Trump jumps into 2024 race with GOP at crossroads
President Trump is mounting a comeback bid with the hope that the GOP will once again rally behind him — just as some Republicans worry nominating him for president for a third time is a recipe for failure at the ballot box. The former president announced the launch of his 2024 presidential campaign from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida Tuesday night, claiming the country had slipped into anarchy under President Biden and arguing he could repeat the policy successes of his first term. But he did so at a time when the calls from some party members to move on from Tr
Read MoreSome Republicans show appetite for a Manchin deal on permitting reform
A handful of Republican lawmakers appear open to working with Sen. Joe Manchin on his push for permitting reform despite tensions between the West Virginia Democrat and the GOP caucus. Manchin has been pushing for policies that speed up the approval process for energy projects in order to build out more energy infrastructure. His last attempt ran into opposition from both Republicans — who said it didn’t go far enough — and progressives, who said it could harm communities who live near the projects. Republicans were also not inclined to help Manchin after many saw him as double-c
Read MoreTrump announces 2024 run for president
PALM BEACH, Fla. – Former President Trump, facing questions about his influence over the Republican Party, on Tuesday announced his entry into the 2024 race for the White House. Trump made the announcement during a much-anticipated event at Mar-a-Lago, his private estate and club in Palm Beach, Fla., just a week after a lackluster midterm election performance denied Republicans the “red wave” they had long anticipated and led to days of finger-pointing within the party. Flanked by a dozen American flags in a gilded ballroom, Trump delivered a winding speech in
Read MoreTrump files paperwork for 2024 presidential run
Former President Trump has filed his paperwork to run for the White House in 2024 with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). The candidacy filing was dated Tuesday and published moments before Trump was set to make a "special announcement" at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. Trump for weeks has teased mounting another presidential run, which comes as he faces multiple investigations for his handling of classified records and promotion of unfounded election fraud claims in 2020. Tuesday
Read MoreThe Memo: Losses for election deniers hold lessons for GOP
Some of the Republican Party’s most prominent election deniers were defeated in last week’s midterms. Now, many in the GOP hope their party will learn a hard lesson. “For the groups that were promoting conspiracies about 2020, the midterm elections were a giant setback,” said strategist Alex Conant, who served as communications director for Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) 2016 presidential bid. “If you are a Republican looking to run for president in 2024, it is clear that being an election denier is going to be a liability in the general election,” Conant added. A
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