COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially secured the requisite numbers of delegates to be considered their parties’ presumptive nominees. It was a foreseeable outcome. Biden faced token opposition in the Democratic primary. Several high-profile Republicans ran against Trump but didn’t come close to knocking him off course […]
Former President Donald Trump, at last, is the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, after notching a majority of the delegates to the GOP’s July convention. Trump crossed the threshold of 1,215 delegates on Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press, as he won elections in Georgia, Mississippi, Hawaii and Washington, following a near-sweep of Super […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump, whose single turbulent term in the White House transformed the Republican Party, tested the resilience of democratic institutions in the U.S. and threatened alliances abroad, will lead the GOP in a third consecutive presidential election after clinching the nomination Tuesday. With wins in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington […]
Former US Donald Trump will lead the Republicans in a third consecutive presidential election after clinching the nomination on Tuesday. With wins in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state, Mr Trump surpassed the 1,215-delegate threshold needed to become the presumptive Republican nominee. He will formally accept the nomination at the Republican National Convention in July, by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are the overwhelming favorites to once again win their parties’ nomination for a second term, they’re not the “presumptive nominees” just yet. Though you may hear the term more frequently in the coming days, The Associated Press only uses the designation once a […]
WASHINGTON − Calling himself the ‘presumptive nominee’ for president, Donald Trump on Monday asked the Supreme Court to protect the rights of the tens of millions of Americans who want to vote for him. In a filing days before the nation’s top court considers the case for removing him from the Colorado ballot, Trump’s lawyers […]
The Republican National Committee is meeting behind closed doors this week as some allies of Donald Trump had hoped to put the group’s stamp on the former president early in the 2024 GOP presidential nominating campaign. But a proposed resolution to declare Trump the presumptive nominee has been removed from the agenda before the committee […]
The Republican National Committee could move next week to declare former President Donald Trump the “presumptive 2024 nominee” for the party’s presidential nomination. A draft resolution anointing Trump and obtained by NBC News from two sources has been circulating among RNC members, who could vote on it at their winter meeting in Las Vegas. The […]
The Republican National Committee is thinking about anointing former President Donald Trump as its “presumptive” presidential nominee despite the fact that voters in only two states have had their say, according to multiple reports. Such a move would put former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley in the awkward position of continuing her campaign when her […]
By Tim Reid and Helen Coster (Reuters) -The Republican National Committee will consider a proposal next week to declare former President Donald Trump the party’s presumptive presidential nominee as pressure mounts on his last remaining rival, Nikki Haley, to drop out of the race. Trump ally David Bossie circulated a draft resolution to fellow RNC […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican National Committee is expected to consider a resolution next week to declare Donald Trump the party’s “presumptive 2024 nominee,” even though only two states have voted and the former president has nowhere near the requisite number of delegates to clinch the mantle. If approved, the measure would further solidify […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — There often comes a time in modern presidential campaigns when the last bit of drama has been drained out of a party nomination fight and the crowning of the eventual standard-bearer seems like a foregone conclusion. But we’re not there yet. Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump are the front-runners for […]