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Ex-president follows up his Iowa win with victory over Nikki Haley – and makes threats against his last Republican primary rivalThe cruelty is the point.As Joe Biden acknowledged on Tuesday night, Donald Trump now has the Republican presidential nomination sewn up. But like a Roman emperor or mob boss, Trump used his victory speech in New Hampshire to humiliate his former opponents – and...

This blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting here:Follow our live results trackerTrump wins New Hampshire Republican primaryBiden wins New Hampshire Democratic primaryWe are a ways out from the 5 November election itself, but after today’s primary in New Hampshire the election events start coming thick and fast until we reach Super Tuesday on 5 March. If you need it, here...

The Smiths guitarist and co-songwriter says ‘consider this shit shut right down right now’ after seeing footage of rally in South DakotaThe Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has signalled that he will move to stop Donald Trump’s presidential campaign from using the band’s music at his rallies.Marr responded on X after a user shared footage of a Trump rally in South Dakota in 2023 in...

The Granite state’s primary may be the last chance Republicans have to stop the former president from securing the nominationNew Hampshire will hold its first-in-the nation primary on Tuesday in what may be the last chance Republicans have to stop Donald Trump from running away with the nomination, as Nikki Haley chases an upset in the Granite state.Eight days after the former president’s record-setting...

Shawn Fain, the United Auto Workers president, reaffirms general strike on 1 May 2028, saying ‘members need to come together’Shawn Fain, the United Auto Workers president, criticized Donald Trump on Monday but declined to back Joe Biden as he reaffirmed plans to lead a general strike in the US in 2028.Speaking to union members at the UAW national political conference in Washington DC, Fain...

The Florida governor, once billed as Trump without the baggage, ended up making a series of bad gamblesIt began in a glitch-filled disaster on Twitter. It ended with a misattributed quotation on X. Just like Elon Musk’s social media platform, efforts to rebrand Ron DeSantis’s US presidential election campaign could not mask its fundamental flaws.When in May the Florida governor announced his run during...

Haley needs a strong showing after Trump’s Iowa victory, but ex-president is running strong after picking up new endorsementThe New Hampshire primary campaign has entered its final days with an increasingly nasty tone as Nikki Haley and Donald Trump attacked each other amid yet more signs that Republicans are consolidating their support around the former US president as he secured a vital endorsement.On Friday...

Former Elle columnist says ‘I’m here to get my reputation back’ as judge warns ex-president he could be kicked out of courtE Jean Carroll took the witness stand on Wednesday morning in her defamation trial against Donald Trump, marking the first time she has confronted the ex-president in a courtroom. Carroll’s testimony so incensed Trump that he had numerous outbursts, prompting the judge to...

ABC forced to cancel after Nikki Haley says she will not take part unless Trump, who has not participated so far, does the sameABC News has cancelled the next Republican presidential debate after Nikki Haley said she would not appear on stage unless Donald Trump takes part.Trump has refused to participate in any of the Republican primary debates so far, making Ron DeSantis the...

This live blog is now closed. You can follow latest updates on the Senate vote hereNikki Haley has said in a new campaign advert attacking Donald Trump and Joe Biden that she is the “better choice” for America, as the former South Carolina governor tries to regain momentum after narrowly losing to Ron DeSantis in the Iowa caucuses.Haley puts herself forward as the better...

Lawyer for magazine columnist says Trump emboldened his followers to threaten and smear her after she accused him of rapeDonald Trump used his platform while he was US president to try to wreck E Jean Carroll’s name after she accused him of rape, her lawyer argued in a New York court on Tuesday, adding that Trump had also emboldened hardline followers to hurl smears...

Former president a step closer to Joe Biden rematch, as Ron DeSantis edges out Nikki Haley for distant second place finishIowa caucus 2024 – full resultsDonald Trump has won an overwhelming victory in the US’s first election contest of 2024, easily fending off a winnowed field of Republicans in the Iowa caucuses.The Associated Press called the race for Trump rapidly, while caucusgoers in much...

In today’s newsletter: The first real results of the 2024 presidential campaign are a hammer blow to Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Last night, the race for the US presidency formally started – and Donald Trump has won the first round by a landslide. With 99% of votes counted, Trump has 51% of Republican...

For some Americans, it’s a nightmare from which they cannot wake, but for others it’s a new chapter in the Maga sagaThere is a familiar scene in many a film where the protagonist jolts awake from a terrible nightmare, only to realise that he or she didn’t wake up at all: the nightmare continues.For the millions of Americans who abhor Donald Trump, there was...

Donald Trump won early and Ron DeSantis’ investment in Iowa paid off but Nikki Haley has focused more on New HampshireThe Iowa caucuses took place on Martin Luther King Jr’s Day, a national holiday, while a raging winter storm swept through the region.But still many Iowans made it to their precinct to cast their vote in the first Republican state primary of the 2024...

Letter accuses ex-president of intending to ‘sow chaos’ next week, while Trump ordered to pay New York Times nearly $400,000Donald Trump’s legal woes continued to mount as a lawyer in an upcoming defamation case asked a judge to ensure the former president does not disrupt imminent legal proceedings – and, in a separate issue, he was ordered to pay nearly $400,000 in legal fees...

Ex-president tries to walk fine line on issue, saying Republicans with extreme positions have been ‘decimated’ in electionsDonald Trump, the former US president, boasted about the “miracle” of ending the constitutional right to abortion but warned that Republicans who tout extreme bans are being “decimated” in elections.Trump was put on the spot on Wednesday during a Fox News town hall in Des Moines, Iowa,...

Then president told European commissioners in 2020 that ‘Nato is dead’ and the US would never defend Europe if it were attackedDonald Trump told the president of the European Commission in 2020 that the US would “never come help” if Europe was attacked and also said “Nato is dead”, a senior European commissioner said.Multiple news outlets said the exchange between Trump and Ursula von...