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This combination of file photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at at a town hall on Oct. 20, 2024, in Lancaster, Pa., and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking at a campaign rally on Oct. 14, 2024, Erie, Pa. (AP Photo)

Here’s what to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaign

October 31, 2024 at 6:38 a.m.

Uncertainty reigns entering the final full week of the 2024 campaign with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a fiercely competitive presidential contest.

A color guard comprised of veterans rehearses ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Anger and anxiety loom over the Republican convention after the assassination attempt against Trump

July 15, 2024 at 9:05 a.m.

Suddenly, the Democrats’ turmoil, the GOP’s potential governing agenda and even Trump’s convictions are secondary to fears about political violence and the country’s stability.

Ashley Ehasz is shown at her campaign headquarters, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Bristol, Pa. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)

Trump’s conviction prompts election-year debate among Democrats: How much to focus on the verdict?

June 5, 2024 at 7:16 p.m.

BRISTOL, Pa. — Inside his Delaware headquarters, President Joe Biden's campaign is signaling it will incorporate Donald Trump's recent felony conviction as a core element of the Democratic incumbent's reelection message.But in...

People outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Former President Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump is convicted of a felony. Here’s how that affects the 2024 presidential race

May 31, 2024 at 12:03 a.m.

NEW YORK — Having been convicted of 34 felonies, Donald Trump cannot own a gun, hold public office or even vote in many states. But in 158 days, voters across America will...

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Forth Worth, Texas, March 4, 2024. Haley exceeded expectations by becoming the last Republican standing against Donald Trump in the Republican presidential nomination fight, and she still hasn't fallen in line and endorsed her former rival. Some allies believe she may be forced to endorse Trump before the November election to avoid permanently alienating the GOP's hardcore base. But if Haley submits to Trump, she also risks destroying her own coalition. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Nikki Haley faces a murky path forward and a key decision on whether or not to endorse Trump

May 20, 2024 at 6:45 p.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nikki Haley is perhaps the highest-profile Republican in the nation who has refused to fall in line and endorse Donald Trump’s presidential bid. It’s unclear how long that might...

In this combination photo, President Joe Biden speaks May 2, 2024, in Wilmington, N.C., left, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, May 1, 2024, in Waukesha, Wis. Just six months before Election Day, Biden and Trump are locked into the first presidential rematch in 68 years that is at once deeply entrenched and highly in flux as many voters are only just beginning to embrace the reality of the 2024 presidential election. (AP Photo)

Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day

May 7, 2024 at 2:22 a.m.

WILMINGTON, N.C. — This North Carolina voter is nervous.Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and cheered for Joe Biden as the first-term president delivered...

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan visits the Bridge Boat Show in Stevensville, Md., Friday, April 12, 2024, as he campaigns for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Anti-Trump Republican Larry Hogan navigates dangerous political terrain in pivotal Senate contest

April 17, 2024 at 1:11 p.m.

STEVENSVILLE, Md. — Andy DePaola welcomed Larry Hogan to his family's restaurant with a big smile and a handshake. The warning came a few minutes later.DePaola, the 64-year-old namesake of DePaola's Bagel...

FILE - President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda walk from the Oval Office for a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 24, 2020, in Washington. Trump is set to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda in New York as Trump's criminal trial takes a one-day break. Their planned dinner Wednesday comes as European leaders prepare for the possibility Trump might win the White House in November. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump will meet with Polish President Duda as NATO leaders call for additional for Ukraine

April 17, 2024 at 1:14 p.m.

NEW YORK — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, a staunch er of Ukraine who once proposed naming a...

FILE - Protesters in Phoenix shout as they thousands marching around the Arizona state Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision on June 24, 2022. A stunning abortion ruling this week in April 2024, has supercharged Arizona’s role in the looming fall election. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of Arizona, a key swing state

April 12, 2024 at 11:38 p.m.

PHOENIX — Arizona was already expected to be one of the most closely contested states in November's U.S. presidential election. But a ruling this week instituting a near-total abortion ban supercharged the...

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally in Conway, S.C., Feb. 10, 2024. Trump still says he's proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he avoided questions about whether he would a national abortion ban should he return to the White House. Trump tried to put the issue to rest on Monday, April 8, in a video statement where Trump did not call for a national abortion ban, disappointing religious conservatives. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump’s abortion statement angers conservatives and gives the Biden campaign a new target

April 8, 2024 at 8:09 p.m.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump still says he's proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he again on Monday avoided tough questions about abortion, including whether...

ARCHIVO - Un cartel de No Labels en el Club Nacional de Prensa en Washington, el 18 de enero de 2024. ( AP Foto/Jose Luis Magana, Archivo)

No Labels no postulara candidato presidencial para elecciones de 2024 en EEUU

April 4, 2024 at 9:12 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — El grupo No Labels (Sin etiquetas) informó el jueves que no postulará un candidato presidencial en noviembre, ya que los estrategas de la organización bipartidista no lograron atraer a...

FILE - A No Labels banner at the National Press Club, in Washington, Jan. 18, 2024. The No Labels group says it won't field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization were unable to attract a candidate willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. No Labels CEO Nancy Jacobson said in a statement Thursday that "the responsible course of action is for us to stand down." ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after trying to recruit a centrist presidential candidate

April 5, 2024 at 12:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize...

