On the last weekend before New Hampshire, campaigning was already over
MANCHESTER, N.H. — There were already two large trucks settled into a bank parking lot by 9 a.m. Saturday morning, 10 hours before Donald Trump was scheduled to speak at…
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Jeb 2.0 returns to Florida
Once upon a time there was a Florida governor who wanted to be president. Soon after the midterm elections, he began to gear up. He didn’t announce immediately but he…
The Democratic Party is running on democracy. Long-shot candidates cry hypocrisy.
NASHUA, N.H. — The Democratic National Committee has worked for years to design what its rules committee co-chairman Jim Roosevelt III has called a “transparent” 2024 nominating process, with a…
The Campaign Moment: DeSantis’s demise, and the GOP’s distinct time for choosing
Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in the (rapidly shrinking) 2024 campaign. Now, that development is the demise of the DeSantis campaign. At one point,…
Inside the unusual Biden write-in campaign in New Hampshire
CONCORD, N.H. — On a bustling intersection near where every presidential candidate has signed up to run in New Hampshire, a small posse of local Democrats held up signs for…
Two weeks ago, New Hampshire seemed close. Not anymore.
The 2024 Republican presidential nominating contest has echoed the 2016 one in two important ways. First, Donald Trump has led in polling consistently for months. And, second, outside observers have…
Supreme Court clears way for border agents to remove Texas wire barrier
The Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration on Monday and cleared the way for Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire Texas officials installed along a busy stretch of…
Man sues Macy’s, saying false facial recognition match led to jail assault
A man was sexually assaulted in jail after being falsely accused of armed robbery due to a faulty facial recognition match, his attorneys said, in a case that further highlights…
Was the notion of a competitive Republican primary just a mirage?
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Was it all a mirage, this notion of a Republican Party open to abandoning Donald Trump in 2024? For all the vulnerabilities attributed to him at this…
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a possible VP pick, is engaged to be married
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), a former presidential candidate and possible Republican vice-presidential nominee, proposed to his girlfriend, Mindy Noce, Saturday evening at the beach in Kiawah Island in South Carolina.…