NEWS AND OPINION:
How much support do presidential candidates receive in the Granite State? It is a necessary stop for Republican candidates, and a former governor from South Carolina is not an exception. Ambitious Republican candidate Nikki Haley discloses that she has organized campaign events in each county in New Hampshire, as stated in a recent campaign update shared with the Beltway.
On Thursday, she will be accompanied by Gov. Chris Sununu for a town hall event in Merrimack. Afterwards, they will proceed to Manchester for a town hall featuring Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty. This will be followed by a community discussion titled “Parents In Charge”.
At the conclusion of the week, Ms. Haley will have taken part in 49 local events in New Hampshire. Afterwards, she will proceed to South Carolina for two campaign appearances. Therefore, how is her progress? A survey conducted by NMB Research, which involved 800 potential Republican primary voters in New Hampshire from August 25th to 31st, provides some understanding.
According to the poll analysis, Donald Trump is currently ahead in the Republican presidential primary ballot. The former president has a substantial lead with 47%, which is more than thirty percentage points higher than his closest competitors, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, who both have 10%.
Meanwhile, the news is lukewarm for a previous governor of New Jersey and a well-known entrepreneur.
According to the analysis, Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy both have an 8% share of the vote, while no other candidate has garnered more than 5%.
Mr. Scott on the move
Senator Tim Scott, who is running for president, will be visiting New Hampshire on Thursday. He will attend a barbecue in the town of Rye, which will be hosted by Scott Brown. It is worth noting that Scott Brown has previously served as a U.S. senator for Massachusetts and also as the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.
Mr. Scott, the senator, will continue his schedule by visiting a charter school in Manchester on Friday and having a meeting with faith leaders in the area. After that, he will head to the lovely lakeside town of Meredith, where he will participate in a meet and greet event with local homebuilders. Later on, he will host a traditional town hall meeting with the local residents, approximately 90 minutes after the meet and greet.
Ukraine continues to require assistance.
The Beltway was informed on Wednesday that the Department of Defense has provided Ukraine with further security and defense support. This delivery of equipment is the 46th from the Biden administration since August 2021.
This assistance is valued at $175 million and includes equipment to support Ukraine’s air defense systems, plus additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds; 81mm mortars systems and rounds; 120mm depleted uranium tank ammunition for Abrams tanks and Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles.
All these items are verbatim from the Defense Dept.
In addition, the assistance also includes Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems; over 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition; tactical air navigation systems; tactical secure communications systems and support equipment; demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing; and spare parts, maintenance, and other field equipment.
The announcement stated that the United States will keep collaborating with its Allies and partners to equip Ukraine with the necessary resources to address its immediate needs on the battlefield and fulfill its long-term security assistance requirements.
Foxified
From August 28th to September 3rd, Fox News dominated the cable TV landscape, being the most-watched network both during primetime and throughout the day. According to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News garnered 1.7 million viewers during primetime and an average of 1.1 million viewers throughout the day. Additionally, Fox News aired 69 out of the top 100 cable news telecasts for the week.
“The Five” was the most-watched show of the week with an average of 2.8 million viewers. Following closely behind were “Jesse Watters Primetime” with 2.5 million viewers and “Hannity” with 2.3 million viewers. Late-night host Greg Gutfeld and “Special Report with Bret Baier” both attracted 1.9 million viewers.
Fox News weekday programs are also besting the broadcast competition. With audiences of 1.4 million each, both “America’s Newsroom” and “Outnumbered” outranked NBC’s daily “Today Jenna and Hoda.”
Over the weekend, “Sunday Morning Futures” outperformed CNN and MSNBC with 1.2 million viewers, as did “Life, Liberty & Levin,” which attracted an audience of 1.1 million.
A telling summary
According to those who monitor the patterns, the United States continues to have a concerning and easily penetrable border.
“In the span of 30 months since the start of the Biden administration, there have been 6.9 million instances of unauthorized individuals crossing the border. Additionally, an extra 1.7 million migrants entered the United States without being detained or turned away, commonly referred to as “gotaways”. Consequently, the total number of individuals who have unlawfully entered the U.S. amounts to 8.6 million people. To put this into perspective, this figure is comparable to the entire population of Virginia or more than six times the number of active service members in the U.S. armed forces. These statistics are truly astounding,” expressed Michael McManus, the director of research for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonpartisan organization focused on public interest.
The release of his report occurred on Monday.
Poll du jour
37% of computer science experts from U.S. universities agree that a new “Department of AI” federal agency would be the “best entity” to regulate artificial intelligence.
22% of the experts agree that a global organization would be the best entity to regulate AI.
16% agree the U.S. Congress would be the best entity.
14% of respondents believe that an agency would be deemed “irrelevant” due to the ineffective regulation of AI.
4% of respondents believe that the White House is the most favorable institution.
3% of respondents believe that a private sector organization is the most suitable entity.
3% of respondents believe that no organization would be the most suitable entity, as they argue against regulating AI.
Source: An Axios-Generation Lab-Syracuse University AI Experts survey of 213 computer science and engineering professors from top U.S. research universities.
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