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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana's presidential primaries

Mar. 20, 2024 13:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana politics have been dominated this year by new Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s special legislative sessions to address crime and adopt new congressional maps. On Saturday, the focus will shift to the state’s presidential primaries. There’s little...

Trump ramps up dark rhetoric in Ohio stump speech for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno

Mar. 17, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio. Trump, speaking on a wind-whipped...

These Republicans won states that Trump lost in 2020. Their endorsements are lukewarm (or withheld)

Mar. 15, 2024 00:05 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will back his fellow Republicans' presidential ticket in November. That does not mean he will cheerlead for former President Donald Trump or even endorse him by name. “I’m going to support the nominee,” Kemp told reporters this week...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Hawaii's Republican caucuses

Mar. 08, 2024 21:09 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hawaii Republicans will hold caucuses Tuesday to cast votes in a presidential nomination contest in which former incumbent Donald Trump is the only remaining major candidate competing. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley ended her campaign this week. ...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Mar. 08, 2024 17:56 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. __ ...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the District of Columbia's GOP presidential primary

Feb. 28, 2024 07:28 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the nation’s capital will gather in a hotel this weekend and cast their ballots for the GOP presidential candidate they would like to see occupy the White House. The contest may be the best chance for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley to score a...

South Carolina's Republican primary: What to watch as Haley tries to upset Trump in her home state

Feb. 22, 2024 00:04 AM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley 's best-case scenario for her home state's Republican primary might be to do well enough to make the March 5 Super Tuesday slate somewhat competitive against Donald Trump. An upset in South Carolina, though, is a longshot in a state where...

Trump's threat to NATO allies draws little condemnation from GOP, reflecting his grip on the party

Feb. 12, 2024 21:53 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's claim that he once told a NATO ally that he would encourage Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to “delinquent” members of the group sent shockwaves through Europe over the weekend. But in Washington, most Republicans downplayed or...

What's in the bipartisan Senate package to aid Ukraine, secure U.S. border

Feb. 04, 2024 23:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have come out with a carefully negotiated $118 billion compromise that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border laws aimed at shrinking the historic number of people who have come to the U.S. border with Mexico to seek asylum. ...

GOP pressures Biden to release evidence against Maduro ally pardoned as part of prisoner swap

Jan. 25, 2024 14:45 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday urged the Justice Department to release its investigative file on a key fixer for Venezuela's socialist government pardoned by President Joe Biden ahead of trial on money laundering charges. Alex Saab, 52, was released from...