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By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Gov. Chris Sununu summarized it best.The popular Republican governor, who was a top supporter and surrogate to the now-former GOP presidential candidate, said that “Nikki Haley was the first candidate into the arena to challenge Donald Trump, and...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

The wife of a top adviser to President Joe Biden is considering a bid in the race to succeed longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster in New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District.Maggie Goodlander, a top Biden administration lawyer at the U.S....

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Nikki Haley returns to New England this weekend, in a very different situation than when she left New Hampshire five and a half weeks ago.Haley, the last remaining challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination, campaigns...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

GREER, South Carolina – Don Bolduc was once again far from home, on a crucial mission.But this time he wasn’t overseas fighting in the War in Afghanistan.Instead, the retired Army brigadier general and 2022 GOP U.S. Senate nominee in New Hampshire was...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Republican Gov. Chris Sununu got what he asked for from state lawmakers on Friday, who approved funding for New Hampshire troops to help secure America’s southern border with Mexico.The governor formally requested $850,000 to send up to 15 National...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Another New Hampshire presidential primary is in the books, and some political prognosticators are quick to proclaim that the Granite State’s storied first-in-the-nation primary and cherished candidate-to-voter retail-style campaigning are both on...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina – endorsing Donald Trump at Concord’s Grappone Center – was the latest sign of a Republican Party that’s closing ranks around the former president’s 2024 bid.“We need a president who doesn’t see black or...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

How much Chris Christie’s 2024 exit is impacting the race for the Republican presidential nomination depends on where you are.On the day after he dropped out, the candidate who benefited most from the former New Jersey governor’s departure – former...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

The pressure’s rising on Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie to drop out of the White House race ahead of the New Hampshire primary to give rival Nikki Haley a boost as she aims to close the gap with former President Donald Trump, the...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Frigid weather kept temperatures well below freezing across the entire Northeast as the sun rose on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 4.But inside a downtown hotel in Philadelphia, Democratic Party politics was heating up.A few hours later, the Democratic...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

A month before the presidential primary, Nikki Haley is surging in New Hampshire and closing the gap between herself and front runner Donald TrumpGov. Chris Sununu, who endorsed Haley and barnstormed the state with the former South Carolina...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

With New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary less than eight weeks away, Chris Christie is upping his game – and his sales pitch to Granite State voters.“I’ve enjoyed the dating period. Now it’s time for us to get married,” the former...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

An assertive Gov. Chris Sununu – on the presidential campaign trail this week – was unapologetic about New Hampshire’s move to keep its presidential primary first in the nation.“Yes, we are first,” Sununu boasted. “Suck it, South Carolina.” New...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

In the end, no one was surprised.A nearly year-long battle between New Hampshire history and precedent and the wishes of the Democratic National Committee over the timing of the state’s century-old first-in-the-nation presidential primary came to a...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

President Joe Biden is running for a second four-year term in the White House, but his name won’t appear on the Democratic ballot early next year when the Granite State holds its first-in-the-nation presidential primary.With New Hampshire on course to...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

For two and a half years, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been one of former President Donald Trump’s harshest critics in the Republican Party.And as he bids for the 2024 GOP nomination in a race where Trump is the commanding front-runner,...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been absent from New Hampshire for two months, but the Republican presidential candidate says he’ll be spending plenty of time in the first primary state going forward.“We’re going to do everything that you need to do to...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Allies of Chris Christie’s 2024 Republican presidential campaign are telling New Hampshire Democrats that they don’t have to wait until the November 2024 presidential election to vote against Donald Trump.But two political groups backing Christie who...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

Gov. Chris Sununu has been saying for months that the field in the Republican presidential nomination race needs to winnow down.“If you don’t make the first couple of debates, then you probably have to have a tough conversation and get out of the...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

The Republican National Committee is warning New Hampshire not to move up the date of their first-in-the-nation presidential primary.The RNC’s debate committee decided during a Thursday conference call to issue a warning that it will pull a planned...

By PAUL STEINHAUSER

New Hampshire’s top election official says no legal basis exists to block former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the Republican presidential primary.At a news conference Wednesday at the State House in Concord, Secretary of State Dave...