Category: 2024 presidential election

DeSantis Promises Round 2 of ‘Fireworks’ With Disney Next Week

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised the start of “round two” next week in the “fireworks” with the Walt Disney Company. During an address at the Butler County Lincoln Day Dinner in southwest Ohio on April 13, DeSantis said, “They’re fighting us on this. The media’s acting like Disney getting out from under … no, it’s…


‘I Plan on Running,’ Biden Says About 2024 Presidential Race

President Joe Biden said he intends to seek another term in 2024 but isn’t ready to make a formal announcement. At the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 10, Biden stood next to First Lady Dr. Jill Biden for an interview with the “TODAY Show” host Al Roker as families frolicked on the…


RFK, Jr. Has a Bead on the Public-Private Partnership

Commentary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has officially filed with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for president. Yes, he will run for president as a Democrat, challenging Joe Biden in the primaries. Does he have any chance? A quick quip: he has as much chance as Trump had in 2015, back when all the…


DeSantis Wins Over Pennsylvania Grassroots Activists and Leaves No Doubt He’s Running

Commentary CAMP HILL, Pennsylvania—Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) left little doubt during his speech Saturday to Keystone State conservatives gathered for the annual Pennsylvania Leadership Conference: He is running for the Republican nomination for president. Nothing and no one will get in his way of doing that. “We have a responsibility to preserve what the founders…


Trump Indictment Makes Him a ‘Martyr’ but Doesn’t Assure Him of 2024 Win: Strategists

News Analysis Former President Donald Trump raised more than $8 million in the four days after it was announced that a grand jury had indicted him at the prompting of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the multiple charges made public April 4 in a New York City courtroom. During the same period, according to…


Trump Versus DeSantis: Jockeying for GOP Leadership

The first GOP primary may be months away, but the Trump and DeSantis showdown is already a big story, with lots of fire coming from both sides. And there’s even more—like GOP underdogs Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, and Mike Pompeo—joining the fray. And there’s no one better to detail the drama of ambition and rivalry…


[Premiering at 10AM ET] Trump Versus DeSantis: Jockeying for GOP Leadership

The first GOP primary may be months away, but the Trump and DeSantis showdown is already a big story, with lots of fire coming from both sides. And there’s even more—like GOP underdogs Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, and Mike Pompeo—joining the fray. And there’s no one better to detail the drama of ambition and rivalry…


In Pennsylvania, the Ice Beneath Donald Trump Is Cracking

Commentary PITTSBURGH—In 2016, then-Reps. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.) and Tom Marino (R-Pa.) became the first sitting members of Congress to endorse then-candidate Donald Trump for president. Their colleagues in Washington gave them the side-eye. Barletta told me at the time that when that didn’t work, their colleagues tried to talk them out of it. It didn’t…


‘Resign-to-Run’ Law Looms Large Over DeSantis Candidacy Question

With the release of his book last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has begun his campaign for an office he hasn’t declared he’s seeking. It’s not officially a campaign. It’s called instead a book tour for “The Courage to be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival.” DeSantis will make two book-tour stops this week in Iowa,…


The Florida Law Standing Between DeSantis and a Presidential Bid

With the release of his book last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has begun his campaign for an office he hasn’t declared he’s seeking. It’s not officially a campaign. It’s called instead a book tour for “The Courage to be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival.” DeSantis will make two book-tour stops this week in Iowa,…