He’s long been considered a potential Republican contender in next White House race, but Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas will not seek the presidency in the 2024 election cycle.

Cotton, a rising star in the GOP and Army veteran who served in combat in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, has told donors that he won’t launch a presidential campaign, sources in the senator’s political orbit confirmed to Fox News on Sunday. The news was first reported by Politico.

Cotton has made numerous stops in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada – the first four states to hold contests in the GOP presidential nominating calendar – the past year and a half, as he’s crisscrossed the country campaigning on behalf of fellow Republicans running in the midterm elections.

And the senator met in June with top donors and advisers at the Hay Adams Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. Sources attending that meeting confirmed to Fox News that Cotton said he wouldn’t defer to any other potential candidate — including former President Donald Trump — when it comes to his own decision about launching a national campaign. 

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Sources in Trump’s political orbit told Fox News on Friday that a potential 2024 announcement could possibly occur during the week starting on Monday, Nov. 14 — just a week after the midterms. But the sources caution that things are "fluid."

Family is likely a major consideration in Cotton’s decision. The senator, who’s 45 years old, and his wife Anna are the parents of two young boys.

New Twitter CEO Elon Musk mocked comedian Kathy Griffin Sunday evening after she was permanently banned from the platform for violating policy about impersonating people.

Griffin’s account had been temporarily restricted after she impersonated Musk by changing her profile photo to his photo and changing her user name to “Elon Musk,” even though her handle remained as “@kathygriffin.”

Musk responded to a Twitter account that posted the news that Griffin was banned for impersonating him by first taking a swipe at her and then by saying he would let her back on the platform.

“Actually, she was suspended for impersonating a comedian,” Musk tweeted. “But if she really wants her account back, she can have it.”

Musk later added that she would have to pay the $8 fee to use the new Twitter Blue.

But if she really wants her account back, she can have it

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 2022

Around the time that Griffin was suspended, Musk explained in a series of tweets that the impersonating other people from a verified account would no longer be acceptable.

“Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended,” Musk tweeted. “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.”

“This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue,” Musk continued. “Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark.”

“Twitter needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about the world,” Musk later added. “That’s our mission.”

Musk also claimed that banning accounts for impersonation does not go against his views on free speech. “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk,” Musk tweeted.

Twitter has explicit rules prohibiting the impersonation of other people. “You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on Twitter,” the company’s terms of service says.

The company does make exceptions for parody accounts but the accounts have to clearly state that they are parody and are not the entity that they pretending to be.

“If we determine a profile features another’s image, we will also evaluate the context in which the image is used,” the terms of service state. “We are most likely to take action if an account falsely claims to be the entity portrayed in the profile photo, as with impersonation or fake accounts.”