Nikki Haley Is Running
Nikki Haley Is Running
And she'll be challenging her former boss
What You May Have Missed
Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the United Nations, will announce this month that she is seeking the Republican presidential nomination. Haley has been running fourth in early polls with about three percent support, behind Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Mike Pence.
Trump, meanwhile, has been off to a slow start, with sluggish fundraising in the first weeks since he officially entered the 2024 race. And though Trump has been leading national GOP polls, it’s DeSantis who is acting like the frontrunner, ignoring Trump’s attacks.
Number two Senate Republican John Thune says any candidate running in 2024 on the theme of “a stolen election” is going to have a hard time. That could apply to Trump, but also to GOP Senate candidates — which is why the National Republican Senatorial Committee is taking early steps to stop unelectable candidates.
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met today for the first time since McCarthy won the gavel. Raising the debt ceiling is on both men’s minds, and the White House is pondering a compromise — or an end-run around McCarthy.
The FBI search of President Biden’s Delaware beach home today turned up no classified documents.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) has yet to decide if he will seek reelection in a state Trump carried by 16 points in 2020.
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Fox News has a problem with the cold opens for Saturday Night Live.
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that he’s never voted before in order to keep his objectivity as a journalist. But he says he will vote in 2024.Brazil’s military police initially stood by as Bolsonaro supporters rioted.
Two-thirds of voters in New York City think crime is a very serious problem. And that’s why Mayor Eric Adams a negative 37% to 43% job approval rating.
Economic bellwether UPS said a “mild recession” was now its base case scenario.
President Biden is ready to shuffle his economic team.
28% of Republican primary voters say they’ll support Donald Trump even if he ran as an independent in the general election.
Iran’s deadly street protests are replaced by quiet acts of rebellion.
Germany may soon make it much easier for foreigners to acquire German citizenship.
How the Supreme Court could end Reddit as we know it.
OpenAI released a free tool to help educators and others figure out if a particular chunk of text was written by a human or a machine.
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Closing Thoughts
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) calls out the partisan nature of the House Oversight Committee probe of pandemic relief funds.
The committee is now chaired by Rep. James Comer (R), who is from — you guessed it — Kentucky.
Lake is just pitiful. Or as we say here in eastern NC. Bless her lil heart. That aside on what AOC was pointing out, there needs to be an investigation. Lastly Jon Tester is one of my favorite Senators. I want him to be around for at least another term.