Latest Nikki Haley News

Gaetz's withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees

Nov. 22, 2024 00:02 AM EST

MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn't unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump when he was elected the first time. Matt Gaetz's decision to pull his name Thursday from consideration for attorney general — amid...

Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations

Nov. 11, 2024 13:54 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations, picking a loyal ally with little foreign policy experience to represent the U.S. at the international organization. “Elise is an incredibly strong, tough,...

AP VoteCast takeaways: Gender voting gap was unremarkable compared with recent history

Nov. 06, 2024 17:42 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ran a campaign centered on hypermasculinity, actively courting young men in particular with interviews on popular male-centric podcasts. In the closing weeks of the campaign, the former president and many of his surrogates leaned into sexist remarks and...

AP PHOTOS: Donald Trump's historic comeback campaign in pictures

Nov. 06, 2024 15:28 PM EST

Donald Trump’s decisive presidential victory this week caps a turbulent four years out of office for the Republican leader. During his time away from the White House, Trump went from embattled one-term president facing internal Republican challengers and multiple trials to a resurgent...

A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here's how we got here

Nov. 04, 2024 06:42 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the election that no one could have foreseen. Not so long ago, Donald Trump was marinating in anger at Mar-a-Lago after being impeached twice and voted out of the White House. Even some of his closest allies were looking forward to a future without the...

Trump wants to narrow his deficit with women but he's not changing how he talks about them

Nov. 03, 2024 22:28 PM EST

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump says he will be the “protector” of women, whether they like it or not. He’s campaigned with men who use sexist and crude language and who have expressed alarm at the idea that wives might vote differently from their husbands. ...

As Democrats court Haley supporters, the former UN ambassador is still waiting to hear from Trump

Oct. 28, 2024 18:46 PM EDT

CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley received more Republican primary votes than anyone who challenged Donald Trump for this year's presidential nomination. She has said she's voting for him, and she released her delegates so they could support him at the Republican National Convention. ...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Vermont on Election Day

Oct. 25, 2024 15:34 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont voters will cast ballots for a full slate of federal and state offices in the Nov. 5 general election, including the president, a U.S. senator, the governor and seats in the state Legislature. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former...

Trump targets hardcore partisans, Harris goes after moderates: Inside the campaign's final sprint

Oct. 23, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In battleground Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris warned that democracy and reproductive rights were at stake as she campaigned alongside a former Republican congresswoman. Going to the same state the day before, Donald Trump served French fries at a closed McDonald's....

Jimmy Carter at 100: A power-playing loner from the farm to the White House and on the global stage

Sep. 25, 2024 15:38 PM EDT

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Barack Obama and his advisers had two living former presidents to consider as they planned the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Bill Clinton, eight years removed from the Oval Office, remained an image of centrist success that warranted a primetime speaking...