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Trump’s growing GOP challengers revive fears of 2016 repeat

November 22, 2022 Steve Peoples, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Memories of the tumultuous 2016 Republican primary hung over the Las Vegas ballroom this weekend during the first major gathering of the party’s potential contenders for the 2024 nomination. No fewer than […]

US pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat

March 15, 2022 Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face […]

Top Republicans bullish on 2022 prospects after Virginia win

November 9, 2021 Jill Colvin, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Fresh off a strong showing in last week’s elections, some of the nation’s leading Republicans expressed newfound confidence this weekend that they were well positioned to retake control of Congress next year […]

South Dakota’s Noem taking swings at potential 2024 rivals

July 22, 2021 Stephen Groves, Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Long before the first presidential nomination contest of 2024, most potential Republican candidates are just getting a sense of the political landscape, tiptoeing through early-voting states and trying to make friends […]

Pompeo: Afghan fight against Taliban ‘a matter of will’

July 19, 2021 Stephen Groves, Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he believes Afghan forces can secure the country as the U.S. withdraws, but success will depend on whether they have the will to […]

Pompeo to headline GOP dinner in South Carolina

July 8, 2021 Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to keynote the signature fundraiser for the Republican Party in South Carolina, home to the first southern presidential primary and crucial destination for potential […]

‘It definitely feels early’: GOP’s long race to 2024 begins

June 29, 2021 Jill Colvin and Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — In the past week alone, Nikki Haley regaled activists in Iowa, Mike Pence courted donors in California and Donald Trump returned to the rally stage, teasing a third campaign for […]

Group urges UN to probe China for crimes against humanity

May 3, 2021 Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

KASHGAR, China — A human rights group appealed to the United Nations on Monday to investigate allegations China’s government is committing crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang region. Human Rights Watch cited reports of the […]

GOP White House hopefuls move forward as Trump considers run

April 22, 2021 Jill Colvin, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Less than three months after former President Donald Trump left the White House, the race to succeed him atop the Republican Party is already beginning. Trump’s former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, […]

GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, but Trump looms large

March 26, 2021 Cory Lavalette

DES MOINES, Iowa — Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents. Their first step is finding out whether activists there have gotten over the last one. […]