Voters in the United States likely will face a choice in the November presidential election between optimism for the future, or nostalgia for a past that never existed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. And while a second Donald Trump presidency “won’t be easy,” Trudeau told a Montreal business audience, the federal government is prepared for … Read more
Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former president, easily beat his rivals in historically cold Iowa caucuses Monday, according to the Associated Press, CNN, and other outlets, confirming his status as the GOP front-runner in the first contest of the party primary. “I think I deserve it,” Trump told caucus-goers in Clive as voting began Monday, urging … Read more
Iowa caucus victor Donald Trump shifts to a vastly different political landscape this week where he’ll compete for notoriously fickle and independent New Hampshire voters with rival Nikki Haley. The bitterly cold Hawkeye State – dominated by social conservatives and rural voters – will be in the rearview mirror as soon as Trump touches down … Read more
On Tuesday, during a walloping Iowa snowstorm, less than a week before the caucuses, the Florida governor and U.S. Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, who’s been campaigning doggedly across Iowa, flew to Tallahassee, delivered a speech, then returned without his coat. Schools were closed, cars veered into ditches, and DeSantis did his best to bond with … Read more
By ROBERT YOON (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of campaigning, the Republican candidates vying to unseat President Joe Biden in November will face their first formal test at the ballot box in the Iowa caucuses on Monday. The Hawkeye state once again kicks off the presidential primary season, at least on the Republican … Read more
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter. On Monday, with the Iowa Caucus, the 2024 Presidential race officially begins. A year ago, Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and United Nations Ambassador under Donald Trump, seemed like a … Read more
Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley argued that only her candidacy for president could remove “chaos” from the country’s leadership in an impassioned argument against former President Trump. “This country is in chaos,” Haley said at an Iowa candidate forum on Saturday. “But what I know is you don’t defeat Democrat chaos with Republican chaos. And … Read more
By STEVE PEOPLES and NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) With the Iowa caucuses rapidly approaching, a shrinking field of Republican White House hopefuls gathered Wednesday in Alabama for the fourth presidential debate. As usual, former President Donald Trump, who is dominating the GOP primary, didn’t appear. Instead, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki … Read more
