Tag: Republican Party

Austin Petersen, the former Libertarian Party politician, explains why he is now a Republican. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Austin Petersen: Why I became a Republican

Austin Petersen · August 24, 2017 4:01 am

The Iowa Republican called Democrats hypocrites for being willing to shut down the government over a different issue. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Steve King lays out a way Republicans can pass border wall funding

Anna Giaritelli · August 24, 2017 1:40 am

The meeting was scheduled before the infamous fallout between the two GOP leaders on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump, Mitch McConnell to meet in September as relationship simmers

Anna Giaritelli · August 23, 2017 9:58 pm

The story of the dossier, if it is ever learned, could greatly affect the way we think about the Trump-Russia matter. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Republicans skeptical about origin of Trump dossier

Byron York · August 23, 2017 4:21 pm

Roger Stone, above, said he wants to testify to rebut former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's "serial lies" and suggested he might sue him. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Roger Stone: Trump should ‘start bumping off incumbent Republican members of Congress in primaries’

Ariella Phillips · August 23, 2017 12:29 am

"The lesson from Charlottesville is not how dangerous the neo-Nazis are. It is the unmasking of the Republican party leadership," former Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold wrote in a column published Saturday. "In the wake of last weekend's horror and tragedy, let us finally, finally rip off the veneer that Trump's affinity for white supremacy is distinct from the Republican agenda of voter suppression, renewed mass incarceration, and the expulsion of immigrants." (AP Photo/Greg Moore, File)

Beltway Confidential

Former Dem senator claims Charlottesville ‘unmasked’ GOP affinity for white supremacy

Emily Jashinsky · August 22, 2017 10:07 pm

During the 2012 election cycle, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., sold her private plane after it was revealed she and her husband failed to pay $320,000 in back taxes on the $2 million aircraft. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Beltway Confidential

The return of ‘Air Claire’ McCaskill

Emily Jashinsky · August 22, 2017 9:20 pm

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appointed a board to further investigate the case of Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of killing a former newspaper reporter in 1998. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Missouri governor stays execution amid DNA questions

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2017 8:09 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has overseen the crafting of a bill that does more to rescue Obamacare than reform and repeal it, and many conservatives now realize they cannot expect the "root and branch" removal of the law they were promised. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: ‘Judge this Congress at the conclusion’

Anna Giaritelli · August 21, 2017 10:13 pm

Congressional campaigns, state parties, and the Republican Governors Association have wined and dined at Trump restaurants, hotels, and golf courses. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans wouldn’t let Democrats wine and dine at an Obama hotel, so why do they love Trump’s places?

Philip Wegmann · August 21, 2017 4:06 pm

Collins said a major problem for her is that the bill lets states waive pre-existing condition protections in Obamacare plans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Susan Collins: ‘Too difficult to say’ if Trump will win the Republican nomination in 2020

Joel Gehrke · August 21, 2017 3:23 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice is officially putting an end to Operation Choke Point, the Obama-era effort to cut off from access to banking services a long list of lawful-but-disfavored businesses including gun dealers and makers of small loans. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans kill Obama’s awful ‘Operation Choke Point’

Walter Olson · August 21, 2017 3:00 pm