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Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley smiles as she's introduced at a campaign rally on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley smiles as she’s introduced at a campaign rally on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Nikki Haley sees path to the nomination without GOP primary wins

Nikki Haley’s allies are bracing for a big loss in her home state’s primary election in South Carolina this week.
 
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The tone of Haley’s campaign now focuses on emphasizing the differences with Trump

 

Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont

 

The Republican Party is seeing a growing acceptance of Russian expansionism in the age of Donald Trump

 
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Mich., Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

In a post about dead Russian opposition leader Navalny, Trump talks of his own legal problems

 

  1. Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at ‘Sneaker Con,’ a day after a $355 million ruling against him

  2. GOP candidates elevate anti-transgender messaging as a rallying call to Christian conservatives

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Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi speaks during a campaign canvass kick off event, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Plainview N.Y. The race to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos pits Democrat congressional candidate Suozzi against Republican Mazi Pilip in New York's 3rd district. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi speaks during a campaign canvass kick off event, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Plainview N.Y. The race to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos pits Democrat congressional candidate Suozzi against Republican Mazi Pilip in New York’s 3rd district. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Why AP declared Tom Suozzi the winner of the George Santos seat: Race call explained

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi will return to Congress to replace scandal-plagued Republican George Santos.
 
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Lee Hoffman, right, tapes a sign for the Elko County Republican Party on the window of a building owned by Lina Blohm, left, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Elko, Nev. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Lee Hoffman, right, tapes a sign for the Elko County Republican Party on the window of a building owned by Lina Blohm, left, on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Elko, Nev. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

What’s the difference between caucuses and a primary, and why is Nevada holding both?

Nevada voters received a ballot in the mail for the GOP primary. But, this year, it’s the party-run caucuses that will count toward who is the nominee.

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley chokes up about husband’s deployment

Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley chokes up when speaking about her husband, a military serviceman currently serving overseas, during a campaign event ahead of the South Carolina primary.
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Nikki Haley refuses to quit, ups attacks against Trump ahead of South Carolina primary

Trump unveils $399 branded shoes at ‘Sneaker Con’

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FILE - Election judges demonstrate the accuracy of the city's voting equipment on Oct. 28, 2022, in Minneapolis. With election season already underway, state election officials are expressing frustration that Congress has so far failed to allocate federal money they typically use for such things as securing voter registration systems, updating equipment and training staff. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Election officials in the US face daunting challenges in 2024. And Congress isn’t coming to help

With election season already underway, some state election officials are expressing frustration that Congress has yet to allocate federal money they have come to rely on.
 
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News Channel town hall Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Greenville, S.C., as moderator Laura Ingraham listens. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Donald Trump again compares his criminal indictments to imprisonment and death of Putin’s top rival

Donald Trump is doubling down on comparing his criminal indictments to the circumstances of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.
 
FILE - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, left, and first lady Tammy Murphy attend the National Governors Association summer meeting, July 15, 2022, in Portland, Maine. Murphy, who is running for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday she opposes construction of a gas-fired backup power plant in a minority neighborhood already heavily burdened with pollution. But she did not say whether she has discussed her view with the one person who could stop the project in its tracks — her husband, Gov. Phil Murphy. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

New Jersey gov’s wife, a US Senate candidate, opposes power plant that he could kill

New Jersey’s First Lady Tammy Murphy, who is running for U.S. Senate, says she opposes construction of a gas-fired backup power plant in a minority neighborhood already heavily burdened with pollution.
 

Early voting in Ohio’s March 19 primary begins Wednesday; registration closing Tuesday

Some county election boards in Ohio are remaining open late Tuesday, the final day to register for the March 19 primary. Early voting begins Wednesday.
 
