GOP candidates hit Trump and back Israel. Here are highlights from the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As they face an increasingly urgent task to emerge as a clear alternative to former President Donald Trump, five Republican presidential candidates gathered Wednesday for the party's...
View ArticleTrump says GOP should stop ‘wasting time’ on debates while opponents spar nearby
Former President Trump on Wednesday mocked his primary rivals and sought to cement his status as the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination as he counterprogrammed the third GOP primary...
View ArticleTim Scott appears with girlfriend at debate
(The Hill) -- GOP presidential hopeful Tim Scott debuted his girlfriend on the debate stage Wednesday night in a moment that will likely become his most memorable of the evening. As the five...
View ArticleWinners and losers from the third Republican debate
A slimmed-down field of GOP presidential hopefuls took the stage in Miami on Wednesday for a third primary debate. Only five candidates qualified for the clash: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former...
View Article5 takeaways from the GOP debate in Miami
Five Republican White House candidates faced off in Miami on Wednesday in the third GOP presidential debate, a day after the party suffered key losses in states including Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia....
View Article5 memorable moments from a tense third GOP debate
The third GOP presidential debate in Miami on Wednesday focused more on policy than the previous debates, and candidates had more airtime to explain their views. Still, there were some heated moments...
View ArticleYoungkin's image suffers blow after Virginia losses
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is facing questions about the viability of his political brand after a disappointing election in his home state. Youngkin threw himself on the line for down-ballot...
View ArticleGreene moves to force vote on Mayorkas impeachment
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday moved to force a vote on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, reviving an issue that had largely fallen by the wayside as the GOP...
View ArticleDemocratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin won't seek reelection, giving GOP a...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the heavily...
View ArticleComer shoots off more subpoenas for Hunter Biden associates, gallerist, art...
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) issued four more subpoenas and four interview requests Thursday as part of the committee's investigation into Hunter Biden, the president's son — a...
View ArticleHouse GOP yanks vote on funding bill amid NY Republicans' Amtrak concerns
House Republicans on Tuesday punted plans to vote on a housing and transportation government funding bill over concerns from some in the party about a proposed drop in dollars for Amtrak. The House...
View ArticleHouse GOP pulls second funding bill in a week
House Republicans pulled their annual financial services and general government funding bill Thursday amid divisions on abortion-related provisions and FBI funding. It was the second time in a week...
View ArticleRepublicans struggle for way out of abortion quagmire
The GOP’s election losses Tuesday underscored the political quicksand they find themselves in when it comes to abortion. Republican candidates tried to reframe and moderate their positions on the...
View ArticleTexas judge rules against GOP lawsuit seeking to toss 2022 election result in...
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has denied a Republican effort to overturn election results in the nation’s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold that’s been beset by GOP efforts to dictate...
View ArticleJudge denies Trump bid to delay classified documents trial
A federal judge in Florida, for now, declined to delay the start of former President Trump's criminal case over his handling of classified documents, though she did push back several pretrial...
View ArticleManchin’s retirement a buzzkill for Senate Democrats' 2024 hopes
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) on Thursday made official what his colleagues had privately suspected for months, that he won’t be returning to Washington as a senator in 2025, putting Democrats on...
View ArticleTrump takes credit for Manchin retirement
(The Hill) - Former President Trump took credit for Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) retirement in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday. “Because I Endorsed Big Jim Justice of West Virginia for...
View ArticleMitch McConnell, standing apart in a changing GOP, digs in on his...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell often tells the story of a letter that his father, a foot soldier in World War II, wrote to his mother while he was stationed in Eastern Europe in 1945, as the United...
View ArticleManchin won't seek reelection in West Virginia
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection to the Senate in 2024, almost certainly handing Republicans a seat in next year's elections in a deep red state. "After...
View ArticleWho's running for president? See a rundown of the 2024 candidates
Jill Stein is running for president again. Stein became the latest candidate to enter the 2024 White House race when she announced Thursday that was running as a member of the Green Party. Here's a...
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