El entonces senador Joseph Lieberman, independiente por Connecticut, durante una conferencia de prensa en el Capitolio del estado, el 10 de diciembre de 2012, en Hartford, Connecticut. (AP Foto/Jessica Hill, Archivo)

Muerte de Lieberman deja un vacio en No Labels mientras busca reclutar a un candidato presidencial

March 29, 2024 at 2:01 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Cuando las críticas contra No Labels se intensificaban, era Joe Lieberman quien salía a la defensa del grupo.El exsenador por Connecticut fue presidente fundador de la organización centrista enfocada,...

FILE - No Labels Founding Chairman and former Senator Joe Lieberman, speaks about the 2024 election at National Press Club, in Washington, Jan. 18, 2024. Lieberman served as No Labels' chief public defender when the critics got the loudest. The centrist group he helped create ignited a political firestorm over the last year by working to recruit a third-party presidential campaign that some feared might tilt the 2024 election in Donald Trump’s favor. Now, Lieberman is gone. His death marks an irreplaceable loss for No Labels. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Joe Lieberman’s death leaves a hole at No Labels as it tries to recruit a 2024 third-party candidate

March 29, 2024 at 12:30 a.m.

NEW YORK — When No Labels' critics got the loudest, it was Joe Lieberman who came to the group's defense.The former Connecticut senator was a founding chairman of the centrist organization that...

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally March 9, 2024, in Rome Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Trump slow to invest in states that could decide election as some in GOP fear ‘skeleton’ campaign

March 27, 2024 at 1:52 p.m.

NEW YORK — In his bid to retake the White House, few states hold as much promise for Donald Trump as Michigan.The former president has already won the state once and President...

Trump got the candidate he wanted in Ohio’s Senate primary. But can Bernie Moreno win in November?

March 20, 2024 at 11:43 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Donald Trump got what he wanted when former car dealer Bernie Moreno won the Republican Senate primary in Ohio. So did Democrats.Moreno's positions on abortion, immigration and Trump's election...

FILE - Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan leaves the Fulton County Courthouse, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Duncan said Monday, March 18, 2024, that he would not run as a third-party candidate d with No Labels, a political group that's considering launching an independent campaign for the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, File)

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan will not run with No Labels as it seeks a 2024 candidate

March 18, 2024 at 5:06 p.m.

NEW YORK — Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a leading contender in No Labels' push to recruit a presidential nominee, has ruled out a 2024 bid.Duncan, a Republican, had been in...

ARCHIVO - En esta imagen combinada se muestra al presidente estadounidense Joe Biden, izquierda, el 5 de enero de 2024, y al precandidato republicano y expresidente Donald Trump, derecha, el 19 de enero de 2024. (AP Foto, Archivo)

Biden y Trump aseguran sus respectivas nominaciones a la presidencia de EEUU

March 13, 2024 at 9:03 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — El presidente Joe Biden y el expresidente Donald Trump aseguraron el martes las nominaciones presidenciales de sus partidos con victorias decisivas en una serie de elecciones primarias, con lo...

Lara Trump, recién elegida copresidenta del Comité Nacional Republicano, a la derecha, y el recién elegido presidente del comité, Michael Whatley, saludan a los asistentes desde el escenario tras la sesión general de la Reunión de Primavera del Comité Nacional Republicano, el viernes 8 de marzo de 2024 en Houston. (AP Foto/Michael Wyke)

El equipo de Trump recorta el personal del Comite Nacional Republicano, segun fuentes de AP

March 12, 2024 at 5:40 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Apenas unos días después de que su nuevo equipo directivo tomara el timón del Comité Nacional Republicano, los representantes de Donald Trump están despidiendo a docenas de empleados en departamentos...

Biden and Trump clinch nominations, setting the stage for a grueling general election rematch

March 12, 2024 at 11:56 p.m.

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties' presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch...

Lara Trump, the newly elected Republican National Committee co-chair, right, and newly elected Chairman Michael Whatley, greet attendees as they crowd the podium after the general session of the Republican National Committee Spring Meeting Friday, March 8, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Trump’s team is slashing Republican National Committee staff amid takeover, AP sources say

March 12, 2024 at 3:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Just days after installing his new leadership team at the Republican National Committee, Donald Trump's lieutenants are cutting dozens of staff across key departments in an aggressive move that further...

FILE - This combo image shows President Joe Biden, left, Jan. 5, 2024, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, right, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Could Biden and Trump win their parties’ nominations this week? What to watch in the next contests

March 11, 2024 at 10:45 p.m.

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden and his likely Republican challenger, Donald Trump, are on track to win enough delegates this week to become their parties' presumptive nominees, ushering in a bruising...

ARCHIVO - El presidente del Partido Republicano de Carolina del Norte, Michael Whatley, habla en la convención del partido estatal en Greensboro, Carolina del Norte, 9 de junio de 2023. El Comité Nacional Republicano resolvió el viernes 8 de marzo de 2024 conformar el equipo de conducción escogido a dedo por Donald Trump, con lo cual el expresidente consolida su dominio total del partido de cara a su tercera candidatura presidencial consecutiva. (AP Foto/Meg Kinnard, File)

Comite Nacional Republicano elige como su presidente al designado por Trump

March 8, 2024 at 6:58 p.m.

HOUSTON — El Comité Nacional Republicano (RNC, por sus siglas en inglés) resolvió el viernes conformar el equipo de conducción escogido por Donald Trump, con lo cual el expresidente consolida su dominio...