CORRECTS BYLINE AND SOURCE TO JOHN HART/WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL - Eric Hovde, a Republican businessman and real estate mogul launched, announces he is for running U.S. Senate against Wisconsin Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Madison, Wis. Hovde previously ran for Senate in 2012 but finished a close second to former Wisconsin Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson in the primary. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Republican Eric Hovde seeks to unseat Democrat Baldwin in Wisconsin race for US Senate

Republican businessman and real estate mogul Eric Hovde launched his bid for the U.S. Senate against Wisconsin Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday.
 
FILE - Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing on oversight of the credit reporting agencies at Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. Republican John Deaton, a former U.S. Marine and cryptocurrency attorney, announced Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, that he is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, running for her third term in office. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Former Marine and crypto lawyer John Deaton to challenge Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Former U.S. Marine and cryptocurrency attorney John Deaton has announced that he is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she runs for her third term.
 
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Greer, S.C. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)

She’s not quitting. Takeaways from Nikki Haley’s push to stay in the GOP contest against Trump

Nikki Haley’s team is bracing for a home state embarrassment in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary on Saturday.
 
President Joe Biden arrives at Los Angeles International Airport, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden tells California supporters to stay focused on what’s at stake in reelection battle

President Joe Biden started a three-day swing through California, working to soak up more cash for his reelection bid.
 
David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Erie, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

GOP Senate contenders aren’t shy about wanting Trump’s approval. But in Pennsylvania, it’s awkward

Since he became a force in Republican politics, Donald Trump has figured prominently in U.S. Senate races, shaping which GOP contenders get nominated.
 
FILE - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan addresses supporters at the Maryland statehouse, Jan. 10, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Republicans hoping to pick up an open U.S. Senate seat in deep blue Maryland have the most competitive candidate they’ve had in decades. But Hogan will need more than GOP support at a time when Democrats' outrage remains high about the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down constitutional protections for abortion. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Abortion rights could complicate Republican Larry Hogan’s Senate bid in deep blue Maryland

Republicans hoping to pick up an open U.S. Senate seat in deep blue Maryland have the most competitive candidate they’ve had in decades. But former Gov.
 
FILE - Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate, Nov. 8, 2023, in Miami. Scott, a 2024 vice presidential contender for GOP frontrunner former President Donald Trump's ticket, is treading carefully on questions about whether he would have certified the 2020 election if he had been vice president at the time. Scott in a pair of Sunday, Feb. 18, television interviews, would not say if he would have acted differently than Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Trump VP contender Tim Scott doesn’t want to talk about vice president’s role in certifying election

Sen. Tim Scott is treading carefully on questions about whether he would have certified the 2020 election had he been vice president at that time.
 
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Mich., Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Trump rails against New York fraud ruling as he faces fines that could exceed half-a-billion dollars

Trump was making his pitch in a state that is expected to be critical in November as he pivots toward a likely general election rematch against President Joe Biden.
 
President Joe Biden speaks at a shipyard in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Biden is visiting the shipyard to push for a strong role for unions in tech and clean energy jobs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Saving democracy is central to Biden’s campaign messaging. Will it resonate with swing state voters?

As President Joe Biden campaigns for reelection, he’s warning that Donald Trump will be a grave threat to American democracy if he’s in the White House.
 
FILE - A group of Ohio democratic leaders greet President Truman when his train stopped briefly at Crestline, Ohio, June 4, 1948. Standing with Truman is Former Gov. Frank J. Lausche, right, and Albert A. Horstman, former democratic chairman. (AP Photo, File)

New book on ‘whistle-stop’ campaign trains describes politics and adventure throughout history

Just in time for the 2024 presidential election, a new book chronicles the storied history of whistle-stop campaign trains, from the earliest days of rail travel through to today.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington. The Democrats' reframing of the immigration debate risks straining Biden's alliance with immigrants and advocates who campaigned for him in 2020. But it appears to be working for Democrats after they won a special House election in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden’s rightward shift on immigration angers advocates. But it’s resonating with many Democrats

The Democrats’ reframing of the immigration debate risks straining President Joe Biden’s support from immigrants and their advocates who campaigned for him in 2020.
 
