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Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has done something no political opponent could: put an end date on his time atop the Republican Party. Trump single-handedly remade the Republican Party in his own image, not only becoming its unquestioned leader but also rewiring what the Grand Old Party stands for. “We are getting four more years of Trump and then eight years of JD Vance!” Trump Jr. said last week as he campaigned for Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno. He had a shaky start, but he has steadied himself,” a veteran Republican operative said. “A Trump win means [the 2028] field will be slower to develop,” a longtime Republican operative said.

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GOP senators and top aides say the race could go either way. Scott, who is a McConnell critic, has been more willing to fall in line with Trump than Cornyn or Thune over the last several years. Both Thune and Cornyn are closely politically aligned with the longtime GOP leader. Asked if he would like to get more public endorsements from GOP senators, Thune said he is not asking anyone to do that. They also point out his remarkable ascent – he defeated then-Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 and is now on a path to possibly becoming GOP leader.

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☆ The vulnerable GOP congressman convinced that economic interest voters will save him from the Trump and abortion backlash
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

He sat down with BI to talk about the race, the national debt, abortion, and the state of his party. In an era where college-educated voters have been bleeding out of the GOP, Schweikert is increasingly an outlier, and he knows it. In order to keep looking like his district, Schweikert — a one-time conservative rabble-rouser who rode his way into Congress during the 2010 Tea Party wave — has had to make some changes. But now that Schweikert's sharing the ballot with Trump, he's not sweating that either. But while Democrats are hoping the state-level vote will boost turnout on their side and remind voters of Republicans' opposition to abortion, Schweikert sees it differently.

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Springfield, Ohio CNN —It’s just past 4am. To lose them would be a blow to his business, he told CNN. They’re ready to give birth in probably the next couple hours, and they’ve never had a single prenatal visit,” Cook told CNN. Haitians sit down to eat their meal at a Haitian restaurant in Springfield, Ohio, on September 12, 2024. That’s tough,” Heck told CNN.

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☆ How Springfield, Ohio, became home for thousands of Haitian immigrants
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Mayor Rob Rue told CNN the city’s population has grown about 25% over the past three years, in part due to the arrival of Haitian immigrants. Volunteer teacher Hope Kaufman leads Haitian students during an English language class at the Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, on September 13, 2024. They’re very happy to have them there, and frankly, that’s helped the economy.”Has something changed with Haitian immigration to the US? Members of the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio — from left, Lindsay Aime, James Fleurijean, Viles Dorsainvil and Rose-Thamar Joseph — stand for worship at Central Christian Church on September 15, 2024. But in an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” the Republican governor stressed the economic benefit the Haitian immigrants are bringing to the city.

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☆ Fear and frustration in Ohio city as political debate seizes on growing Haitian population
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Caitlin Stephen Hu | Omar Jimenez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“I’m always working at the restaurant,” she told CNN. A: YES, Haitian immigrants are here legally, under the Immigration Parole Program. Later, taking stock of his new life and the politicization of Springfield’s Haitian community, Dorsainvil shrugged, seeing little choice in the matter. Several other people in Springfield told CNN they were dismayed by the rhetoric and racism that they felt had been stirred up in the city for political purposes. However, they are not allowed, nor have they ever been allowed, to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio,” the father, Nathan Clark, said.

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☆ Inside the media circus that still surrounds America's presidential debates
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Related storiesThe media center, set in a cavernous convention center hall the size of a football field, could have been anywhere. Shapiro finishing an interview with CNN in the spin room. Rep. Robert Garcia in the spin room. And most of us understand that the spin room is a manifestation of the unholy mixture of news and entertainment that's often inescapable as a national reporter. If you care what Anthony Scaramucci has to say about anything, as the Harris campaign apparently thinks you might, then he's on hand.

