Various media outlets, including Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, declared Trump the winner just 31 minutes after the caucuses began.

"They are deeply worried - and so am I - that this 'system' won’t allow Donald J. Trump anywhere near the White House again."

Trailing Trump in a distant second and third are former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The environmental activist got more than he bargained for after disrupting a Ron DeSantis campaign event in Iowa.

The Kentucky senator acknowledged that he had been "pretty quiet" about the race but said that would change Friday morning.

"Our America First agenda cannot end, our movement cannot end, with Donald Trump when they take him out from contention."

A moderate Republican who declined to run for the GOP nomination may be signaling his plans to run for president.

"He is the right man, or the right person, for the job at this moment in history," first lady Jill Biden claimed in the interview.

"You cannot give campaign contributions or solicit for campaign contributions while in the White House," one expert said.

Not even in the death of a close family member can Trump's enemies allow themselves to grant him some compassion.