Former President Donald Trump ran away with Michigan’s Republican primary Tuesday night‚ cruising past rival Nikki Haley to secure his sixth consecutive win in a GOP contest. With about two-thirds of the expected vote counted as of early Wednesday‚ the 77-year-old Trump had 68.1% support compared to 26.7% for Haley. The former president has now defeated Haley by double-digits in five states and the US Virgin Islands. Trump thanked his supporters attending a Michigan...

Joe Biden's campaign and top Democratic officials vowed to double down on efforts to win back former supporters after being hit by a much stronger-than-anticipated protest vote in the Michigan primary over the president's support of Israel. About 13.2% of Michigan Democrats cast a ballot for "uncommitted" in the nominating contest‚ following a weeks-long push by activists‚ an Edison Research tally showed after 9 a.m. (1400 GMT) on Wednesday. With about 85% of all votes counted‚ the...

Former President Donald Trump easily won Tuesday’s Michigan primary‚ continuing his march toward the Republican Party nomination. But his opponent‚ Nikki Haley‚ continued to score a significant enough percentage of the vote so as to raise questions about the former president’s standing in the general election. Trump appeared on path to win roughly 70 percent in the state’s GOP primary. That will increase the pressure on Haley to exit the race‚ though the former U.N. ambassador has said...

With the first of two government-funding deadlines coming up this Friday‚ a partial government shutdown is looking more and more possible. The challenge facing House Speaker Mike Johnson is the same as the one that plagued his predecessor‚ Kevin McCarthy. Republicans control only one chamber of Congress‚ by a razor-thin margin‚ meaning that if Johnson cannot unite his caucus around a bill to fund the government‚ he will have to rely on Democrats. Doing so could put his leadership at...

Hunter Biden testified Wednesday that he “did not involve” his father‚ President Biden‚ in his business dealings‚ delivering the message at the beginning of his highly anticipated deposition as part of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry into the president. “I am here today to provide the committees with the one uncontestable fact that should end the false premise of this inquiry: I did not involve my father in my business. Not while I was a practicing lawyer‚ not in my investments or...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh‚ a conservative who often sits at the ideological center of the court‚ is raising concerns about people being prosecuted under the ban without even knowing it exists. "Even if you're not aware of the legal prohibition‚ you can be convicted‚" Kavanaugh pressed the attorney representing the Biden administration. "That's going to ensure a lot of people who were not are of the legal prohibition." The government previously estimated that as many as a half million bump...

Franklin Graham is preaching in Eagle Pass Wednesday night‚ his 4th stop in a 10-city evangelistic tour along the southern border. Graham says he's not talking politics‚ he's sharing the Good News with a region that is hurting. "I'm not going to the border because it's an election year‚" he said in advance of the tour. "We're going because it's a crisis and it is one that is continuing to grow." The God Loves You Frontera Tour began in Brownsville‚ Texas on Feb. 24 and finishes...

Bitcoin continued its surge on Wednesday‚ shooting above $60‚000 for the first time since November 2021. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 7% at $61‚064.20‚ according to Coin Metrics. Earlier‚ it rose as high as $61‚359.00. It’s now sitting just below its all-time high of $68‚982.20. With the record in clear sight‚ the market is even more motivated to see that level retested. Bitcoin has soared nearly 20% this week alone‚ after a week-long pause of this...

President Biden and former president Donald Trump won the Democratic and Republican primaries in Michigan by huge margins Tuesday night — but there were serious problems for both candidates lurking under the surface. The primaries were a stress test in a swing state for both campaigns. Biden and Trump are wrestling with dissatisfaction within their parties even as they appear poised to win their nominations. Trump defeated Nikki Haley by his widest margin to...

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