Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has bet big on his veteran status as part of his Iowa-or-bust campaign strategy, touting his military service as a distinguishing factor in the steadily narrowing Republican field. The only veteran in the GOP primary field, DeSantis has courted the vote of former service members via his Iowa veterans coalition,...
Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis projected confidence one day ahead of the Iowa caucuses despite multiple polls showing they are falling behind former President Trump when it comes to the nation's first nominating contest of the 2024 election. Both candidates made appearances on the Sunday morning political TV circuit where they made...
Former Democratic Party chair Donna Brazile praised former President Trump on Sunday, eyeing his chances at an Iowa caucus victory on Monday. Trump has performed strongly in GOP primary polling in Iowa, where rivals Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley hope extreme weather can depress turnout for the former president. “The word...
A strong majority of GOP voters would be satisfied with former President Trump as their party’s nominee, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday, underlining Trump’s backing as he hopes for a strong showing in Monday’s Iowa caucus. About 72 percent of poll respondents said they’d be satisfied with Trump, and about two-thirds...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) rejected the calls to fire Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over his failure to communicate to the White House that he was hospitalized earlier this month. Manchin said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that while there was "definitely a breakdown" in communication, Austin should not be fired over his mistake in not...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday accused former President Trump of trying to convert the White House into a “moneymaking enterprise” in response to House Democrats finding Trump took nearly $8 million from foreign governments while president. “So Donald Trump did something nobody had ever done before. He tried to convert the presidency into a...