Tag: Republican Party

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said he will stick by the president following the idea of him striking a deal with Democrats over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

McCarthy strips Steve King of committee assignments after accusations he backed white supremacy

Al Weaver · January 15, 2019 12:49 am

In this March 23, 2017, file photo, hundreds of people march through downtown Los Angeles protesting President Trump's plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, his predecessor's signature health care law.

Beltway Confidential

Poll shows Americans’ views of healthcare system depend on whether their party is in power

Philip Klein · January 14, 2019 9:51 pm

Republican Gov. John Kasich, a former 2016 Presidential hopeful, gestures during a visit to New England College in Henniker, N.H., Tuesday, April 3, 2018.

John Kasich hires talent agent after leaving the governor’s mansion

Naomi Lim · January 14, 2019 7:24 pm

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg answers a law student's question as she participates in a "fireside chat" in the Bruce M. Selya Appellate Courtroom at the Roger William University Law School on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, in Bristol, R.I.

Beltway Confidential

Everyone needs to stop freaking out or hoping for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to leave the Supreme Court

Kimberly Ross · January 14, 2019 6:30 pm

President Trump attends a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders, Friday Jan. 11, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Here’s why the shutdown won’t end anytime soon

Philip Wegmann · January 14, 2019 5:58 pm

Washington Secrets

Mike Braun eyes ‘Business Caucus,’ Speier says ‘Push us out,’ Jeremy Funk to Allied Progress

Paul Bedard · January 14, 2019 1:00 pm

Protesters hold signs in favor of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in front of the Texas Attorney General's office in Pharr, Texas.

Trump: Hispanics will defect to GOP if Democrats don’t cut deal on DACA

Naomi Lim · January 13, 2019 5:22 pm

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., left, and Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, listen to statements on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Trump’s plan to build the wall himself turns Congress on its head

Susan Ferrechio · January 13, 2019 5:00 am

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, was endorsed by a host of environmental groups across the political spectrum, including the left-leaning League of Conservation Voters.

GOP congressman calls for McConnell to take up a Democrat-proposed bill to reopen government

Katelyn Caralle · January 12, 2019 10:18 pm

Dr. Shahid Shafi, speaks before members of the State Republican Executive Committee, following a vote in favor of resolution that opposes an effort by the Tarrant County Republican Party (TCRP) to remove him as vice chair because of his religion, during the committee's quarterly meeting on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Austin. Email exchanges involving county Republican leaders in Texas reveal efforts to remove Shafi, a party vice chairman because he's Muslim.

Beltway Confidential

The GOP is finally turning a new leaf in rejecting bigotry

Siraj Hashmi · January 11, 2019 10:59 pm

House GOP unlikely to censure Steve King for issuing support for white nationalism, supremacy

David M. Drucker · January 11, 2019 8:16 pm

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, attends a hearing on Capitol Hill in D.C.

National Review says GOP must dump Steve King

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 11, 2019 8:01 pm