Tag: Republican Party

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Saturday, July 25, 2015, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump: I’ll be ‘very nice and highly respectful’ in debates

Ryan Lovelace · August 1, 2015 6:17 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, joined by, from second from left, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP: 7 months into a Republican-controlled Congress and ‘we’re just getting started’

Ryan Lovelace · August 1, 2015 3:19 pm

"It is dictatorial. It is unaccountable," said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Gingrich on GOP infighting: Boehner ‘pretty darn effective’

Gabby Morrongiello · August 1, 2015 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, joined by, from left, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Joni Ernst, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, and Sen. James Lankford speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The GOP has a leadership crisis

W. James Antle III · July 30, 2015 9:00 pm

Alabama and Louisiana, along with New Hampshire, have all taken steps to strip Medicaid dollars from Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo)Â

GOP pushes abortion images against Planned Parenthood

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 30, 2015 4:01 am

In this Dec. 22, 2014 photo, an Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle at the Tehran oil refinery, south of the capital Tehran, Iran.Â (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Energy and Environment

GOP pounces on Iran deal as reason to end ban on crude oil exports

Zack Colman · July 30, 2015 4:01 am

Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore speaks at a Republican Leadership Summit, Friday, April 17, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Jim Gilmore enters GOP presidential race

Ryan Lovelace · July 29, 2015 10:25 pm

Workers prepare the stage for the Fox News/Wall Street Journal/South Carolina GOP debate at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center on January 16, 2012 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Study: Conservative media ‘impeding’ the GOP

Eddie Scarry · July 29, 2015 6:10 pm

Meadows introduced a resolution "Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives vacant." (AP File Photo)

Punished conservative moves to oust Boehner

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2015 11:33 pm

The team threatened that should Obama not remove Koskinen, Congress would take it upon itself through impeachment.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Republicans to Obama: Fire IRS head or we’ll impeach him

Emilie Padgett · July 28, 2015 7:43 pm

Kristol Clear Straw Poll #5

Jim Swift · July 28, 2015 1:34 pm

The seriousness of the ‘selfie’ vote

Lisa Ruhl · July 28, 2015 9:00 am