2024 elections: Latest updates on polls, candidates and results

After Donald Trump stormed the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, blowing his nearest challengers for the Republican presidential nomination into a distant second and third, all eyes will be on New Hampshire next Tuesday to see if he can repeat the feat.

The race is now a three-way chase following the exits of Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson and survivors Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley have it all to do if they are to weaken Mr Trump’s stranglehold over their party with a strong showing in the Granite State.

Assuming they are still considered competitive after that, they will next head to Nevada – and find themselves thrust into one of the most bizarre electoral systems in the 50 states, where two competing nominating contests are being held.

Because why choose between a primary and a caucus when you could just have both and confuse everybody?

Here’s a quick guide for the baffled.

The Democratic National Committee’s joke about the former Arkansas governor suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination earlier this week has not gone down well and President Biden’s chief of staff Jeff Zients has reportedly apologised to the candidate.

Here’s John Bowden on his decision to drop out.

Back to the Florida governor, who has been having a tough old time of it on the campaign trail over his record in the Sunshine State.

The pundits on MSNBC have meanwhile been joking darkly that his only real hopes of securing the GOP nomination rest on one of Trump’s criminal cases coming good or his surely-high rate of cholesterol imperilling his health.

The Republican front-runner has announced his temporary return to Florida for the funeral today of his mother-in-law, Amalija Knavs, reporting that he will be back on the campaign trail in New Hampshire on Friday.

Knavs, 78, passed away from an undisclosed illness on 9 January.

Fresh from his tetchy appearance sitting in on E Jean Carroll’s testimony in New York, Donald Trump was back out on the rally circuit in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, last night, drumming up votes ahead of next Tuesday’s Republican primary.

It was the usual rambling mess of pet grievances and wounded victimhood, a few highlights of which follow.

Moments after the conclusion of the second day of a jury trial to determine how much money he owes a woman he defamed for lying about sexually abusing her, Donald Trump claimed that he is the one who suffered damages.

The former president – on trial a second time for defaming E Jean Carroll, who has accused Trump of sexually assaulting her and then lying about never meeting her – briefly spoke at his 40 Wall Street property after jurors in a federal courtroom heard several hours of testimony from the former Elle magazine writer.

Trump, who baselessly casts his growing pile of legal challenges as a Democratic conspiracy to keep him away from the White House, called the trial “rigged” and “election interference” based on a “made-up, fabricated story”.

He has since continued his attack on Truth Social.

Alex Woodward has been following the trial.

Nikki Haley has attacked Republican rival Ron DeSantis in a new interview with Fox News, saying he is “invisible” in New Hampshire and is “closer to zero than he is to me” in polling terms.

“It’s Trump we’re going after,” she insists.

The front-runner’s new cheerleader Vivek Ramaswamy has also turned his attention to the Florida governor, imploring him to drop out and arguing he would deserve “immense credit” if he did so now.

Republican candidates for president landed in New Hampshire this week after the bitterly cold Iowa caucuses ended in a landslide victory for Donald Trump early on Monday evening.

John Bowden looks at what we should be watching out for in the Granite State.

“You’re the only woman in this race. How do you feel about your party’s front-runner being held liable for sexual abuse?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Ms Haley.

Read on to see how she responded…

Mr Bannon has spent the last several years hosting his War Room right-wing podcast, and made clear on a recent episode that he disagreed with Mr Johnson’s take on Mr Biden’s presidency.

Mr Johnson made the comments on Wednesday during a press conference. He was asked if Mr Biden’s presidency was “God’s will.”

Graig Graziosi has the story: