Donald Trump can mathematically lock up the Republican nomination in primary voting Tuesday, which includes the key swing state of Georgia where he faces racketeering charges over an alleged conspiracy to steal the last election.Trump steamrolled his sole remaining rival Nikki Haley in last week's 15-state "Super Tuesday" voting, moving to within 140 delegates of the total needed to win the nomination to face President Joe Biden in November's election.
After landslide victories on Super Tuesday and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's exit from the race, former President Donald Trump's path to the nomination looks even clearer.
Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he will step down this year from his leadership role, ending a record-setting tenure and ceding more influence to Donald Trump and the hardliners who have come to define the party. McConnell, who has represented Kentucky in the Senate since 1985 and has been his party's leader since 2007, gleefully embraced the nickname "Grim Reaper" for his willingness to use the levers of power to stonewall Democratic goals, whether as majority leader or, as is currently the case, minority leader. His tenure of nearly 17 years as a Senate party leader is the longest on record.