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Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks as former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum listen at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023. Haley, U.N. ambassador in Trump's administration, said the curtains had been bought during the previous Obama administration, and told Scott to "do your homework." before the exchange devolved into cacophony with the two candidates, joined by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, talking over one another. The New York Times in 2018 reported that $52,701 had been spent for "customized and mechanized curtains" for the residence. The article said plans to buy the curtains were made in 2016, before Trump took office.

Persons: Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Doug Burgum, Brian Snyder, Donald Trump, Tim Scott of, Haley, U.N, Obama, Scott, Ron DeSantis, Trump, Chris Christie, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Trump's, Mike Pence, Karen Pence, Alex Bruesewitz, DeSantis, Christie, Alexandra Ulmer, Ross Colvin, Howard Goller Organizations: South Carolina, North Dakota, Republican, REUTERS, White, United Nations, Florida, New York Times, New, Democratic, Trump Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Tim Scott of South Carolina, New York, cacophony, New Jersey

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy, U.S. It was a clear reflection of how illegal immigration and border security are among the top concerns for Republican primary voters. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said he would send the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border “on Day One." That didn’t stop Christie from trying a little humor himself in blasting Trump for skipping the debate. There were some hoots but more moans from the audience, likely because much of the crowd, like the Republican Party, was comprised of voters who like Trump.

Persons: Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump, DeSantis, “, ” DeSantis, doesn't, Ramaswamy, didn’t, “ Joe Biden doesn’t, ” Pence, Karen Pence, Christie, ” Christie, Donald Duck, commenter, “ We’ve, Tim Reid, James Oliphant, Colleen Jenkins, Deepa Babington, Howard Goller Organizations: New, South Carolina, U.S, Republican, TRUMP, Florida Governor, Reuters, Trump, Former New Jersey, National Guard, South, Border Patrol, United Auto Workers, Republican Party, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Dakota, New Jersey, Florida, U.S, SIMI VALLEY , California, Simi Valley , California, autoworkers, Detroit, New Hampshire, Mexico, South Carolina, Mexican, Washington

It also shows the despair of some Republican establishment donors looking for a viable candidate who is not Trump. Reuters also spoke to a half dozen Haley donors, advisers to donors, and even supporters of other candidates who said more donors are looking at Haley. The Haley campaign did not respond to requests for comment about donor support. Even if more donors do line up behind Haley, it may be in vain, as so many Republican voters appear set on Trump. Rob Godfrey, a Republican strategist who advises some donors, said he has also seen an uptick in support for Haley in South Carolina.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Sam Wolfe, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Trump, Haley, Joe Biden, Ronald Lauder, Andrew Romeo, John Yates, Yates, Frayda Levin, Tim Scott, Fred Zeidman, I've, Rob Godfrey, Godfrey, Alexandra Ulmer, Gram Slattery, Ross Colvin, Grant McCool Organizations: U.S, United Nations, Republican, REUTERS, Reuters, South, Trump, White, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Land, South Carolina, U.S, Florida, California, DeSantis, New Hampshire, New Mexico, China, Israel, New Jersey, Texas, San Francisco, Washington

CNN —The second 2024 Republican presidential primary debate ended just as it began: with former President Donald Trump – who hasn’t yet appeared alongside his rivals onstage – as the party’s dominant front-runner. “Tonight’s GOP debate was as boring and inconsequential as the first debate, and nothing that was said will change the dynamics of the primary contest,” Trump campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita said in a statement. DeSantis, Pence duck health care questions while Haley pouncesDespite the efforts of moderators to pin them down, DeSantis and Pence struggled to respond when challenged on their respective records on health care. A messy first hourThe first hour of the second GOP primary debate was beset by interruptions, crosstalk and protracted squabbles between the candidates and moderators over speaking time. Further complicating the matter, some of the highest polling candidates – DeSantis and Haley – were among those least willing to dive into the muck during the first hour.

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☆ Analysis: Trump can get away with skipping a debate but can't evade legal consequences
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Donald Trump will skip another Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night because no one will punish him for not being there. While getting away with it is the ex-president’s quintessential political skill, his talent for evading consequences is facing a grave challenge in another sphere – the courts. Since the first GOP debate last month in Wisconsin, Florida Gov. Yet it stirred barely a murmur from Trump’s GOP rivals. The ex-president’s political might within the GOP base means its leaders are loath to cross him.

