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Trump’s beef with Fox escalates after Murdoch casts more doubt on 2020 stolen-election claims

Former President Donald Trump's souring relationship with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News could be reaching the point of no return over his 2020 stolen election claims -- adding another layer of intrigue to the 2024 GOP presidential race.

February 28, 2023

Biden to face 2024 primary challenge from Marianne Williamson

Marianne Williamson has tried to be coy about her plans, but she appeared to let her intentions slip Thursday in an interview with the college newspaper at Northwestern University.

February 23, 2023

Buttigieg calls for more regulations in response to toxic train wreck in Ohio, shifts blame to Trump

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that the train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, demands "raising the bar on regulation."

February 23, 2023

NTSB says operators responded to alarm with attempt to stop train before Ohio derailment

The crew of the Northfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, tried to stop the train when they heard an alarm warning that wheel bearings hit "critical" temperatures, according to a preliminary federal report.

February 23, 2023

Trump assures community near Ohio train derailment ‘you are not forgotten,’ dings Biden for no-show

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that President Biden and his administration have turned their backs on the people of East Palestine, Ohio, in the aftermath of a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals into the community and triggered an array of health concerns.

February 22, 2023

Democratic Sen. Jon Tester seeking reelection in Montana

Sen. Jon Tester of Montana announced Wednesday he is running for reelection in what is shaping up to be one of the most watched races of the 2024 election cycle.

February 22, 2023

Knocked down again: Fetterman’s debilitating post-stroke depression imperils his political future

Sen. John Fetterman's feel-good story has given way to the harsh realities of recovering from a near-fatal stroke and the difficulty of doing it on the national stage.

February 21, 2023

Dem Sen. Fetterman checks into hospital to receive treatment for clinical depression

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who is battling the lingering effects of a stroke, has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to "receive treatment for clinical depression."

February 16, 2023

Atlanta special grand jury investigating Trump 2020 election reports finds possible witness perjury

The special purpose grand jury tasked with investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia has found that perjury "may have been committed by one or more witnesses testifying before it."

February 16, 2023

Nikki Haley launches 2024 campaign with calls for fresh leadership in GOP, White House

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced Wednesday she is running for president, saying it is time for a new generation of leadership and for the nation's gray-haired leaders to undergo mandatory mental capacity tests to serve in public office.

February 15, 2023

Republican underdogs start to step in

Nikki Haley's announcement Tuesday that she is diving into the 2024 presidential race has brought the official end to former President Donald Trump's time as the sole candidate running for the GOP nomination.

February 14, 2023

Georgia judge orders partial release of Trump 2020 election special grand jury report

The world is set to get a partial glimpse this week into the special grand jury report on the efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

February 13, 2023

DeSantis vs. Trump fills up most of GOP field

The harsh reality confronting Nikki Haley as she prepares to launch her 2024 GOP presidential bid -- and the others that follow suit -- is that the contest has already turned into a two-person race between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

February 10, 2023

DeSantis has an edge over Trump in a head-to-head matchup

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting the better of former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical 2024 Republican presidential primary head-to-head matchup.

February 9, 2023

DeSantis responds to Trump attack: ‘I don’t spend my time trying to smear other Republicans’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday brushed aside former President Donald Trump's attempts to cast him as a "groomer" of young women, saying he is not interested in spending his time chopping down fellow Republicans.

February 8, 2023

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders rips Biden as more interested in ‘woke fantasies’ than reality

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas on Tuesday warned that President Biden is steering the nation in a dangerous direction and seems more interested "in woke fantasies than the hard reality Americans face every day."

February 7, 2023

Trump helps circulate photo accusing DeSantis of drinking with underage girls

Former President Donald Trump took a potshot Tuesday at Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, sharing an old photograph floating around social media that purported to show him drinking alcohol with minors.

February 7, 2023

Nikki Haley to hit Trump on age issue, says it’s time for a new generation of GOP leaders

After former President Donald Trump called 2024 soon-to-be rival Nikki Haley "overly ambitious," she took to Twitter to revive a proposal she floated over a year ago that every person serving in public office be required to take a cognitive test.

February 3, 2023

Joe Biden set to encounter ‘Don’t Run Joe’ protests at DNC’s annual meeting

President Biden will be on the receiving end of liberal criticism when he travels Friday to Philadelphia to address the Democratic National Committee, throwing a kink in the party's desire to show a unified front at the annual meeting.

February 2, 2023

Pelosi backing Schiff in Senate race in California if Feinstein retires

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is backing Rep. Adam B. Schiff's bid for a California Senate seat -- so long as Sen. Dianne Feinstein exits, stage left.

February 2, 2023