Tim Scott's turn in the White House spotlight — and other 2024 campaign buzz

2024 may be a long way off, but the early moves - and plenty of speculation - are already underway in the next race for the White House. Here's a look at all the action this past week.

But Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, whom political pundits view as a potential White House contender in the next presidential race, saw his star shine even brighter after delivering the GOP rebuttal to President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress. The senator from South Carolina argued in his response speech Wednesday that Biden has failed to deliver on the promises he made during the 2020 White House race. And he charged that "three months in, the actions of the president and his party are pulling us further and further apart."