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Their memories are so short,” the man said, incredulous that any union member in Wisconsin is now backing Trump. Teamsters members who backed Harris carried out what’s considered by the campaign to be among the most persuasive of arguments: those made peer to peer. After the news broke that the national organization wouldn’t endorse Harris, however, local Teamsters groups, including many of the largest, swiftly backed Harris. Trump’s a scab!”The United Auto Workers union, which has a vast representation in the swing state of Michigan, has also put its weight behind Harris. It’s my tax money going to union workers,” Jones said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Scott Walker’s, Donald Trump, “, Trump, ”, Harris, Tim Walz, Democratic Sen, Tammy Baldwin, what’s, Elon Musk, ” Josh Orton, Harris ’, Bill Carroll, Mandel Ngan, Sean O’Brien, Joe Biden, Karoline Leavitt, ” Leavitt, Leavitt, Jim Ridderbush, ” Ridderbush, didn’t, Shawn Fain, Biden, John A, Daniel Jones, “ That’s, ” Jones, “ Donald Trump, he’d, Scott Walker, Tesla, “ I’m Trump, ” Jacob Ralph, Lori Jensen, Sean O’Brien didn’t, Sean, “ I’ll Organizations: Teamsters, Republican Gov, Gov, Democratic, Trump, NBC News, Getty, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Food, Commercial Workers, “, United Auto Workers union, Biden, Neenah Locations: OSHKOSH, Wisconsin, Foxconn, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Madison, Wis, AFP, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Duluth , Minnesota, Superior , Wisconsin

One of the sources described the Keystone State as a "problem spot" for the Harris campaign. And Chris Wyant, a Midwest native who also worked on those presidential campaigns, is now helping Harris in Michigan. These advisers are heavy hitters, having held some of the highest-level positions in previous presidential campaigns. But the Harris campaign insists the additions are not part of any kind of shakeup. Democratic presidential campaigns have tapped such senior advisers to oversee or troubleshoot in specific states in past elections.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Paulette Aniskoff, Barack Obama, Harris, Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Eric Hyers, Andy Beshear's, Joe Biden, Michael Halle, Pete Buttigieg, Nick Rathod, Marlon Marshall, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Chris Wyant, I've, Dan Kanninen, Kanninen Organizations: White, Office, Public, Keystone State, Kentucky Gov, NBC, Democratic Locations: Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina , Georgia , Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia, Midwest, Harris

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service recently notified Vice President Kamala Harris’ office about an incident involving one of its agents and a “misconduct allegation,” according to spokespeople for both the USSS and the vice president's office. “The U.S. Secret Service Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating a misconduct allegation involving an employee," an agency spokesperson said. "The Secret Service holds its personnel to the highest standards. "Senior OVP officials were alerted by the USSS about an incident involving an agent and informed that USSS initiated an investigation. The Office of the Vice President will not be releasing further information.”Real Clear Politics reported earlier on Wednesday that a Secret Service agent is accused of sexually assaulting a Harris staffer in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Kamala Harris, Harris, ” Harris, USSS, groping Organizations: Secret Service, Service, Clear Politics, Secret, NBC News Locations: The, Green Bay , Wisconsin

☆ Secret Service agent under investigation for alleged sex assault on Harris campaign aide
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S. Secret Service insignia is pictured on a wall at the Secret Service headquarters in Washington. When asked about that report, a Secret Service spokesman told CNBC, "The U.S. Secret Service Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating a misconduct allegation involving an employee." "The Secret Service holds its personnel to the highest standards," the spokesman said in an email. Senior OVP officials were alerted by the USSS about an incident involving an agent and informed that USSS initiated an investigation," Harris' office said. Real Clear Politics reported that the agent's actions toward the Harris campaign staffer "were apparently witnessed by other people present."

Persons: Kamala Harris, groped, Harris, USSS Organizations: Secret Service, Real Clear, CNBC, Service, NBC Locations: Washington, The, Green Bay , Wisconsin

☆ Koch network backed Mark Robinson, embattled North Carolina GOP Gov. candidate
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Robinson, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina and candidate for Governor, delivers remarks prior to Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event at Harrah's Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. The political network largely funded by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch has been quietly backing North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson despite a litany of controversies, according to records uncovered by CNBC. Though Robinson has denied he wrote the scores of posts, at least four of his top aides from his North Carolina gubernatorial campaign resigned within days of the report's publication. The move by Americans for Prosperity to back Robinson from a policy perspective surprised some North Carolina Republican strategists.

