US Domestic News Roundup: Boeing 757 loses nose wheel while preparing for takeoff in Atlanta; US IRS wants to simplify tax notices to reduce anxiety, boost compliance and more

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

Analysis-Takeaways from the New Hampshire presidential primary

Donald Trump, the former president, won his second straight nominating contest over challenger Nikki Haley, the only other Republican left in the race, by besting her in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. Haley, who served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, was attempting to keep the margin close in order to argue she has a viable path forward.

Trump furious as he fails to knock out Haley before South Carolina

Donald Trump didn't just want to win in New Hampshire, he wanted to beat Nikki Haley so badly that his sole rival for the Republican presidential nomination would drop out before the next competitive contest in South Carolina a month away. The former president easily bested the former South Carolina governor on Tuesday, but his carefully crafted strategy to drive Haley out of the race fell short, denying Trump the chance, for now, to focus all his attention on Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden and the November general election.

Biden's abortion rights rally in Virginia interrupted by Gaza protests

U.S. President Joe Biden took aim at Republicans over their efforts to curb abortion rights in a Virginia speech on Tuesday, but his remarks were interrupted repeatedly by hecklers protesting his policies toward Israel. On the same day that people were voting for a Republican presidential candidate in New Hampshire, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris - in a bit of counterprogramming - held a rally about abortion, an issue that has proven to drive voters to the polls to oppose conservative measures.

US appeals court rebuffs Trump request to reconsider gag order in 2020 election case

A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reconsider its decision to largely uphold a judge’s order limiting former President Donald Trump’s statements about people involved in the federal case accusing him of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump’s lawyers asked for a three-judge panel to reconsider its December ruling, or for the full appeals court to take up the issue. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied both requests.

Biden campaign adds White House aides amid concerns about strategy

Two of U.S. President Joe Biden's top advisers, Mike Donilon and Jen O’Malley Dillon, will leave the White House for his reelection campaign early next month, as Democrats ramp up their battle plans and former President Donald Trump's Republican nomination seems imminent. Donilon, senior adviser at the White House, is expected to play a central role in the campaign's messaging and paid media strategy, while O'Malley Dillon, deputy chief of staff, will oversee the organizing and execution of the campaign's path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win, according to a source familiar with the plans, who provided no further explanation.

Martin Shkreli's lifetime drug industry ban upheld

Martin Shkreli, known for once hiking the price of a life-saving drug more than 4,000%, cannot return to the pharmaceutical industry after a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld his lifetime ban. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a lower court judge acted properly in imposing the ban and ordering Shkreli to repay $64.6 million because of his antitrust violations.

Boeing 757 loses nose wheel while preparing for takeoff in Atlanta

The nose wheel of a Boeing 757 passenger jet operated by Delta Air Lines popped off and rolled away as the plane was lining up for takeoff over the weekend from Atlanta's international airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Boeing was not immediately available to comment outside regular business hours.

US IRS wants to simplify tax notices to reduce anxiety, boost compliance

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday said it was redesigning hundreds of types of notices mailed to taxpayers to make them simpler, clearer, and understandable in the hopes that this will help improve compliance and reduce taxpayer anxiety. The IRS and the U.S. Treasury rolled out the "Simple Notice Initiative" with 31 redesigned notices for the 2024 tax filing season, which starts on Monday.

New Hampshire win masks weakness for Trump with moderates, independents

Donald Trump's victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday masks weakness with independents and moderate voters that could be a warning sign for his likely general election matchup against Democrat Joe Biden, exit poll data and analysts suggest. The former president's status as the runaway frontrunner to clinch his party's presidential nomination got a boost from his win against his only remaining rival, his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Still, he was only projected to win around half the votes.