Topline The Senate will wait until after the November elections before voting on a bill to protect same-sex marriage nationwide, as Democrats struggle to win over Republican support, lawmakers told mu...
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Digital Dollar CBDC: GOP Committee Calls on Fed Vice Chair for Answers
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee, led by Patrick McHenry, wrote to Federal Reserve board vice chair Lael Brainard, to clarify the regulator’s stance on a central bank digital curr...
Donald Trump ‘Obviously Thinking About’ Running For President In 2024
Topline Donald Trump is “obviously thinking about” running for president again in 2024, his son-in-law and former senior advisor Jared Kushner said on Friday, downplaying the importance of the FBI rai...
White House Topped Twitter By Trolling GOP On Loan Forgiveness
Topline The White House scored the most popular tweet of the week with a snarky thread clapping back at congressional Republicans who criticized President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness pl...
Penn. GOP Gov. Nominee Mastriano Wore Confederate Uniform In Army War College Photo, Report Says
Topline Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, chose to wear a Confederate military uniform for a 2013-14 faculty photo he appeared in while teaching at the Army War College...
Progressives Praise Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation As GOP And Moderates Voice Concern
Topline President Joe Biden’s decision Wednesday to cancel at least $10,000 of federal student loan debt for most borrowers was welcome news for progressives, who touted it as the culmination of...
GOP Rep. Perry Sues DOJ After It Seized Cell Phone For Jan. 6 Investigation
Topline Rep. Scott Perry (R-Penn.) sued the Department of Justice last week after it seized his cell phone as part of the agency’s investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol building and t...
Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Narrowly Loses Florida GOP House Primary
Topline Laura Loomer—a far-right pundit and self-described “proud Islamophobe”—lost her bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Daniel Webster in a Republican House primary in Florida, the Associated Press proje...
Trump-Backed Michels Beats Pence-Endorsed Kleefisch In Race For GOP Nomination
Topline Businessman Tim Michels has defeated former Wisconsin Lt. Gov Rebecca Kleefisch in the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary, delivering a major endorsement victory for former Preside...
Firebrand GOP Rep. Scott Perry Says FBI Seized His Cell Phone
Topline Rep. Scott Perry (R-Penn.) said FBI agents confronted him Tuesday and seized his cell phone, just a day after federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence...
GOP Leaders React To FBI Raid On Mar-A-Lago With Fury— And Fundraising Pleas
Topline Several Republican leaders reacted with anger Monday after the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, with many of them echoing Trump’s claims ab...
Senate GOP Blocks Insulin Price Cap For Private Insurance As Democrats Aim To Pass Economic Bill
Topline The Senate has spent more than 12 hours debating amendments to the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark climate, tax and healthcare bill Democrats aim to pass Sunday afternoon usin...
Gavin Newsom’s Needling Of GOP Governors Will Be Paid For By Taxpayers
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) made national news for his recent TV ad campaign encouraging Floridians to move t...
Trump-Backed Lake Beats Pence-Endorsed Robson In Arizona GOP Governor Primary
Topline Hard-right former television news anchor Kari Lake has defeated attorney Karrin Taylor Robson in the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary, delivering former President Donald Trump a big wi...
Trump Backed Blake Masters Wins Arizona GOP Nomination For Senate
Topline Blake Masters will be the Republican nominee in Arizona’s Senate race this year, the Associated Press projected early on Wednesday morning, after the former venture capitalist secured a key en...
Eric Schmitt Wins Missouri GOP Senate Primary After (Sort Of) Earning Trump’s Endorsement
Topline Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt will be the Republican nominee for his state’s open Senate seat, the Associated Press projected, defeating former Gov. Eric Greitens and Rep. Vicky Hartz...
Senate Passes Bill Benefiting Veterans Exposed To Toxic Burn Pits—With Overwhelming GOP Support
Topline The Senate gave final approval to a bill Tuesday that expands health care benefits for veterans who became sick after being exposed to toxic burn pits, with dozens of Republican senators votin...
GOP Senators Signing On To “A Bad And Counterproductive Idea” Warns Steve Forbes
This segment of What’s Ahead hammers home the truth that getting Washington politicians involved in any business, especially advanced technology, is always a bad idea. Yet congressional Republicans, e...
Tight Race For GOP Gubernatorial Nomination In Wisconsin, Which Is Once Again A Battleground State In 2022
From left, Rebecca Kleefisch, Tim Michels and Timothy Ramthun participate in a televised Wisconsin … [+] Republican gubernatorial debate Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash...
Texas GOP Call for Bill of Rights Amendment to Foster Crypto Adoption – crypto.news
The Republican Party politicians in the state of Texas are calling for the State’s Bill of Rights to include a clause, which will allow citizens to own, hold, and be at liberty to use whatever medium ...
GOP Senator Questions DOJ’s Timing Of PGA Tour Probe Before Biden’s Saudi Visit
Topline In a letter to President Joe Biden, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) expressed concern about the timing of a Justice Department antitrust investigation into the PGA Tour as it fights to fend off its...
Voter Fraud Believer—Indicted For Election Tampering—Loses GOP Nomination For Colorado Secretary Of State
Topline Former county clerk Pam Anderson has won the Republican nomination for Colorado secretary of state, the Associated Press projected Tuesday night, easily defeating Tina Peters, a county electio...
Voter Fraud Believer—Indicted For Election Tampering—Seeks GOP Nomination For Colorado Secretary Of State
Topline A Colorado county official who has spread unproven voter fraud claims—and was indicted earlier this year for allegedly tampering with county voting machines—is vying Tuesday for the Republican...
Zeldin Opens Up 6.5-Point Lead Over Giuliani In GOP Primary For New York Governor; Gains In Each Day Of Polling
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) holds a 6.5 point lead over Andrew Giuliani just days before the election. Getty Images Congressman Lee Zeldin of Long Island has moved into a 6.5-point lead over businessman an...
Trump-Endorsed Katie Britt Defeats ‘MAGA Mo’ Brooks In Alabama GOP Senate Runoff
Topline Former GOP political staffer Katie Britt will be the Republican nominee for Alabama’s open Senate seat, the Associated Press projected Tuesday, easily defeating Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), a Trum...
Facebook Takes Down GOP Senate Candidate Greitens’ Ad About ‘Hunting’ RINOs
Topline Facebook on Monday removed an advertisement from Missouri GOP Senate Candidate Eric Greitens in which he called for people to go “RINO hunting,” a phrase short for “Republicans In Name Only,” ...
GOP Officials In New Mexico County Relent And Certify Election Results After Trump-Inspired Fraud Concerns
Topline Commissioners in Otero County, New Mexico, voted 2-1 Friday afternoon to certify the results of a recent primary election, reversing course after their unanimous vote earlier this week to bloc...
Cornyn Drowned Out By Boos At Texas GOP Convention For Negotiating On Gun Control
Topline Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) faced a loud backlash from fellow Republicans on Friday over negotiating a bipartisan gun reform package, with his speech at the Texas Republican Convention overshad...
Oz Won Pennsylvania GOP Senate Nomination By Under 1,000 Votes, Recount Confirms
Topline Dr. Mehmet Oz defeated former hedge fund CEO David McCormick in last month’s Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary by just 951 votes, according to a statewide recount whose results were relea...