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Rep. Dean Phillips, a Minnesota Democrat, withdrew from the Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, ending the last significant primary challenge against President Joe Biden.

Phillips broke the news on The Chad Hartman Show, a Twin Cities radio show.

Phillips announced on Feb. 16 that he was laying off the vast majority of his campaign staff, after lackluster fundraising had created a cash crunch. He also canceled a scheduled event in Michigan on Feb. 18.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Trump for the GOP presidential nomination shortly after Haley dropped out.

“It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States,” McConnell said in a statement. “It should come as no surprise that as nominee, he will have my support."

McConnell last week announced he was stepping down as GOP Senate leader in November.

Karoline Leavitt, the national press secretary for Trump's campaign, offered her reaction to the reports of Haley dropping out of the GOP primary but not immediately planning to endorse Trump.

“We hope that she will endorse President Trump considering again voters in states across this country have made their choice very clear," Leavitt told Fox Business' "Mornings with Maria."

"It is beyond time for Nikki Haley to get out of this race and to unify around the president. He has been saying this for weeks, really for months. And so we encourage her to do just that, to adhere to the will of Republican voters," Leavitt continued.

NBC News' Shaquille Brewster had a simple question for a Trump voter he interviewed in North Carolina.

"What do you think of Nikki Haley? Did you ever consider her?" Brewster asked.

The Trump fan — identified as Emmett Martin — had a response so vile that he was hesitant to say it in front of news cameras.
"What I got to say, you don't really want to put it on."

Haley will announce today in Charleston, S.C., that she is ending her Republican presidential campaign, several media outlets reported.

Notably, she won't announce an endorsement today, according to Wall Street Journal sources. Instead she will "encourage" Trump "to earn the support of Republican and independent voters who backed her."

Former BBC news anchor Emily Maitlis grilled far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on her peddling of conspiracy theories.

And the Georgia Republican eventually told Maitlis to “fuck off."

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Jason Palmer, the candidate who defeated Biden in the American Samoa Democratic caucus, urged the 81-year-old president to "pass the torch to the next generation of Americans."

"There's many younger people who are ready to take that torch, who are great leaders in our party, and make sure that Donald Trump doesn't win this November," he told CNN's Laura Coates.

Palmer floated himself and governors Gretchen Whitmer (Mich.), Jared Polis (Colo.) and Gavin Newsom (Calif.) as Democrats who could take over from Biden.

Palmer added that Republicans "are out in full force," noting that Democrats need to campaign equally forcefully to avoid Trump's return to the White House.

"When people say we're going to be sleepwalking into a Trump election it's for real," he said. "So I'm running to energize young voters and also center-left, center-right people with a positive vision of what we can do in the next four years. If Joe Biden's just talking about Donald Trump and he's just talking about foreign policy and foreign wars, that's not going to win in November. You got to have a clear, positive agenda."

"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert dismissed a new poll showing 50% of respondents believe Democrats will replace Biden with another candidate in the upcoming presidential race.

“No! No they won’t,” he said. “It’s Trump versus Biden. Stop making up election fanfic.”

Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan will be headed to a runoff against challenger David Covey, as state Attorney General Ken Paxton continues his campaign to oust those who voted to impeach him.

Paxton was acquitted of corruption and abuse in a Texas Senate trial in 2023. He blames Phelan for leading the effort to drive him out of office.

"Let this runoff be a rallying cry for all conservatives across Texas," Paxton said. "The battle lines are drawn, and our resolve has never been stronger."

Californian voters were split on Proposition 1, a measure touted by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to boost investment in housing and substance abuse programs to help tackle homelessness in the state.

Opponents are concerned the measure would divert funding from other programs that they say are preventing people from becoming homeless in the first place.

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