Persons: Mark Robinson, Donald Trump, Charles Koch, Koch, Robinson, It's, Sen, Ted Budd, Josh Stein, We've, Jonathan Bridges, Mark Walker Organizations: Governor, Republican, Cherokee Center, Gov, CNBC, Prosperity, CNN, North, North Carolina gubernatorial, National, Republican Governors Association, North Carolina Republican, Labor Locations: North Carolina, Asheville , North Carolina

☆ From abortion to fracking, Harris and Trump tailored their message to Pennsylvania. Why the pivotal swing state matters.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

And for Trump, flipping Pennsylvania — a state he narrowly won in 2016 but lost in 2020 — would give him a broader path to winning back the White House. Trump tried to bring fracking into focusIn 2019, when Harris was running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, she voiced support for a ban on hydraulic fracturing — or fracking. And recognizing the political potency of the issue, Harris on Tuesday sought to distance herself from her past comments by pointing to her record as vice president. From 1992 to 2012, only Democratic presidential nominees carried the state. In the state's Real Clear Politics polling average, Harris and Trump are both currently tied at 47.6% support.

Persons: —, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, fracking, It's, Joe Biden's, Roe, Wade, Biden, Josh Shapiro, Chip Somodevilla, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, Democratic, US, Pennsylvania, GOP — Democrats, Biden, Democrats, Clear, Pennsylvania Convention Locations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, United States, fracking, Central, Western Pennsylvania, Philadelphia's, Johnstown

☆ Biden and Trump's first 2024 debate will be different than any other in recent memory
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to face off later this week in the earliest major presidential debate on record. The first presidential debate of the 2024 election will be Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. Then-President Donald Trump eyes former Vice President Joe Biden during the final debate of the 2020 election. In late April, Biden told radio host Howard Stern he would debate Trump. Trump will be in Virginia, a state that hasn't gone for the GOP in a presidential election since 2004.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Morry Gash, Trump, Biden, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Biden team's, Daniel Dale, Tapper, David Chalian, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kena Betancur, Kennedy, Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy's, we’ve, hick, O, hite, ake, ike, orward, egan, orth Organizations: Service, Clear, Trump, Business, CNN, New York Times, Getty, O bama Locations: Max, Atlanta, AFP

☆ What to expect at Biden and Trump's first 2024 debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to face off later this week in the earliest major presidential debate on record. The first presidential debate of the 2024 election will be Thursday, June 27 at 9 p.m. Then-President Donald Trump eyes former Vice President Joe Biden during the final debate of the 2020 election. CNN correspondent Daniel Dale rose to fame fact-checking Trump, but don't expect him, Tapper, or Bash to chime during the debate. In late April, Biden told radio host Howard Stern he would debate Trump.

☆ Trump's potential Truth Social earnout is an avenue for outside interests if he becomes president, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The Truth Social app is being displayed on a smartphone with Truth Social visible in the background. Donald Trump's scheduled earnout through the parent company of Truth Social presents opportunities for outside interests if he were to defeat Joe Biden and become president again, according to experts. "When President Trump returns to the White House, he will continue to follow ethics guidelines," Steven Cheung, Trump's spokesperson, said in an email. The new Trump media stock has been on a wild swing since it began trading. To the extent users prefer a platform that is not associated with President Trump, TMTG's ability to attract users may decrease," the Trump Media and Technology Group wrote in a filing.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Joe Biden, Trump, Virginia Canter, Canter, Biden, Steven Cheung, He's, Kedric Payne, Payne, Peter Schiff, President Trump Organizations: Truth, Trump Media, Technology, Securities and Exchange Commission, Trump, White, Nasdaq, CNBC, Technology Group Locations: Washington ,, U.S

☆ Putin is rehashing his nuclear threats — but this time, he may be threatening nuclear catastrophe in an effort to sway American voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewRussian President Vladimir Putin issued a new nuclear threat this week, threatening the West over its support for Ukraine in his most explicit intimidation tactic yet. Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview with US talk show host Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 6, 2024. "American politicians are already responding to this war in a way that helps Russia," Schmidt said. But Putin may ultimately have the more resonant message when it comes to American voters, Schmidt said. "It's far more complicated to explain why Ukraine is important to US voters than it is for Putin to threaten nuclear war," he told BI.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Emmanuel Macron, Simon Miles, Miles, Tucker Carlson, GAVRIIL, Matthew Schmidt, Schmidt, Biden, wanes, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Ukraine, Business, NATO, Reuters, Duke University's Sanford School of Public, Soviet Union, West, Kremlin, University of New Haven, US Army's School, Advanced Military Studies, Kiel Institute, GOP, Western Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Poland, Russian, Soviet, Moscow, Israel

