Tag: Elections

A "Welcome to California" sign is shown near the California-Nevada border.

Independents now outnumber registered Republicans in California

Christian Datoc · May 30, 2018 9:11 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ted Cruz takes double-digit lead over Beto O’Rourke in Texas Senate race poll

Al Weaver · May 30, 2018 7:15 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., waves as he waits for the doors to close on an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

Devin Nunes’ re-election campaign gets The Onion treatment

Daniel Chaitin · May 29, 2018 7:28 pm

Beltway Confidential

How does Tom Garrett’s alcoholism have anything to do with what’s really driving him out of office?

Philip Wegmann · May 29, 2018 6:19 pm

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Trump "has made a number of dramatic improvements.". (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mitt Romney: I wouldn’t point to Trump as ‘role model for my grandkids’

Mandy Mayfield · May 29, 2018 3:45 pm

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks to the media at an event.

Republican Gov. Eric Greitens is threatening Trump’s agenda, throwing a lifeline to Claire McCaskill

Andrew Surabian · May 29, 2018 3:22 pm

President Trump is questioning the independence of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of election interference by the Russians because it includes people who backed his Democratic opponent in the 2016 campaign.

National Security

Trump: Robert Mueller is meddling in the midterms by keeping Russia investigation alive

Katelyn Caralle · May 29, 2018 11:40 am

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows: House Freedom Caucus moving to give DACA recipients citizenship

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 4:16 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Joshua Holt, who was recently released from a prison in Venezuela, in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Washington.

Trump: The ‘young and beautiful’ have been ‘destroyed’ by Russia investigation

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 1:20 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg speaks to reporters at Trump Tower in New York. President Donald Trump named Kellogg as the acting national security adviser Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, and a senior administration official said he was one of three candidates the president was considering to replace Flynn on a permanent basis.

Beltway Confidential

Tom Perez’s endorsement of Andrew Cuomo is a case study in establishment politics

Emily Jashinsky · May 25, 2018 4:45 pm

Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Sen. Nate Boulton speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Three women told The Des Moines Register in a story published online Wednesday that Boulton touched them inappropriately during separate incidents.

Democrat drops out of Iowa gubernatorial contest after sexual misconduct accusations

Naomi Lim · May 24, 2018 8:24 pm

"I think because of all the loose political rhetoric floating around here, we need to make sure we explain that there is a separation between these things," Ryan said of the memo and the Russia investigation during a Jan. 30 press conference.

Beltway Confidential

GOP leaders scramble for deal to avoid immigration vote showdown

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2018 4:00 am