Seth McLaughlin

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

Ron DeSantis to headline Alabama GOP dinner

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is set to cross his state's border to headline the Alabama Republican Party's winter meeting.

February 1, 2023

Who will blink first? Battle over N.H.’s first-in-the-nation primary set for DNC winter meeting

The standoff between the Democratic National Committee and New Hampshire Democrats will take center stage at the national party's annual meeting this week in Philadelphia where members are expected to pass President Biden's plan to overhaul the presidential nomination calendar.

February 1, 2023

So much winning: DeSantis brushes off Trump’s criticism by pointing to the electoral scoreboard

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday countered former President Donald Trump's assertion he has been "disloyal" and touted his recent landslide reelection victory in Florida.

January 31, 2023

Trump says he’s ‘more committed now’ in his first campaign events in New Hampshire, South Carolina

Former President Donald Trump over the weekend gave GOP supporters a glimpse into how he plans to freshen up his act and confront simmering concerns over him leading the 2024 ticket.

January 29, 2023

Trump says he’s ‘more committed now’ in the first early stops of the 2024 campaign

Former President Donald Trump struck out on the campaign trail for the first time this year, effectively kicking off the 2024 GOP nomination race, and providing voters with their first glimpse of the message he plans to lean on to convince Republicans he is still their strongest standard-bearer.

January 28, 2023

McDaniel wins reelection for fourth term as RNC chair

Ronna McDaniel was reelected Friday to an unprecedented fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee after members of the national party veered away from calls for a leadership shakeup following a disappointing midterm election cycle.

January 27, 2023

Dhillon banks on secret ballot surprise to beat McDaniel in RNC chair election

The consensus among members of the Republican National Committee gathered here for their winter meeting is Ronna McDaniel is on a glide path to capturing an unprecedented fourth term as their chairwoman.

January 26, 2023

DeSantis calls for change at RNC, boosts Harmeet Dhillon’s insurgent bid against McDaniel

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Thursday gave a boost to Harmeet Dhillon's bid for chair of the Republican National Committee, saying it is time for a change of leadership after "three substandard election cycles in a row."

January 26, 2023

Rough-and-tumble race for RNC chair gives the party’s committeemen the willies

The race for chair of the Republican National Committee has turned into an acrimonious affair that has exposed lingering rifts and left some members wondering whether this family feud has been good for the GOP.

January 25, 2023

Pence classified document revelations complicate probes of Biden, Trump

The revelation Tuesday that classified documents were discovered at former Vice President Mike Pence's home in Indiana threatens to change the political and legal landscape under Justice Department probes of former President Donald Trump and President Biden mishandling government secrets.

January 24, 2023