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Trump has become the last Republican standing in the 2024 primary. Here's how he bulldozed the field

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Eight years after Donald Trump outlasted a crowded field of Republican presidential candidates with his pugilistic and sometimes vulgar style, the former reality show star has done it again.
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Evers signs bill authorizing new UW building, dorms that were part of deal with GOP

Evers signs bill authorizing new UW building, dorms that were part of deal with GOP

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill Wednesday that authorizes spending hundreds of millions of dollars on Universities of Wisconsin construction and renovation projects.
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Haley's exit from the GOP race pushes off - again - the day Americans could elect a woman president

Haley's exit from the GOP race pushes off - again - the day Americans could elect a woman president

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman ascends toward the heights of American politics, with the nation's top elected office — the presidency — looming far out of reach.
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Nikki Haley says she's suspending her presidential campaign. What does that mean?

Nikki Haley says she's suspending her presidential campaign. What does that mean?

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Nikki Haley said she would withdraw from the 2024 presidential race following her underwhelming showing on Super Tuesday, she did so using a phrase that would seem at odds with the finality of her announcement.
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Super Tuesday takeaways: Biden and Trump momentum can't be slowed as Haley suspends her campaign

Super Tuesday takeaways: Biden and Trump momentum can't be slowed as Haley suspends her campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of the presidential race has hardly been cloudy for some time, even if it is one that most voters say they don't want to see. On not-so-Super Tuesday, there were few surprises .
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Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding a 3-way race

Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding a 3-way race

PHOENIX (AP) — Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced on Tuesday that she won’t run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection.
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Who is Jason Palmer? A previously unknown Democrat beats Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus

Who is Jason Palmer? A previously unknown Democrat beats Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was sweeping every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday — except for American Samoa. He fell short there to a previously unknown candidate named Jason Palmer.
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Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday races and move closer to a November rematch

Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday races and move closer to a November rematch

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump , romped through more than a dozen states on Super Tuesday , all but cementing a November rematch and pushing the former president’s last major rival, Nikki Haley , out of the Re
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Justices Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood advance to runoff in contest to lead Arkansas Supreme Court

Justices Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood advance to runoff in contest to lead Arkansas Supreme Court

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Supreme Court Justices Karen Baker and Rhonda Wood advanced to a runoff election for chief justice this fall, ensuring that for the first time a woman will be elected to lead the seven-member panel.
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Why AP called most Super Tuesday states for Trump and how Haley won Vermont: Race calls explained

Why AP called most Super Tuesday states for Trump and how Haley won Vermont: Race calls explained

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press was able to call almost every Republican Super Tuesday contest for former President Donald Trump after initial results revealed no path for former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley to overtake him.
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