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☆ Time running out for Trump's Republican 2024 rivals as they face off in second debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a 2024 presidential election campaign event at Sportsman Boats in Summerville, South Carolina, U.S. September 25, 2023. Seven Republican candidates will be on stage for the debate that begins at 9 p.m. Trump's Republican rivals need to change the trajectory with less than four months until voting begins in Iowa, which holds the first Republican nominating contest, the strategists say. DEBATE IS 'MAKE-OR-BREAK' FOR DESANTISMancuso said this week's debate was especially important for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Once the clear second-place candidate behind Trump, DeSantis has floundered, and some other candidates have closed the gap with him in recent polls.

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☆ Which candidates qualified for the second Republican 2024 debate?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks as former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley listen during the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreSept 25 (Reuters) - At least six Republican candidates will take part in the second 2024 Republican presidential debate on Wednesday in California. Here are the candidates expected to be on stage for the debate, which begins at 9 p.m. DeSantis, 45, is Trump's top rival, but remains nearly 40 percentage points behind the former president in opinion polls. DeSantis' campaign says it is focused on stopping Trump in Iowa, where the party will hold its first nominating contest in January. The former New Jersey governor and federal prosecutor stepped up his verbal attacks as Trump faced a growing number of criminal charges.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, RON DESANTIS, DeSantis, MIKE, Jan, Pence, Joe Biden's, VIVEK RAMASWAMY, Ramaswamy, Trump, NIKKI HALEY, Haley, Biden, TIM SCOTT, Scott's, Scott, CHRIS CHRISTIE Christie, Trump's, Christie, Tim Reid, Ross Colvin Organizations: Florida, U.S, South Carolina, Republican, Foundation & Institute, Twitter, Trump, Capitol, Christian, White, United Nations, Republican Party, TIM, Black Republican U.S, Reuters, New, Thomson Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, California, Detroit, autoworkers, Simi Valley , California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Milwaukee, South Carolina, New Jersey

☆ Stage set for second GOP debate. Here’s who’s on it
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The 2024 GOP presidential debate stage is shrinking after the Republican National Committee announced late Monday that seven candidates are set to participate in the second debate – down one from their first clash. Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination, is skipping the event. To qualify for the second debate, GOP candidates had to register at least 3% in two national polls or one national poll and two polls from separate early voting states – Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina or Nevada. Ramaswamy was a dominant figure at the first debate, engaging in memorable clashes with Pence, Christie and Haley.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Pence, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, Asa Hutchinson, Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, Joe Biden, Trump, it’s, I’m, ” Trump, Biden, Haley, Pence, Christie, Scott, Ramaswamy, Hutchinson, “ We’re, ”, we’re, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, “ Tim, Jimmy Carter, NBC’s “, ” Christie –, –, “, ” Christie, James Uthmeier, ” Uthmeier, ” Ramaswamy Organizations: CNN, Republican National Committee, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, North Dakota Gov, Former Arkansas Gov, Republican, Fox Business Network, Univision, Ronald Reagan Presidential, Michigan, GOP, Trump, NBC News, The Washington Post, ABC News, NBC, ABC, Pence, RNC, United Nations, Fox Business, Press, Fox News Locations: South Carolina, New Jersey, Simi Valley , California, Michigan –, Summerville , South Carolina, Detroit, Michigan, Simi, DeSantis, – Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Iowa, Ukraine, Reagan, ”, Florida

Republican candidates are gearing up for the second GOP presidential debate, as they look to chip away at former President Donald Trump’s comfortable lead with less than four months before the first nominating contest. After a raucous first debate in Milwaukie last month, the candidates are set to return to the debate stage for a two-hour event at 9 p.m. To qualify for the second debate, a candidate must poll at least 3% in two national polls or 3% in one national poll and one poll from an early state poll in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada or South Carolina, according to rules set by the Republican National Committee. In addition to the polling and fundraising requirements, the candidates must also have taken a loyalty pledge in order to participate in the debate, which all eight candidates who participated in the first debate completed. With that pledge, which has been somewhat controversial among the candidates, GOP presidential hopefuls must sign a statement that they will support the eventual Republican nominee.