☆ Haley campaign started election year with $14 million, after raising $17 million last quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during her New Hampshire presidential primary election night rally in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., January 23, 2024. Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley's campaign for president raised over $17 million last quarter and came into the crucial election year with $14 million in the bank, according to new Federal Election Commission records. On Wednesday, this group reported an additional $13 million in contributions over the final six months of 2023. Team Stand for America transferred just over $2 million directly to Haley's campaign, according to the records. Unlike a super PAC, the Haley presidential campaign takes in contributions under strict rules and limits, but it is allowed to spend that money on direct expenses like campaign staff, travel and political rallies.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Nikki Haley's, Donald Trump, Haley Organizations: U.S, United, U.N, Commission, South, America Locations: Hampshire, Concord , New Hampshire, U.S, South Carolina

☆ Nikki Haley super PAC enters election year with just $3 million, adding to woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley visits a polling place as voters cast their votes in the New Hampshire presidential primary election in Hampton, New Hampshire, U.S., January 23, 2024. The relatively small sum raises new questions about whether Haley can finance a viable presidential primary campaign over the coming months. The super PAC entered the reporting period in July with around $17 million, but finished with a paltry $3.5 million war chest. Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, gave $5 million to the super PAC in December, according to the FEC records. It was unclear, however, if the $5 million Griffin revealed late in January was the same $5 million the Haley PAC reported in December.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Haley, Donald Trump, Jan, Ken Griffin, Griffin, Griffin's, Ken Langone, David Tepper, Harold Hamm, Ben Kamisar, Bridget Bowman Organizations: U.S, United, New, Commission, SFA, Inc, PAC, SFA Fund, South, Trump, MAGA Inc, Citadel, CNBC, Haley, Haley PAC, Home, Carolina Panthers, NBC Locations: New Hampshire, Hampton , New Hampshire, U.S, South Carolina, Iowa

☆ Trump campaign chief urges Republican megadonors to ignore his words, focus on primary lead
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A top adviser to Donald Trump 's 2024 presidential campaign has a message for some of the wealthiest Republican donors in the country: Don't take the former president's divisive rhetoric too seriously. Wiles' message to donors, to just ignore Trump's hyperbolic rhetoric, is reminiscent of the spin from White House staff while Trump was president. In Palm Beach Tuesday, Wiles' pitch appeared to work, at least on some of the participants. Neither Wiles nor a Trump campaign spokesperson returned requests for comment before publication. A spokeswoman for the Haley campaign said the events this week in New York raised over $1.5 million.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, Trump, Wiles, Joe Biden, Susie Wiles, Republican megadonors, Elliot Investment Management Paul Singer, Nikki Haley, Haley, MAGA, Trump's, Sebastian Gorka, Singer, Betsy Ankney, Ankney, Biden Organizations: U.S, Trump, Republican, American Opportunity Alliance, Elliot Investment Management Paul, Truth, White House, House, CNBC, Palmetto, Singer, NBC News, South, Sunshine State Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, Palm Beach, Fla, South Carolina, Florida, New York

☆ Wall Street opposition to Trump collapses, as 'pipe dream' of primary defeat ends
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"A lot of people on Wall Street have been living in this pipe dream of Trump not getting the nomination. "It's painful for me to admit this, but Wall Street is basically nonchalant to this election," longtime Wall Street executive and former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci said in a recent interview with The Hill. An outside effort "will not work against Trump," one of DeSantis' Wall Street fundraisers said. "The next question is, 'will Wall Street work to stop him in the general by supporting Biden?'" In 2020, Wall Street executives combined to donate over $74 million to helping Biden defeat Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jamie Dimon, Andrew Harrer, Joe Biden, Trump, Biden, Anthony Scaramucci, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, Wall, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, Donald Trump , Jr, Woody Johnson, Haley, Trump's, Ken Langone, Langone, Marco Bello, Jeffrey Yass, Charles Myers, Dimon Organizations: JPMorgan Chase &, White, Bloomberg, Getty, Republican, Wall Street, Democratic, Trump, Yale School of Management, Florida Gov, U.N, Street, Jets, Biden, New, Granite State, Big Apple, CNBC, Financial Times, U.S, United, Reuters, Republicans, Susquehanna International Group, JPMorgan, NATO, Economic Locations: Washington, Wall, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa, New York, Granite, West Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Yass, China

