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Donald Trump‘s takeover of the Republican National Committee is now official. The RNC voted on Friday to elect Michael Whatley — an election denier — as its new leader, and Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law and campaign surrogate, as co-chair. The move comes after chairwoman Ronna McDaniel stepped down from the job following a MAGA pressure campaign. The RNC officially elects Michael Whatley as its new chairman, elevating the North Carolina GOP chair who has made a name for himself promoting…

Nikki Haley indicated she no longer feels bound by the Republican National Committee pledge she made to endorse the eventual GOP nominee. Haley is the only remaining high-profile Republican candidate challenging former president Donald Trump for the party’s presidential nomination. “You did sign a pledge, an RNC pledge to support the eventual nominee. Do you still feel bound by that pledge?” Kristen Welker asked Haley. “I have always said that I have serious concerns about Donald Trump. I have even more…

Not all members of the Republican National Committee are thrilled with the idea of the party paying for Donald Trump‘s legal defense. Henry Barbour, a RNC member from Mississippi, has sponsored two draft resolutions obtained and first reported by The Dispatch, both of which have only a longshot chance of passing. One resolution would bar the RNC from paying “the legal bills of any of our candidates for any federal or state office.” Another would require the party to “stay neutral throughout the Presidential…

Nikki Haley doubled down on her refusal to withdraw from the Republican presidential primary despite facing virtually insurmountable odds in her bid to defeat former President Donald Trump.  “Some of you, a few of you in the media, came here today to see if I’m dropping out of the race. Well, I’m not,” Haley told a crowd of supporters and reporters in Greenville, South Carolina, on Tuesday, adding that the Republicans who dropped out of the race have “surrendered” to the “herd mentality” in coalescing behind Trump.…

Donald Trump is considering endorsing Lara Trump — his daughter-in-law and an aspiring singer-songwriter who recently released a cringe-worthy cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” — to co-chair the Republican National Committee, The New York Times reported on Monday. The Times reported last week that Ronna McDaniel, the RNC’s current chairwoman, told Trump that she plans to step down from the position she’s held since 2017 after the South Carolina primary later this month. Trump is now expected to support…

Nikki Haley called out the Republican National Committee for favoring Donald Trump, accusing the RNC of “clearly not” being an honest broker in the 2024 presidential primary. “Do you think — just going back to the RNC calling for the party to unify around Trump, which happened, by the way, during the New Hampshire primary, before the polls had even closed — do you think the RNC has been an honest broker in this case?” NBC’s Meet the Press host Kristen Welker asked Haley on Sunday. WATCH: @NikkiHaley says the…

"We can win on this message," the party chair says. Voters seem to feel differently Even after suffering multiple state-wide losses on the issue, the Republican Party is not backing down on abortion, party chair Ronna McDaniel said. “I’m proud to be a pro-life party, but we can win on this message,” McDaniel said on Sunday’s Meet the Press. “The American people are where we are, and they want common sense limitations. They want more access to adoption. We want to make sure that there’s…

The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google, alleging the company has been suppressing its email solicitations ahead of November's midterm elections — an allegation Google denies.The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California Friday evening, accuses Gmail of “discriminating” against the RNC by unfairly sending the group's emails to users' spam folders, impacting both fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts in pivotal swing states.“Enough is enough — we…

The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google, alleging the company has been suppressing its email solicitations ahead of November's midterm elections—an allegation Google denies. The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California, accuses Gmail of "discriminating" against the RNC by unfairly sending the group's emails to users' spam folders, impacting both fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts in pivotal swing states. "Enough is enough—we are suing Google…