Tag: Republican Party

The Republican National Committee called on the Democrats to return donations from Harvey Weinstein after a report unveiled decades of sexual misconduct. But now that Steve Wynn has stepped down from his role as RNC finance chair in the face of similar allegations, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said: "[Wynn] should be allowed due process, and if he is found guilty of any wrongdoing, we will absolutely return 100 percent of that money." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Both parties are assuming the worst of each other, and it’s a big problem

Emily Jashinsky · January 31, 2018 9:04 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)

Beltway Confidential

BREAKING: Train collisions are not good fodder for political jokes.

Becket Adams · January 31, 2018 7:52 pm

Trey Gowdy Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election

Jenna Lifhits · January 31, 2018 5:55 pm

A Boeing Co. 787 jet stands on the tarmac ahead of the Paris Air Show in June 2017. The planemaker said Wednesday it received a $1.1 billion windfall from tax cuts approved late last year. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

Boeing wins $1.1 billion bonanza from GOP tax overhaul

James Langford · January 31, 2018 5:32 pm

Train Carrying GOP Lawmakers Collides With Garbage Truck

Haley Byrd · January 31, 2018 5:21 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. No lawmakers were believed injured, but it at least one person in the truck was said to be seriously injured. (Allison Wrabel/ The Daily Progress via AP)

Train carrying Republican lawmakers hits truck on way to GOP retreat

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 4:40 pm

The reverence President Trump's populist, working-class base has for him is well known. His relationship with traditional Republicans, including those within the Koch donor network, is more complicated. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Lingering Trump skepticism among traditional Republicans clouds midterms

David M. Drucker · January 31, 2018 2:00 pm

Viewers also had favorable reactions to Trump's talking points on infrastructure, immigration, and national security, with a majority believing the policies mentioned would "help" them. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Three-quarters of Americans approved of Trump’s State of the Union: Poll

Naomi Lim · January 31, 2018 5:24 am

The Republican State Leadership Committee launching specific female-focused candidate recruitment efforts, and the National Republican Congressional Committee has elevated Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to head up their candidate recruitment efforts. But while so much attention is being paid to the importance of elevating women to office, it is possible Republicans will end 2018 with fewer Republican women in the House of Representatives than they started with. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Is the Republican congresswoman an endangered species?

Kristen Soltis Anderson · January 31, 2018 5:07 am

Now the new GOP tax law is passed, the National Association of Realtors is projecting price growth of only 1 to 3 percent and, in some expensive, high-tax markets, there will likely be a decline. (iStock)

Realtors fought — and will continue to fight — for homeowners

Elizabeth Mendenhall · January 31, 2018 5:01 am

Todd Ricketts, a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs (pictured right), is expected to become the new finance chair of the Republican National Committee after Steve Wynn stepped down over sexual harassment allegations. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Todd Ricketts expected to become RNC finance chair

David M. Drucker · January 30, 2018 8:03 pm

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., spoke just hours after the House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to release a GOP memo that Republicans say describes abuses of federal surveillance authority. "They voted unanimously to not allow the public to see that, and that's a shame," he said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Democrat accuses GOP of releasing ‘brainwashing’ surveillance memo

Pete Kasperowicz · January 30, 2018 12:43 pm