Lara Trump, the newly-elected co-chair of the Republican National Committee, holds up a donation check as she gives an address during the general session of the RNC Spring Meeting Friday, March 8, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

RNC votes to install Donald Trump’s handpicked chair as former president tightens control of party

March 8, 2024 at 7:01 p.m.

HOUSTON — The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install Donald Trump’s handpicked leadership team, completing his takeover of the national party as the former president closes in on a third straight...

Personas del grupo No Labels sostienen pancartas durante una marcha en el Capitolio, el 13 de julio de 2013, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin, Archivo)

Fuente AP: Grupo No Labels tiene previsto postular a un candidato a la presidencia de EEUU

March 7, 2024 at 2:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON — El movimiento No Labels, que plantea la idea de un tercer partido que compita en las elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos, planea seguir adelante con la postulación de un candidato...

FILE - No Labels leadership and guests from left, Dan Webb, National Co-Chair Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, and founding Chairman and former Sen. Joe Lieberman, speak about the 2024 election at National Press Club, in Washington, Jan. 18, 2024. The third-party presidential movement No Labels is expected to move this week toward fielding a presidential candidate in the November election. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Third-party group No Labels is expected to move forward with a 2024 campaign, AP sources say

March 7, 2024 at 2:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The third-party presidential movement No Labels is planning to move toward fielding a presidential candidate in the November election, even as high-profile contenders for the ticket have decided not to...

La exembajadora ante Naciones Unidas y aspirante a la candidatura republicana a la presidencia de Estados Unidos Nikki Haley habla en un acto de campaña en Forth Worth, Texas, el lunes 4 de marzo de 2024. (AP Foto/Tony Gutierrez)

Haley suspendera su campana y dejara a Donald Trump como ultimo aspirante republicano importante

March 6, 2024 at 4:28 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Nikki Haley suspenderá su campaña presidencial el miércoles tras sufrir una rotunda derrota en varios puntos del país en el Supermartes, según personas conocedoras de su decisión, lo que...

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Nikki Haley suspends her campaign and leaves Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate

March 7, 2024 at 1:08 a.m.

NEW YORK — Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the...

ARCHIVO - La presidenta del Comité Nacional Republicano, Ronna McDaniel, llega al escenario antes de la intervención del líder de la minoría en la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy, de California, en un acto el 9 de noviembre de 2022 en Washington. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, Archivo)

Presidenta de Comite Nacional Republicano dejara el cargo; Trump busca reorganizar con aliados

February 26, 2024 at 5:08 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — La presidenta del Comité Nacional Republicano, Ronna McDaniel, dejará su cargo el 8 de marzo, tras verse obligada a dejar el liderazgo nacional del Partido Republicano conforme el expresidente...

FILE - Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel arrives on stage before House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at an event Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. McDaniel says she will leave her post on March 8. She's leaving the GOP’s national leadership as Donald Trump moves toward another presidential nomination and asserts new control over the party. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will leave post on March 8 as Trump moves to install new loyalists

February 26, 2024 at 3:26 p.m.

NEW YORK — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel will leave her post on March 8, having been forced out of the GOP’s national leadership as Donald Trump moves toward another presidential...

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

February 20, 2024 at 4:34 p.m.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Nikki Haley's team is bracing for a home state embarrassment in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary on Saturday. Conventional wisdom suggests she'll be forced to drop out. But...

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 hasn’t yet won a GOP contest. But she’s vowing to keep fighting Donald Trump

February 21, 2024 at 3:49 a.m.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — There are no wins on the horizon for Nikki Haley.Those close to the former United Nations ambassador, the last major Republican candidate standing in Donald Trump's path to...

El senador Joe Manchin, demócrata por Virginia Occidental, habla durante el evento Politics and Eggs, el 12 de enero de 2024, en Manchester, Nueva Hampshire. (Foto AP/Charles Krupa, Archivo)

Joe Manchin descarta su postulacion para presidente de EEUU

February 16, 2024 at 8:22 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Joe Manchin, senador de Virginia Occidental, anunció el viernes que no se postulará para presidente, señalando que no quería ser un “saboteador”.“No buscaré la candidatura de un tercer partido”,...

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

February 17, 2024 at 6:52 a.m.

WASHINGTON — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he is not running for president, saying he didn't want to be a “spoiler.”“I will not be seeking a third-party run,"...

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, right, listens as his daughter-in-law Lara Trump speaks at the North Carolina Republican Convention, June 5, 2021, in Greenville, N.C. Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the Republican National Committee. And party leaders are taking it very seriously. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, Fike)

What is happening at the Republican National Committee and could Lara Trump become its co-chair?

February 14, 2024 at 12:51 a.m.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the Republican National Committee. And party leaders are taking it very seriously. To be clear, this is...

El presidente Donald Trump escucha a la presidenta del Comité Nacional Republicano, Ronna McDaniel, durante un mitin de campaña el 5 de noviembre de 2018 en Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (Foto AP/Jeff Roberson, Archivo)

Trump quiere un cambio de liderazgo en el Comite Nacional Republicano

February 13, 2024 at 5:01 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Donald Trump quiere un cambio de liderazgo en el Comité Nacional Republicano en un intento de instalar una nueva lista de leales —incluida su nuera— en la cima de...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, with Eir and Lara Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump wants to install new RNC leadership including his daughter-in-law as co-chair

February 13, 2024 at 4:35 p.m.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump wants a leadership change at the Republican National Committee in an attempt to install a new slate of loyalists — including his daughter-in-law — atop the GOP's...

