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Ambassador Nikki Haley will run in the Feb. 6 primary that the Nevada secretary of state is required to operate. Trump will run instead in the Feb. 8 caucuses operated by the state Republican Party, which has decided that only its caucuses will count for the purposes of awarding delegates. Trump allies within the state Republican Party engineered changes last year that set them up for caucuses and imposed restrictions that rivals including Haley and Florida Gov. They're part of a broader pattern of state Republican parties closely aligning with Trump as he looks to quickly lock in the Republican nomination. Haley, the last major contender against Trump, is bypassing Nevada altogether and instead campaigning in her home state of South Carolina, which holds a Feb. 24 primary.

Persons: Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Trump, Haley, Ron DeSantis, ”, Michael McDonald, Joe Lombardo’s, longshot Ryan Binkley, “ It's, Henry Vanderleest, Mike Pence, Sen Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Biden, McDonald, elector, “, Joseph Frederick, Stern Organizations: Nevada Republicans, Republican, U.N, Trump, Republican Party, Florida Gov, Nevada GOP, Associated Press, Republican Gov, Republicans, Sparks, New, New Jersey Gov, The, The Nevada GOP, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: RENO, Nev, Nevada, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Reno, New Jersey, The Nevada, Epping , New Hampshire

"It's clear to me tonight that there isn't a path for me to win the nomination," Christie told voters at an evening event. Haley and Christie have both overperformed among self-described independents in polls ahead of New Hampshire's Jan. 23 open primary. NBC News has reached out to the Christie campaign for comment about Christie's remark. Christie, but my brain tells me to vote for Nikki Haley," New Hampshire Republican Greg Leach, 49, told NBC News on Tuesday after attending a Christie town hall. He often told voters that they might not like everything he has to say, but he will always tell it like it is.

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Only after he was awkwardly pulled aside on stage and informed that he was in Sioux City did he make a correction. Trump's Sioux flub caught the attention of Florida Gov. “I don’t think he’s senile. A Trump spokesperson noted that Trump hasn’t criticized Biden directly on age, and Trump has long argued that Biden's problem isn't actually his age but his mental state. But when a reporter noted Trump’s actual age, neither woman saw it as problem.

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Added to valuations from December, major REITs, which build, own and operate property assets, have marked down office portfolios by roughly a tenth or less over the past year. Dexus shares have fallen 28% since 2022, while Charter Hall has nearly halved. "Buyers aren't willing to pay the price from the last valuations," said Winston Sammut, an investment manager at Sequoia Financial Group and a former executive at Charter Hall. Dexus and Charter Hall did not respond to requests for comment. "We're looking to see whether the fund managers, the Charter Halls, the Centurias, the Dexus are also getting large redemptions."

Persons: Tom Westbrook, Buyers, Winston Sammut, it's, REITs, Centuria, Grant Berry, Dexus, Ping, Blackstone, Amy Pham, Sammut, Australia's, Hostplus, that's, Pham, Lewis Jackson, Scott Murdoch, Sam Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Charter Hall, Sequoia Financial Group, Charter, Reuters, SG Hiscock, Company, Blackstone, Sydney, Pengana Capital, Thomson Locations: Epping, Sydney, Australia, SYDNEY, Canberra, United States

☆ Fact Check-Image shows Stephen King cover art, not a real article saying JKF survived assassination
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Cover art that featured on the back of a Stephen King novel is circulating online with the false claim that it shows an authentic news article reporting that U.S. President John F. Kennedy survived his assassination in 1963. Examples of the image shared online can be seen (here) and (here). A search for the image shows that it featured in an article published by the SFGATE in 2015 reporting on a TV series based on the novel (here). Authentic headlines published in 1963 reporting on Kennedy’s assassination can be seen in The Connecticut Post and Business Insider (here), (here). The image does not show an authentic news article reporting that John F. Kennedy survived his assassination and instead, shows cover art that featured on the back of Stephen King’s novel, “11/22/63.”This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

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☆ The millionaire founder of a cake company is accused of cutting down over 130 trees to build a mansion for himself, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The founder of a million-dollar cake company was accused of chopping down protected trees. He founded the egg-free cake company Cake Box which is now worth over $70 million. Sukh Ram Chamdal, the founder and CEO of egg-free cake company Cake Box valued at almost £58.4 million ($74 million) appeared in court on June 22 to plead not guilty to the offense. A spokesperson for MHP, the communications company that represents Cake Box, declined to comment on the situation because its an ongoing legal procedure. He founded Cake Box in 2008 after he struggled to find an egg-free cake for his daughter's birthday.

Persons: Chamdal, —, Sukh Ram Chamdal Organizations: Service, The Telegraph, Council, Crown Court, LinkedIn Locations: British, Loughton, Epping Forest, London, Indian, East London

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