Can Haley beat Trump? A New Hampshire VFW hall spotlights her stark enthusiasm gap

Can Haley beat Trump? A New Hampshire VFW hall spotlights her stark enthusiasm gap

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley takes the stage at a Get Out the Vote campaign rally ahead of the New Hampshire primary election in Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S., January 21, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters FRANKLIN, N.H. — Nikki Haley is throwing harder punches, hosting more events … Read more

Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Donald Trump

Ron DeSantis drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Donald Trump

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign event at the Chrome Horse Saloon on January 14, 2024 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday, two days before the New Hampshire primary. … Read more

What to expect from Trump, Haley and DeSantis

What to expect from Trump, Haley and DeSantis

Campaign signs alongside the highway in Concord, New Hampshire on January 18, 2024. The state’s primary is scheduled for January 23, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images New Hampshire voters head to the polls Tuesday for the first primary election of the 2024 presidential cycle. But if former President Donald Trump has … Read more

Biden hosts Speaker Johnson, Sen. Schumer, push Ukraine, Israel aid

Biden hosts Speaker Johnson, Sen. Schumer, push Ukraine, Israel aid

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., attend a Menorah lighting to celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images President Joe Biden hosted Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader … Read more

Advance of the far-right the ‘biggest concern’ for Western democracies

Advance of the far-right the ‘biggest concern’ for Western democracies

Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the investiture debate at the Spanish Parliament on Nov. 15, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Isabel Infantes | Getty Images News | Getty Images The rise of far-right political groups is the “biggest concern” for Western democracies, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told CNBC. “I think that not only … Read more

Fundraising off to slow start in fight over Missouri abortion amendment

Fundraising off to slow start in fight over Missouri abortion amendment

COLUMBIA, Mo. — What’s expected to be an expensive and bitter fight over multiple Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures so far has not attracted much money. An abortion-rights campaign called Missourians for Constitutional Freedom had no money on hand as of Dec. 31, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday. The group received $25,000 in nonmonetary … Read more

Haley pressured by donors to beat Trump in New Hampshire

Haley pressured by donors to beat Trump in New Hampshire

Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley is facing pressure from some of her top fundraisers to either seriously compete with, or outright defeat, Donald Trump in next week’s New Hampshire primary, after finishing third on Monday in the Iowa caucus. “I would still like to see her get somewhere, but the mountain she has to … Read more

Asa Hutchinson drops out of Republican primary

Asa Hutchinson drops out of Republican primary

Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson speaks during the Florida Freedom Summit held at the Gaylord Palms Resort on November 04, 2023 in Kissimmee, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday suspended his Republican presidential campaign, a day after finishing a distant sixth place in the GOP’s Iowa caucuses. Hutchinson’s … Read more

Haley refuses more presidential debates unless Trump participates

Haley refuses more presidential debates unless Trump participates

Former U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Nikki Haley, then-U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, in the Oval Office of the White House on in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9, 2018. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley said she would not participate in any further primary debates unless front-runner Donald … Read more

Iowa Republican caucus sets new record for state political ad buys

Iowa Republican caucus sets new record for state political ad buys

The battle to win the Republican Iowa caucus is the most expensive on record, with over $120 million spent on ads by the campaigns and their affiliated political action committees in the Hawkeye State, according to data provided to CNBC by AdImpact. The massive amount of resources placed into Iowa reflects how competitive candidates and … Read more