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  • Trump wants to install new RNC leadership including his daughter-in-law as co-chair

    STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN|Feb 14, 2024

    NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump wants a leadership change at the Republican National Committee in an attempt to install a new slate of loyalists — including his daughter-in-law — atop the GOP's political machine even before the former president formally secures the party's next presidential nomination. Current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says she has no plans to leave the committee until at least after South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary election. Still, Trump on Monday night called for McDaniel to be replaced by Michael Whatley, the North Carol...

  • Christie will announce at New Hampshire town hall that he's ending presidential bid, AP source says

    STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN|Jan 10, 2024

    WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is planning to announce he's dropping his Republican presidential bid at his New Hampshire town hall on Wednesday night. That's according to a person with direct knowledge of the former New Jersey governor's plans who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to disclose private discussions. Christie, 61, has been under intense pressure to exit the Republican presidential primary race as critics of Donald Trump work to unify behind a viable alternative to the former p...

  • Trump vs. DeSantis: A simmering rivalry bursts into view

    STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN|Nov 13, 2022

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have been on a collision course from the start. Eyeing the Florida governor as his most formidable foe within the Republican Party, the former president has sought to keep DeSantis in his place, often noting the role his endorsement played in lifting the relatively obscure congressman to the leader of one of America's largest states. DeSantis, for his part, has long praised Trump and mimicked his style, but has notably declined to put aside his own White House ambitions as the former president p...