Official: License for Noem's daughter got unusual treatment
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s daughter received unusual treatment in an application for her real estate appraiser license, including an extra opportunity to obtain it after...
View ArticleBiden urges concern but not alarm in US as omicron rises
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the United States set records for daily reported COVID-19 casesand his administration struggled to ease concerns about...
View ArticleDespite brutal video, only GOP minority say 1/6 very violent
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fighting — so primitive and ferocious that one Capitol Police officer described it as “medieval” and another as a “trip to hell” — left more than 100 law enforcement personnel...
View ArticleA year after Jan. 6, Congress more deeply divided than ever
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Congress is about to show the world a very unsettled view from the U.S. Capitol: Rather than a national crisis that pulls the country together, the deadly riot on...
View ArticleTrump maintains grip on GOP despite violent insurrection
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a raging band of his supporters scaled walls, smashed windows, used flagpoles to beat police and breached the U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn a free and fair election, Donald...
View ArticleGOP attempts balancing act: Condemn Jan. 6, but not Trump
WASHINGTON (The Hill) - Republicans are attempting a difficult balancing act as the nation marks one year since the Capitol was attacked by violent supporters of former President Trump, who is to this...
View ArticleGOP Sen. John Thune of South Dakota says he'll seek 4th term
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Republican leader in the Senate, announced Saturday he is seeking reelection to a fourth term in 2022. Thune, who...
View ArticleGOP steps up bid to persuade Hogan to run for Senate in Md.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans are stepping up a personal campaign to persuade Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to run for the Senate and help the party's chances of...
View ArticleJan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump aide, 2 GOP strategists
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is demanding records and testimony from a former White House aide they say helped draft former President Donald Trump's...
View ArticleGOP leader McCarthy says he won't cooperate with 1/6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, as it continues to seek...
View ArticleGOP leader McCarthy says he won't cooperate with 1/6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is refusing a request by the House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection to submit to an interview and turn over records pertaining...
View ArticleRNC threatens to boycott commission's presidential debates
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee said Thursday it is planning a rules change that would force presidential candidates seeking the party’s nomination to sign a pledge saying they...
View ArticleMichigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general is asking federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into 16 Republicans who submitted false certificates stating they were the state's...
View ArticleGOP governors slam COVID limits while setting policy agendas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — As the omicron variant rages and fills up hospital beds around the country, Republican governors are highlighting their opposition to restrictions that have marked the...
View ArticleGOP's midterm dilemma: How closely to align with Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his election-year effort to dominate the Republican Party with a Saturday rally in Arizona in which he plans to castigate anyone who...
View ArticleFULL INTERVIEW: Bob Stefanowski sits down with News 8 after announcing GOP...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – News 8 is your local election headquarters, and the 2022 election season kicked into high gear with Republican businessman Bob Stefanowski announcing he's making another run...
View ArticleGOP map ties 'woke' Kansas enclave to Trump-loving areas
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republicans who control the Kansas Legislature are close to passing a congressional redistricting plan that marries an eastern Kansas community proud of its “woke” politics to...
View ArticleLa. GOP leader weighs action over gov's 'gross misconduct'
Louisiana’s top GOP lawmaker weighed taking legislative action Monday against Gov. John Bel Edwards for “gross misconduct and the highest level of deceit” in his response to the deadly 2019 arrest of...
View ArticleBiden reaches for GOP support for Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is reaching out for Republican support for his eventual Supreme Court nominee, inviting the GOP's top Judiciary Committee senator to the White House Tuesday along...
View ArticleUtah, home of conservative Trump critics, hosts GOP meeting
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A deep-red state that’s home to some of Donald Trump’s most vocal conservative critics will welcome members of the Republican National Committee this week for a meeting in which...
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