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Sat., March 28, 2020
Hawks no more: Fiscal conservatives embrace rescue package
The nation’s fiercest fiscal conservatives have largely embraced the economic rescue package approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump
Tue., March 10, 2020
House strikes deal to extend surveillance powers
House lawmakers are preparing to extend surveillance authorities that are at risk of expiring this month
Fri., March 6, 2020
Romney will support GOP effort to investigate Biden
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney will support moving ahead with an investigation tied to Joe Biden’s son
UPDATED: Tue., March 3, 2020
Trump won’t extend spy powers without reforms, senator says
President Donald Trump is getting more deeply involved in the dispute among Republicans over what to do about expiring surveillance powers used by the FBI, meeting with Attorney General William …
Mon., Feb. 10, 2020
Leonard Pitts Jr.: GOP playing the game by different rules
Suppose your friend invites you to play Monopoly. But suppose she insists on a set of special rules applicable only to her. Like when she lands on your property, she …
UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 1, 2020
Analysis: GOP sends message that Trump’s actions are OK
Senate Republicans are set to acquit President Donald Trump on charges that he abused power and obstructed Congress.
UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 25, 2020
GOP senators upset by Schiff remark, Dems claim ‘diversion’
Lead House prosecutor Adam Schiff had Republicans paying close attention to his carefully crafted remarks in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 18, 2020
LGBT activists say new bills target transgender youth
Republican legislators in more than a dozen states are promoting bills that focus on transgender young people at the urging of conservative advocacy groups
UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 18, 2020
Records reveal concerns of deceased GOP redistricting expert
The previously confidential computer records of a deceased Republican strategist reveal he was concerned Democrats were developing better data that could give them an advantage in the next round of …
UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 18, 2020
Trump team, House managers trade sharp views on impeachment
President Donald Trump’s legal team has issued a fiery response ahead of opening arguments in his impeachment trial while House Democrats laid out their case in forceful fashion, saying the …
Sat., Jan. 4, 2020
Small cracks have appeared in GOP unity on impeachment trial
The Senate seems certain to keep President Donald Trump in office thanks to the overwhelming GOP support expected in his impeachment trial
Tue., Dec. 31, 2019
GOP Sen. Collins says she’s open to impeachment witnesses
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she’s open to calling witnesses as part of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, but she says it is “premature” to …
Mon., Dec. 23, 2019
Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal
In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of cards, two Russian-speaking men …
Thu., Dec. 19, 2019
GOP embraces Trump as never before with anti-impeachment
One day after House Republicans stood in unanimous opposition to impeachment, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell positioned his GOP-controlled chamber to second the party’s unapologetic embrace of President Donald Trump, …
UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 5, 2019
Georgia GOP Rep Tom Graves to retire
Georgia Republican Rep. Tom Graves says he’ll retire after his current term in Congress, joining a larger-than-typical group of lawmakers taking their leave from an increasingly partisan and unproductive Washington.
Fri., Nov. 22, 2019
NY man gets prison for messages to 2 GOP Congress members
A western New York man convicted of leaving menacing phone messages for two prominent Republican members of Congress was sentenced to five years in prison, prosecutors said Thursday.
Thu., Nov. 14, 2019
Gov. Bevin concedes to Beshear in Kentucky governor’s race
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin conceded to Democratic archnemesis Andy Beshear on Thursday, putting an end to Kentucky’s bitterly fought governor’s race.
UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 14, 2019
Huntsman announces GOP bid for old job as Utah governor
Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. announced Thursday that he will try to reclaim his old job as Utah governor.
UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 12, 2019
Sanford suspends GOP presidential primary challenge to Trump
Mark Sanford is ending his longshot 2020 Republican presidential bid.
Mon., Nov. 11, 2019
GOP Rep. Peter King retiring, giving Dems new 2020 target
Rep. Peter King, a moderate Republican who has represented a Long Island congressional district for nearly 30 years, announced Monday he won’t seek reelection, enhancing Democrats’ chances to grab yet …
UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 9, 2019
Was Trump call with Ukraine ‘perfect’? GOP has many answers
Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump in large part because they can’t agree on how to defend the president
UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 31, 2019
Democrats push impeachment rules package through House
With Inland Northwest Republicans joining their GOP colleagues to vote no, Democrats rammed a package of ground rules for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump through a sharply divided …
Mon., Oct. 28, 2019
Republican Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon won’t seek re-election
Republican Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon announced Monday that he is retiring from Congress and will not seek election to a 12th term.
Fri., Oct. 25, 2019
GOP’s top leaders navigate impeachment in their own ways
One of them is a gregarious, backslapping Californian unwavering in his defense of President Donald Trump. The other is a reserved, calibrated Kentuckian who chooses his words about Trump with …
Tue., Oct. 8, 2019
Trump’s plan for Syria withdrawal weakens GOP unity
After years of limiting public fights with President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans broke ranks over the president’s plans to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria
UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 7, 2019
As impeachment looms, GOP revolts against Trump on Syria
They may have his back on impeachment, but some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies are suddenly revolting against his decision to pull back U.S. troops from northern Syria.
Sat., Oct. 5, 2019
GOP unlikely to reprise role it played in Nixon’s 1974 exit
Republicans played a key role in convincing President Richard Nixon that he should resign, but it’s a different political climate now as President Donald Trump faces an impeachment inquiry
Fri., Oct. 4, 2019
Romney, Sasse break from GOP on Trump’s China remarks
Most Republican leaders were silent or supportive of President Donald Trump’s public call for another foreign government, China, to investigate his political foe, while a few voiced concern that the …
Mon., Sept. 30, 2019
Thornberry of Texas is latest House Republican to retire
A Texas congressman is the latest House Republican to announce he won’t run for reelection.
UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 30, 2019
Rep. Chris Collins of New York is resigning from Congress ahead of his expected guilty plea in an insider trading case
Rep. Chris Collins, a Republican from western New York, submitted his resignation from Congress on Monday ahead of an expected guilty plea in an insider trading case in which he …