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'Eight months to save our republic': Liz Cheney lays down stakes of 2024 race

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) put out a stark message about the stakes of the upcoming presidential election Wednesday.

Hours after Nikki Haley dropped out of the Republican presidential primary, Cheney took to Twitter to acknowledge that former President Donald Trump will be her party's nominee for the presidency again, while also making clear that the thought of him returning to the White House is an unacceptable outcome.

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'That's your argument?' Trump co-defendant's lawyer destroyed in Georgia Senate hearing

Ashleigh Merchant, an attorney for one of Donald Trump's co-defendants in Georgia, was grilled by a Democratic state senator during a hearing on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

While speaking to the Georgia Senate, state Sen. Howard Jones pressed Merchant after she accused Willis of wrongly benefiting from an affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Under Merchant's theory, Willis paid Wade to prosecute Trump and then received kickbacks in the form of vacations.

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Stefanik says U.S. was better off 4 years ago — and is brutally reminded of March 2020

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told the nation Wednesday that Americans are much worse off now than they were four years ago, spurring Americans to do some quick math and issue a swift rebuttal — that was March 2020.

Stefanik made this declaration at a press conference for House Republican leaders on the heels of a victorious Super Tuesday for former President Donald Trump.

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'I will have to vote for Trump' even though he's 'very frightening': Haley supporter

A supporter of former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley told the Washington Post that she's going to make herself support former President Donald Trump — despite admitting that he scares her.

The voter in question is 80-year-old Virginia resident Micki Stout, who supported Trump in both 2016 and 2020 before deciding to take the plunge for Haley in this year.

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Ex-Trump aide says Republicans are lying to their own voters

Speaking to veteran ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl, "The View's" hosts addressed several questions they had about the state of the 2024 presidential campaign — and what they'd watched unfold over the past several months.

Among the most outspoken was former Donald Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin, who has since denounced the former president and pledged to work to defeat him.

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Mike Johnson expected to be ignored as he begs for 'decorum' at State of Union: report

House Republican leaders are asking lawmakers to behave during President Joe Biden's State of the Union address this Thursday.

Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) loudly heckled the president during last year's address, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called for "decorum" at this year's joint session of Congress, reported Axios.

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Lawsuit unveils fresh details about Trump's fake elector scheme — and links to GOP senator

Republican attorneys settled a lawsuit in Wisconsin this week involving the creation of the fake electors plot between Kenneth Chesebro and a little-known lawyer called Jim Troupis, Wisconsin Public Radio reported.

The civil lawsuit was brought by the liberal firm Law Forward in conjunction with the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (I-CAP).

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Trump supporters rage at 'swamp rat' GOP senator even after he bends the knee

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), one of many Republican senators who has been at least skeptical of former President Donald Trump's third White House bid, bent the knee on Wednesday and endorsed the former president.

"Congratulations to Donald Trump on his resounding victory in the Texas Republican primary!" Cornyn wrote on Twitter. "Looking forward to continuing to work with him to elect fellow conservatives up and down the ballot in 2024."

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Mitch McConnell endorses Trump despite 'non-existent relationship': report

Mitch McConnell, although not known for being an enthusiastic ally of Donald Trump, always said that he would support the eventual GOP nominee.

After Nikki Haley dropped out of the race Wednesday, McConnell finally gave his endorsement to Trump despite having what Politico calls a "non-existent relationship" over the past three years.

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'Genius work of the Republicans': Analysts say GOP helped Biden by delaying State of Union

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may have thought he was flexing his newfound power by delaying President Joe Biden his State of the Union Address before Congress until March — but, in fact, he might have just handed the president a huge gift, suggested MSNBC's Chris Hayes.

That's because he actually moved the date of the address, which is often a boost to the presidents' popularity, to a period when it will actually affect the presidential campaign.

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Trump backtracks and asks Nikki Haley voters for support as she drops out of GOP race

Donald Trump mockingly urged Nikki Haley to remain in the Republican primary as she officially conceded the race Wednesday.

Haley suspended her campaign for president the morning after suffering a string of losses in the Super Tuesday primary election — as Trump gloated over her defeat and blamed his loss in Vermont on the state's open primary.

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U.S. allies prepare for 'revenge presidency' as Trump closes in on GOP nomination: report

As polls appear to show Donald Trump edging ahead of President Joe Biden, allies of the U.S. around the world are bracing for a potential second Trump presidency.

In public, world leaders tend to withhold comment on their preferences for the next U.S. president — but in private, some are getting ready for a "revenge presidency" that could work against European interests.

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'Burn GOP to the ground': Haley urged to destroy Trump's party after suspending campaign

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley shouldn't go down without a fight, argued The New Republic contributor Damon Linker on his "Notes from the Middleground" substack. Rather, she should seize the moment to "burn the GOP to the ground."

Haley, who has been trailing drastically behind former President Donald Trump ever since her campaign launch and was the final Republican in the race challenging the former president for the 2024 nomination, suspended her campaign Wednesday after losing all but one state Super Tuesday contest.

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