Tag: Republican Party

House Speaker Paul Ryan is in favor of releasing the Democratic memo. "If it is scrubbed to ensure it does not reveal sources and methods of our intelligence gathering, the speaker supports the release of the Democrats' memo," Ryan's spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan ‘in favor’ of releasing Democratic memo: Report

Anna Giaritelli · February 2, 2018 3:17 pm

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said releasing the Nunes memo is a bad decision by the GOP. "Absolutely they should conduct oversight, but there's a process for this that is discreet and confidential," he said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

James Clapper: Releasing the Nunes memo a ‘politically egregious’ act

Pete Kasperowicz · February 2, 2018 12:32 pm

President Trump on Twitter or at campaign rallies can be abrasive, polarizing, and off-putting. Teleprompter Trump is often agreeable, charming, and unifying. Which persona he adapts more often in 2018 could have an impact on the year's midterm elections. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Can Trump transcend his Twitter persona? Answer could determine GOP’s fate

David M. Drucker · February 2, 2018 5:01 am

A Huffington Post story on Thursday was headlined, "Congratulations On Your $1,000 GOP Tax Reform Bonus!*" The story's subhead adds, "*If you have 20 years on the job, that is." (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

The attempt to downplay tax reform-related bonuses and wage increases is just weird

Becket Adams · February 2, 2018 4:21 am

In a Thursday interview, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., (pictured above) is helping Republicans politically with her own well-publicized criticisms of the tax reform bill. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Nancy Pelosi is a big part of GOP plans to win the midterms

Susan Ferrechio · February 2, 2018 12:11 am

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp, a presidential hopeful and personality himself, would probably have some choice words of wisdom for President Trump. (AP Images)

What would Jack Kemp make of Trump?

Robert Ehrlich · February 1, 2018 10:24 pm

"Let's not lose sight of the fact that Trump probably saved the GOP from itself," Rep. Thomas Massie says. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Who is most conservative of them all? Rep. Thomas Massie says Trump saved tax bill and ‘probably saved the GOP from itself’

Philip Wegmann · February 1, 2018 8:16 pm

The House is expected to take up the measure that would fund the government through March 22 early next week. Lawmakers from both moderate and conservative factions said they anticipate the bill will pass despite increasing resistance to the short-term funding pattern, which has been particularly harmful to the military. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP sets up vote next week to fund the government through March 22

Susan Ferrechio · February 1, 2018 7:21 pm

President Trump addressed the GOP on the first day that the Republican-passed tax cuts take effect and will show up as extra money in the paychecks of most workers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump celebrates a year ‘unlike any other’ at GOP retreat

Susan Ferrechio · February 1, 2018 6:53 pm

An Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Va. (Zack Wajsgrasu/The Daily Progress via AP)

Stephen King: It’s ‘karma’ that train carrying GOP lawmakers crashed

Caitlin Yilek · February 1, 2018 6:46 pm

"They sat there stone cold, no smile, no applause," President Trump said. "You would have thought that on that one [low minority unemployment] they would have sort of at least clapped a little bit." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Trump calls out Democrats who ‘sat there stone cold, no smile’ during State of the Union

Steven Nelson · February 1, 2018 6:16 pm

With topics such as the DACA program and infrastructure now under consideration, the Democratic Party's calculated decision to align with the Resistance only makes it easier for Republicans to cast them as obstructionists in competitive midterm races. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump turns #Resist around on Democrats

Emily Jashinsky · February 1, 2018 4:55 pm