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Joe Biden, Donald Trump are now their parties’ presumptive nominees

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By MEG KINNARD (Associated Press) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially secured the requisite numbers of delegates to be considered their parties’ presumptive nominees. It was a foreseeable outcome. Biden faced token opposition in the Democratic primary. Several high-profile Republicans ran against Trump but didn’t come close … Read more

Nikki Haley has spent 20 years navigating Republican Party factions. Trump may make that impossible

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When Nikki Haley was a South Carolina legislator, she backed budgets boosted by federal aid. Running for governor, she criticised a “bailout culture” and dependence on Washington. She once called the Confederate battle flag a heritage symbol and sidestepped calls to remove it from statehouse grounds. After a racist massacre in Charleston, Haley moved to … Read more