An Iowa man was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for death threats against Arizona's former attorney general and a Maricopa County election official over the 2020 election, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Former President Trump showered Vivek Ramaswamy with praise when asked in an interview if he'd considered the 38-year-old biotech entrepreneur for vice president.
Why it matters: It's the most Trump has weighed in on Ramaswamy's presidential candidacy, revealing his openness to a significantly younger and arguably more radical anti-Washington unknown.
Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio is telling Republican donors that Nikki Haley "has surged" in Iowa since last week's GOP presidential debate — and that she and Vivek Ramaswamy are essentially tied with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire, according to a polling memo obtained by Axios.
Driving the news: Fabrizio's memo, sent to fundraisers and allies of former President Trump, said that all three remain far behind him in the first two states that will vote in the GOP primary season.
Former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded not guilty Tuesday after being charged in Georgia for alleged efforts to interfere in the 2020 election results.
Driving the news: Powell, whose charges include violating Georgia's racketeering law and conspiracy to commit election fraud, waived her right to a formal arraignment, per the court filing.
Eminem has taken issue with Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy using his music on the campaign trail.
Driving the news: BMI, a performing rights organization, wrote a cease-and-desist letter to Ramaswamy's lawyer on Aug. 23, writing that any future performances by the campaign will be considered "a material breach of the agreement."
Former President Trump's mug shot is now being shown in an unflattering light across New Hampshire, thanks to an ad campaign by a super PAC supporting his GOP rival former Gov. Chris Christie.
Why it matters: This is the first presidential ad to splash Trump's mugshot on broadcast TV, NBC News reports, citing AdImpact.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said Tuesday that he is suspending his 2024 presidential campaign after failing to make the first GOP presidential primary debate last week.
Driving the news: "Running for President of the United States has been one of the greatest honors of my life," he wrote on the social media platform "X."
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a "very treatable blood cancer" — and intends to keep working during treatment.
The big picture: Scalise — who overcame near-fatal injuries after being shot during a congressional baseball practice — plays a key role in scheduling the House floor and keeping the conference on the same page while facing a narrow majority.
A UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student has been charged in the Monday killing of faculty member Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences, the university said on Tuesday.
Driving the news: Tailei Qi, a graduate student that worked under Yan, has been charged with first-degree murder and bringing a gun on an educational campus, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Gina Raimondo spent more than a decade in venture capital, before becoming Rhode Island's governor and then U.S. Commerce Secretary. This week she's in China, in part defending the Biden administration's ban on U.S. venture capital investment in certain Chinese tech sectors.
Why it matters: Raimondo must do a delicate dance in Beijing — maintaining hawkishness without clawing into a still-vital trade relationship.
President Biden is on track to put away the Democratic nomination with little opposition — but even most of his own party thinks he's too old for the job, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
Why it matters: A quarter of adults associate Biden with words related to his age, while words like "corrupt, criminal," and "crooked" come to mind first for former President Trump, the poll found.
Ray Smith, one of 19 co-defendants including former President Trump in the 2020 election interference case in Fulton County, Georgia, pleaded not guilty after waiving his arraignment, court documents filed Monday show.
The big picture: Smith, a Georgia-based lawyer who represented Trump in post-election challenges in the state, is the first person to enter a plea in the case.
Monday marks the 60th anniversary of thehistoricMarch on Washington, where nearly a quarter million people gathered to bring attention to voting rights and police brutality — issues the nation continues to grapple with today.
The big picture: The commemoration comes amid ongoing fears that the nation is regressing on racial equity and voting rights, even as the country becomes more diverse, Axios' Keldy Ortiz writes.
Republicans in theTennessee House voted Monday to temporarily silence state Rep. Justin Jones after House Speaker Cameron Sexton said he had spoken out of order twice.
The disciplinary vote, which prohibited Jones (D-Nashville) from participating in floor debate for the rest of the day, outraged both the Democratic caucus as well as gallery onlookers.
