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Republicans: Time is not on your side
There are plenty of variables when writing campaign strategies. But one thing that you can’t control is time. How often have we heard losing candidates complain, “If we’d only had another week?” But Election Day is fixed and finite and every politician must adhere to that reality — including the president. Right now, looking at […]
Tick bites snag Congress’ attention as red meat allergies rise
Rep. Morgan Griffith would love to eat an all-beef hot dog. But the eight-term Virginia Republican from one of the biggest cattle-producing districts in Congress doesn’t eat red meat — against his will. Griffith is one of the at least 450,000 Americans who have been diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome, a disease caused by a tick […]
Funding extension passes House, heads for Senate rewrite
The House passed a short-term funding patch Tuesday night that is designed to head off a partial government shutdown this fall. The continuing resolution passed on a mostly party-line vote of 220-205, with only one Republican — Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie — joining most Democrats in opposition. Six Democrats broke with their party to support […]
Trump-backed candidates sweep to victory in Arizona primaries
Candidates backed by President Donald Trump swept through their Republican primaries in Arizona on Tuesday while the Democratic primary for a key Phoenix-area battleground House race remained uncalled as of early Wednesday morning. In the GOP gubernatorial primary to take on Gov. Katie Hobbs, voters overwhelmingly backed Rep. Andy Biggs, an anti-establishment conservative and former […]
Can the GOP trifecta meet their ‘mandate’ moment?
When Republicans won in 2024, they promised to use their coveted trifecta to deliver on an “unprecedented and powerful mandate” for President Donald Trump’s agenda. With few legislative days left ahead of midterms, some argue they should have done more. It’s left some lawmakers questioning the effectiveness of their red hat-trick and whether the “lame […]
Louisiana’s Cleo Fields forgoes reelection after redistricting eliminated his seat
Louisiana Democrat Cleo Fields said Tuesday that he would not seek reelection this fall after his majority-Black district was redrawn to favor Republicans earlier this year. Instead, Fields said he would seek a return to the state Senate, running for his old seat that’s newly open following the recent death of his successor. “After a […]
For Darline Graham, winning Trump’s endorsement may be the easy part
South Carolina Republican Sen. Darline Graham has collected several key endorsements since announcing Monday she would run for the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham. But the political newcomer, who entered the race for a full six-year term at the urging of President Donald Trump, now faces a potentially fractious GOP primary on a […]
Which direction is Trump’s job approval rating headed?
ANALYSIS — The good news for Republicans is that President Donald Trump’s job approval rating isn’t getting any worse. The bad news is that many of the issues that drove his rating down in the first place are making their way back into the news, with the midterm elections creeping closer with each passing day. […]
Voters are split as GOP focuses on fraud
Republicans in Congress have spent the past year sounding an alarm over waste, fraud and abuse in government health care programs with a midterm-focused message that cutting fraud will help lower consumers’ costs. While many voters say that soaring health care costs are a top issue for the approaching elections, new polling shows they’re largely […]
Republicans in Congress probe history museum, echoing Trump
As lawmakers clashed with a top Smithsonian official at a Tuesday hearing, they ping-ponged between small details — like items sold in the gift shop — and the loftiest American ideals. Republicans accused Anthea M. Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, of trying to “rewrite” the country’s past with a version focused more […]