Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announces she is suspending her campaign in Charleston, S.C., March 6, 2024. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
The news was first reported Thursday by the Wall Street Journal.
Haley launched her presidential campaign in February 2023, becoming the first major candidate to challenge Trump, who had announced his candidacy three months earlier. And she was the final rival to Trump, battling the former president in a two-candidate showdown from the New Hampshire primary in late January through Super Tuesday in early March.
Haley announced she was suspending her White House campaign March 6, the day after Trump swept 14 of 15 GOP nominating contests on Super Tuesday.
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However, Haley made it clear when she exited the Republican presidential nomination race she intends to keep speaking out.
"While I will no longer be a candidate, I will not stop using my voice for the things I believe in," she emphasized as she spoke at her presidential campaign headquarters on Daniel Island in her hometown of Charleston.
To date, Haley has declined to endorse Trump.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, a former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina governor, criticizes former President Trump at a rally in Beaufort, S.C., Feb. 21, 2024 (Fox News/Paul Steinhauser)
Last month, Haley joined the Washington, D.C.-based Hudson Institute, a research organization focused on foreign and domestic policy, national security, economics and international relations.
"Nikki is a proven, effective leader on both foreign and domestic policy," Hudson President and CEO John P. Walters said in an announcement. "In an era of worldwide political upheaval, she has remained a steadfast defender of freedom and an effective advocate for American security and prosperity. We are honored to have her join the Hudson team."
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During her White House bid, Haley advocated a muscular U.S. foreign policy to deal with global hot spots such as the war between Russia and Ukraine and the fighting between Israel and Hamas, often offering a stark contrast with Trump's America First agenda of keeping the nation out of international entanglements.
Haley traded fire over America's overseas role with rival Vivek Ramaswamy, an advocate of Trump's America First philosophy, during the GOP presidential primary debates.
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