(ABC News) — Donald Trump’s private jet made an emergency landing in Nashville Wednesday afternoon after the pilot reported engine problems, officials said. The Boeing 757 landed in Nashville at 4:40 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said. Just making a quick pit stop. Welcome to BNA, @realDonaldTrump! pic.twitter.com/SqKgZ4VZDX — Fly Nashville (@Fly_Nashville) February 3, 2016 Trump eventually made it to…
(ABC News) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said today he is suspending his 2016 campaign for president. “It’s been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the White House,” Paul said in a statement. “Today, I will end where I began, ready and willing to fight for the cause of liberty. Paul finished fifth in Monday’s Iowa caucuses…
(ABC News) — Donald Trump holds his lead for the GOP nomination and has soared in expectations: 64 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents now expect him to be the party’s nominee, up sharply in the last two months. Expectations that Trump will win the nomination have jumped by 25 percentage points since November among Republican-leaning voters in a new…
(ABC News) — Most State of the Union responses take direct aim at the sitting President, criticizing him for his leadership and agenda. But Nikki Haley’s speech last night had a second target: the “angriest voices” in her own party. The South Carolina Governor said her remarks were at least partially aimed at presidential frontrunner Donald Trump – an attack…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Following is the full text of the Republican Address to the Nation by Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), as prepared for delivery: “Good evening. “I’m Nikki Haley, Governor of the great state of South Carolina. “I’m speaking tonight from Columbia, our state’s capital city. Much like America as a whole, ours is a state with a rich and…
(ABC News) — With the end of President Obama’s final State of the Union address, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley sought in her Republican Party response to turn the page on his presidency and look towards the future -– one she said would be brighter under a Republican president. “Soon, the Obama presidency will end, and America will have the chance…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flashes thumbs up after an address to a group of supporters at a campaign stop at the Flynn Center of the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vt., Jan. 7, 2016. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo) (ABC News) — Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are locked in a tight battle for the lead in Iowa, according to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After a year when a church massacre and catastrophic flooding put her in the spotlight, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will get further national exposure when she gives the Republican response to the State of the Union address. But she’s not new to the national stage. In 2012, she spoke at the Republican National Convention and…
(ABC News) — GOP frontrunner Donald Trump said he’ll be spending at least $2 million a week starting Jan. 4 as the primary season kicks into high gear, after resisting buying advertising in his self-financed campaign. “I’ll be spending a minimum of $2 million a week and perhaps substantially more than that,” he said aboard his plane after boarding at…
(ABC News) — Republicans still haven’t announced who will deliver the GOP response to President Obama’s last State of the Union address on Jan. 12, but if history is any indication, at least one Republican is already preparing for the huge role. Generally, party leaders don’t announce the speaker until a few days before the State of the Union, although the…
