Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy wants his party to stand with Donald Trump, despite Trump’s false claims that he won the election that he clearly lost, and McCarthy appears willing to turn against the party’s No. 3 leader.
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Democrats seek government records in deadly Capitol riot probe
Hopes for a bipartisan, independent commission to study the attack are fading as Republicans have rejected the proposal.
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Divided House Republicans face decisions on Reps. Greene, Cheney
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Liz Cheney have antagonized opposing wings of the GOP as the party struggles to define itself.
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Republican Party to stay neutral should Trump seek White House again
‘I’m not telling anybody to run or not to run in 2024,’ RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says.
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Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul and Republican power broker, dies
Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics has died after a long illness.
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Paul Baribault: Thoughts on ‘new Republican Party’
I noticed a bumper sticker some time ago that read: “Ex Republican – Ask Me Why.” But I felt I knew. And that person has been joined by many others these past three years, including conservative thinkers like George Will. That isn’t fake news. Yet what also isn’t fake news is the midnight assistance crisis […]
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Donald Trump splits GOP with push for $2,000 IRS stimulus checks
Republican lawmakers are torn between fealty to Trump and a desire to reestablish their small-government orthodoxy ahead of Biden’s presidency.
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Growing buzz that part-time Mainer Tucker Carlson might run for president
Political insiders call the Bryant Pond regular a potential Republican Party nominee for the nation’s highest office in 2024
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Senate GOP struggles to unify behind coronavirus relief bill amid dispute over DeVos education policy
The dispute is creating headaches at the beginning of a four-week sprint, when lawmakers are hoping to unify behind a coronavirus relief package.
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Trump, on huge White House stage, decries Biden, defies pandemic
The president declares that ‘at no time before have voters faced a clearer choice between two parties, two visions, two philosophies or two agendas.’