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☆ GOP shutdown politics rock Washington as Trump and Biden head for a swing-state showdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and his Oval Office predecessor, Donald Trump, are about to wage the most direct showdown yet of their possible rematch as far-right House Republicans drive the nation to the brink of a government shutdown. Trump, seeking to sow dysfunction on Biden’s watch and advance his political goals as the GOP front-runner for 2024, is goading his loyalists to shut Washington down. Michigan – which Trump won in 2016 but Biden pulled back into the Democratic column in 2020 – will again be a vital general election state. With the political heat over a potential shutdown rising, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured Sunday political talk shows to pressure Republicans. He wrote on his Truth Social network that the shutdown was the “last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me and other Patriots.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Trump, Biden, ”, –, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Ronald Reagan, Hunter Biden’s, New Jersey Sen, Robert Menendez, illegalities, Trump’s, McCarthy, Tim Burchett, Dana Bash, ” McCarthy, he’d, midterms, Pete Buttigieg, “, ” Buttigieg Organizations: CNN, Office, House Republicans, Democratic, White, GOP, United Auto Workers, Trump, Biden, Republican, Former South Carolina Gov, Florida Gov, Ronald Reagan Presidential, New, Senate Foreign Relations, Trump Republicans, California Republican, Russia, Tennessee, Union, Transportation, Patriots, Republicans Locations: Washington, Michigan, Wolverine, Wisconsin, Florida, California, New Jersey, “ State

☆ Why New Hampshire is the most likely state where Trump could lose a primary
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

He’s getting over 60% in a number of national surveys of the GOP primary and holds the advantage in every early state that’s been polled. Take a look at CNN’s most recent survey of the state’s GOP primary conducted by the University of New Hampshire. The fact that Trump’s share of the New Hampshire primary vote remains flat is notable. In 2016, New Hampshire GOP primary voters were twice as likely to identify as moderates and independents than Iowa Republican caucusgoers. And keep this in mind: The winner of the Iowa GOP caucuses rarely wins the New Hampshire GOP primary.

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CNN —A furious scramble for second place is underway in the crowded Republican primary contest, with candidates vying for an opportunity to directly take on front-runner Donald Trump. Since the 2024 presidential race began, the second-place spot in GOP primary polling has been a coveted one. He was more muted compared with other rivals at last month’s first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee, and he’s now polling at similar levels to several other non-Trump contenders. She said she ultimately intends to take part in the Republican primary and is considering Haley, Christie or former Texas Rep. Will Hurd. This cycle is shaping up to be similar to that, said Kyle Plotkin, a veteran Republican campaign strategist.

Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Trump, DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Haley, ”, Ramaswamy, Tom Boyer, “, ” Boyer, Thalia Floras, Christie, Will Hurd, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Kyle Plotkin, “ Everyone’s, ” Plotkin, he’s, David Urban, ” Urban, ‘, It’s, That’s, Brett Doster, ” Doster, Mike, Pence, Vivek Organizations: CNN, Republican, Florida Gov, Trump, University of New, South Carolina Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, GOP, Republicans, Anselm College, Democratic Party, Texas Rep Locations: Florida, Milwaukee, University of New Hampshire, Granite, New Jersey, DeSantis, Iowa , New Hampshire, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Ukraine

The Nevada GOP says it will only recognize — and award delegates to presidential candidates — based on the results of the caucus. “This process will hurt the Republican Party and our candidates in 2024,” the leaders added. “The Nevada Republican Party will give average voters the impression they don’t care about them or their votes.”Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald didn't return multiple phone calls and text messages. Trump's ties to the Nevada GOP are especially deep, with the organization led by longstanding allies, including McDonald and DeGraffenreid. David Gibbs, president of the Nevada Republican Club, said he's not concerned about criticism that the process could favor Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Trump, it's, they're, Ron DeSantis, “ Trump, ”, Ken Cuccinelli, DeSantis, Michael McDonald didn't, Jim DeGraffenreid, Donald Trump, ” DeGraffenreid, That's, McDonald, Alida Benson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley’s, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, they’ll, “, Andrew Romeo, Cuccinelli, David Gibbs, he's, ___ Price, Jill Colvin, Meg Kinnard Organizations: GOP, Trump, Nevada Republicans, The Associated Press, Florida Gov, The, The Nevada GOP, Homeland Security, Nevada Republican Club, Republican, Nevada GOP, Republican Party, Nevada Republican Party, ”, ” Nevada GOP, AP, Democrat, Committeeman, Former South Carolina Gov, South Carolina, ’, Associated Press, S.C Locations: RENO, Nev, Nevada, Florida, The Nevada, ” Nevada, Michigan, Idaho, Iowa, New Hampshire, New York, Columbia

Richard Alexander Murdaugh is seen in a mugshot taken after his arrest, at Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. in this handout obtained March 4, 2023. South Carolina Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 21 (Reuters) - Disbarred South Carolina attorney Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, who was convicted of murdering his wife and son, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to nearly two dozen bank fraud and other financial crimes in which he stole millions of dollars. Murdaugh has appealed his murder convictions, maintains his innocence and is seeking a new trial. Federal Judge Richard Gergel is expected to sentence Murdaugh on the financial crimes at a later date. Murdaugh faces similar financial crime charges in state court and a state trial is scheduled for late November.

