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By Seana Davis (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ended his presidential bid on Sunday when he announced on social media his withdrawal with a quote falsely attributed to Winston Churchill. During a four-minute video address posted on X the Republican governor incorrectly attributed a quote to Churchill: “Success is not final, failure is not …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and aides are discussing options for ending his 2024 presidential campaign, perhaps before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people briefed on the conversations. (Reporting by Scott Malone, Editing by Leslie Adler)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maine’s top election official on Friday appealed a lower court ruling delaying a final decision on former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for the Republican primary ballot until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a related case. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Maine’s top court needed to weigh in on the …

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By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hardline Republicans who repeatedly brought the U.S. House of Representatives to a halt last year were sidelined in this month’s bipartisan push to avert a government shutdown, as even some in their own party tired of their demands. The House on Thursday passed a stopgap measure meant to give …

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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyers urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a judicial decision disqualifying the former president from Colorado’s Republican primary ballot as the justices prepare to tackle the politically explosive case. Trump’s lawyers in court papers presented the former U.S. president’s main arguments …

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By Jarrett Renshaw CHEYENNE, Wyoming (Reuters) – American Bridge is the Democratic Party’s primary opposition research organization, spending tens of millions of dollars to track Republican rivals and produce attack ads. But in 2024, the deep-pocketed ally of President Joe Biden is adding a new role that could help shape the Nov. 5 presidential election: …

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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – For third-party U.S. presidential candidates, getting on state ballots is challenging and expensive, thanks to a patchwork of U.S. laws designed by Republicans and Democrats, the dominant parties which control statehouses nationwide. In many cases, outsider challengers can seek to qualify either as an independent candidate or a candidate from …

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