El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden, derecha, abraza a su hermana Valerie Biden Owens al salir del restaurante italiano Mrs. Robino's después de almorzar en Wilmington, Delaware, el sábado 10 de febrero de 2024. (AP Foto/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Biden y aliados responden a las afirmaciones de asesor especial sobre la memoria del mandatario

February 10, 2024 at 7:17 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Los aliados demócratas del presidente estadounidense Joe Biden han puesto en marcha una agresiva defensa contra las controvertidas afirmaciones de un fiscal especial, según las cuales el presidente, de 81...

FILE - President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington. Biden's team hopes it has found an unlikely opportunity to go on offense, and perhaps to unite an anxious Democratic Party, following the release of a special prosecutor's report on Thursday, Feb. 8, that cleared Biden of criminal charges, despite finding evidence that the president willfully retained and shared highly classified information as a private citizen. The counsel made repeated negative references to the 81-year-old president's age and memory that echo broader concerns raised by voters in both parties. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

How Biden and his allies are pushing back against a special counsel’s claims about his memory

February 10, 2024 at 3:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's Democratic allies are launching an aggressive defense against a special counsel's explosive claims that the 81-year-old president couldn't major milestones in his life, trying to diminish...

This image, contained in the report from special counsel Robert Hur, shows the box where classified Afghanistan documents were found in the garage of President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., during a search by the FBI on Dec. 21, 2022. (Justice Department via AP)

Takeaways from the special counsel’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents

February 9, 2024 at 6:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Hur on Thursday released his long-awaited report on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, and it’s not great news for the president on multiple fronts. The...

FILE - Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel holds a gavel while speaking at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. McDaniel has discussed leaving her role with former President Donald Trump. But both have agreed to delay a decision until after South Carolina’s Feb. 24 primary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel has discussed stepping down, AP sources say. But no decision has been made

February 7, 2024 at 6:58 a.m.

NEW YORK — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has discussed the possibility of stepping down during a private meeting with former President Donald Trump, with both agreeing to delay a decision...

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley shakes hands with a er before a campaign event on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr.)

Haley insists she’s staying in the GOP race. Here’s how that could cause problems for Trump

February 2, 2024 at 7:47 a.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — For months, the underdog in the presidential primary refused to concede defeat. He fought hard in state after state, even as the front-runner amassed a delegate advantage that would...

El aspirante a la candidatura presidencial republicana Donald Trump habla en un acto electoral en Nashua, Nueva Hampshire, 23 de enero de 2024. (AP Foto/Matt Rourke)

Apenas comienzan las primarias, pero Trump y Biden ya se consideran rivales en elecciones generales

January 24, 2024 at 6:32 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Apenas 400.000 personas han votado en las primarias republicanas de dos estados rurales. Pero tanto Donald Trump como Joe Biden ya se están presentando como los candidatos de sus...

The primaries have just begun. But Trump and Biden are already shifting to a November mindset

January 25, 2024 at 2:19 p.m.

NEW YORK — Barely 400,000 votes have been cast in two rural Republican primaries over the span of eight days. But both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are behaving like their parties'...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump turns to look at Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., as speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

New Hampshire takeaways: Trump’s path becomes clearer. So does the prospect of a rematch with Biden

January 24, 2024 at 6:24 a.m.

WASHINGTON — This time, New Hampshire didn't surprise.Instead, its famously fickle voters stuck to the script of delivering a ringing ratification of the front-runner, Donald Trump, the former president. His victory over...

Nikki Haley, aspirante a la candidatura republicana a la presidencia, se dirige a sus simpatizantes en un salón de veteranos de guerra durante una escala de campaña, el lunes 22 de enero de 2024, en Franklin, Nueva Hampshire. (AP Foto/Charles Krupa)

Haley pide a estadounidenses frenar a Trump en la vispera de las primarias de Nueva Hampshire

January 23, 2024 at 4:49 a.m.

LACONIA, Nueva Hampshire, EE.UU. — Al ser la última rival de pie en el camino de Donald Trump hacia la nominación presidencial por el Partido Republicano, Nikki Haley espera que los votantes...

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley shakes hands with a patron during a campaign stop at a restaurant, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Concord, N.H. At left is N.H. Gov. Chris Sununu. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Haley hopes to stop Trump’s march to nomination in New Hampshire: ‘America does not do coronations’

January 23, 2024 at 4:20 a.m.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — As the last major challenger in Donald Trump 's way to the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley is hoping New Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president...

El entonces aspirante a la candidatura presidencial republicana Ron DeSantis en un evento en West Des Moines, Iowa, el 15 de enero de 2024. (Foto AP /Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis abandona su campana por la candidatura presidencial republicana y respalda a Trump

January 22, 2024 at 12:12 a.m.

WASHINGTON — El gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis suspendió el domingo su campaña por la candidatura presidencial republicana, poniendo fin a su intento por llegar a la Casa Blanca en vísperas de...

FILE - Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to ers during a caucus night party, Jan. 15, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. DeSantis has suspended his Republican presidential campaign after a disappointing showing in Iowa's leadoff caucuses. He ended his White House bid Sunday, Jan. 21, after failing to meet lofty expectations that he would seriously challenge former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump

January 21, 2024 at 8:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump.The...

