Nation and World Glance
Haley hopes to stop Trump’s march to nomination in New Hampshire: ‘America does not do coronations’
manchester, n.h. — as the last major challenger in donald Trump ‘s way to the republican nomination, nikki Haley is hoping new Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president away from the White House that they turn out to support her in large numbers.
“america does not do coronations,” Haley said at a VFW hall in Franklin, joined by her daughter and son-in-law. “Let’s show all of the media class and the political class that we’ve got a different plan in mind, and let’s show the country what we can do.”
It’s an uphill battle for the former u.n. ambassador and South Carolina governor. most conservatives want to give Trump another chance at beating President Joe Biden despite Trump’s 2020 election loss and the 91 felony charges he faces in four separate indictments.
With voting about to begin in new Hampshire, almost every top republican has lined up behind Trump. Polls in new Hampshire suggest he leads Haley in a state uniquely suited to her strengths, though his lead is narrower than the 30-point blowout he scored in the Iowa caucuses.
Haley told reporters on monday that she is expecting a stronger outcome than Iowa.
Floridians wait to see which version of Ron Desantis returns from the presidential campaign trail
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Florida Gov. ron desantis first took office in 2019, he surprised many with actions indicating he’d be a much more moderate leader than anticipated: He corrected a decades-old racial injustice, took the side of medical marijuana supporters over GOP leaders and hired a liberal democrat for a key state position.
But then he set his eyes on the White House and veered far to the right as he rolled to a 2022 reelection blowout and entered the presidential race. His message was loud and relentless and focused on how he had beaten down the “woke mob” with policies that upset Black and LGBTQ+ Floridians. not even republicans dared stand up to his iron-fisted governing style for fear of being punished.
now that he’s dropped out of the presidential race and is returning to govern Florida for another two-plus years, which desantis will Floridians see? It’s a question Tallahassee insiders are speculating about, but one that likely won’t be answered immediately.
“When you go through a life-changing event like running and losing a presidential primary, it gives you an opportunity to look at who is it that I really want to be and how do I get there,” said Jamie miller, a Florida-based republican political strategist. “and if that answer is still, ‘I want to be president,’ I think the one thing he may have learned is what worked for you in 2022 didn’t work for you in 2024.”
In the last three years, desantis built his national reputation through a well-publicized fight with disney World over ANTI-LGBTQ+ legislation; his effort to limit discussions on race and inclusion; and his work with conservatives to keep the themes of gender identity and sexual orientation out of classrooms and school libraries.
Death on the Arabian Sea: How a Navy SEAL fell into rough waters and another died trying to save him
WASHINGTON — under the darkness of night, in the roiling high seas off the coast of Somalia, members of the u.s. navy’s Seal
Team 3 began to climb aboard an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen.
as navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class nathan Gage Ingram began climbing the ladder onto the boat, he slipped, falling into a gap the waves had created between the vessel and the Seals’ combatant craft. as he went under, navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers jumped into the gap to try to save him, according to u.s. officials familiar with the incident.
It was an instinctive act, honed by years of training, one teammate going to another’s aid. But weighed down by their body armor, weapons and heavy equipment, the two Seals plunged into the depths of the arabian Sea and died, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details of the Jan. 11 raid.
The mission came as the interdiction of weapons to Yemen takes on new urgency. The Yemen-based Houthis have been conducting a campaign of missile and drone attacks against commercial and navy ships in the red Sea and Gulf of aden over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. and u.s. retaliatory strikes have so far not deterred their assaults.