Tag: Republican Party

This Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 photo provided by the Alexandria, Va., Detention Center shows Maria Butina.

Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina may be closer to a plea deal

Kelly Cohen · December 10, 2018 4:20 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

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A Republican should challenge Trump in 2020, even if it’s a long shot

Quin Hillyer · December 7, 2018 9:30 pm

"Now, Reagan had a little bit of this, but I don't think to the same extent but he also won," Donald Trump said.

Is this the year to primary Trump? What would Ronald Reagan do?

Craig Shirley · December 7, 2018 5:00 am

Three different sources have told Politico that staffers from the National Republican Senate Committee reportedly hacked into the National Republican Congressional Committee's database where fundraising data is stored. Information from over 200,000 donors was taken, sources said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Republicans hired the same cybersecurity firm as the hacked DNC, but it’s not clear that was a bad idea

Steven Nelson · December 6, 2018 8:42 pm

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks at a rally against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018.

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Modern feminism is no less sexist than the misogyny it claims to fight

Kimberly Ross · December 6, 2018 5:16 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to reporters as she arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

Democratic senator: NRCC hacked emails not ‘weaponized’ in election because they are Republican

Naomi Lim · December 6, 2018 1:42 am

Regardless of who ultimately gets the nod, Republicans are on a roll in Wisconsin.

Baldwin expects early vote lawsuits after Wisconsin legislature rolls back power of new Democratic governor

Al Weaver · December 5, 2018 11:25 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.

RNC defends Muslim official in Texas from rogue effort to strip him of leadership post

David M. Drucker · December 5, 2018 8:30 pm

Alan Simpson, left, and Erskine Bowles, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform take part in a news conference on deficit reduction, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington.

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In eulogy, Alan Simpson praises George H.W. Bush for raising taxes

Philip Klein · December 5, 2018 6:35 pm

The word "NAZIS," smudged from a cleaning attempt, appears in the center of a heart symbol on the wall of a building, which houses the New Hampshire Republican Party, in Concord, N.H., Thursday Aug. 17, 2017. A party advisor is blaming "malcontents" for the vandalism.

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‘Nazi lives here’: College Republican adviser’s house vandalized

John Patrick · December 5, 2018 5:19 pm

Lennis Waller sews United States flags at Annin Flagmakers in South Boston, Va.

Disaster awaits the working class as the ‘thousand points of light’ dim

Timothy P. Carney · December 5, 2018 1:02 am

Elise Stefanik claps back at top Republican over primary involvement: ‘I wasn’t asking for permission’

Naomi Lim · December 4, 2018 6:55 pm