Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is running for the US Senate
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he will run for U.S. Senate, giving Republicans a prominent candidate who is well-positioned to run a competitive campaign...
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Senate advances Ukraine funding without border security reforms
The Senate voted Thursday to advance a $95 billion emergency security spending bill with $60 billion to support the war in Ukraine — but without a bipartisan border security bill that ran into stiff...
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Adam Smith predicts Democrats would rescue Johnson from revolt over Ukraine
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee is predicting that members of his party would swoop in to rescue Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if he faces an internal GOP revolt over Ukraine...
View ArticleThe Senate is pushing past far-right objections to aiding Ukraine. But next...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is plodding past far-right Republican opposition to helping Ukraine fight Russia, working through the weekend on a $95.3 billion military aid package for Kyiv, Israel...
View ArticleTrump tells NRA members 'no one will lay a finger on your firearms' if he...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association that “no one will lay a finger on your firearms" if he returns to the White House, and...
View ArticleVerbal gaffe or sign of trouble? Mixing up names like Biden and Trump have...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Any parent who’s ever called one of their children by the other’s name — or even the family pet’s name — likely could empathize when President Joe Biden mixed up the names of French...
View ArticleRepublicans have a plan to take the Senate. A hard-right Montana lawmaker...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republicans gathered in a hotel ballroom this weekend aiming to unite ahead of the 2024 election and defeat three-term incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Yet before...
View ArticleGallagher says he won't run for Congress again after refusing to impeach...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, a key Republican Congressman who has spearheaded House pushback against the Chinese government, announced Saturday that he won't run for a fifth term....
View ArticleTrump's rise raises fears for NATO
Former President Trump's potential reelection is raising fears at home and in Europe that he could put transatlantic alliances in the crosshairs, perhaps even pull out of NATO, as well as upend...
View ArticleHaley challenges Trump on her home turf in South Carolina as the Republican...
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — With two weeks to go before the South Carolina Republican primary, Nikki Haley is challenging Donald Trump on her home turf while the former president is turning to his familiar...
View ArticleRosendale's entry into Montana Senate primary sparks GOP furor
The entry of Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) into Montana’s Senate race is threatening the party with a bitter and bruising primary ahead of a general election seen as central to its effort to regain...
View ArticleDemocrats fret over special counsel's Biden report ahead of November
A bombshell report raising questions about President Biden’s mental acuity has sparked new anxieties among House Democrats, who fear the focus on the president’s age could hamstring their efforts to...
View ArticleTrump says he once told a NATO ally to pay its share or he'd 'encourage'...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump said that, as president, he warned NATO allies that he “would encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to countries that are “delinquent” as the front-runner...
View ArticleHaley on Trump’s NATO remarks: ‘Don’t take the side of a thug’
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday warned against taking "the side of a thug" following former President Trump's warning to NATO allies that he "would encourage" Russia "to do...
View ArticleDemocrats move to avert embarrassing defeat in New York race for Santos's seat
Democrats are looking to avert an embarrassing defeat in Tuesday’s high-stakes special election for former Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) House seat, a race that could have broader implications for...
View ArticleSenators push forward with Ukraine aid package as their leaders say the world...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As former President Donald Trump and a growing number of Republicans oppose U.S. aid to Ukraine, the Senate's leaders argued in strong terms on Sunday that the money is crucial to...
View ArticleMace braces for personal, potent primary amid GOP backlash
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is facing a challenging primary battle, potentially including her former chief of staff, reflecting just how polarizing a figure she has become in her home state of South...
View ArticleTrump’s NATO threats split GOP
Former President Trump’s remarks about encouraging aggression toward “delinquent” NATO members are shining a light on divisions among Republicans looking to safeguard America’s commitments abroad and...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson fires warning shot as Senate prepares to vote on Ukraine aid
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) fired a warning shot at the Senate’s foreign aid package Monday night, criticizing the $95.3 billion supplemental as the upper chamber inches closer to a final vote on the...
View ArticleTrump's threat to NATO allies draws little condemnation from GOP, reflecting...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's claim that he once told a NATO ally that he would encourage Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to “delinquent” members of the group sent shockwaves through...
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