☆ Nikki Haley under pressure from donors to defeat Donald Trump in New Hampshire after Iowa caucus loss
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former U.N. 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 Monday in the Iowa caucus. Levine is also the co-host of a Haley fundraising event scheduled for after the New Hampshire primary. He told CNBC he isn't worried about poor attendance, as long as she has a strong showing in the Granite State. In order to keep many of her more affluent donors engaged, Haley must get within three percentage points of Trump in New Hampshire, said a Republican fundraising advisor whose clients include Haley donors. Some Haley donors have already lost hope.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Andy Sabin, Haley, Sabin, Haley doesn't, Eric Levine, Levine, Trump, he's, Joe Biden, CNBC's Alex Sherman Organizations: U.S, United, U.N, CNBC, Trump, New, Republican, caucusgoers, GOP, New Hampshire, AdImpact Locations: West Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, week's, Hampshire, Iowa, New York, New Hampshire, Granite State, South Carolina, Davos, Switzerland

☆ Iowa Republican caucus sets new record for state political ad buys: $120 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

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. Around $84 million of the $120 million total ad buys came from campaigns and allies of the top three candidates, Trump, Haley and Florida. DeSantis' campaign and two outside allies have spent a combined $30 million on TV, digital, and radio ads in Iowa. One of the two DeSantis super PACs, Never Back Down, has knocked on over 915,000 doors in the Iowa, according to the organization. As for Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc. would not provide data on what efforts they've made outside of their ad spending in support of the former president.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Trump's, Nikki Haley, Trump, Haley, Ron DeSantis, Michael Franz, DeSantis, Charles Koch, Bill Riggs, Riggs, they've, We'll, backslapping, Taylor Budowich Organizations: Republican, CNBC, AdImpact, GOP, Monday's, South Carolina Gov, Gov, Inc, Wesleyan Media, Prosperity, Iowa Caucus, Hawkeye State, AFP, Iowa, Trump's, MAGA Locations: Des Moines , Iowa, Republican Iowa, Hawkeye, Iowa, Florida, New Hampshire, South Carolina

☆ 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.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Haley, Donald Trump, Campbell Brown, Dan Senor, Paul Singer, Annie Dickerson, Singer's, Steve Cohen, Singer, Cliff Asness, Kristin Lemkau, Robert Rosenkranz, Ray Chambers, Lemkau, Jamie Dimon, Asness, Brown, Eric Levine, they're, Levine, Elliot, Chambers, AQR, Ken Langone, Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman Organizations: Republican Party, Bluffton SC, Former U.S, United, New York, Wall Street, Facebook, Elliot Investment Management, Elliot Management, Politico, AQR Capital Management, JPMorgan, Delphi Capital Management, NHL's New Jersey Devils, New York Times, CNBC, Hamas, America, Trump, Home Depot, Democratic, Haley Locations: Bluffton, United States, New, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, NHL's, New York

☆ Billionaire Ken Langone to meet with Nikki Haley in NY as he weighs backing her in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ken Langone arrives at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Home Depot co-founder and billionaire Ken Langone plans to meet with former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley next week in New York, as he considers backing her in the Republican presidential primary. "The only person I see who can give [Donald] Trump a run for his money is Nikki Haley," Langone told CNBC in an interview Monday, referring to the former president and current Republican frontrunner. Before Langone would commit to hosting his own fundraiser for Haley, however, he said he wanted to meet with her in person. Earlier this month, Haley said that if the South Carolina state legislature had passed a six-week abortion ban while she was governor, she would have signed it.

Persons: Ken Langone, Nikki Haley, Donald, Trump, Langone, Eric Levine, Haley, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Haley's, Stanley Druckenmiller, Druckenmiller, Sen, Tim Scott, Chris Sununu, Sununu Organizations: Allen, Co . Media, Technology Conference, Home Depot, U.S, United, Republican, CNBC, South, Florida Gov, Commission, Trump, GOP, Forbes, New Hampshire Republican Gov Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, New York, South Carolina, Florida, New Hampshire, Granite State, New, Sununu

☆ RFK Jr. complained about not getting Secret Service protection. The truth is very few candidates do.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lashed out at the Biden administration for not granting him Secret Service protection. "Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. Not all campaigns welcome Secret Service protection either. One is that Secret Service protection is covered by taxpayers. Secondly, the presence of Secret Service agents gives any hopeful the aura of being the leader of the free world.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Biden, Kennedy, Long, Robert Kennedy Jr, New York Sen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, It's, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, BuzzFeed, Sen, John McCain's Organizations: Service, Twitter, NPR, Homeland, DHS, Super Bowl, Agents, United Nations General Assembly, Secret Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York

☆ Chris Christie doubles down on Trump attacks and Social Security cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie launched his latest blitz against Donald Trump on "Fox News Sunday." Trump and Christie also diverge on Social Security reform. In the Sunday interview, Christie was even more staunch in his stance on means testing for Social Security, which would exclude people at higher incomes from receiving those benefits. "Do the extraordinarily wealthy need to collect Social Security? Do we really need to have Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk collecting Social Security?"

