GOP now looks to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, not oust them
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican officials meeting in Utah advanced a watered-down resolution Thursday that would formally censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their perceived...
View ArticleGOP's election inquiry: Courts, conspiracies and more costs
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election inspired by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud has spawned several court cases...
View ArticleGOP censures Cheney, Kinzinger as it assails Jan. 6 probe
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Republican National Committee censured two GOP lawmakers on Friday for participating on the committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 insurrection and assailed the panel for...
View ArticleTrump's GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In 2016, Donald Trump overtook the Republican National Committee through a shock and awe campaign that stunned party leaders. In 2020, the party was obligated to support him as...
View ArticleState AG races become litmus test for GOP election claims
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, a Republican, has won re-election multiple times in a state where the GOP dominates politically and, in his telling, has “a 20-year track record of calling...
View ArticleTaylor Greene faces GOP challengers in changing Ga. district
HIRAM, Ga. (AP) — In her pitch to voters, Jennifer Strahan introduces herself as a mother, a Christian and a conservative. She usually skips over the fellow Republican she hopes to topple later this...
View ArticleCanada pushes back against GOP support for COVID protests
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada's public safety minister said Monday that U.S. officials should stay out of his country's domestic affairs, joining other Canadian leaders in pushing back against...
View ArticleSupreme Court sides with GOP in Alabama election map case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court put on hold a lower court ruling that Alabama must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. The high court order...
View ArticleTrump turns to endorsements to keep bending GOP to his will
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump spent months persuading a longtime ally to challenge Georgia's sitting Republican governor. This week, he gave David Perdue another boost, orchestrating a deal for a rival...
View ArticleGOP pushes US schools to post all class materials online
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. are trying to require schools to post all course materials online so parents can review them, part of a broader national push by the...
View ArticleDemocrats eye key governors' races as backstop against GOP
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers was in a familiar spot earlier this month when Republican legislators sent him a bill that would have banned anti-racist teachings in schools. For the 66th time since taking...
View ArticleGOP positions to grab left-leaning Nashville in US House map
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Black college students once marched downtown from the north Nashville neighborhood where Aaron Marble preaches, sitting at whites-only lunch counters to fight for civil rights....
View ArticleAustralian company building US facility sign of economic strength, Biden says
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - An international company is planning to build a new factory in the U.S., and President Joe Biden is highlighting the move as a sign of growing economic strength. Australian...
View ArticleBiden leading Trump, DeSantis by similar margins in new poll
(The Hill) -- President Joe Biden is leading former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in two hypothetical, head-to-head match-ups for the 2024 presidential election, according...
View ArticleMcConnell breaks with RNC: Jan. 6 'violent insurrection'
(The Hill) – Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized the Republican National Committee for its censure of Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and broke with their...
View ArticleParties split on Trump, Biden bids in 2024: poll
(The Hill) – Democratic and Republican voters are split on whether they want President Biden and former President Trump to lead their party’s ticket in the 2024 election, according to a new poll. The...
View Article2022 midterm elections: What to know ahead of Texas' primary
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The 2022 midterm election season opens Tuesday in Texas, where voters will pick their nominees for governor, attorney general, congressional seats and more. With the next state...
View ArticleSenate sends Biden bill averting federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave final approval Thursday to legislation averting a weekend government shutdown, sending President Joe Biden a measure designed to give bipartisan bargainers more time...
View ArticleGOP unites around blaming Biden for Ukraine crisis
(The Hill) – Lawmakers in both parties raced this week to condemn Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, denouncing President Vladimir Putin’s gambit as a brazen assault on international law, Ukrainian...
View ArticleGOP lawsuit looks to throw out absentee voting in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republican Party is asking the state Supreme Court to strike down the vote-by-mail system used by 90% of voters in a battleground state that will be crucial to determining...
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