Nick Zaharias of Derry, N.H., a public witness, loads a test ballot into a vote counting machine while testing machines before the New Hampshire primary, at the Derry Municipal Center, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Can Trump be stopped? Key questions ahead of New Hampshire after DeSantis drops out of race

January 21, 2024 at 10:17 p.m.

CONCORD, N.H. — Donald Trump's effort to march to the Republican presidential nomination faces perhaps its greatest challenge on Tuesday when voters in New Hampshire hold the first-in-the-nation primary.With Ron DeSantis ending...

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives for a campaign event at Wally's bar, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Hampton, N.H. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

DeSantis shifts his campaign away from New Hampshire days before the state’s primary, AP sources say

January 18, 2024 at 2:12 a.m.

HAMPTON, N.H. — Ron DeSantis has decided to shift his presidential campaign away from New Hampshire just six days before the state's first-in-the-nation Republican primary while his leading super PAC executes another...

El precandidato presidencial republicano y expresidente Donald Trump pronuncia un discurso en una sede de asamblea partidista, el lunes 15 de enero de 2024, en el Centro de Eventos Horizon, en Clive, Iowa. (AP Foto/Andrew Harnik)

Trump obtiene un contundente triunfo en los caucus de Iowa por delante de DeSantis y Haley

January 16, 2024 at 5:31 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa, EE.UU. — El expresidente Donald Trump se apuntó el lunes un triunfo sin precedentes en los caucus de Iowa mientras sus rivales languidecían a mucha distancia, una victoria que...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump notches a commanding win in the Iowa caucuses as DeSantis edges Haley for second place

January 16, 2024 at 8:09 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with his rivals languishing far behind, a victory that affirmed his grip on the...

FILE - Jimmy Carter, Democratic presidential candidate, left, speaks to a crowd of ers on the Van Ryswyk farm in Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 24, 1976. The once-every-four-years Iowa caucuses grew to be an entrenched part of U.S. politics, catapulting little-known one-time peanut farmer Carter's bid for the White House. (AP Photo, File)

Why does Iowa launch the presidential campaign?

January 12, 2024 at 2:27 p.m.

Iowa assumed its position as the state that votes first for a presidential nominee more than 50 years ago. But its 1972 caucuses didn't feel very historic. Two folding tables...

Greg Jennings poses for a photo before a rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Mason City, Iowa, on Jan. 5, 2024. "At this stage, if we're going to continually lose elections because of that issue, I'd say dump the whole damn thing and let God be the judge," said Jennings, a 68-year-old retired painting contractor from Clear Lake, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Peoples)

Worried about losing in 2024, Iowa’s Republican voters are less interested in talking about abortion

January 12, 2024 at 1:58 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A man in Iowa stood up at a recent town hall and told Ron DeSantis he had an “easy” question: How would the Florida governor address abortion when...

FILE - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan addresses ers at the Maryland statehouse, Jan. 10, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. Hogan, a former governor and moderate Republican who has been critical of Donald Trump, stepped down last month from the leadership of the third-party movement No Labels, a move that could signal his preparations to run for president using the group's ballot line. Hogan declined to comment and pointed to a letter to No Labels President and CEO Nancy Jacobson announcing his resignation as co-chair, which was dated Dec. 15 and obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan steps down from No Labels’ board in a possible sign of a 2024 bid

January 11, 2024 at 8:19 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland and a moderate Republican who has been critical of Donald Trump, stepped down last month from the leadership of the third-party...

El exgobernador de Nueva Jersey y aspirante a la candidatura republicana a la presidencia, Chris Christie, anuncia que se retira de la campaña durante una asamblea el miércoles 10 de enero de 2024 en Windham, Nueva Hampshire. (AP Foto/Robert F. Bukaty)

Chris Christie pone fin a su campana por nominacion presidencial entre criticas a sus rivales

January 11, 2024 at 5:31 a.m.

WINDHAM, Nueva Hampshire, EE.UU. — El exgobernador de Nueva Jersey Chris Christie suspendió el miércoles su campaña por la candidatura republicana a la presidencia, apenas unos días antes de que comenzaran los...

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announces he is dropping out of the race during a town hall campaign event Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Windham, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Chris Christie ends his Republican presidential bid, criticizing his rivals on his way out

January 11, 2024 at 6:09 a.m.

WINDHAM, N.H. — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday suspended his Republican presidential bid just days before Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, ceding to growing pressure to drop out of the race...

Nikki Haley, exembajadora estadounidense ante las Naciones Unidas, observa al gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis durante el debate presidencial republicano de CNN en la Universidad Drake, el miércoles 10 de enero de 2024, en Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Foto/Andrew Harnik)

Haley y DeSantis arremeten contra el historial del otro durante el debate presidencial republicano

January 11, 2024 at 5:10 a.m.

WAUKEE, Iowa, EE.UU. — Nikki Haley y Ron DeSantis se llamaron mentirosos mutuamente e insultaron el carácter y el historial del otro durante los primeros minutos del debate presidencial republicano del miércoles,...

Workers prepare for the Republican presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

As DeSantis and Haley face off in Iowa GOP debate, urgency could spark fireworks

January 10, 2024 at 5:26 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Just two Republican presidential candidates, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, will meet on the debate stage Wednesday night. With just five days before...