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally in Conway, S.C., Feb. 10, 2024. A major anti-abortion group is praising Trump after a New York Times report Friday, Feb. 16, that Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16-weeks of pregnancy, though his campaign denied the report and said Trump plans to "negotiate a deal" on abortion if elected to the White House again. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Abortion rights opponents and supporters seize on report that Trump privately pushes 16-week ban

A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy — though his campaign denied the report and said Trump plans to “negotiate a deal” on abortion if elected to the White House again
 
FILE - Meta's president of global affairs Nick Clegg speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2024. Adobe, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, TikTok and other companies are gathering at the Munich Security Conference on Friday to announce a new voluntary framework for how they will respond to AI-generated deepfakes that deliberately trick voters. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery

Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from disrupting democratic elections worldwide.
 
FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during the Politics and Eggs event, Jan. 12, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. Manchin announced Friday, Feb. 16, that he is not running for president, according to his spokesman Jon Kott. Manchin is not running for reelection in 2024. His Senate seat in a heavily Republican state is expected to be a prime pickup opportunity for the GOP. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t run for president in 2024

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he is not running for president. Manchin announced his decision in a speech Friday at West Virginia University, saying he didn’t want to be a “spoiler.”
 
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to supporters at a campaign event at the Summerville Country Club, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Summerville, S.C. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Nikki Haley’s request for Secret Service protection one step away from final approval

Top congressional leaders have recommended that Nikki Haley receive protection from the U.S. Secret Service after she reported a growing number of threats during her 2024 presidential campaign.
 
The Theodore Roosevelt Building, location of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, on Feb. 13, 2024, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, from promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to firing tens of thousands of government workers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump wants to fire thousands of government workers. Liberals are preparing to fight back if he wins

Former President Donald Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, from promising to deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally to firing tens of thousands of government workers.
 
FILE - Montana Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale files paperwork to run for U.S. Senate, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont. Rosendale announced Thursday, Feb. 15, that he was ending his campaign after former President Donald Trump endorsed his Republican opponent, former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Montana Rep. Rosendale drops US Senate bid after 6 days, citing Trump endorsement of opponent

Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale is dropping his bid for the U.S. Senate less than a week after announcing he was running.
 
Plaintiff John Rust speaks with reporters following oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. GOP Senate candidate, John Rust, who is suing to appear on the primary ballot. A trial judge ruled in December that a state law that stipulates candidates must vote in two primary elections with their party is unconstitutional. The state appealed the ruling. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana Supreme Court issues ruling in John Rust Senate bid

The Indiana Supreme Court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed a man to run for one of the state’s U.S.
 
North Dakota Republican Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak steps up to a lectern to announce her U.S. House candidacy at Republican Party headquarters in Bismarck, N.D., Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Fedorchak has served on the state's Public Service Commission since 2013. She is the third Republican to announce a campaign for North Dakota's single House seat. Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong, first elected in 2018, is running for governor, creating an open race for the seat. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

Public utilities regulator joins race for North Dakota’s single U.S. House seat

A longtime public utilities regulator in North Dakota has joined the state’s race for its single seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
 
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2012 file photo, Eric Hovde, candidate for the U.S. Senate, gives his concession speech to supporters during his election night party in Peaukee, Wis. Eric Hovde is planning to launch a bid for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Hovde campaign spokesperson Ben Voekel said Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 that Hovde will be announcing next week. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn, File)

Republican businessman Hovde to enter Wisconsin US Senate race against Baldwin

Multimillionaire Republican businessman Eric Hovde is planning to launch a bid for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
 
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein gives a campaign speech outside the student union at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Stein spoke at a kickoff of his gubernatorial campaign's "Students for Stein" movement. With a large fundraising advantage and support from outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper, Stein appears to be the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, which will be decided in the March 5 primary. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Steady ascent or sudden splash? North Carolina governor’s race features men who took different paths

ROXBORO, N.C. (AP) — One candidate is an Ivy League-educated attorney who over 25 years amassed allies as he climbed North Carolina’s Democratic ladder.
 
