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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is facing growing calls for her to leave the 2024 presidential race as the Republican National Committee (RNC) nearly considered a resolution to declare former President Trump the party’s presumptive nominee for president in 2024.
Trump trounced his rivals with convincing wins in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary this month, and experts agree there is likely little hope for Haley, the only alternative to the former president remaining in the race, in the upcoming South Carolina primary despite it being her home state.
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Here’s a snapshot of where the battle to lead the Republican Party stands.
DELEGATE COUNT AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE:
Trump: 32
Haley: 17
DeSantis: 9
Ramaswamy: 3
DELEGATES NEEDED TO WIN: 1,215
DELEGATES REMAINING: 2,368
Nikki Haley and Donald Trump.(Michael M. Santiago/Al Drago/Bloomberg)
ONE NEW GOP BATTLE: Haley’s campaign campaign lashed out at the Republican National Committee and its chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, on Thursday over a draft resolution that was nearly considered by the party to declare former President Donald Trump the presumptive GOP nominee. The resolution was later withdrawn after Trump expressed gratitude to those supporting it in a post on Truth Social, but said he felt the nomination should be won through the voters.
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ONE NEW ENDORSEMENT:The United Auto Workers on Wednesday endorsed President Biden for a second presidential term. “Joe Biden bet on the American worker, while Donald Trump blamed the American worker,” UAW President Shawn Fain said as the group caps its three-day gathering in Washington, D.C., to map out its political priorities. “We need to know who’s going to sit in the most powerful seat in the world and us win as a united working class. So if our endorsements must be earned, Joe Biden has earned it.”
As for Trump, he’s received more than 120 House Republican endorsements – the majority of the House GOP Conference and far outpacing former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley’s one backer. But several senior House Republicans have yet to weigh in despite mounting calls to unify behind the former president.
ONE NEW POLL: Biden suffered a historically unpopular third year in the White House, according to a new survey. Gallup’s examination of data from a dozen polls found Biden has an average approval rating of 39.8%. The result is the lowest approval rating for a president in his third year since Carter in 1974, when the former president suffered a 37.4% average rating.
ONE NEW ULTIMATUM, ONE BIG CASH HAUL: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley responded to former President Donald Trump’s dismissal of donors who had contributed to her campaign by flashing some cash. Trump had taken to his social media site Truth Social to warn Haley’s donors that they would be frozen out of the MAGA community. Haley responded on X, saying, “Well in that case… donate here. Let’s Go!” Haley wrote, as she added a link to her online fundraising page. It appears that donors responded. The Haley campaign claims that $1 million in online donations had been made in the 24 hours since her speech in New Hampshire.
ONE KEY QUOTE:
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“Also, I hear Montana is lovely in January.” Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida on why he is traveling to Montana for a weekend of campaigning for Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., amid rumors he is soon launching a Senate bid in the Big Sky State.
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A vehicle crashed into a hair salon in Danvers, Massachusetts, leaving three people injured on Thursday.
Police said the crash happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. at Beijo Beauty on Newbury Street.
Three people inside the business suffered injuries that are believed to be non-life-threatening, police said. All three were taken by ambulance to local hospitals.
A fire official at the scene said the three patients’ injuries are considered minor. The building was evacuated after the crash.
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One customer told NBC10 Boston she stood with an injured person while someone called 911, adding that her own car had been damaged.
“I was done, I was just about to get up. If I had been in my car, I would have gotten really hurt,” she said. “My car got totaled.”
Police did not say whether the driver would face any charges.
Authorities allege Joseph Sawyer brandished what appeared to be a handgun during a robbery at St. Mary’s Bank in Nashua, N.H., on June 12.Boston FBI
A Townsend man was arrested Wednesday night in connection with two armed bank robberies in New Hampshire and New Jersey last month, federal authoritiessaid.
Joseph Sawyer, 52, was arrested by FBI Albany’s SWAT team after the bureau’s Boston office and Nashua, N.H., police learnedhe might bein upstate New York, FBI Boston said in a statement Thursday.
Investigators said thealleged robberies happened at St. Mary’s Bank on Northwest Boulevard in Nashua on June 12 and at a Chase Bank in Boonton, N.J., on June 27.
During both robberies, prosecutors allege Sawyer brandished what appeared to be a black semiautomatic handgun, ordered everyone inside the banks to get on the ground, and demanded their cell phones before stealing cash, according to a criminal complaint filed in New Hampshire federal court.
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The complaint alleges Sawyer stole $6,000 from the Nashua bank before fleeing in a Honda minivan. Investigators say he discarded a shopping bag containing the bank manager’s cell phone in a nearby parking lot before driving away.
Investigators linked the two robberies through surveillance footage and license plate reader data, according to court filings. Authorities allege the minivan was driven with stolen New Jersey plates during the Boonton robbery that were later replaced with Massachusetts plates registered to Sawyer’s late father.
Sawyer was charged with one count of bank robbery in New Hampshire, court records show. It was not immediately clear Thursday night if he is being represented by an attorney.
The case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s office for the District of New Hampshire, the FBI said.
Breanne Kovatch can be reached at breanne.kovatch@globe.com. Follow her @breannekovatch.
Trump rolls out Freedom Fuel gas stations, what are they?
Trump’s Freedom Fuel is selling gas at $3.47/gal in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
President Donald Trump is touting a new fuel option for motorists: Freedom Fuel, advertising gas at a discount price to local consumers.
When the network was opened and announced on July 7, it advertised $3.47 per gallon regular gas at the pumps, a noticeable difference from national and state averages in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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But is the gas actually as cheap as the 47th President says?
According to some gas tracking platforms, it may not be.
On GasBuddy, a website tracking gas prices across the country with a pricing heat map based on user submissions, some of the Freedom Fuel locations’ pricing appeared to have risen.
Some still sporting the names of what appeared to be their previous sites, like a Gas N Go on Island Ave, the following addresses on GasBuddy match those listed as one of Trump’s 25 gas stations.
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The pricing, however, varies:
2200 Island Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – $3.57 as of July 8
400 Baltimore Pike, Springfield, Pennsylvania – $3.57 as of July 9
6243 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – $3.57 as of July 9
6800 E. Baltimore Ave, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania – $3.57 as of July 9
6801 Tilton Rd., Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey – $3.89 as of July 8
6501 Delilah Rd., Egg Harbor Township New Jersey – $3.57 as of July 9
Much about the gas station network remains unknown, like how long they’ll be operating or where stations could be popping up next.
Administration officials told USA TODAY on July 8 that the federal government has no role in the Freedom Fuel Network, nor is it providing it with funding.
The White House also said that “no other entity or person” is subsidizing the cost of gasoline.
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Contributing: Michelle Del Rey USA TODAY NETWORK
Kaitlyn McCormick is a Philadelphia-based reporter writing all things trending, breaking and city-related for USA TODAY’s Philadelphia Metro Connect Team.
