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☆ Justin and Hailey Bieber are expecting their first child together
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Hailey and Justin Bieber are going to be parents. The couple announced the news on Thursday on Instagram, both sharing a video that showcases Hailey Bieber’s growing belly. Justin Bieber is also seen lovingly holding onto Hailey Bieber’s belly in one snapshot. In 2018, Justin Bieber announced on his Instagram page that the pair had become engaged, writing, “Hailey I am soooo in love with everything about you! “He’s an incredible, amazing man, and such a good partner to go through life with,” Hailey Bieber told Elle in a 2020 interview.

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☆ Nikki Haley should be a natural fit for the South Carolina Lowcountry. So why is Trump poised to win the region in the GOP primary?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But in the state where Haley once served as governor, she has trailed Trump by sizable margins in most polling. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump waves to supporters after a rally in North Charleston, S.C., on February 14, 2024. A Suffolk University/USA TODAY poll among likely GOP voters had Trump leading Haley 63%-35%, a 28-point spread. For many GOP voters, Trump is who they know best. And as the South Carolina primary ends Saturday night, that sentiment is Haley's biggest impediment to a victory.

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Haley's hometown was her first stop as she barnstormed across the state in the closing days ahead of South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary, aiming to cut into Donald Trump's popularity in the state. Back in Bamberg, the city's mayor, Nancy Foster, introduced Haley, recalling the former governor's parents as “gracious and accommodating." Bamberg County is unlikely to go into either Haley or Trump's win column for the general election. There were none of those references on Tuesday, as Foster welcomed Haley back home. “Nikki, Bamberg is so very proud of you, and we wish you well in all your endeavors," Foster said Tuesday.

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☆ Nikki Haley requests Secret Service protection, citing rise in threats
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Nikki Haley, the candidate of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential elections in the US, delivers remarks during a Town Hall campaign event in the Lowcountry in Bluffton SC, United States on November 27, 2023. Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley has requested a U.S. Secret Service protective detail, citing a rise in threats against her, NBC News confirmed Monday. Haley is the only major candidate still running against Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary. "Part of running for public life is that you're going to deal with the threats that are there. That's not going to deter me.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Haley, Donald Trump, It's, That's Organizations: Republican Party, Bluffton SC, Former United Nations, Secret, NBC News, Republican Locations: Bluffton, United States, South Carolina, Columbia

☆ Nikki Haley campaign site lacks policy platform, simple way to evaluate positions
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

No surprise then, that Haley's presidential campaign website features a "Record of Results" tab with more than a dozen subtopics. The competitionTypically, a presidential campaign makes it as easy as possible for the public to learn what the candidate would do if elected. But a curious voter who visited Haley's campaign website would need to navigate through press clips and TV appearances to find one. CNBC reached out to Haley's campaign to ask why they do not have a comprehensive policy agenda on the campaign site. The link revealed something unexpected: The document did not appear under any of the sections into which Haley's campaign site was divided, like "News," or "About Nikki" or "Action Center."

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☆ Wall Street opens wallets wide for 'Trump alternative' Nikki Haley at $500K fundraiser
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Attendees were asked to give between $3,300 and $16,600 per person to Team Stand for America, a joint fundraising committee benefiting her campaign, according to the invitation. A spokesman for Elliot did not return requests for comment. Chambers, Rosenkranz, a representative for for JPMorgan and a spokeswoman for AQR did not return requests for comment. A spokeswoman for the Haley campaign did not return requests for comment. Haley is trailing Trump nationally by around 50 percentage points, according to a Real Clear Politics polling average.

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☆ For Haley, Rise in Polls Feeds Voter Enthusiasm on Trail
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jazmine Ulloa | More About Jazmine Ulloa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was the kind of exchange that Ms. Haley has used to steadily build momentum — and it seems to be paying off. In diners, gyms and event halls across New Hampshire and South Carolina, the state she led for six years, voters have recently shown increased interest in Ms. Haley’s campaign, with a palpable shift in energy. In South Carolina, where her homecoming had the feel of a rally, Ms. Haley’s message appeared to resonate. Her campaign officials said they had to move the event to a larger location last week after so many people signed up to attend. Ms. Haley remains far behind the former president she served under, who continues to dominate in national polls, as well as in surveys in every early-voting state.

Persons: Haley, Haley’s, Donald J, Trump, “ Haley, ” Locations: New Hampshire, South Carolina, Derry, Bluffton, S.C

Around 2,500 people gathered to hear Haley, the former governor and United Nations ambassador, according to officials at a satellite campus of the University of South Carolina along the state’s southern coast. She often hits on this theme herself, noting her ousting of a 30-year state incumbent in the South Carolina House, then beating three initially better-known candidates to become the first woman to serve as South Carolina governor. Ron DeSantis campaigns across South Carolina on Friday. On Monday, Haley riffed on Trump’s recent appearance in her home state at Saturday’s football rivalry matchup between the University of South Carolina and her alma mater, Clemson University. Henry McMaster, Haley’s successor and an alumnus of South Carolina, which lost to Clemson.

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☆ DeSantis: Trump’s 2020 election fraud theories were ‘unsubstantiated’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Ron DeSantis said Friday that the “theories” put out by former President Donald Trump and his associates following the 2020 election were “unsubstantiated” and “did not prove to be true.”“I’ve said many times, the election is what it is. All those theories that were put out, did not prove to be true,” DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, told reporters traveling on his Never Back Down bus tour in Iowa. I mean they’ve been trying to get him since he became president.”Previously, when asked about the 2020 election, DeSantis has pivoted and emphasized a focus on the future, not the past. I mean, that’s the formula for success.”Such a focus on the future is typical for DeSantis when faced with questions surrounding the 2020 election. At a New Hampshire town hall, DeSantis was asked by a high school student if Trump violated the peaceful transfer of power during the 2020 election.

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Ron DeSantis, seeks the Republican presidential nomination, Casey DeSantis is no stranger to the trail. A source familiar with the matter said Casey DeSantis didn’t only narrate the video announcing the initiative, she also wrote the script. “If that horn is in response, to him, I’ll tell you he ain’t backing down,” Casey DeSantis said. The DeSantis campaign includes Casey DeSantis on its campaign event promotions. But because I believe in him with every ounce of my being,” Casey DeSantis said.

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☆ Hailey Bieber reveals what she fears about having kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Hailey Bieber is sharing more about her thoughts on growing her family with husband Justin Bieber. In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the model and entrepreneur reportedly said she would like to have kids but worries about the public scrutiny the couple faces. “It’s enough that people say things about my husband or my friends,” she said. “I can’t imagine having to confront people saying things about a child.”She and Justin Bieber got engaged in July 2018. Despite her concerns, Hailey Bieber said she isn’t going to let fear keep her from welcoming children.

☆ Charlottesville: Multiple people charged with burning objects with the 'intent to intimidate' on day of 2017 White nationalist march
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“There’s a law, a burning objects law, that says they can be prosecuted but our prosecutor’s not doing that.”CNN has reached out to Tracci for comment. Dykes, who was arrested on Friday, and Smith, who was arrested in early January, are both in custody. The separate crime Smith has been charged with carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The demonstration at UVA was followed by a “Unite the Right” rally held the next day in downtown Charlottesville that turned violent and later deadly. Counter-protestor Heather Heyer was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of counter-protesters gathered to oppose the gathering of White nationalist and other right-wing groups.

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