CNN Cancels New Hampshire Debate, Will Hold Town Hall With Nikki Haley On Thursday

“Sequels suck, whether you’re making them or watching them.” So said one storied filmmaker in rejecting a rich movie deal (details below), and he’d likely react the same if offered Biden vs. Trump.

Ahead of the New Hampshire primary earlier this week, political reporter Ben Jacobs attended a rally for former President Donald Trump and noted in a posting on X that the Smiths had been added to the presumptive Republican nominee's pre-show playlist. The following day, ABC's Soorin Kim noted that this wasn't a new development.

Ellise Shafer Heaven knows Johnny Marr is miserable now after Donald Trump played a Smiths song before a campaign rally. A video posted by ABC presidential campaign reporter Soorin Kim on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed the Smiths‘ “Hatful of Hollow” hit “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” playing during a Trump rally in South Dakota back in September. The band’s former guitarist took to the platform on Tuesday night to denounce the use of the song, writing: “Ahh…right…OK.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Former President Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire primary, according to the Associated Press, as he continues to cruise toward his third nomination to lead the Republican Party in the coming election. The AP called the race immediately once all polls were closed at 8 p.m. local time.

UPDATE, 5:13 PM: Donald Trump was called as the winner of the GOP’s New Hampshire primary by Fox News at 5:09 pm PT, with MSNBC following three minutes later. With Nikki Haley still in the running with the results better for her than expected, CNN are only saying that Trump is in the lead.

The morning before the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, the atmosphere at the media center of gravity in Manchester was busy but hardly frenetic — muted may be more like it.

As Donald Trump was about to step on stage on Sunday for another rally to tout the endorsement of another former rival, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley was about 30 miles south in New Hampshire, at a rally at Exeter High School, where a celebrity figure and daytime fixture was giving her her support: Judge Judy.

Many other Republican candidates have suspending their campaigns this cycle, but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis‘ exit inspired some pretty biting and snarky reactions today, coming from other politicos and some celebrities.

Donald Trump‘s campaign refused to agree to let an NBC News correspondent travel with him on New Hampshire campaign stops today as the designated pool reporter, leading to access being cut off for the day.

With just days before the New Hampshire primary, Saturday Night Live returned with James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, this time talking to the press from the New York courtroom where he’s been attending one of a number of cases keyed up for 2024.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, appearing on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, defended his largely behind-the-scenes role during the protracted actors and writers strike last year, as well as his decision to take on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Nikki Haley‘s presidential race is entering the final days before the New Hampshire primary with some celebrity support: Judge Judy Sheindlin.

Legacy media has called Donald Trump’s win in the Iowa Caucus a “landslide victory” and a “historic win.” Theoretically both statements are true: Trump did beat his two closest opponents, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Trump’s own former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley by nearly 30 points. And the win was historic in the sense that no other failed president has chosen to run again after being voted out of office.

As former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley took the stage at CNN‘s town hall in New Hampshire, her chief rival in the state’s primary took to another interview on Fox News.

Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign will try to steal some of the media attention on New Hampshire on Tuesday with a Northern Virginia rally focused on the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s repeal of Roe vs. Wade.

Turnout for the Iowa caucuses was down, and so was viewership. Early numbers show that interest was down considerably from 2020 and, before that, from 2016, with about 4.67 million watching primetime coverage across Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.

Joe Biden hasn’t had anything to say so far about Donald Trump’s big win at the Iowa caucuses last night, but when it comes to Elton John, the man in the White House was ebullient this morning.

Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley is signaling that she won’t participate in the next two planned GOP debates unless Donald Trump does.

UPDATE: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will finish in a distant second place in the Iowa caucuses, networks projected.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Former president Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses on Monday, according to projections from the Associated Press and other outlets. Trump was the heavy favorite heading into Monday’s vote, as he seeks to reclaim the White House. Florida Gov.