Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire GOP primary (apnews.com)
Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire GOP primary, a commanding victory that would make a November rematch with President Joe Biden look more likely than ever.
DeSantis Drops Out of Presidential Race and Endorses Trump (www.nytimes.com)
Ron DeSantis’s distant loss to Donald J. Trump in Iowa dealt a devastating blow to his campaign. His exit will cap a spectacular political failure and leave Mr. Trump and Nikki Haley locked in a two-person contest.
More Nikki Haley supporters would vote for Biden over Trump in November, Iowa Poll finds (www.desmoinesregister.com)
A majority of Nikki Haley supporters say it would be nearly impossible for Donald Trump to win against Joe Biden, given his legal challenges.
Brutal cold adds another layer to Republicans' final push in Iowa (www.npr.org)
As the Republican presidential hopefuls have made their closing arguments in Iowa, they've also had to make another argument: to convince voters to come out Monday in dangerously cold temperatures.
Speaker Mike Johnson says he's blurring Jan. 6 footage so rioters don't get charged (www.nbcnews.com)
"We don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ,” the House speaker said. His office later noted that DOJ already has the raw footage.
Despite Republican hesitance on Ukraine aid, red states reap economic benefits (kyivindependent.com)
The U.S. Department of Defense estimates that the U.S. has received more than $27 billion in investments from the U.S.'s military aid for Ukraine.
From Bush v. Gore to ‘Stop the Steal’: Kenneth Chesebro’s Long, Strange Trip (www.nytimes.com)
Mr. Chesebro, a buttoned-down Harvard lawyer, evolved from left-leaning jurist to key player in the Trump false electors scandal. What happened?...
Long Beach man conspired with congressional candidate to embezzle campaign funds, feds allege (lbpost.com)
Zacharias Diamantides-Abel is accused of helping congressional candidate Omar Navarro misappropriate tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations for things like trips to Las Vegas and wine country.
Trump's competitor promises to give part of Ukraine to Russia and block Kyiv's accession to NATO (www.pravda.com.ua)
Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the presidential nomination from the Republican Party of the USA, who is in the top three in terms of popularity among Republican supporters, promises to recognize the Russian occupation of Ukraine and block its path to NATO if elected president.
House GOP announces investigation into Fulton D.A. Fani Willis (www.wsbtv.com)
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan said in a letter to Fani Willis that he thinks her indictment of Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants is politically-motivated.
Candidates show deep divide over war in Ukraine (www.politico.com)
Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis saying they would cut off funding to Kyiv while others defended U.S. aid to the embattled nation.
Purported names, photos and addresses of Fulton County grand jurors circulate on far-right internet (www.cnn.com)
See prior comment about the GOP being thugs
American conservative group, Republicans for Ukraine, launches ad campaign to increase Republican support for Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
A U.S. Republican Party-affiliated group, Republicans for Ukraine, announced the launch of a $2 million ad campaign to gain more support for Ukraine among Republican voters, the Hill reported on Aug. 15.
Republicans Wanted a Hunter Biden Special Counsel. They’re Pissed They Actually Got One (www.rollingstone.com)
David Weiss will now have the ability to “prosecute federal crimes in any federal judicial district arising from” his probe into the president’s son
Sanders appoints state GOP chair to Arkansas Supreme Court (katv.com)
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday named state Republican Party chairman and former federal prosecutor Cody Hiland to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
