For potential candidates, there is little choice but to prepare as though they are running and Trump isn’t — and then watch it all evaporate if he does.For former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other potential candidates now starting to network, there is little choice but to prepare as though former President Donald Trump isn’t running for reelection in 2024 — and then watch it all evaporate if he does. | John Raoux/AP PhotoMike Pompeo and Rick Scott are headed to Iowa this week and next, followed by Tim Scott in mid-April. Mike Pence plans to visit the early primary state of South...…For potential candidates, there is little choice but to prepare as though they are running and Trump isn’t — and then watch it all evaporate if he does.For former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other potential candidates now starting to network, there is little choice but to prepare as though former President Donald Trump isn’t running for reelection in 2024 — and then watch it all evaporate if he does. | John Raoux/AP PhotoMike Pompeo and Rick Scott are headed to Iowa this week and next, followed by Tim Scott in mid-April. Mike Pence plans to visit the early primary state of South...WW…

A pro-Trump attorney’s call for a boycott of the Senate runoffs is alarming Republicans.Attorney Lin Wood, member of President Donald Trump's legal team, speaks during a rally on Dec. 2, 2020, in Alpharetta, Ga. | Ben Margot/AP PhotoGeorgia’s Republican civil war just got a lot messier.A new schism — this one between MAGA forces — is taking shape, further threatening GOP unity in advance of the Jan. 5 runoffs for the state’s two Senate seats.At the center of the conflict is pro-Trump trial lawyer Lin Wood. His advocacy for President Donald Trump — and his of election fraud — have been so...…A pro-Trump attorney’s call for a boycott of the Senate runoffs is alarming Republicans.Attorney Lin Wood, member of President Donald Trump's legal team, speaks during a rally on Dec. 2, 2020, in Alpharetta, Ga. | Ben Margot/AP PhotoGeorgia’s Republican civil war just got a lot messier.A new schism — this one between MAGA forces — is taking shape, further threatening GOP unity in advance of the Jan. 5 runoffs for the state’s two Senate seats.At the center of the conflict is pro-Trump trial lawyer Lin Wood. His advocacy for President Donald Trump — and his of election fraud — have been so...WW…

The campaign spent months building a legal apparatus to contest close elections. Then along came the former New York City mayor.Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, pauses as he speaks during a news conference on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICOPresident Donald Trump’s senior campaign aides were gathered in their headquarters Saturday morning when word emerged that Rudy Giuliani would be holding a news conference in the parking lot of a Philadelphia landscaping...…The campaign spent months building a legal apparatus to contest close elections. Then along came the former New York City mayor.Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, pauses as he speaks during a news conference on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICOPresident Donald Trump’s senior campaign aides were gathered in their headquarters Saturday morning when word emerged that Rudy Giuliani would be holding a news conference in the parking lot of a Philadelphia landscaping...WW…

Party officials in Florida’s most populous county are sweating weak early voting turnout among several key groups.People wait in line to vote outside of an early voting site in Miami Beach, Fla., on Oct. 20, 2020. | Lynne Sladky/AP PhotoMIAMI — Democrats are sounding the alarm about weak voter turnout rates in Florida’s biggest county, Miami-Dade, where a strong Republican showing is endangering Joe Biden’s chances in the nation’s biggest swing state.No Democrat can win Florida without a huge turnout and big winning margins here to offset losses elsewhere in the state. But Democrats are...…Party officials in Florida’s most populous county are sweating weak early voting turnout among several key groups.People wait in line to vote outside of an early voting site in Miami Beach, Fla., on Oct. 20, 2020. | Lynne Sladky/AP PhotoMIAMI — Democrats are sounding the alarm about weak voter turnout rates in Florida’s biggest county, Miami-Dade, where a strong Republican showing is endangering Joe Biden’s chances in the nation’s biggest swing state.No Democrat can win Florida without a huge turnout and big winning margins here to offset losses elsewhere in the state. But Democrats are...WW…

Nikki Fried speaks at a campaign rally in Miami. | Lynne Sladky/AP PhotoFlorida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried dismissed three top aides just before midnight Thursday, citing their complaints that her fiancé was “abusive” to her during a weekend argument at a Fort Lauderdale resort where police escorted him off the property.Fried, the state’s top elected Democrat, told aides by text message late Wednesday that they could no longer be in her “inner circle” but offered to find them “other roles.” She said it “breaks my heart” they believed her fiancé was abusive during the incident,...…Nikki Fried speaks at a campaign rally in Miami. | Lynne Sladky/AP PhotoFlorida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried dismissed three top aides just before midnight Thursday, citing their complaints that her fiancé was “abusive” to her during a weekend argument at a Fort Lauderdale resort where police escorted him off the property.Fried, the state’s top elected Democrat, told aides by text message late Wednesday that they could no longer be in her “inner circle” but offered to find them “other roles.” She said it “breaks my heart” they believed her fiancé was abusive during the incident,...WW…

Voting booths are setup at the Yuengling center on the campus of University of South Florida | Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesMIAMI — A Trump election conspiracy theory has fallen apart after Florida’s law enforcement agency said it had found no widespread voter fraud in the 2018 races for Senate and governor.President Donald Trump had complained repeatedly about election “fraud” and theft in heavily populated, Democrat-rich Broward and Palm Beach counties, which had slowly but erratically updated their vote totals after polls closed on Election Day.With each updated tally, Republican candidates ,...…Voting booths are setup at the Yuengling center on the campus of University of South Florida | Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesMIAMI — A Trump election conspiracy theory has fallen apart after Florida’s law enforcement agency said it had found no widespread voter fraud in the 2018 races for Senate and governor.President Donald Trump had complained repeatedly about election “fraud” and theft in heavily populated, Democrat-rich Broward and Palm Beach counties, which had slowly but erratically updated their vote totals after polls closed on Election Day.With each updated tally, Republican candidates ,...WW…