ROCHESTER, N.H. — Former president Donald Trump sped toward clinching the 2024 GOP nomination on Sunday as the endorsement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signaled further consolidation behind him and a rising sense of resignation among Republicans who hoped to stop him. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), head of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, reacted to […]Read More

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The New Hampshire primary may be two days away, but Donald Trump is surrounding himself with South Carolina Republicans. A day after receiving the endorsement of Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), a former opponent, Trump on Saturday deployed an even larger show of support from South Carolina to try to undercut former U.N. […]Read More

CONCORD, N.H. — Thirty-six years ago, Republicans in the first-in-the-nation primary battled to prove they had the deepest commitment to the day’s most contentious issue: the acid rain poisoning New Hampshire’s lakes, rivers and forests. George H.W. Bush promised to restore his party’s conservation ethic and curtail pollution. His top competitor, Senate Republican leader Bob […]Read More

BRETTON WOODS, N.H. — At a mountainside hotel in the middle of a snowstorm, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) bounded to the front of a packed room and explained how he intended to impede Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination. “The other guy” — Trump — makes speeches to large rooms, then “gets […]Read More

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Standing in a packed room at the Trump campaign office here, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) delivered a quintessential Trumpian speech. She drew cheers from the crowd as she declared that “we need to build the wall.” She ripped “Bidenomics.” And she reiterated Donald Trump’s claims of a weaponized judicial system. “They’re trying […]Read More

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Dawn Hartnett, 56, a registered independent who voted for Joe Biden in 2020, crammed into a country store this week to catch a glimpse of Nikki Haley. She has never voted for a Republican in a presidential election, but said she will do so for the first time if Haley is the […]Read More

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. — Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley on Saturday aggressively questioned former president Donald Trump’s mental fitness, seizing on a flub at a rally in which Trump repeatedly called Nancy Pelosi by Haley’s name when attacking the former House speaker. Trump’s mix-up Friday night came as he repeated unsubstantiated claims that he made a […]Read More

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Something is missing in New Hampshire. If there is real competition here, few can sense it. On this final weekend before Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primary election, a time when presidential candidates should be in a frenzied push to persuade voters, the state is unusually quiet. After taking it slowly for days, Nikki Haley, […]Read More

Once the House on Thursday finished kicking the can on government funding until early March, lawmakers did what almost comes naturally at this point. They left town for a 10-day break, not returning until the night of Jan. 29. Exempting half-days that are scheduled for traveling into or out of Washington, the House has only […]Read More