Persons: Richard Alexander Murdaugh, Richard, Alex, Murdaugh, Margaret, Paul, Dick Harpootlian, Maggie, Emily Evans Limehouse, he's, Richard Gergel, Rich McKay, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Kirkland, Center, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Handout, REUTERS, South, Prosecutors, United, Thomson Locations: Columbia , South Carolina, U.S, South Carolina, Charleston, Charleston , South Carolina, Atlanta

☆ Trump is not invincible in Republican race – but still lacks a single strong challenger
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The state of the Republican race is this: Trump is not yet unbeatable but the conditions in which he could be beaten are still far from materializing. The New Hampshire poll may boost an impression that Haley is on the rise and with DeSantis ebbing, she could emerge as the strongest anti-Trump challenger. Trump appears to be eying a general election audience that punished Republicans in the midterms over the issue. But DeSantis has jumped at the chance to try to harm Trump with evangelical voters who are very important in the Iowa caucuses. In Iowa, New Hampshire and elsewhere, the race for the Republican nomination is beginning to accelerate.

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While the Florida governor had acknowledged that human-induced climate change was real earlier in his career, he has since backed away from that position, a shift that was apparent on Wednesday. "We will unleash American energy dominance as a way to stop inflation and achieve $2 gas in 2025," DeSantis said on Wednesday. DeSantis' speech, which was meant to broadly lay out his energy policy, comes as his campaign is in need of a boost. In addition to expanding fossil fuel production, DeSantis called for significant investments in so-called critical minerals, including the creation of a Critical Mineral Strategic Reserve. DeSantis said he would seek to require plaintiffs to pay compensation when they bring spurious litigation against energy projects.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Brian Snyder, DeSantis, Donald Trump's, Joe Biden, Harold Hamm, Dan Eberhart, Donald Trump, Gram Slattery, Sabrina Valle, Richard Valdmanis, James Oliphant, Timothy Gardner Organizations: U.S, South Carolina, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Energy, Democrat, Continental Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, Republicans, Securities and Exchange Commission, Reserve, Thomson Locations: Florida, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Midland , Texas, Texas, Colorado, California, Iowa

Overall, Trump is the first choice of 39% of likely GOP primary voters in the first-in-the-nation primary state. That lags a bit behind his performance nationally, where Republican primary polling routinely finds Trump with majority support. Pence is the only candidate besides Christie with majority unfavorable views among likely GOP primary voters in New Hampshire (62% unfavorable). Few likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters raise serious doubts about Trump when asked to name their top concern about him as a candidate. Results among 845 likely Republican primary voters have an error margin of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points; it is larger for subgroups.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Ron DeSantis, He’s, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, who’ve, Trump’s, they’ve, Christie, Pence, Asa Hutchinson, Ramaswamy, Haley, Scott, DeSantis Organizations: CNN, University of New, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, New, New Jersey Gov, GOP, Trump voters, Republican, Arkansas Gov, Trump, New Hampshire Republican, Ukraine, government’s Department of Education, CNN New, University of New Hampshire Survey Locations: New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire, New Jersey, Carolina, CNN New Hampshire, Hampshire

While the Florida governor had acknowledged that human-induced climate change was real earlier in his career, he has since backed away from that position. "We will unleash American energy dominance as a way to stop inflation and achieve $2 gas in 2025," DeSantis said on Wednesday. DeSantis' speech, which is meant to broadly lay out his energy policy, comes as his campaign is in need of a boost. The Florida governor has slid in the polls for months, and he now sits 37 points behind former President Donald Trump, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. In addition to expanding fossil fuel production, DeSantis called for significant investments in so-called critical minerals, including the creation of a Critical Mineral Strategic Reserve.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Brian Snyder, DeSantis, Harold Hamm, Dan Eberhart, Donald Trump, Gram Slattery, Sabrina Valle, Richard Valdmanis, James Oliphant, Timothy Gardner Organizations: U.S, South Carolina, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Continental Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, Republicans, Reserve, Thomson Locations: Florida, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Midland , Texas, Texas, Colorado, California

