MICHELLE L. PRICE

National political reporter

Price is a national political reporter for The Associated Press. She is based in New York.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. Trump's new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president's legal bills before the party gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)

Trump’s invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC

Donald Trump and his Republican allies are well behind President Joe Biden and Democrats on fundraising.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, March 9, 2024, in Rome Ga. An attorney for Donald Trump says he’s optimistic an appellate review will lead to the Georgia 2020 election interference case against him being dismissed and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis being disqualified. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Trump’s latest 2024 campaign fundraising report shows him lagging behind Biden in cash

Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising picked up last month but his political operation is still struggling to catch up to President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Trump suggests he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy

Donald Trump is suggesting he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump pauses to speak after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are moving closer to a November rematch, as primary voters around the country urge their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worry about what might happen if their side loses this fall.

Supporters arrive before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Rome Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Biden and Trump issue dire warnings of the other, as a rematch comes into view in Georgia

The 2024 presidential election campaign is picking up where the 2020 contest left off. Or, more precisely, in a place where it never actually ended.

FILE - North Carolina GOP Chairman Michael Whatley speaks at the state party's convention on June 9, 2023, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

RNC votes to install Donald Trump’s handpicked chair as former president tightens control of party

Party members on Friday in Houston elected North Carolina Republican Michael Whatley as party chairman.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a Super Tuesday election night party Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump has become the last Republican standing in the 2024 primary. Here’s how he bulldozed the field

Donald Trump is now the last major Republican candidate for president who’s still standing. He’s outlasted more than a dozen challengers now that Nikki Haley bowed out on Wednesday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at the V4 meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to visit former president Donald Trump at Florida home next week

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will visit former President Donald Trump next week at Mar-a-Lago, according to a person briefed on the plans.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

An RNC member is trying to stop the party from paying Donald Trump’s legal bills

At least one member of the Republican National Committee is working to slow Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of the organization.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Rock Hill, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Ahead of South Carolina primary, Trump says he strongly supports IVF after Alabama court ruling

Former President Donald Trump says he would “strongly support the availability” of in vitro fertilization for couples and women who are trying to have a baby.

FILE - Lara Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and handpicked choice to help lead the Republican National Committee said she thinks Republican voters would support having the political organization pay the former president's ballooning legal fees. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Lara Trump says she thinks GOP voters would like to see RNC pay Donald Trump’s legal fees

Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and handpicked choice to help lead the Republican National Committee said she thinks Republican voters would support having the political organization pay the former president’s ballooning legal fees.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally in Conway, S.C., Feb. 10, 2024. A major anti-abortion group is praising Trump after a New York Times report Friday, Feb. 16, that Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16-weeks of pregnancy, though his campaign denied the report and said Trump plans to "negotiate a deal" on abortion if elected to the White House again. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Abortion rights opponents and supporters seize on report that Trump privately pushes 16-week ban

A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy — though his campaign denied the report and said Trump plans to “negotiate a deal” on abortion if elected to the White House again

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during the Politics and Eggs event, Jan. 12, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. Manchin announced Friday, Feb. 16, that he is not running for president, according to his spokesman Jon Kott. Manchin is not running for reelection in 2024. His Senate seat in a heavily Republican state is expected to be a prime pickup opportunity for the GOP. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t run for president in 2024

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he is not running for president. Manchin announced his decision in a speech Friday at West Virginia University, saying he didn’t want to be a “spoiler.”

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston, S.C., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David Yeazell)

Donald Trump stands by remarks about not defending NATO members after backlash

Former President Donald Trump is defending saying he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to NATO allies that don’t meet defense spending targets days after his comments set off alarm in the U.S. and among its allies.

FILE - Jared Kushner listens as former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. Kushner defended on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, his business dealings after leaving government with the Saudi crown prince who was implicated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Jared Kushner, former Trump adviser, defends business dealings with Saudi Arabia

Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, is defending his business dealings with the Saudi crown prince after leaving the U.S. government.

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, right, listens as his daughter-in-law Lara Trump speaks at the North Carolina Republican Convention, June 5, 2021, in Greenville, N.C. Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the Republican National Committee. And party leaders are taking it very seriously. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, Fike)

What is happening at the Republican National Committee and could Lara Trump become its co-chair?

Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the Republican National Committee. And party leaders are taking it very seriously.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks off the stage after speaking at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump’s threat to NATO allies draws little condemnation from GOP, reflecting his grip on the party

Donald Trump’s claim that he once told a NATO ally that he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to “delinquent” members of the group sent shockwaves through Europe over the weekend.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Newberry, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

Haley challenges Trump on her home turf in South Carolina as the Republican primary looms

With two weeks to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley is trying to challenge Donald Trump on her home turf while the former president tries to quash his last major rival’s narrow path to the nomination.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Trump demonstrates his grip on the GOP base in Nevada’s caucuses

Donald Trump has won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses after he was the only major candidate to participate.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a gathering during a campaign rally, Jan. 19, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. Haley used her speech to step up her questions about Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump's mental fitness, highlighting her calls for mental competency tests for politicians — her way to point to both Trump's and President Joe Biden's ages (77 and 81, respectively). (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

‘None of these candidates’ wins Nevada in a blowout defeat to Haley

Nikki Haley has been swamped in Nevada’s symbolic Republican presidential primary as GOP voters resoundingly picked the “none of these candidates” option on the ballot.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Conway, S.C., Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Kelley)

Republican megadonor Ken Griffin gave $5 million to super PAC backing Nikki Haley

After initially staying out of the 2024 presidential race, billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin has thrown his support behind Nikki Haley as she takes on Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Laconia, N.H., Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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

On the eve of New Hampshire’s presidential primary, almost every top Republican has lined up behind former President Donald Trump.

FILE - Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, right, speaks as former President Donald Trump listens during a rally, Oct. 9, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz. While vice presidential candidates typically aren't tapped until after a candidate has locked down the nomination, Trump's decisive win in the Iowa caucuses and the departure of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from the race has only heightened what had already been a widespread sense of inevitability. Lake is considered a close ally of the former president who is among those being considered for the job. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

With Trump closing in on nomination, the effective audition to become his vice president is underway

Vice presidential candidates typically aren’t tapped until after a candidate has locked down the nomination.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump during a campaign stop in Rochester, N.H., Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Trump celebrates DeSantis’ decision to drop out, ending a bitter feud that defined the 2024 campaign

Donald Trump is setting aside months of criticism and mockery of Ron DeSantis after the Florida governor dropped out of the presidential race.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, pointing to South Carolina Gov Henry McMaster, right, during a campaign event in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump is joined by South Carolina leaders at New Hampshire rally as he tries to undercut Haley

Donald Trump surrounded himself with leaders from Nikki Haley’s home state in a show of strength before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Donald Trump tops a long day in court with a rambling New Hampshire rally

Former President Donald Trump is cramming campaigning and court into a single day. That led him to be more than two hours late for a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after he spent the day in court in New York.

Supporters cheer as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Atkinson, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

DeSantis and Haley have a one-week sprint ahead of the New Hampshire primary as Trump leads the way

Donald Trump has scored a record victory in the Iowa caucuses and said Tuesday that he wants another big win in New Hampshire.

Greg Jennings poses for a photo before a rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Mason City, Iowa, on Jan. 5, 2024. "At this stage, if we're going to continually lose elections because of that issue, I'd say dump the whole damn thing and let God be the judge," said Jennings, a 68-year-old retired painting contractor from Clear Lake, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Peoples)

Iowa’s Republican voters are less interested in talking about abortion

Republican presidential candidates these days are barely discussing abortion in Iowa just days away from the state’s caucuses.

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, right, looks at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, at the CNN Republican presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Haley and DeSantis tear into each other’s records in a hostile head-to-head Republican debate

DeSantis and Haley called each other liars and insulted each other’s records and character in the opening minutes of the debate.

First Church of God Pastor Charles Hundley leads the morning service, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump and his rivals for the GOP nomination have pushed for endorsements from pastors and faith communities. Evangelicals and religious Christian groups are traditionally critical to the Republican caucuses. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa’s Christian conservatives follow their faith when voting, and some say it leads them to Trump

Former president Donald Trump and his Republican rivals for the 2024 election have for months been heavily courting social conservatives and white evangelical Christians, seen as the most influential group in Iowa’s Republican caucuses.