Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie takes aim at Trump in longshot White House bid

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday he’s running for the Republican presidential nomination, targeting frontrunner and former President Donald Trump as a “lonely, self-consuming, self-serving mirror hog” who falsely believes he owns the Republican base. Mr. Christie, 60, kicked off his candidacy at a town hall event in New Hampshire, which is expected to hold the GOP’s first-in-the-nation primary early next year and will be most amenable to his moderate GOP politics. Mr. Christie touted his two terms as governor of deep blue New Jersey, where he said...