Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Republican Party

Ballot measures on weed and abortion won in 2022. Now they're fueling a backlash

Right-leaning states moved to make ballot measures tougher to pass after success of voter initiatives on abortion rights, marijuana and Medicaid expansion. That's led to pushback from state lawmakers.

WEKU

Commentary: Why the GOP’s ‘tough on crime’ ads failed

The ads were dark and ominous: grainy footage with a message that screams “you are not safe.” You likely know exactly which ads I’m talking about because the Republican party spent more than $150 million on these ads this midterm election cycle.

Tribune News Service

Trudy Rubin: Will Congress really send 80,000 Afghans back to the Taliban?

Before the United States made its chaotic exit from Afghanistan in August 2021, Congress had promised special immigrant visas to Afghans who worked with our military or civilians. Once our allies were without the protection of American forces, they would surely face Taliban revenge.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Anti-Kevin McCarthy group vows not to be picked off one by one

WASHINGTON — As Republicans huddled Wednesday to discuss House rule changes that could help Kevin McCarthy in his quest to become speaker, five members who have publicly opposed him made clear they’re organizing as a bloc and can’t be peeled off individually.

Tribune News Service

House sends Senate 1-week stopgap funds extension to buy time

WASHINGTON — The House passed a stopgap measure Wednesday to give Congress an extra week to complete an overdue omnibus spending package.

Tribune News Service

String of polls show Trump is bleeding GOP base support

It threatens to place Trump's 2024 comeback bid in serious jeopardy.

Axios

GOP "humiliated" ex-NFL cheerleaders

A House Committee Republican memo included explicit images of the cheerleaders emailed by the former team president

Salon

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

House sends Senate one-week stopgap funds extension to buy time - Roll Call

The House passed a stopgap measure Wednesday to give Congress an extra week to complete an overdue omnibus spending package.

Roll Call

Anti-McCarthy group vows not to be picked off one-by-one - Roll Call

A bloc of five Republicans opposing Kevin McCarthy's bid to be House speaker say they are working together as the party debates House rules.

Roll Call

McConnell: Trump’s candidates fumbled 2022 away for GOP in Senate

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell said former President Donald Trump’s overwhelming influence in Republican Senate primaries led to hobbled candidates in 2022 who lost winnable general election races, leaving Democrats in control of the upper chamber for at least another two years.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

GOP seeks unity on spending restraints under divided government

Conservatives peeved about an omnibus bill are looking at ways to restore some fiscal and process discipline to the appropriations process.

Roll Call

From self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics?

The Tesla and Twitter tycoon has donated to both parties and proclaims himself ‘neither left nor right’. But his escalating interventions in America’s culture wars tell a different story, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Tennesseans misunderstand abortion law, want exceptions

New Vanderbilt University polling has found that most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state’s sweeping abortion ban

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Trump teases ‘superhero’ announcement as DeSantis rises in shock 2024 poll

Former president appears alarmed by advancing criminal investigations into him and his associates

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

White House responds to revelation of text from GOP lawmaker to Mark Meadows: ‘A disgusting affront’

Biden official condemns message calling for Trump chief of staff to declare martial law to remain in office

Tribune News Service

Election deniers get fresh cash from tech firms as they end bans

Some of the biggest technology and telecom companies jettisoned pledges made in the wake of the U.S. Capitol assault and gave money to reelect lawmakers who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory, according to filings reviewed by Bloomberg News.

The Independent UK

Who is running for president in 2024?

As the 2024 campaign takes shape, here are the names you need to know

Axios

New polls: Trump's 2024 bid has a growing DeSantis problem

DeSantis has been viewed as a potential front-runner in the race, but has steered clear of a formal announcement.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Salon

John Roberts won't save democracy

Roberts may seek a compromise in the Independent State Legislature case — one that locks down minority rule

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: GOP forces halt to the military's vaccine mandate to placate the radical fringe

The Republican Party has once again bowed to its radical fringe regarding reasonable precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. An $858 billion defense-funding bill that passed the House last week contains a stipulation that the Pentagon lift its coronavirus vaccination requirement. House Republicans threatened to stall the bill…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kevin McDermott: Trump has always hated the Constitution. The GOP is just now figuring that out?

It says something about today’s Republican Party, and not something good, that those rare GOP members of Congress who have condemned Donald Trump for seeking the “termination” of the U.S. Constitution are being credited with unusual courage. Such condemnation should be a baseline for any elected official, not a novelty.

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Has Trump finally gone too far?

Ever since Donald Trump emerged on the political scene, pundits have predicted his imminent demise.

Los Angeles Times

Can red states overcome their hatred of California and embrace electric cars?

KOKOMO, Ind. — This industrial city an hour north of Indianapolis isn't as famous as Detroit, but it has become an unlikely battleground in the war over electric cars.

Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Millions of disgruntled voters fleeing the Democratic and Republican rolls

The two major political parties’ long hold on America could be finally starting to slip, setting the stage for an exodus of disgruntled voters to the independent side of the ballot.

Tribune News Service

Julianna Goldman: The business lobby doesn’t need Kevin McCarthy

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest and most influential business lobby in Washington, can’t even get a meeting with the Republican expected to be the next speaker of the House. That’s certainly unusual, but the more immediate question is how this strained relationship will affect prospects for legislation in…

1 … 494 495 496 497

People

Marjorie Taylor Greene

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.