☆ Auto jobs are booming in the union-hostile South
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Looming over the United Auto Workers strike: Automakers’ continued migration to the anti-union South. Jobs at nonunion EV battery facilities pay less than the roughly $32 an hour that veteran UAW workers make. Since 1990, the South’s share of auto jobs has doubled from around 15% to 30% today, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Mostly nonunion EV jobs and manufacturing investments are surging in Southern states led by Republicans. The South has picked up 66% of planned EV jobs, while projects in Midwestern states such as Michigan, Indiana, Kansas and Ohio have combined for 26% of planned jobs, according to S&P Global.

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☆ Donald Trump's Republican rivals need to take him on at second debate, moderator says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

President Trump has a commanding and seemingly very enduring lead. Trump, who leads his nearest rival for the Republican presidential nomination by some 40 percentage points in opinion polls, is skipping the second debate, just as he did the first one in Wisconsin last month. Perino, a co-moderator of the Sept. 27 debate, said none of Trump's rivals managed to alter the dynamic of the nominating race in that first debate. With voting in the nominating contest starting in Iowa in January, Trump's Republican rivals are running out of time to halt his march to becoming the Republican standard-bearer, despite his myriad legal troubles. Reporting by Tim Reid in Los Angeles; editing by Ross Colvin; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Pence and other 2024 Republicans zero in on China to demonstrate foreign policy chops
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Daniel Strauss | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“China is the greatest strategic and economic threat facing the United States in the 21st century,” Pence said in his speech at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. For months, China as a foreign policy adversary has been the favored topic of Republican primary candidates. Nikki Haley, who served as ambassador to the United Nations, made a point of spelling out how adversarial the relationship between the United States and China has become. “Yes, I view China as an enemy.”Haley has also used China as a way to frame Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as weak and incompetent. During the worst days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Trump dug in against criticism directed at him for calling the coronavirus the “China virus.”Trump has used China to argue he has done more than other administrations.

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☆ What are Republican U.S. presidential candidates saying about the UAW strike?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, walks the picket line with striking United Auto Workers members outside the Ford Motor Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan U.S., September 17, 2023. REMEMBER, BIDEN IS A CROOK WHO HAS BEEN PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BY CHINA, & OTHERS. On Friday, he wrote: "The all Electric Car is a disaster for both the United Auto Workers and the American Consumer. If this happens, the United Auto workers will be wiped out, along with all other auto workers in the United States. So I understand the frustration, but I think union bosses may be directing that ire in the wrong direction when it belongs at the feet of our current government."

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☆ Trump, who paved way for Roe v. Wade reversal, says Republicans ‘speak very inarticulately’ about abortion
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump, who paved the way for the undoing of federal abortion rights protections, said that some Republicans “speak very inarticulately” about the issue and have pursued “terrible” state-level restrictions that could alienate much of the country. Trump also warned Republicans that the party would lose voters by advancing abortion restrictions without exceptions for cases of rape, incest or risks to the mother’s life. “Other than certain parts of the country, you can’t – you’re not going to win on this issue,” he said. Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, has advocated a federal abortion ban after 15 weeks. Trump said he believed it was “probably better” to leave abortion restrictions up to the states instead of trying to pass federal legislation on the issue.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some of Donald Trump 's top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination will address a gathering of influential Iowa evangelical Christians on Saturday night, hoping to woo them away from the former president at an event he is skipping. Former Vice President Mike Pence planned to attend the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual banquet and town hall in Des Moines along with Florida Gov. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz used strong appeals to evangelical Republicans to win the GOP's 2016 caucuses. Biden has also proposed federal rules to prohibit schools from categorically banning transgender athletes in school sports. His proposal would allow schools to institute limits designed to ensure fairness or prevent sports-related injuries.

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☆ Free trade agreement a 'big achievement' for the Philippines and South Korea: Former trade minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFree trade agreement a 'big achievement' for the Philippines and South Korea: Former trade ministerYeo Han-Koo, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former South Korean trade minister, discusses the "really high level" free trade agreement that South Korea and the Philippines signed at the ASEAN summit.

Persons: Yeo Han, Koo Organizations: Peterson Institute for International Economics, South, ASEAN Locations: Philippines, South Korea, South Korean

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