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☆ Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris ‘happened to turn Black’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Eric Bradner | Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Wednesday that his 2024 Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, “happened to turn Black” a few years ago, saying that “all of a sudden, she made a turn” in her identity. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” the former president said. You have attacked Black journalists, calling them a ‘loser,’ saying the questions they ask are, quote, ‘stupid’ and ‘racist.’ You’ve had dinner with a White supremacist at your Mar-a-Lago resort. You’re voting for the president,” Trump said.

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☆ Wall Street’s Masters of the Universe Are Masters of None in 2024 Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Maureen Farrell | Rob Copeland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s a bad time to be a finance billionaire. Republicans on Wall Street, who had been largely coalescing around former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to return to office, suffered outright repudiation this week with his pick of Senator JD Vance of Ohio as a running mate. Mr. Vance, a harsh critic of corporate interests and a former venture capitalist, solidified a feeling in the world of high finance that the balance of power in the party had suddenly shifted westward to Silicon Valley. In choosing Mr. Vance, Mr. Trump brushed off personal entreaties from some of the Republican Party’s biggest donors. While accepting his nomination on Wednesday at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, he said the party was done “catering to Wall Street.”

Persons: Donald J, JD Vance, Vance, Trump, Marco Rubio, Doug Burgum, Tim Scott of, ” Organizations: Washington , D.C, Wall, Republican Locations: Washington ,, Ohio, Silicon Valley, Marco Rubio of Florida, North Dakota, Tim Scott of South Carolina, America, Milwaukee

☆ Republicans and Democrats take opposite approaches to flawed candidates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And yet one of the men, former President Donald Trump, 78, has been able to remake the Republican Party around his own divisive persona. Trump, between now and then, will pick a vice president from a short list of people who have previously criticized him but are now all in. Doug Burgum, who are also reportedly on Trump’s vice presidential short list, should be wary. A CNN poll released back in February, before Trump had sealed the Republican presidential nomination, suggested his top Republican rival, former South Carolina Gov. If Biden dropped out, Clyburn said he would back Vice President Kamala Harris.

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☆ Trump’s V.P. Parade Nears Its End, With Vance, Burgum and Rubio in Front
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Michael C. Bender | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump’s process of choosing a running mate has entered its final stages in a frenzied and increasingly theatrical fashion as he privately narrows his focus to a set of top contenders. Behind closed doors, Mr. Trump has been primarily interested in Senator J.D. Doug Burgum of North Dakota and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, according to three people who have spoken to the former president in recent days and insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations. But Mr. Trump has befuddled some friends and advisers by continuing to solicit opinions on other contenders, including Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and former housing secretary during his administration, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina. Meanwhile, a series of cryptic and suggestive messages from Mr. Trump’s campaign that the announcement could come as soon as this week has ignited 72 hours of unbridled conjecture, confusing political observers and Republican allies.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, J.D, Vance of, Doug Burgum, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Tim Scott of Organizations: Gov, Republican Locations: Vance of Ohio, North Dakota, Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina

☆ These 38 GOP senators just voted against protecting contraception. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe Senate failed on Wednesday to advance a bill designed to protect access to contraceptives nationwide. Just two Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted with Democrats to advance the bill. Advertisement"Do people really think that even a significant minority of the Republican conference is against access to contraception?" AdvertisementBut still — if Republicans aren't against contraception, why won't they just vote for the bill? Glenn Youngkin of Virginia vetoed a bill to protect access to contraception, arguing that it violated principles of religious freedom.

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☆ Next up on Trump's evolving list of potential vice-presidential nominees: Tom Cotton
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tom Cotton has emerged as a potential running mate for former President Donald Trump. According to The New York Times, Trump sees Cotton as a strong communicator on cable news outlets. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But one of their Senate colleagues has also emerged as a potential pick: Tom Cotton of Arkansas. According to The New York Times, Trump sees Cotton as adept at cable news appearances, an important conduit for reaching GOP audiences.

