Tag: Republican Party

The annual Southern Republican Leadership Conference provided a glimpse into the state of the Republican base and the presidential field. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

The 2016 political report: Walker emerges from Southern confab as GOP front-runner

Timothy P. Carney · May 24, 2015 4:03 pm

Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson speaks at Manchester Community College, Sunday, May 10, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Beltway Confidential

Carson, Walker take top spots in Southern straw poll

Timothy P. Carney, James Antle · May 23, 2015 6:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

Ben Carson: Cutting defense spending is ‘idiotic’

Timothy P. Carney · May 23, 2015 6:16 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a round table discussion in Hampton, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Hillary Clinton: It’s ’embarrassing’ to watch GOP candidates oppose Ex-Im Bank

Pete Kasperowicz · May 22, 2015 5:22 pm

Reid is retiring after this term, which has Yucca advocates both on and off Capitol Hill optimistic. (AP)

GOP nuclear-waste strategy emerges, but with a hitch

Zack Colman · May 22, 2015 9:00 am

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul will not participate in Fox Business Network's undercard debate Thursday evening. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Rand Paul makes NSA centerpiece of campaign

David M. Drucker · May 22, 2015 9:00 am

The final section of the last American military convoy to depart Iraq from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division crosses over the border into Kuwait on December 18, 2011 in Khabari Al Awazeem, Kuwait. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Poll: Dems more likely to forget supporting the Iraq war

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2015 5:13 pm

Bobby Jindal: Obama turning American dream into ‘European nightmare’

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2015 2:08 pm

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks at a press conference while discussing 'the scientific and technological roadmap that will lead to the discovery of potentially habitable worlds among the stars' July 14, 2014 in Washington, D.C.Â The House Commerce, Science and Justice spending bill unveiled Tuesday proposed cutting funding for the NASA earth sciences program to $1.68 billion for fiscal 2016, down from $1.77 billion. (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Liberals worried GOP is chipping away at scientific research

Zack Colman · May 21, 2015 9:00 am

Supporters of Republican candidate for governor Matt Bevin express shock while watching primary race returns in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Bevin is locked in a tight race with Republican James Comer. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

Beltway Confidential

GOP milestone in last night’s Kentucky primary

David Freddoso · May 20, 2015 4:24 am

Fiorina sharpens message, leaves audiences wanting more

Byron York · May 18, 2015 10:16 pm

"Is the Senate working better than ever?" Harry Reid said Monday. "I don't think so. America is one big pothole." (AP Photo)Â

Reid ridicules GOP: ‘America is one big pothole’

Susan Ferrechio · May 18, 2015 7:27 pm