10 things you need to know today: February 1, 2023

Nikki Haley reportedly will become Trump's first rival for GOP nomination, George Santos says he will recuse himself from House committees, and more

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1. Nikki Haley to become Trump's 1st rival for GOP nomination

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) will formally announce she is running for president at a Feb. 15 event in Charleston, The Post and Courier reported Tuesday night, citing a member of Haley's inner circle. An email inviting supporters will go out on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. Haley will be the first formal GOP rival against former President Donald Trump, who has already launched his campaign. Haley, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Trump until she stepped down in 2018, had forecast her intention to seek the Republican nomination for weeks. In 2021, she said she wouldn't run if Trump did, although she started hinting recently that she had changed her mind.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.