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☆ Trump’s V.P. Pageant Has an Unexpectedly Strong Contender: Tom Cotton
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Michael C. Bender | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has unexpectedly emerged as a top contender to become Donald J. Trump’s running mate, a signal that the former president is heavily weighing experience and the ability to run a disciplined campaign over other factors. Mr. Cotton’s ascendance comes as Mr. Trump’s leading vice-presidential options have increasingly come into focus, according to three people with direct knowledge of Mr. Trump’s thinking who insisted on anonymity to discuss private meetings. These people said that Mr. Trump’s other current favorites were Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota and three of Mr. Cotton’s Senate colleagues: Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina and J.D. Still, the people close to Mr. Trump cautioned that his vice-presidential preferences might change.

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☆ From senators to a dog killer: A power ranking of Trump's potential vice presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump is entering the final stretch in his vice presidential selection process. So with that in mind, here's Business Insider's initial vice presidential power rankings. He's a former presidential candidate himself, a fact many recent vice presidential nominees share (though Trump ignored that in 2016). Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy: Ramaswamy staked out the most pro-Trump territory of any GOP presidential hopeful. Having never held elected office, the Roivant Sciences founder would have one of the least conventional resumes of any recent major party vice presidential nominee.

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☆ Opinion | The One Thing Trump Knows He Wants in a Running Mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump has yet to choose a running mate for his third attempt to win the White House. Trump has not laid this out explicitly, although he has already said that he will not commit to honoring the outcome in November. I don’t change on that,” the former president said in a recent interview with The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.” We know, from the 2020 election, that anything short of a Trump victory is, for Trump, tantamount to fraud. “At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump.”(Watching Scott’s performance, one half-expects him to also tell his interlocutor, “Donald Trump is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”)

Persons: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Trump, I’ll, it’s, ”, Tim Scott of, —, “, “ Donald Trump Organizations: White, Trump, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Locations: Tim Scott of South Carolina, United States

☆ Kristi Noem, who told a bizarre story about shooting her pet dog Cricket, suggests Biden's bitey dog Commander should have met a similar fate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Commander, say hello to Cricket for me," Noem wrote in her memoir. Noem said of Biden's family dog, Commander, in an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday. Advertisement"I hated that dog," Noem wrote in her book, which is set to be published on Tuesday. In her book, Noem also referenced Commander, and suggested that the Bidens' dog meet the same fate Cricket did. "Commander, say hello to Cricket for me," Noem wrote in her memoir, per an excerpt obtained by CNN.

Persons: Joe Biden should've, Kristi Noem, Noem, —, Joe Biden, Joe Biden's, Margaret Brennan, Brennan, Biden didn't, Donald Trump's, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Sen, Tim Scott of, Ohio's Sen, JD Vance Organizations: Service, GOP, CNN, White, WH, Biden, Noem, BI, Cricket, The New York Times, South Dakota Republican, Politico, Gov Locations: South Dakota, Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina

☆ Maybe Kristi Noem doesn't want to be Trump's vice president
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kristi Noem keeps hurting her chances to become Donald Trump's running mate. Kristi Noem has campaigned so badly to be former President Donald Trump's vice president that even some of the most controversial Trumpworld figures are turned off. If Noem truly wants to be vice president, this has been one of the worst efforts to obtain the job. AdvertisementIt's a difficult balance trying to become vice president. At worst, a potential vice president could lose all the leverage to shape the role in a way that would benefit him or her the most.

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☆ Tommy Tuberville misses Ukraine aid vote after railing against it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewAhead of a final Senate vote to send Ukraine aid to President Joe Biden's desk, Sen. Tommy Tuberville made one last stand against it. Paul has long been an opponent of Ukraine aid, while Scott said in a statement on Tuesday that he supports the bill. The more than $61 billion in Ukraine aid was wrapped up in a larger $95 billion package that included more than $14 billion for Israel, $9 billion in humanitarian aid, aid for Taiwan, and a bill to force a sale of TikTok. AdvertisementThe Alabama senator has long been an opponent of Ukraine aid. In May 2022, he was one of just 11 Republican senators to vote against a $40 billion aid package for the country.

