Analysis: 2024 and the Trump Effect

Ellise Shafer Heaven knows Johnny Marr is miserable now after Donald Trump played a Smiths song before a campaign rally. A video posted by ABC presidential campaign reporter Soorin Kim on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed the Smiths‘ “Hatful of Hollow” hit “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” playing during a Trump rally in South Dakota back in September. The band’s former guitarist took to the platform on Tuesday night to denounce the use of the song, writing: “Ahh…right…OK.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Former President Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire primary, according to the Associated Press, as he continues to cruise toward his third nomination to lead the Republican Party in the coming election. The AP called the race immediately once all polls were closed at 8 p.m. local time.

Many other Republican candidates have suspending their campaigns this cycle, but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis‘ exit inspired some pretty biting and snarky reactions today, coming from other politicos and some celebrities.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, ending a faltering bid where he tried to cast himself as a Trump-like candidate in a race where so much of the Republican base ended up preferring the real thing.

Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump showed support for Melania following the death of her mother Amalija Knavs. The two daughters of Donald Trump were seen attending the funeral service of Amalija in Palm Beach, Florida.IVANKA AND TIFFANY TRUMP’S RUMORED FEUD SEEMS TO BE OVERMELANIA TRUMP DELIVERS EMOTIONAL EULOGY AT HER MOTHER’S FUNERALIVANKA TRUMP REACTS TO THE DEATH OF MELANIA TRUMP’S MOTHERTaking place at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, the two half-sisters were photographed arriving wearing all-black ensembles.

Legacy media has called Donald Trump’s win in the Iowa Caucus a “landslide victory” and a “historic win.” Theoretically both statements are true: Trump did beat his two closest opponents, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Trump’s own former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley by nearly 30 points. And the win was historic in the sense that no other failed president has chosen to run again after being voted out of office.

As former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley took the stage at CNN‘s town hall in New Hampshire, her chief rival in the state’s primary took to another interview on Fox News.

Melania Trump delivered an emotional eulogy during her mother Amalija Knavs’ funeral in Palm Beach on Thursday. The former first lady attended the funeral accompanied by her father Viktor Knavs, her husband Donald Trump, and their son, Barron Trump.IVANKA TRUMP REACTS TO THE DEATH OF MELANIA TRUMP’S MOTHER: ‘A REMARKABLE WOMAN’MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER, AMALIJA KNAVSThe family gathered at the the Church of Bethesda by the Sea, to honor the life of Melania’s mother, who died at the age of 78 earlier this month. Tiffany Trump and Ivanka Trump also attended the funeral service, as well as their respective partners, Michael Boulos and Jared Kushner.Melania gave a heartfelt speech during the service, where she commented on their mother-daughter bond.

Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley is signaling that she won’t participate in the next two planned GOP debates unless Donald Trump does.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Former president Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses on Monday, according to projections from the Associated Press and other outlets. Trump was the heavy favorite heading into Monday’s vote, as he seeks to reclaim the White House. Florida Gov.

Networks are heavily promoting their night of Iowa caucus coverage, with reporters fanned out across the state and, throughout the day on Monday, anchors doing their best to stir up excitement in the waiting game before voting actually begins.

Melania Trump’s mother Amalija Knavs, including Ivanka Trump, who shared a statement sharing her support for Melania and celebrating the life of Amalija and her “strength, and compassion.”MELANIA TRUMP ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF HER MOTHER, AMALIJA KNAVSDONALD TRUMP REVEALS MELANIA TRUMP’S MOTHER IS BATTLING A SERIOUS ILLNESSMELANIA TRUMP OPENS UP ABOUT HER ‘ARDUOUS’ PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM“I am deeply saddened by the passing of Melania’s beloved mother,” Ivanka shared on Instagram, describing Amalija as “a remarkable woman who brought immense joy and love into the lives of all around her.”She continued, “Her spirit, strength, and compassion will be profoundly missed but lives on in the hearts of all those whose lives she touched so dearly. Rest in Peace Amalija,” Ivanka concluded.Melania shared the news about the passing of her mother on Tuesday.

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie plans to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, after his anti-Donald Trump candidacy failed to take off in the Republican primary, multiple networks and the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

Melania Trump, the former First Lady of the United States, announced the passing of her mother, Amalija Knavs, at the age of 78. In a statement released on X, formerly known as Twitter, Mrs. Trump expressed her “deep sadness” and paid tribute to her mother by enlisting her best adjectives.

Protesters briefly interrupted a Fox News town hall with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who in campaigning in Iowa in the final days before that state’s caucuses.

A car crashed into a gate at the White House complex and is in custody, the Secret Service said on Monday.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will take the debate stage one last time this Wednesday, Jan. 10.

We wondered if any of the A-listers mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein docs would release statements.

Joe Biden‘s campaign unveiled a new 60-second ad on Thursday, their first of 2024, that signals a primary campaign theme: Donald Trump‘s threat to the republic.