From left, North Dakota Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller and Gov. Doug Burgum stand in the state House of Representatives on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, before the start of a three-day special session at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Miller announced her gubernatorial campaign on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Burgum announced last month that he won't seek a third term. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

North Dakota lieutenant governor launches gubernatorial bid against congressman

North Dakota Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller announced her campaign for governor on Thursday. Gov. Doug Burgum is not seeking a third term. Miller joins U.S. Rep.
 
FILE - Residents vote on Election Day at the East End School, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Portland, Maine. Maine's vaunted independent voters are becoming scarcer as Super Tuesday approaches. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Even voters in independent-minded Maine are taking sides in a polarized nation

Maine’s vaunted independent voters are becoming scarcer as Super Tuesday approaches. Unenrolled voters represented the state’s largest voting bloc for more than three decades and contributed to the state’s political identity in a place with a reputation for pragmatic moderation.
 
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Schumer says Democrats plan to "constantly over the next year" remind voters that it was Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, who torpedoed a bipartisan bill on border enforcement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats plan to “constantly over the next year” remind voters that it was Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, who torpedoed a bipartisan bill on border enforcement.
 
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)

Donald Trump stands by remarks about not defending NATO members after backlash

Former President Donald Trump is defending saying he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to NATO allies that don’t meet defense spending targets days after his comments set off alarm in the U.S. and among its allies.
 
FILE - House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., arrives to begin the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. On Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, Green announced that he won't run for a fourth term, pointing to the recent impeachment of Mayorkas as among the reasons it was “time for me to return home.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Homeland chairman announces retirement a day after leading Mayorkas’ impeachment

Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green has announced that he won’t run for a fourth term. Green has served in the 7th Congressional District, which encompass a portion of Nashville, since 2019.
 

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The Supreme Court is expected to determine whether Trump can keep running for president. Here’s why

 
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First Church of God Pastor Charles Hundley leads the morning service, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump and his rivals for the GOP nomination have pushed for endorsements from pastors and faith communities. Evangelicals and religious Christian groups are traditionally critical to the Republican caucuses. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa’s Christian conservatives follow their faith when voting, and some say it leads them to Trump

 
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FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla.Trump is already laying a sweeping set of policy goals should he win a second term as president. Priorities on the Republican's agenda include a mass deportation operation, a new Muslim ban and tariffs on all imported goods. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings

 
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JILL COLVIN
Joaquin Sanchez plays with the hair of his grandmother Aurora Sandoval as they wait for the next step in tamale-making with family members at the family home Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Chicago. When she was 1, Noelia Sanchez and her mother Aurora, who had no work documents, were rounded up with dozens of other immigrants in a Texas town near the border. The U.S.-born child and her mother were forced to go to Mexico along with hundreds of thousands of other people. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Trump’s vows to deport millions are undercut by his White House record and one family’s story

 
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FILE - Rep. Katie Porter, who is running for U.S. Senate, shakes hands with supporters at the California Democratic Party Convention at SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (Lezlie Sterling/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File)

Retirements could tip control of the House majority. It’s Republicans who have the early edge

 
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FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Commit to Caucus rally, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Ankeny, Iowa. Experts in political messaging say former President Donald Trump’s remarks that his supporters must “guard the vote” in 2024 are potentially dangerous and could lead to confrontations at polling place. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney, File)

Trump tells supporters, ‘Guard the vote.’ Here’s the phrase’s backstory and why it’s raising concern

 
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, where nine worshippers were killed in a mass shooting by a white supremacist in 2015. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Biden condemns white supremacy in a campaign speech at a church where Black people were killed

 
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COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER, DARLENE SUPERVILLE