Nikki Haley Supporters in South Carolina Hold Out Hope

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The former United Nations ambassador needs buy-in from her state’s pro-Trump Republican electorate. HILTON HEAD, S.C.—Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley sounded defiant before a room of supporters in Hilton Head on Feb. 1. Former President Donald Trump had secured the endorsement of many top Republican politicians in the state while still on the trail

‘Insane’: Lawmakers Respond to Senators’ Calls for Direct Strike on Iran

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Lawmakers clash as some senators push for hitting targets inside Iran following drone attack that killed three Americans. Lawmakers in Congress are hitting back at some senators’ calls for a direct U.S. strike on Iran, with some calling the suggestion “insane.” On the evening of Jan. 27, a drone strike on a U.S. base in

House Republicans Say Speaker Is Right to Doubt Unpublished Senate Border Deal

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One purported aspect of the deal allows for border officials to close the border if they encounter a daily average of 5,000 people across the span of a week. Several Republican House members are standing by comments House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has offered in recent days, declaring a tentative Senate border security agreement would

Verdict Delayed in Trump Civil Fraud Trial as Judge Engoron Weighs Lifetime Business Ban

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The verdict in former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial has been delayed as the judge weighs whether to ban the former president from doing business. The verdict in former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in Manhattan that could see him banned for life from doing business in New York has been delayed until

Austin apologizes for keeping hospitalization secret

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized for keeping his recent hospitalization hidden from the White House and the American people. “We did not handle this right. I did not handle this right,” he told reporters Thursday in his first news conference since his secret hospitalization and since the deadly drone attack in Jordan that killed three American soldiers.  He