Author: Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner

The first primary night held after Donald Trump became a convicted felon showed Republican voters still have an appetite for the former presidential candidate, Nikki Haley. Haley won nearly 8% of the vote in New Mexico’s GOP primary Tuesday night and another 3% voted uncommitted in the primary, a sign that a persistent weakness in…

Nikki Haley, who campaigned on ending the “chaos” that follows Donald Trump, found herself in a strange position as the former president’s legal troubles exploded on Thursday: a silent supporter. Haley offered her long-sought backing of Trump just eight days before a 12-member New York jury found him guilty of 34 criminal counts of falsifying…

Donald Trump‘s former GOP primary rivals excoriated Thursday’s unprecedented news of the former president being found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), perhaps Trump’s toughest 2024 rival, was the first of the former Republican presidential candidates to weigh…

After being found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a hush money payment scheme, former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention. If Trump is sentenced to prison, it will likely cast a pall over the convention,…

A new poll released Thursday had some positive news for former President Donald Trump‘s reelection chances as he awaits a verdict in his New York hush money trial. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist national poll showed 67% of registered voters nationally wouldn’t be swayed by a guilty verdict against Trump, while 15% said it would make them…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a new complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that CNN collaborated with the Biden and Trump campaigns to exclude the third-party candidate from a June 27 debate. In the complaint filed on Tuesday, Kennedy alleged the entities colluded to prepare debate criteria “that were designed to result in the selection…

A new survey of likely voters released on Wednesday shows President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump tied in Virginia, a dramatic turn in a state that went blue by 10 points in 2020. The poll from the Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College showed Biden and Trump at 42% each among Virginians. But when other…

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is warning that Democrats should not take the reliably blue state of Minnesota for granted in the 2024 election cycle. In an interview with the Washington Post this week, Walz, also the head of the Democratic Governors Association, sought to downplay political operatives stressing over President Joe Biden’s reelection chances while…

The Biden campaign denounced former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy during their first press conference held outside the courthouse where Trump’s hush money trial case is wrapping up. Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro joined the campaign in Manhattan along with Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone, former police officers who defended the…

Although President Joe Biden has long clinched enough delegates for the Democratic presidential nomination, there remains a persistent thorn plaguing his campaign. At the August Democratic National Convention, there will be a small contingent of uncommitted delegates, serving as a reminder that the Democratic Party remains split over the Israel–Hamas war. ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST…