rural voters and those without college degrees.

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