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Nikki Haley

The latest news on Nikki Haley, American politician and diplomat and former Governor of South Carolina, including political news and updates.

Born

20 Jan 1972

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Politics

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Politician

last updated:

11 November, 2024

Taiwan

In Taiwan, former Trump rival Nikki Haley urges support for US allies

‘We don’t want to see Communist China win,’ says Donald Trump’s former UN envoy, who later ran against him for Republican presidential nod.

24 Aug 2024 - 5:21PM

US presidential election 2024

Trump puts Biden in cross hairs as Super Tuesday looms

4 Mar 2024 - 4:49PM

US presidential election 2024

Nikki Haley gets first primary win with Super Tuesday ahead

4 Mar 2024 - 11:12AM

US presidential election 2024

Analysis | Haley staying in 2024 race despite growing inevitability of Trump. Why?

Is it political strategy, donor pressure or perhaps hubris? Nikki Haley is vowing ‘the fight goes on’ against Donald Trump in case the scandal-plagued front-runner’s campaign implodes.

26 Feb 2024 - 3:16PM

Nikki Haley speaking at a campaign rally in Troy, Michigan. Photo: AFP

United States

Donald Trump wins South Carolina, beating Nikki Haley in her home state

The big win bolsters calls from Trump’s allies that Haley, Trump’s last remaining challenger, should drop out of the presidential nomination race.

25 Feb 2024 - 5:14PM

Icons and Influencers

Who is Nikki Haley’s ‘support squad’ family in her race against Donald Trump?

Trump’s only opponent left in the Republican presidential nomination race has Indian immigrant parents and shares 2 kids with her husband Michael, a military man

24 Feb 2024 - 7:00PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Haley vows to stay in 2024 race, calls Trump ‘unstable and unhinged’

The only Republican challenger to Donald Trump said she would not buckle to pressure from the former president and his allies: ‘I feel no need to kiss the ring’.

21 Feb 2024 - 1:02PM

Donald Trump

Haley assails Trump for continued silence on Navalny death

Alexei Navalny’s unexpected death at the age of 47 at an Arctic penal colony has generated international outrage. But Trump has yet to say a word publicly.

19 Feb 2024 - 9:12AM

US presidential election 2024

Nikki Haley says Trump wants to use RNC as ‘piggy bank’ for his legal battles

The US presidential hopeful says Trump is seeking control of the Republican National Committee after being ordered to pay hundreds of millions in recent cases.

18 Feb 2024 - 5:49AM

US presidential election 2024

No one wins Nevada primary, in embarrassment for Nikki Haley

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suffered an embarrassing defeat in Nevada’s primary, finishing behind ballots marked ‘None of these candidates’ by supporters of Donald Trump.

7 Feb 2024 - 5:00PM

Nikki Haley at a campaign event in Lancaster, South Carolina. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump

Explainer | ‘Crazy. Nasty. Birdbrain’: the women who get under Trump’s skin

Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi. Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney. Carly Fiorina. And for now, Nikki Haley.

6 Feb 2024 - 3:41PM

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Photo: Reuters

US presidential election 2024

Nikki Haley commits to staying in 2024 race through Super Tuesday

Haley, former US ambassador to UN, said Donald Trump would become even more ‘unhinged’ as campaign for Republican presidential nomination progressed.

29 Jan 2024 - 11:12AMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Trump wins New Hampshire primary, but Haley vows to fight on

Nikki Haley says ‘this race is far from over’ after finishing second in New Hampshire to Donald Trump, a setback in her effort to reset the Republican nomination race.

25 Jan 2024 - 6:28PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Haley hopes to stop Trump’s march to nomination in New Hampshire

Donald Trump’s last remaining Republican opponent makes a final push ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.

23 Jan 2024 - 12:57PM

Nikki Haley shakes hands with a patron during a campaign stop at a brewery in Manchester, New Hampshire. Photo: AP

US presidential election 2024

Nikki Haley questions Trump’s mental fitness after Pelosi gaffe

At a campaign event, the ex-US president said Haley was ‘in charge of security’ during the Capitol attack, when she was not holding office at the time.