Persons: New Jersey Chris Christie, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Christie, Trump, Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, Hunter Biden's, Joe Biden's Organizations: Washington Hilton, Washington , DC, Former New Jersey Gov, Republican, Fox, Republican Party, Fox News, Trump, Social Security, Social, Elon, RealClear Politics, GOP Locations: New Jersey, Washington ,, America, U.S

☆ Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum says he does not want to engage in 'every culture war topic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum reacts during an event for announcing he enters the 2024 presidential race, joining a growing field of candidates hoping to topple Donald Trump and secure the Republican nomination, in Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. June 7, 2023. North Dakota governor and Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum (R-N.D.) discussed his 2024 platform in a Sunday interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" in his latest effort to gain recognition with voters. Burgum believes in limited government and has stressed his focus on repairing the U.S. economy, energy policy and national security rather than engaging in "every culture war topic." Burgum is vying against 11 other Republican presidential bids including frontrunner and former president Donald Trump, who Burgum noted in the interview he would not do business with. The meetings have been aimed at stabilizing relations between the two countries amid talks of tightening U.S. investments in China.

Persons: Doug Burgum, Donald Trump, Burgum, Elon Musk, Janet Yellen Organizations: Republican, RealClear, Quinnipiac University Locations: Dakota, Fargo , North Dakota, U.S, North Dakota, China, United States

☆ No one cares about Mike Pence
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Taylor Berman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pence hopes to position himself as a more traditional conservative, pushing for family values, fiscal conservatism, and an aggressive military presence abroad. He stuck with Mr. Trump through numerous controversies including the leak of the "Access Hollywood" tape, in which Mr. Trump boasted about grabbing women's genitalia. He vouched for Mr. Trump's character with skeptical evangelicals with whom Mr. Trump ultimately forged his own relationship. Portraying himself as a traditional conservative could also lead to a return to conservative media for Pence. For a time after leaving office as vice president, the Pences were homeless and appeared to be couch-surfing their way through Indiana.

Persons: Pence, —, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, McKay Coppins, … It's, Jonathan Swan, Trump, Doug Heye, Simon, Schuster, He's, I'm Organizations: Republican, Trump, Service, GOP, Politics, Florida, Atlantic, New York Times, Ukraine, Mr Locations: U.S, Afghanistan, Indiana

☆ Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy Is the Latest in a Line of Politically Problematic Tech Bros
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Charles M. Blow | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vivek Ramaswamy, a hedge fund analyst turned biotech executive, is the fifth-ranked candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, going by the Real Clear Politics polling average. We’re both energetic people.” And many of Ramaswamy’s views aren’t far from those of Gov. Ron De‌Santis‌ — who is polling a distant second behind Trump and is another anti-woke crusader. When he began his campaign, Ramaswamy tweeted: “We’re in the middle of a national identity crisis. Wokeism, climatism & gender ideology have replaced them.” His tweet came with a video that quotes Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech — the only King speech Republicans ever seem to quote.

☆ Joe Biden’s dreadful poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Opinion Geoff Duncan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —There’s no other way to slice it: Donald Trump is the clear GOP White House frontrunner for 2024. His reelection is not out of the question, given President Joe Biden’s dreadful showing in recent opinion polls. Geoff Duncan — APThe political world was rocked by the recent Washington Post/ABC News poll pegging Biden’s approval rating at a jaw-dropping 36%, a new low point for his presidency. Even polls that haven’t been quite as dire for Biden, like CNN’s Poll of Polls, showed his average approval at 40%, with 55% disapproving. The 2022 election results proved that the GOP cannot simply rely on Biden’s vulnerabilities while ignoring Trump’s.

☆ Analysis: As DeSantis readies 2024 presidential bid, Florida lawmakers hand him fresh ammo
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( James Oliphant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had counted on a productive state legislative session this spring to turbocharge his coming 2024 presidential bid. With the first presidential nominating contest still nine months away, political analysts say DeSantis has plenty of time to turn his fortunes around. Lawmakers on Tuesday passed an immigration measure that would provide more money for DeSantis’ program for relocating undocumented migrants. POTENTIAL PERILSThe six-week abortion ban remains the thorniest outcome of the session for DeSantis’ national aspirations. The governor did not expressly advocate for the bill, and he signed it without fanfare to replace the current 15-week ban.

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