Trump, Haley to battle for spotlight at CPAC
Former President Trump and his ex-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are set to give dueling addresses at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) next week, putting a sharp focus on the ongoing tug-of-war within the GOP. It’ll be the first time since Haley launched her presidential bid last week that the two declared major Republican 2024 contenders will pitch their candidacies at the same event. And while few Republicans expect Trump and Haley to go after each other directly, they say that it could offer one of the clearest examples yet of the simmering tensions wi
Read MoreLightfoot takes on underdog role again in Chicago mayor's race
Lori Lightfoot, who defied expectations four years ago to win the Chicago mayoral race as a political outsider, finds herself once again the underdog as she seeks to fend off multiple challengers in a tough reelection bid. The city’s top executive is facing a crowded field of eight other candidates. Though Lightfoot campaigned as a reformer in 2019, voters are signaling they might be ready for another fresh start, and she finds herself trailing some of her rivals in recent polls. Should she fail to become one of the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s primary, she could be
Read MoreManchin says remarks on not running for president were made ‘in jest’
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said his earlier remarks that he wasn't running for president were made “in jest.” “I’m not running for president of the United States. I can assure you of that as we sit here today,” Manchin said last week in a radio interview with MetroNews, but he backtracked in a new interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” "You have been in public service for 40 years. You told a radio interview this week tha
Read MoreBiden says he has ‘other things to finish’ before starting ‘full-blown’ 2024 campaign
President Biden said in a new interview that he has “other things to finish” before starting a “full-blown” 2024 presidential campaign. “Well, apparently, someone interviewed my wife today, I heard. I gotta call her and find out,” Biden told ABC News’s David Muir when asked if he’s running again. “No, all kidding aside, my intention... has been from the beginning to run, but there’s too many other things I have to finish in the near-term before I start a campaign,” Biden said. The president has long said he intends to run for another four years in the W
Read MoreHow Jimmy Carter became a post-White House progressive hero
Jimmy Carter’s post-presidential life outshined the time he spent at the White House and won him the praise of the progressive left — a more dominant part of the Democratic Party 42 years after the end of his presidency. Carter, 98, is a figure beloved by many Democrats in 2023 despite the difficulties of his administration. He’s respected for creating a footprint as a global humanitarian and peacebuilder in a bitterly divided world. To liberals, his imprint on their movement is especially profound. “President Carter promoted progres
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