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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters during a caucus night party, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis drops out ahead of New Hampshire primary, endorses Trump

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Democracy and the Democratic Party illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Democrats’ one-party tyranny is the real meaning of ‘saving democracy’

By Robert Knight

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley attends a caucus night watch party in West Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sorry, Nikki: Trump keeps grip on New Hampshire as Haley scrambles for support

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., speaks at a press conference on appropriations with members of the House Freedom Caucus and conservative senators on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Bob Good not concerned about Trump campaign threats to oust him from office

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks out over the crowd during the Illinois Paid Leave bill signing ceremony Monday, March 13, 2023, in Chicago. Pritzker is taking his advocacy for abortion rights nationwide, forming a political organization to fund like-minded efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to seek one. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Iowa results exposed Trump’s ‘weakness’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks from the stage after speaking at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump easily wins Iowa caucuses

By Susan Ferrechio and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden volunteers at Philabundance, a hunger relief organization, to mark Martin Luther King, Jr., day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Philadelphia, with Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden packs food in Pennsylvania stronghold, while GOP candidates vie for Iowans on MLK Day

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Supporters stand during the national anthem before a former President Donald Trump commit to caucus rally, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Clinton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa caucusgoers want big changes, see immigration as more important than the economy, survey finds

By Josh Boak and Linley Sanders - Associated Press

Sen. Joni Ernst doesn’t rule out endorsing Trump, but signals Nikki Haley is preferred candidate

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, right and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, pointing at each other during the CNN Republican presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 10, 2024. As Republican primary voters prepare to cast ballots for who they believe should lead the U.S. into its future, leading candidates are struggling to discuss key elements of the nation’s past. DeSantis, Haley and former President Donald Trump have all raised eyebrows with rhetoric on the Civil War and slavery. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Republican candidates struggle with Civil War history as party grapples with race issues in present

By Matt Brown - Associated Press

Gov. Brian Kemp departs the House chamber after delivering the State of the State speech, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

For Republican lawmakers in Georgia, Medicaid expansion could still be a risky vote

By Sudhin Thanawala and Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speak to members of the media outside his campaign office in Urbandale, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

DeSantis plans to go from Iowa to South Carolina, skipping New Hampshire

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a town hall, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Haley looks past DeSantis, says Trump is her only opponent in GOP race

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announces he is dropping out of the race during a town hall campaign event Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Windham, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ** FILE **

Chris Christie ends 2024 presidential bid, dings Trump on his way out

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Fox News Channel town hall Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

DeSantis says Haley ‘more liberal’ than Gavin Newsom

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

First lady Michelle Obama waves to delegates during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Prediction: The biggest news story of 2024

By Tim Constantine

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and former South Carolina UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. The intensifying rivalry between DeSantis and Haley has become a defining story line in the waning days of the campaign for Iowa's leadoff caucuses. (AP Photo)

DeSantis and Haley are battling to emerge in Iowa as the preferred Republican alternative to Trump

By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

Rioters walk on the West Front at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Democracy scholars are warning that political parties must accept the results of fair elections, reject violence and break ties to extremists. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

On Jan. 6 many Republicans blamed Trump for the Capitol riot. Now they endorse his presidential bid

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez listens to oral arguments dealing with local municipalities implementing ordinances restricting abortion on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 in Santa Fe, N.M. The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the attorney general for the state where abortion laws are among the most liberal in the country. (Abortion New Mexico/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico AG says fake GOP electors can’t be prosecuted, recommends changes

By Susan Montoya Bryan and Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha) **FILE**

Trump’s Colorado ballot appeal gets legal boost from Senate Republicans

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times