Asa Hutchinson

Trump immigration policies set the tone for most of the GOP presidential field

BY: - November 27, 2023

This is one of an occasional series comparing the Republican presidential candidates’ positions on issues. WASHINGTON — Most of the candidates in this year’s 2024 Republican race for the presidential nomination mirror hard-line immigration policies set by the front-runner, former President Donald Trump. What were once considered far-right policies are now common talking points among […]

Trump says he has been told he is a target of the special counsel’s Jan. 6 investigation

BY: - July 18, 2023

Donald Trump has received a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith, he said Tuesday, indicating another indictment of the former president is likely over his role in encouraging the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump posted to his social media site, Truth Social, on Tuesday, announcing that he’d received the target […]

Questions and answers about Trump’s indictment on federal criminal charges 

BY: - June 9, 2023

A federal judge in Florida unsealed an indictment that accuses former President Donald Trump of hiding classified national security documents after he left the White House, improperly storing them and sharing sensitive information with people who lacked security clearance. Though he’s not the only former federal official to improperly take classified documents with him after […]

Holcomb, Pence and Braun address thousands at NRA Convention

BY: - April 15, 2023

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, former Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, a gubernatorial candidate for 2024, called for fighters to continue defending firearm access at the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) Convention in Indianapolis Friday. “We fully exercise our constitutional rights and we invest in those who protect them … you won’t […]

Warren County GOP hears from five Kentucky candidates for governor, one presidential hopeful

BY: - April 15, 2023

BOWLING GREEN — The Warren County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner brought five candidates in the Kentucky governor’s race and one presidential candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, under one roof Friday night.  Voicing unity in their quest to defeat Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear this fall, the gubernatorial candidates — Attorney General Daniel Cameron, former […]

COMMENTARY

Seeking GOP primary votes, would-be Kentucky governors fall in line for Trump

BY: - April 7, 2023

This article is published with permission of the Northern Kentucky Tribune, a nonprofit publication of the Kentucky Center for Public Service Journalism. Kentucky’s political system, largely run by Republicans these days, has thankfully avoided copying other red states’ mischief with their election systems, spawned largely by Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was taken from […]