Tag: Republican Party

House Intelligence Chairman Trey Gowdy, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, Rep. Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey have all said they plan to retire at the end of the 115th Congress. (AP)

Rep. Tom Rooney becomes fourth Republican on House Intel panel to retire

Anna Giaritelli · February 19, 2018 11:05 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said he and his wife Janna have not yet discussed his possible re-election campaign. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paul Ryan: Wife and I haven’t discussed re-election, leadership plans yet

Naomi Lim · February 18, 2018 8:26 pm

In a tweet Sunday morning, President Trump said a recent surge in GOP popularity in at least one poll was due to the popularity of GOP-led tax reform. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump touts Republican gains in midterm polling

Robert King · February 18, 2018 2:17 pm

Rick Saccone (pictured center), a Republican state lawmaker running for a House seat in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, gets a tour of Rosedale Technical College on Feb. 12 in Kennedy Township, Pa. Saccone is running against Democrat Conor Lamb in a special election to fill the seat previously held by Rep. Tim Murphy, who resigned in October. (Justin Merriman for the Washington Examiner)

Could Rick Saccone disrupt the Democratic narrative in the Pennsylvania special election?

Salena Zito · February 18, 2018 5:01 am

Democrats are being urged to point out the disparity between immediate benefits for lower and middle-class Americans and the nation's top earners, especially as they head home for the next week during the week-long recess. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats struggle with rising popularity of GOP tax law

Al Weaver · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said Friday that the Obama administration should have heeded her uncle, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, when he said Russia was the country's "biggest geopolitical foe." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel on Mueller indictments: Obama administration ‘lost sight of Russia’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 16, 2018 10:59 pm

So long as Romney has a solid backing in Utah (where anti-Trump conservatism was the strongest), Mitt Romney is untouchable. He's the only answer to "Teflon Don." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Beltway Confidential

The Mitt Factor: Romney is the last hope for the GOP

Siraj Hashmi · February 16, 2018 4:38 pm

The Republican Party in the Age of Trump

David Byler · February 16, 2018 3:05 pm

Unexpected Dividend

Jay Cost · February 16, 2018 8:00 am

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to announce a campaign for Utah's Senate seat. He is a beloved figure in the state, both for the political heights he reached as a Mormon and his work back in 2002 rescuing the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games from ruin. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Here comes Mitt Romney

David M. Drucker, Al Weaver · February 16, 2018 5:01 am

"I'm disappointed with today's outcome in the Senate," Sen. Lindsey Graham said in a Twitter rant. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham blames ‘demagogues’ for immigration vote defeat, calls on Trump to ‘grab the reins’

Daniel Chaitin · February 15, 2018 10:51 pm

"If we couldn't get it together this week ... we've got other things we've got to do. Nominations and other bipartisan legislation," Sen. John Cornyn said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate mulls DACA extension, wall funding in March spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 15, 2018 10:30 pm