Persons: —, Joe Biden's, Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Tuberville, It's, Sens, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Tim Scott of, Paul, Scott, Katie Britt, Tuberville's, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump Organizations: Service, Alabama Republican, Republican, Business, Democratic Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Tuberville's Alabama, Israel, Taiwan, Alabama, Soviet Union

☆ It's a presidential rematch, but the biggest talking points will be a lot different this time around
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Former President Donald Trump has all but secured a rematch with President Joe Biden in November's election after a dominating performance on Super Tuesday. These days, the biggest themes heading into the election range from the personal lives of both candidates to major geopolitical issues. Trump's vice president: Trump's running mate remains a question mark, with plenty of options . Swift backed Biden in 2020 but didn't endorse either candidate when she told her fans to vote on Super Tuesday .

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☆ Mitch McConnell is stepping down in November. 3 men named John have long been angling to succeed him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementBut three men have long been considered to be candidates — and they're all named John. John Thune, John Barrasso, and John Cornyn. John Thune of South DakotaKevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesThune, 63, is the second-highest-ranking Senate Republican. AdvertisementJohn Barrasso of WyomingAnna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesBarrasso, 71, is the third-highest-ranking GOP senator, serving as chair of the Senate GOP conference. AdvertisementJohn Cornyn of TexasAnna MoneymakerCornyn, 72, is not in Senate GOP leadership — but he served as the conference's whip from 2013 to 2019.

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☆ Top Trump campaign official slams 'sad little man' DeSantis saying he will only be remembered for 'chicken fingers and pudding cups'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis after the former GOP presidential candidate privately urged former President Donald Trump to not use "identity politics" when picking his running mate. "chicken fingers and pudding cups is what you will be remembered for you sad little man," Chris LaCivita, who co-manages Trump's campaign, wrote on X in response to a news article about DeSantis' comments. But I don't want people representing 10, 15% of the party being in the driver's seat," DeSantis told supporters on the call, according to audio NBC obtained. DeSantis may have also insulted Susie Wiles, a one-time ally who along with LaCivita leads Trump's campaign, during the call. According to NBC, the Florida governor blamed certain people in Trump's orbit for the former president's treatment of him.

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☆ Cheney warns of Republican Party ‘Putin wing’ after Navalny death
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney on Sunday warned of a Republican Party “Putin wing” after former President Donald Trump responded to the death of outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny without actually mentioning him or Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We have to take seriously the extent to which you’ve now got a Putin wing of the Republican Party. Biden, in his comments at the White House following the announcement of Navalny’s death, forcefully pinned the blame on “Putin and his thugs.”“Make no mistake: Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death. What has happened to Navalny is yet more proof of Putin’s brutality. “When you think about Donald Trump, for example, pledging retribution, what Vladimir Putin did to Navalny is what retribution looks like in a country where a leader is not subject to the rule of law,” Cheney said Sunday.

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With 1% of the vote in, the Associated Press called the race for Trump, who had 98% of the vote, his most lopsided victory to date. The feat was made easier by the fact that his only competition was a nominal opponent who doesn't even register in GOP primary polling. Nikki Haley, wasn't on the ballot for Thursday's caucuses, instead opting to compete earlier this week in a primary where no delegates were awarded. Trump's only competition Thursday was Texas businessman and pastor Ryan Binkley, who had 2% of the vote when Trump was declared the winner. But it was a signal to Haley that a substantial chunk of Nevada Republicans wanted her out of the race to clear the path for Trump.

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By all accounts, Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor hoping to derail former President Donald Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination, will win Tuesday's Nevada primary handily. When state lawmakers moved to replace Nevada's presidential caucuses with a more traditional, state-run primary to decide presidential preferences. But that didn't go over well with a state GOP heavily made up of Trump loyalists. Best Cartoons on the 2024 Election View All 125 ImagesHolding a state government-run primary doesn't stop the party from holding caucuses anyway. "Nikki Haley is *not even on the ballot* in the Nevada GOP caucus & thus will get 0 delegates from NV.

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