21 Jan 2024 - 8:54AM

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks to reporters after a campaign stop in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on Saturday. Photo: AP

US presidential election 2024

Nikki Haley in last-gasp bid to catch Donald Trump

Nikki Haley wooed voters in New Hampshire as the Republican presidential nomination contest moves to the eastern US state seen as make-or-break for her bid to reel in runaway front runner Donald Trump.

18 Jan 2024 - 1:27PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Trump dominates Iowa caucus, DeSantis edges Haley for second

Donald Trump’s victory on Monday night gives him a strong start in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination as the contest moves to New Hampshire.

16 Jan 2024 - 5:08PMvideocam

United States

From Haley to Ramaswamy, Indian-Americans ‘navigate’ identity amid political rise

Indian-Americans are more politically prominent than ever before – and increasingly wearing their identity proudly.

15 Jan 2024 - 10:42PMvideocam

Republican US presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Iowa, on January 14. Photo: Kyodo

US presidential election 2024

Haley and DeSantis turn fire on Trump in Republican 2024 race

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis battle for a distant second place to former president Donald Trump with less than two weeks until Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.

5 Jan 2024 - 2:51PM

US presidential election 2024

White House hopeful Nikki Haley rebuked over Civil War comments

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley sought to tamp down controversy over remarks that failed to list slavery as the cause of the US Civil War.

29 Dec 2023 - 11:02AM

US presidential election 2024

Powerful Koch group endorses Haley’s 2024 bid to beat Trump

Endorsement would help Nikki Haley address one of her biggest strategic liabilities in the 2024 Republican primary contest: manpower on the ground.

29 Nov 2023 - 11:51AM

Celebrity children

Meet Rena Haley, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s daughter

Her mum Nikki Haley leapt to her defence at the third Republican presidential primary debate over a TikTok diss – she’s also a former cheerleader, nursing grad and newly married

17 Nov 2023 - 10:12AM

Rena Haley Jackson is the daughter of Republican US presidential candidate Nikki Haley. Photo: @renahaleyjackson/Instagram

US-China relations

US presidential candidate Nikki Haley seeks major changes in China policy

‘Communist China is the greatest threat to American security and prosperity by far,’ says the Republican, who was UN ambassador under Donald Trump.

28 Jun 2023 - 3:49AMvideocam

United States

Nikki Haley launches run for US president, challenging Trump

A ‘proud daughter of Indian immigrants’, she is not black, not white, but ‘different’, the Republican politician says in her announcement video.

15 Feb 2023 - 1:59AMvideocam

United States

Nikki Haley to take on Trump, her one-time boss, in 2024 bid

If she wins the Republican nomination, Haley – the daughter of Indian immigrants – would be the first woman at the top of the party’s ticket and its first non-white nominee.

2 Feb 2023 - 9:18AMvideocam

Former US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley speaks during the first day of a Republican convention in August 2020. Photo: AFP

US-China relations

Ex-US ambassador accuses China of ‘working to corrupt the United Nations’

Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the UN, writes: ‘Beijing is pursuing control of virtually every UN agency.’

3 Jul 2021 - 4:39AMvideocam

Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations, writes in a Foundation for Defence of Democracies report that the US “must stand up to our adversaries, unmistakably and unapologetically”. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump

Ex-UN ambassador Haley alleges disloyalty among Trump’s team

She recounts how Rex Tillerson and John Kelly, who have both since been fired, told her they were trying to ‘save the country’ by resisting President Donald Trump

11 Nov 2019 - 7:10PM

US-China relations

‘China is biggest foreign threat to America,’ Haley group says

With Beijing in her sights, former US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley steps into spotlight at crucial time in US-China relations with group to promote ‘America’s economy, culture, and national security’.

27 Feb 2019 - 5:29PMvideocam

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