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Trump wins twice in Nevada in the race for the Republican presidential nomination
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Fox News, National

Trump wins twice in Nevada in the race for the Republican presidential nomination

By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News LAS VEGAS - It was never in doubt, and now it's official. Former President Donald Trump easily won Nevada's Republican presidential caucus, according to a projection from the Associated Press. The call on Thursday night came quickly after caucus precincts from across the Silver State began reporting results. The former president, who's the commanding front-runner for the 2024 nomination as he bids a third straight time for the White House, was the only major candidate on the ballot in a caucus run by a closely aligned Nevada GOP.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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U.S. Supreme Court doubts whether states can bar presidential candidates from running for office in hearing Colorado’s Trump ballot-access case
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National, The Colorado Sun

U.S. Supreme Court doubts whether states can bar presidential candidates from running for office in hearing Colorado’s Trump ballot-access case

U.S. Supreme Court justices raised concerns about letting state courts make a decision that could have national consequences. Justice Amy Coney Barrett put it plainly: “It just doesn’t seem like a state call.” By Jesse Paul | Colorado Sun U.S. Supreme Court justices on Thursday aggressively challenged whether states can disqualify a presidential candidate from running for office under the so-called insurrection clause in the Constitution as they heard arguments in the Colorado case seeking to disqualify Donald Trump from running for reelection.  A lawyer from Trump’s reelection campaign said the question is decisively “no” because the clause, in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, is ultimately evaluated by Congress — and only after a candidate has been elected. ...
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‘A bad night for Nikki Haley’ and maybe more to come in her home state, poll finds
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National, Rocky Mountain Voice

‘A bad night for Nikki Haley’ and maybe more to come in her home state, poll finds

Donald Trump could pass the 100 delegate threshold later this month, signaling the foregone conclusion he is on the way to his third straight nomination as the Republican Party’s choice for President. He has thus far gathered 33 delegates in Iowa and New Hampshire to the 17 collected by Nikki Haley, Trump’s lone remaining challenger. But, the outcome in Nevada was especially harmful to Haley. She lost the primary to “none of these candidates” without Trump on the ballot and then failed to register for Thursday’s caucus, where Trump stands to be awarded all 26 delegates. “A bad night for Nikki Haley,” Trump wrote on social media.  That would leave four delegates at stake Thursday in the Virgin Islands caucus, with the South Carolina primary looming on Feb. 24 in Haley’s home s...
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Sen. Tim Scott dodges VP questions: ‘Shouldn’t make this about me’
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Sen. Tim Scott dodges VP questions: ‘Shouldn’t make this about me’

By Eden Villalovas | The Gazette Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) danced around questions about potentially becoming former President Donald Trump's running mate as speculation arises about his 2024 ticket, saying the focus shouldn’t be on him or another possible candidate for vice president. “My answer would be yes to America having four more years of Donald Trump. I don't think any one of us should make this about me or any other person who might be the candidate for vice president,” Scott told Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Tuesday.  Trump was not on Nevada’s primary ballot, which former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley lost on Tuesday to “none of these candidates.” Haley’s stinging defeat without Trump on the ballot further cements his status...
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Amid calls for change at RNC, chief of staff announces departure ahead of ’24 election
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Amid calls for change at RNC, chief of staff announces departure ahead of ’24 election

By Julia Johnson | The Gazette The Republican National Committee's chief of staff will be stepping down from his role months ahead of the 2024 presidential election. RNC chief of staff Mike Reed told employees in an email Tuesday, "I write today to let you know that this month will be my last at the RNC." Reed — who noted he spent two decades "working almost exclusively on Republican campaigns, including four years working right alongside President Trump's White House and campaign team" — stated he is leaving the RNC to work in the private sector. He cited several personal reasons for his departure, including his "growing family." "In the chaotic world of D.C. and the RNC, Mike Reed has been a calm and steady hand as our chief of staff," RNC Chairwoman ...
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George Brauchler, once term-limited in 18th District, announces he will run for DA in new 23rd Judicial District
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coloradopolitics.com, State

George Brauchler, once term-limited in 18th District, announces he will run for DA in new 23rd Judicial District

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Parker Republican George Brauchler, the former district attorney for Colorado's 18th Judicial District, announced on Monday he wants his old job back, kind of. After facing term limits three years ago as the top prosecutor in the state's largest judicial district — covering Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties — Brauchler is vying to become the inaugural district attorney from the new judicial district that will be created at the beginning of next year, when the old 18th district splits in two. Brauchler is running for the 23rd Judicial District, the state's first new judicial district in 60 years, which will encompass Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties, while Arapahoe County will have the old 18th district to itself. The seasone...
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Voters: Biden is losing it, and the media are covering it up
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denvergazette.com, National

Voters: Biden is losing it, and the media are covering it up

By Paul Bedard | Denver Gazette There is a growing concern among voters that President Joe Biden is losing his mental edge and that the media are working overtime to hide it. In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets, 59% of voters said they believe Biden “is getting less and less mentally sharp over time.” White voters at 59% and black voters at 58% are in agreement that Biden is becoming more mentally challenged. Even 36% of Democrats agree, Rasmussen said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Could GOP leader Ronna McDaniel be out? Trump suggests she could be removed
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Could GOP leader Ronna McDaniel be out? Trump suggests she could be removed

By Conrad Hoyt | The Gazette Former President Donald Trump said there will "probably be some changes made" regarding the Republican National Committee and its chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel. Speaking on Fox News's Sunday Morning Futures, the Republican presidential front-runner maintained that he has "nothing to do" with the RNC. He then spoke candidly about McDaniel, his longtime ally and a woman he helped secure the post in 2017 after she helped him win Michigan in the 2016 presidential election. Host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump how he thought McDaniel was doing in her current role, to which he paused before answering: "I think she did great when she ran Michigan for me. I think she did OK, initially, in the RNC. I would say right now, there'll probably be s...
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‘We’re broke with Biden’: S. Carolina voters explain interest in voting for Trump
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denvergazette.com, National

‘We’re broke with Biden’: S. Carolina voters explain interest in voting for Trump

By Asher Notheis | The Gazette South Carolina voters explained in a recent interview the reasons they intend to vote for former President Donald Trump this November instead of President Joe Biden. The voters were discussing the presidential election in an interview that aired on Friday, during which they were asked if they knew of anyone who was planning to vote for Trump or considering the possibility of voting for him. Kinard Givens, one of the voters being interviewed, said yes, noting that he has friends who felt more secure financially with Trump as president than Biden. "They’re like, ‘well, we’re broke with Biden. We weren’t with Trump,’" Givens told MSNBC. "And that’s kind of the only thing that I’m hearing over and over again." READ THE FULL STORY AT THE...
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Noem accused of using border crisis to boost her chances of becoming VP
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Noem accused of using border crisis to boost her chances of becoming VP

By Jenny Goldsberry | Colorado Springs Gazette The Oglala Sioux tribe has banished Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) from its reservation over her comments on the border, claiming she's using the border crisis to "increase her chances" of becoming vice president. The tribe's president, Frank Star Comes Out, sent a letter to the governor Friday following Noem's speech to the legislature on Jan. 31. While he made it clear the Oglala Sioux are neither a Republican tribe nor a Democratic one, he wrote the letter in defense of the "Indian people from such places as El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico" that are seeking a better life. "The truth of the matter is that Governor Noem wants the use of the so-called 'invasion' of the southern border as a Republican 'cr...
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