Capitol agenda: Trump’s Doral demands ripple through GOP
House Republicans would rather focus on affordability. And some Senate Republicans are defending mail voting.
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The Movement: GOP weighs disclosure and due process in sexual misconduct allegations
From Jeffrey Epstein to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and beyond, Republicans are reckoning with classic questions: Should powerful figures accused of sexual misconduct be immediately exposed, or should they be given the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise? Call it a part two to the “Me Too” movement from nearly a decade ago, which saw
What to know about the crowded House race to replace Greene in Georgia
Over a dozen candidates are vying to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), the President Trump loyalist turned critic, in a Tuesday special election. Trump has endorsed Republican Clay Fuller, a district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, in the heated race where all candidates, regardless of party, are running on one ballot.
Gas, oil prices worry GOP as Trump floats taking over Strait of Hormuz
Republicans on Capitol Hill are growing worried about President Trump’s bet that Americans are willing to swallow higher gas prices due to the conflict with Iran, especially ahead of the November elections. The president, only weeks ago in his State of the Union address, had pointed to lowering gas prices as a major victory for…
Trump tells Republicans the SAVE America Act will ‘guarantee the midterms’
DORAL, Fla. – President Trump on Monday pushed for the passage of a GOP voting requirements bill, telling House Republicans that enacting the legislation will “guarantee the midterms” and reiterating that he won’t sign any other bills until it gets passed. “It will guarantee the midterms. If you don’t get it, big trouble,” Trump said…
SAVE America Act is ‘No. 1 priority,’ Trump tells Republicans
The president focused on an elections bill as cost-of-living concerns weigh on the midterms.
Ogles defends anti-Muslim remark by slamming Dems for DHS shutdown
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) defended his Islamophobic comments on Monday by blaming Democrats for shutting down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “To Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, and the high-ranking Democrats flooding X to condemn me: A Muslim shot and killed three Americans in Texas. Two Muslims tried to blow up New York City…again,” Ogles…