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, right, looks at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, at the CNN Republican presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Haley and DeSantis tear into each other’s records in a hostile head-to-head Republican debate

January 11, 2024 at 4:19 a.m.

WAUKEE, Iowa — In their most hostile encounter yet, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis attacked each other early and often in Wednesday's Republican primary debate rather than focus on Donald Trump, the...

Jackie Garlock, of Clear Lake, Iowa, wears a white hat indicating her status as one of Donald Trump's "caucus captains" while attending his rally in Mason City, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. She says she's not particularly good at political organizing but has confidence Trump will win the Republican caucuses on Jan. 15. (AP Photo/Steve Peoples)

Trump is raising expectations heading into the Iowa caucuses. Now he has to meet them

January 8, 2024 at 2:36 p.m.

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa — When Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign after a disappointing midterm election for Republicans, his trajectory was something of a mystery. But seven days before Iowa's kick-off...

Former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a campaign rally at Terrace View Event Center in Sioux Center, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump returns to Iowa 10 days before the caucuses with a commanding lead over the Republican field

January 6, 2024 at 5:22 p.m.

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump urged his ers Friday evening not to be complacent in the face of a commanding polling lead as he kicked off the sprint to...

FILE - A first-time voter waits in the doorway for a voting booth as another voter completes his ballot at the Boot City Opry near Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 3, 2020. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP, File)

Biden and Trump are poised for a potential rematch that could shake American politics

January 2, 2024 at 2:35 p.m.

LACONIA, N.H. — U.S. presidential elections have been rocked in recent years by economic disaster, stunning gaffes, secret video and a pandemic. But for all the tumult that defined those campaigns, the...

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a meet and greet, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis’ campaign and allied super PAC face new concerns about legal conflicts, AP sources say

December 12, 2023 at 9:16 p.m.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Ron DeSantis has visited each of Iowa's 99 counties. He has the endorsement of the governor and boasts the largest get-out-the-vote operation in the state. And he has...

Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the Moody Music Hall at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

GOP presidential hopefuls target Nikki Haley more than Trump, and other moments from the debate

December 7, 2023 at 3:26 a.m.

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...

FILE - Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, arrive on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. A two-hour Republican presidential primary debate will start at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

How to watch the fourth Republican presidential debate and what to look for

December 6, 2023 at 7:47 p.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The number of candidates on stage is shrinking, but the fundamentals of Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate may be familiar to anyone who has watched the previous three meetings.No one...

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the final event of a 99-county tour of Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Newton. (Lily Smith/The Des Moines via AP)

Three officials have left a pro-DeSantis super PAC in the group’s latest shake-up, AP sources say

December 3, 2023 at 4:04 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Three senior of a super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis left the group on Saturday, the latest sign of instability within the 2024 hopeful's political operation...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks during an event for his GOP presidential campaign as his wife Casey DeSantis looks on, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Prosperity, S.C. DeSantis is making a daylong swing through South Carolina, which holds the first southern Republican presidential primary of the 2024 campaign. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Another top official leaves a super PAC backing Ron DeSantis’ campaign

December 1, 2023 at 8:29 p.m.

The chairman of the most powerful independent group ing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential ambitions has resigned, marking the second major departure at the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC...

In this combination of photos, Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa, at left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaks on Sept. 12, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo)

DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff between two White House aspirants

November 30, 2023 at 6:26 a.m.

WASHINGTON — In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday could have been a preview of a 2024 general...

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a gathering during a campaign stop at a brewery, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Meredith, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Haley and DeSantis are relying more on outside campaign groups with time running out to stop Trump

November 30, 2023 at 5:14 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are increasingly outsourcing central parts of their campaigns, drawing on the growing urgency of Donald Trump opponents...

Nikki Haley, aspirante a la candidatura presidencial republicana, en Bluffton, Carolina del Sur, el 27 de noviembre de 2023. (Foto AP/Meg Kinnard)

Poderosa red politica Koch apoya candidatura de Nikki Haley en primarias republicanas

November 28, 2023 at 5:18 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Americans for Prosperity, el brazo político de la red política Koch, declaró formalmente su apoyo a Nikki Haley como candidata presidencial del Partido Republicano el martes, prometiendo usar su...

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Bluffton, S.C. Haley is among a cluster of Republican candidates competing for second place in a GOP Republican primary thus far largely dominated by former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Nikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network as she aims to take on Trump

November 29, 2023 at 6:06 a.m.

NEW YORK — Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley's presidential campaign on Tuesday, promising to commit its nationwide coalition of activists — and...

Republican presidential candidates former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talk during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The 2024 Republican presidential field is rapidly shrinking. But is it too late to stop Trump?

November 14, 2023 at 2:04 p.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican Party’s once-crowded 2024 presidential primary field has suddenly shrunk to just a handful of viable candidates.But a day after Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina stunned many...

Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Nikki Haley will launch a $10M ad campaign to try to overtake Ron DeSantis in the GOP primary

November 13, 2023 at 1:53 p.m.

NEW YORK — Nikki Haley 's presidential campaign will reserve $10 million in television, radio and digital advertising across Iowa and New Hampshire beginning in the first week of December, a massive...

FILE - President Joe Biden poses for a photo as he greets people after speaking about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 2, 2023. Despite a successful off-year election for Democrats, there remains a persistent fear within the party that there is a serious disconnect between the popularity of President Joe Biden's agenda and the man himself. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden sees hopeful signs for his reelection in Democrats’ 2023 wins. Others in his party are worried

November 13, 2023 at 3:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Surrounded by dozens of Democratic donors at a glass art gallery space in Chicago last week, President Joe Biden urged them to look beyond negative poll numbers and feel assured...

