Steve Scalise, Republican majority leader in the House of Representatives, is giving his support to Donald Trump in the US presidential election, CNN reports. The announcement comes less than two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, which kick off the primary election.
"I am proud to support Donald Trump for president in 2024, and I look forward to working with President Trump [...] to fight for the families struggling under the weight of Biden's failed policies," Scalise writes on the platform X .
Trump thanks the majority leader for the support. On his own platform Truth Social, he writes that he will not disappoint Scalise.
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Trump Appeals Maine's Primary Ban: 'Biased'
Former US President Donald Trump has appealed Maine's decision to bar him from the state's primary election in March, US media reports. It was in late December that Shenna Bellows, the Democratically appointed top official in charge of elections, decided that Trump's name should not be on the ballot because she believes that Trump was involved in the storming of Congress in January 2021.
In his appeal, Trump writes that Bellows is "biased" and that she should not have had anything to do with the decision.
With Trump's appeal, the case will now proceed to the Maine Supreme Court. The case may go all the way to the federal Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the United States.
A case similar to the one in Maine is also ongoing in Colorado.
There, the state's highest court has stopped Trump from participating in the primary election. The decision has been appealed to the federal Supreme Court.
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First goal reached - Kennedy qualifies for Utah
Independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr, who wants to challenge Democrats and Republicans for the presidency, has met the requirements to be on the ballot in Utah. It is the first state he qualifies for, AP writes.
Kennedy is the nephew of former President John F Kennedy. He made a name for himself during the pandemic by spreading conspiracy theories about the covid vaccine. As a presidential candidate, he tries to stay in the middle, but also takes support from people far to the right, while at the same time he likes to highlight his background as an environmental lawyer.
As a third-party candidate, it is unlikely to win, but both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are unpopular. It increases the possibility of picking up votes and thus playing a decisive role in the election.
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