ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeSen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, declined Sunday to endorse a Republican presidential candidate a day before the Iowa caucuses but said she would not rule out backing former President Donald Trump if he wins in the state.In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,”…
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Is the Republican Party irrevocably committed to Donald Trump? GOP voters will begin to answer this consequential question in Iowa on Monday and eight days later in New Hampshire. Believe it or not, there is a chance the verdict will be no.This is not one of those defy-the-conventional-wisdom-for-the-heck-of-it takes. You can’t look at polls outside…
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Former President Trump encouraged his Iowa supporters to caucus for him at any cost, joking that due to extreme winter weather, “even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.” Meteorologists warned of “life-threatening” conditions in Iowa for the weekend as the state prepares to caucus. Trump canceled three of his four in-person…
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Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis on Sunday defended the qualifications of special prosecutor Nathan Wade in the state’s case against former President Trump, marking her first public remarks since allegations of misconduct involving Wade were weighed against her last week. Willis, speaking Sunday with a congregation at the Big Bethel AME Church ahead…
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Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More Continue in Browser Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts.Please enter a valid zipcode.SaveOn Wednesday night, ahead of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump said that he’s already decided on a running mate.The former president and…
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The former president is hitting Haley for backing cuts to Social Security benefits.
Get local news delivered to your inbox!Omaha drivers deal with snow and wind When Donald Trump staged a MAGA rally in western Iowa a week ago, he spoke confidently of his “phenomenal” polling numbers and the “massive” victory he sees coming in Monday’s Iowa caucuses.But the former president also had to temper that trademark bravado…
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Opinion polls show Donald Trump’s immense lead over Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley in first state to vote on nomineeFew people relish the Iowa caucuses, the first act of the greatest political show on earth, more than Mike Draper. Since 2008 the Iowa native has hosted US presidential candidates at his novelty retail store and…
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2024 Elections Risch’s endorsement gives the former president the support of nearly half the GOP conference before a single caucus or primary contest. Sen. Jim Risch is the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was the chair during half of Donald Trump’s presidency. | Francis Chung/POLITICO By Burgess Everett 01/13/2024 08:39 PM…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeDES MOINES, Iowa — Most likely Republican Iowa caucusgoers say they’ll vote for former President Donald Trump in the general election if he’s the GOP nominee, regardless of the candidate they’re supporting on caucus night.That is, except supporters of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley,…
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday threw his support behind former President Trump, effectively snubbing his state’s own governor, Ron DeSantis for 2024. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Rubio railed against the Biden administration’s record, arguing Trump’s “extraordinary actions” are needed to “fix the disaster” of the country. “When Trump was in WH…
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Trump Georgia Election CaseAdvertisementSupported byAt a historic Black church, Fani T. Willis pushed back against an accusation that Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she brought on, was unqualified for the job. By Rick Rojas and Sean KeenanReporting from AtlantaFani T. Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., pushed back on Sunday against the criticism…
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By Althea Legaspi Donald Trump is making his final plea this weekend leading up to the Republican Iowa caucuses on Monday, but the weather has been uncooperative. His two planned Iowa rally stops on Saturday in Sioux City and Atlantic instead turned into a tele-rally featuring Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird held that evening. He…
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Losing again: Indicted Trump lies about violent record as lawyer claims ‘license to kill’ MSNBCsource
Former president Donald Trump is polling at 48 percent in Iowa, maintaining a wide lead over his two main rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom poll released Saturday night.For months, Trump has dominated the rest of the field, but the race for second place has been hard-fought. The…
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Watch CBS News By Kaia Hubbard January 14, 2024 / 12:45 PM EST / CBS News Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a Democratic moderate in a state former President Donald Trump won by nearly 40 points in 2020, criticized President Biden on Sunday, saying he’d “love to” push the president toward the middle and…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that if elected president, he’d do better at deporting people who are in the country illegally than former President Donald Trump did.“Trump promised the largest deportations in history,” DeSantis said Jan. 2 during a town hall hosted by Gray Television. “He deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama…
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Sanders told The Guardian he was sure Trump would use his office to punish his political enemies, if elected again.
Former President Trump said Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) is the “least popular” governor in the nation during a rally in the state ahead of the caucuses slated for Monday. “So I don’t blame her for then picking somebody because we wouldn’t let her go to any rallies or anything. But here’s the thing I’m…
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The Biden campaign hired a former spokesperson for progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to its communications team, as it seeks to beef up its national staff ahead of the election. Lauren Hitt, the now-former communications director for Ocasio-Cortez, confirmed the move on Saturday, writing on X, formerly Twitter, “Pretty excited to be joining this very…
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Jump to Donald Trump asked a judge to postpone his trial to travel for his mother-in-law’s funeral but failed to mention that he was scheduled to attend a campaign rally, too.According to court documents reviewed by Business Insider, lawyers for Trump requested Friday that Judge Lewis Kaplan postpone the trial date for E. Jean Carroll’s…
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Help keep Salon independentI worked as a congressional staff member during the protracted, nerve-wracking run-up to the Iraq invasion in 2003. Readers will recall a time of peak national hubris, with the White House, congressional Republicans and most of the press fairly bawling for war. It was then that I began to understand that Democrats…
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Former President Trump is set to hold a rally for Iowa voters via teleconference on Saturday evening, replacing two events the campaign canceled due to poor weather conditions in the Hawkeye State.A powerful blizzard has put a freeze on campaign events, as candidates look to make their final case to Iowans ahead of Monday’s caucuses. Trump,…
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) endorsed former President Trump for president on Sunday after dropping out of the presidential race last month. “But four years ago, I was speaking on behalf of President Trump at the Iowa caucuses in Sioux City, and today I’m here to do something that none of the other presidential…
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