Trump beats Nikki Haley in South Carolina GOP primary
Former President Donald Trump won a sound victory over Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s GOP primary. Haley’s defeat is especially significant considering South Carolina is her home state where she served as governor. Trump’s latest victory puts him on a path to potentially clinch the party’s nomination within the month. Visit NBC News to learn moreImage Credit:Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)
Rightwing mega-donors drift back to Trump as election rematch looms
Donald Trump’s efforts to court rightwing billionaires into financing his presidential campaign are bearing fruit as some donors who supported him four years ago, but then gave their money to his primary rivals, are returning to the former president. During a visit to Las Vegas last month, Trump successfully wooed Robert Bigelow who previously donated to Desantis’s failed presidential campaign. Bigelow pledged $20 million to Trump’s campaign along with another $1 million towards the ever mounting cost of Trump’s legal woes. Bigelow is just
Wisconsin governor signs new state legislative maps into law, ending a GOP gerrymander
Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers signed new legislative maps into law on Monday, shifting the balance of power in a state legislature that has been dominated by the GOP for more than a decade. The change comes after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the state’s existing maps, which have been described by experts as some of the most gerrymandered in the country, were unconstitutional. According to analysis by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the new maps have a roughly even split of Democratic and
Rep. Rashida Tlaib urges Michigan Democrats to vote against Biden in the primary
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib urged Democrats in Dearborn, Michigan to vote against President Joe Biden in a message shared across social media. Tlaib joined calls from many progressive activists in the state to vote “uncommitted” in the state's Democratic presidential primary on February 27th. The Palestinian American congresswoman cited her dissatisfaction with the Biden administration's role in the war between Israel and Hamas as her reason for urging people to vote against him.Visit NBC News to learn moreImage Credit:brads651 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED)
Multiple threats to election systems prompt US cybersecurity agency to boost cooperation with states
Officials with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are introducing a new program this week to the National Association of State Election Directors and National Association of Secretaries of State aimed at boosting election security. The program aims to shore up support for local elections offices and provide reassurance to voters that this year’s presidential election will be safe and accurate. The list of challenges facing local elections offices seems to keep growing and CISA hopes this program will provide a remedy