Topline A woman who said she was Herschel Walker’s ex-girlfriend alleged Wednesday the Georgia Republican Senate candidate drove her to an abortion clinic and paid for the procedure in 1992, although ...
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A Guide To The Abortion And Domestic Violence Allegations That Have Roiled The Campaign
Topline Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker remains close in the polls with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) despite regular eruptions of negative stories about Walker’s past that began almost...
How Gretchen Whitmer Became An Outlier Among Democratic Governors
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Twenty eight of the nation’s 50 governors are Republicans and 22 are Democrats. Wi...
Lake Offers Arizona A New Approach To Homelessness
Kari Lake, Arizona’s Republican nominee for governor, released a comprehensive plan for how the state can take on its homelessness crisis. Her solutions are a breath of fresh air and stand in stark co...
Georgia Senate Race Remains Nearly Tied Amid Herschel Walker Scandals, Poll Finds
Topline Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) leads Republican challenger Herschel Walker by two percentage points, according to an Emerson College poll released Tuesday, leaving the two candidates virtual...
Republican Lawmakers Urge Justice Department To Publish CBDC Assessment
Republican members of the U.S. House Banking Committee, one of the most powerful committees in the nation, have called for the Justice Department’s assessment of whether the Federal Reserve has the re...
Colorado GOP Governor Candidate Latest To Fall For Student ‘Furries’ Hoax—Here’s How Many Others Have Been Duped
Topline A Republican running for governor in Colorado became the latest candidate to campaign on a thoroughly debunked claim that a growing number of students are dressing up as “furries” and self-ide...
Republican Party ‘Stands With’ Herschel Walker Amid Abortion Scandal, National Chair Says
Topline Republicans on Tuesday threw their support behind GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker after a report from the Daily Beast emerged claiming that the anti-abortion politician had paid for a wom...
Herschel Walker Denies He Paid For Woman’s Abortion, Threatens Defamation Suit
Topline Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate race in Georgia, refuted a report that he paid for a woman’s abortion in 2009 despite the former NFL star’s hardline anti-ab...
US lawmaker hints at calling for Republican votes in 2022 midterms over crypto policies
North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry may have used his virtual appearance at a cryptocurrency conference as a soapbox to call for votes in the 2022 United States midterm elections. In a prere...
Here’s How It Could Be Blocked
Topline A group of six Republican-led states sued the Biden Administration on Thursday, claiming its plan to forgive many borrowers’ student loans oversteps the White House’s executive authority, the ...
Republican Lawmakers File Amicus Brief in Support of Custodia Bank’s Legal Battle With the Federal Reserve
In Custodia’s complaint, lawyers for the Wyoming-based bank argued that a master account was “vital to Custodia’s ability to operate effectively and efficiently,” and that the Fed’s continued waffling...
Liz Cheney Introduces Bill To Prevent Stolen Elections—Here’s How It Would Work
Topline Republican Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Calif.) released legislation Monday to streamline and clarify how Congress certifies presidential elections, setting the stag...
DeSantis Breaks Fundraising Record—Will It Fund A 2024 Presidential Run?
Topline Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has raised over $218 million in his reelection campaign, according to campaign financial disclosures filed Friday, seen by the Financial Times, shatterin...
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Delayed Until After Midterms Amid Uncertain GOP Support
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...
NIMBYism Is A Bipartisan Energy Problem
For better or worse the visual perceptions of energy production drive much of its policy debates. It was as much the ugly sight of fuming coal stacks and the soot on buildings as environmental or heal...
Sen. Lindsey Graham Will Push For Nationwide Abortion Restrictions In New Bill—Here’s What To Know
Topline Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is set to unveil a new bill Tuesday that aims to restrict abortion access nationwide, a politically risky move that comes as the Supreme Court’s overturning of ...
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...
Jim Douglas, Successful Republican In Liberal Vermont, Talks Taxes, Bernie, China, “Woke” Middlebury
In 2010, then Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, left, with President Barack Obama at the White House in 2010. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Barack Obama; Jim Douglas Bloomber...
Republican Representative Boebert Failed to Disclose Eight Crypto Trades in 2021
Colorado Republican Representative Lauren Boebert failed to file her “periodic transactions report” on time for investments made in 2021, as per her financial statement filed last week. The U.S. Hous...
Republican Rep Lauren Boebert fails to report crypto transactions in 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., failed to file transactions reports for several crypto purchases made in 2021, according to her annual financial statement filed on August 13. Under the Stop Trading on ...
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...
Here’s What Biden Might Do
Topline With President Joe Biden set to make a much anticipated decision on forgiving federal student loan debt in the coming days, here’s a timeline of what to expect, how much borrowers may get in r...
Republicans Unveil Bill To Rein In Federal Student Loans
UNITED STATES – MARCH 25: Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., speaks at a news conference in the Capitol … [+] Visitor Center in support of the plaintiffs in the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores cas...
A Third Of Republicans Support Politicians Without Government Experience, Study Finds
Topline Some 32% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents prefer political leaders with no previous government experience, compared to only 10% of Democrats, according to a new Pew Research ...
Covid Split U.S. Along Political Lines More Than Other Countries, Poll Finds
Topline The U.S. is one of the most divided countries when it comes to attitudes about the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new Pew Research Center poll published Thursday, underscoring the political...
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...
Milwaukee To Host 2024 Republican Convention
Topline Republicans will formally nominate their 2024 presidential candidate in Milwaukee, GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced Friday, with the party tapping the largest city in the critical swing...
These Are The Republican Senators Who Will Vote To Codify Gay Marriage As A Right
Topline Five Republican senators have indicated they intend to vote “yes” on a bill the House passed Tuesday to codify same-sex marriage as a right under federal law, but it remains to be ...
Trump-Endorsed Candidate Dan Cox Pips Moderate In Republican Primary For Maryland Governor’s Race
Topline Trump-backed lawmaker candidate Dan Cox won the Republican Primary for the Maryland Gubernatorial election on Wednesday, a result that potentially opens the door for Democrats to wrest back co...