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a news conference Sept. 20, 2022, at the Capitol in Washington. Manchin announced he won't seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to gain a seat in the heavily GOP state. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Manchin decision hurts Democrats’ Senate hopes and sparks new speculation about a presidential bid

November 10, 2023 at 2:20 p.m.

NEW YORK — Joe Manchin's decision not to seek reelection virtually ensures that the Democratic Party will lose his Senate seat next year in deep-red West Virginia, making the party's steep path...

Republican presidential candidates from left, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, participate in a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

GOP candidates hit Trump and back Israel. Here are highlights from the Republican debate

November 9, 2023 at 2:29 p.m.

WASHINGTON — As they face an increasingly urgent task to emerge as a clear alternative to former President Donald Trump, five Republican presidential candidates gathered Wednesday for the party's latest debate.Trump, the...

A billboard announcing the third Republican presidential debate in Miami is shown, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in downtown Miami. Five hopefuls will participate in the debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, according to the Republican National Committee. They are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Can Nikki Haley take a big step forward? What to watch during the Republican debate

November 8, 2023 at 5:12 a.m.

NEW YORK — Five Republicans will appear on stage Wednesday night in Miami for the GOP's third presidential primary debate. The group is the smallest to qualify for the debate stage so...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, second from left, s Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on stage during a rally, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa, after she endorsed him.. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave)

DeSantis argues Iowa governor’s may help him stop Trump and he labels his rivals as spoilers

November 7, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ senior advisers are outlining a difficult path to the Republican presidential nomination that can succeed only by first denying former President Donald Trump...

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, left, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Haley has been rising with donors and voters thanks in part to strong debate performances and the campaign's increased focus on foreign policy. That's come partly at the expense of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But donors and voters seeking an alternative to former President Donald Trump haven't fully coalesced around Haley. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Nikki Haley wants to be the GOP’s Trump alternative. Ron DeSantis and others are trying to stop her

November 2, 2023 at 1:32 p.m.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — At a recent closed-door meeting of roughly 60 millionaires and billionaires, one of the Republican Party's most influential donors stood in the well of Dallas' historic Old Parkland...

El expresidente Donald Trump durante un evento de campaña, el 9 de octubre de 2023, en Wolfeboro, Nueva Hampshire. (Foto AP/Steven Senne, Archivo)

La guerra entre Israel y Hamas pone a prueba a republicanos aislacionistas

October 16, 2023 at 1:01 a.m.

ROCHESTER, Nueva Hampshire, EE.UU. — Nikki Haley prometió apoyar a Israel “en cada paso del camino”. Prometió “diezmar” la economía iraní. Y pidió que se continúe financiando a Ucrania mientras repele la...

FILE - Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks with reporters after g papers to get on the Republican presidential primary ballot at the New Hampshire Statehouse, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Concord, N.H. The Republican Party’s White House hopefuls are offering conflicting messages on the growing foreign policy challenges. A presidential election that has long been centered on domestic kitchen-table issues is suddenly shifting its focus abroad with the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the Republican Party’s isolationist shift

October 15, 2023 at 4:59 p.m.

ROCHESTER, N.H. — Nikki Haley vowed to stand with Israel “every step of the way.” She promised to “decimate” the Iranian economy. And she called for continued funding for Ukraine as it...

FILE - Colored coordinated Presidential Primary Election ballots are organized by political parties for voters on June 7, 2016, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Porterville, Calif. While the politics are murky, the fresh frenzy of outsider candidates threatens to weaken both major parties as President Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump tighten their grip on their party's presidential nominations. There’s little concern that the independent or third-party candidates would actually win the presidency, but they could siphon from the ultimate Democratic and Republican nominees. (Chieko Hara/The Porterville Recorder via AP, File)

How third-party and independent candidates could threaten Democrats and Republicans in 2024

October 9, 2023 at 5:41 p.m.

NEW YORK — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and scion of the storied Democratic dynasty, launched an independent presidential bid on Monday. Cornel West, a philosopher and Black social...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom fields questions in the spin room before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California Gov. Newsom will pick Feinstein’s replacement. He pledged in past to choose a Black woman

September 29, 2023 at 4:54 p.m.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Democrats' fragile majority in the U.S. Senate puts extra pressure on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to quickly pick a replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein following her death, a...

El presidente Joe Biden y el gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, durante un foro sobre la gestión de los riesgos de la inteligencia artificial en San Francisco, el 20 de junio de 2023. (Foto AP/Susan Walsh, Archivo)

Estrellas democratas respaldan reeleccion de Biden con la mira puesta en 2028

September 29, 2023 at 5:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON — El gobernador demócrata de Pensilvania, Josh Shapiro, se dirigirá a los votantes de las primarias presidenciales en Nueva Hampshire el sábado.La gobernadora de Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, está trabajando para fortalecer...

FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, right, listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the Interstate 95 highway collapse after an aerial tour of the site at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Democratic rising stars rally around Biden’s reelection. They’re also eyeing 2028 bids of their own

September 29, 2023 at 1:54 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is set to address presidential primary voters in New Hampshire on Saturday.Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is working to strengthen Democratic parties across the Midwest. And...

Los precandidatos a la presidencia por el Partido Republicano, el gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis, a la izquierda, y el emprendedor Vivek Ramaswamy, durante un debate republicano organizado por FOX Business Network y Univisión, el miércoles 27 de septiembre de 2023, en la Biblioteca Presidencial Ronald Reagan en Simi Valley, California. (AP Foto/Mark Terrill)

Aspirantes republicanos a la presidencia se atacan entre si y a Trump durante debate

September 28, 2023 at 5:48 a.m.

SIMI VALLEY, California, EE.UU. — Los rivales de Donald Trump lo atacaron en reiteradas oportunidades el miércoles durante el segundo debate entre aspirantes a la nominación presidencial del Partido Republicano, en el...

FILE - Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum stand on stage during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Trump rivals try to make headway and other things to watch during the GOP presidential debate

September 27, 2023 at 2:26 p.m.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — A growing sense of urgency hangs over Wednesday's Republican presidential debate as seven candidates fight for momentum on a stage that will not feature the race's front-runner. Former...

Republican presidential candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, right, both speaking during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill)

Donald Trump skipped the GOP debate again. This time, his rivals took him on directly

September 28, 2023 at 2:48 p.m.

SIMI VALLEY, Calf. — Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate, urgently trying to dent the former president's commanding primary lead during...

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie poses for a photo Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at a brewery in Goffstown, N.H. He's one of the few GOP candidates focusing on the Granite State this year. Most of the Republican presidential field is focusing their money, time and attention on Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Peoples)

Republican presidential candidates mostly overlook New Hampshire in an effort to blunt Trump in Iowa

September 16, 2023 at 2:58 p.m.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Once upon a time, the moderates, the mavericks and the underdogs in presidential politics had a chance to break through in New Hampshire.Former Sen. John McCain, an independent-minded Republican,...

ARCHIVO - El expresidente Donald Trump habla en un acto de campaña en la legislatura de Carolina del Sur, 28 de enero de 2023, en Columbia, Carolina del Sur. (AP Foto/Alex Brandon, File)

Revancha entre Trump y Biden asoma en el horizonte, les guste o no a los votantes

September 5, 2023 at 4:54 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — La conclusión del fin de semana largo del Día del Trabajo normalmente marcaría el inicio de una carrera frenética rumbo a las asambleas de Iowa en la lucha de...

FILE - The White House, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A Trump-Biden rematch may be on the horizon in 2024, whether voters like it or not

September 5, 2023 at 3:40 p.m.

NEW YORK — The end of Labor Day weekend would typically mark the start of a furious sprint to the Iowa caucuses as candidates battle for their party's presidential nomination. But as...

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks at a prayer vigil for the victims of a mass shooting a day earlier, in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders’ anger after racist killings in Jacksonville

August 29, 2023 at 12:29 p.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAA issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use “extreme care” if traveling to Florida. The leading civil rights group argued...

El empresario Vivek Ramaswamy habla con la prensa luego de un debate entre precandidatos presidenciales republicanos organizado por el canal noticioso FOX, el miércoles 23 de agosto de 2023, en Milwaukee. (AP Foto/Morry Gash)

El debate muestra que el cambio climatico es un tema incomodo para los precandidatos republicanos

August 24, 2023 at 11:22 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — A los ocho precandidatos presidenciales republicanos en el escenario del debate se les pidió que levantaran la mano si creían que el comportamiento humano está provocando el cambio climático.Ni...

FILE - Haze from wildfires in Canada is visible in New York City from the Empire State Building observatory, June 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Presidential debate shows how GOP candidates are struggling to address concerns about climate change

August 24, 2023 at 5:43 p.m.

NEW YORK — The eight Republican presidential candidates on the debate stage were asked to raise their hands if they believed human behavior is causing climate change.Not a single hand went up....

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy talk at the same time during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Vivek Ramaswamy takes center stage, plus other key moments from the first Republican debate

August 24, 2023 at 5:18 p.m.

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have dominated the Republican presidential nomination fight for much of the year. Neither dominated the debate stage Wednesday night.Trump, of course,...

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, top row from left, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy, bottom row from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. (AP Photo)

Who takes advantage of Donald Trump’s absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate

August 23, 2023 at 1:26 p.m.

NEW YORK — Eight Republican candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time Wednesday night in what may be the biggest moment in the GOP's young 2024 presidential primary...

FILE - Republican presidential candidate Miami Mayor Francis Suarez speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, July 28, 2023. Suarez has qualified for next week's Republican presidential debate, he said on Friday, Aug. 18, becoming the ninth White House hopeful to meet the fundraising and polling thresholds required to participate in the opening debate of the 2024 campaign. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez claims he’s qualified for GOP presidential debate, but RNC can’t confirm

August 18, 2023 at 5:02 p.m.

NEW YORK — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez claimed on Friday that he has qualified for next week's Republican presidential debate and would become the ninth White House hopeful to meet the fundraising...

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. He says he won't sign the pledge required to participate, but former President Donald Trump's Republican rivals are actively preparing as if he will be on stage for the GOP's first presidential debate next week.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Will Donald Trump show up at next week’s presidential debate? GOP rivals are preparing for it

August 15, 2023 at 3:38 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — He says he won't sign the pledge required to participate, but former President Donald Trump's Republican rivals are actively preparing as if he will be onstage for the...

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