Tag: Republican Party

Flags fly above an anti-Brexit sculpture outside the Houses of Parliament.

Michael Barone: Parties need to up their game

Michael Barone · December 12, 2018 10:40 pm

Rep.-elect Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, leaves after attending orientation for new members of Congress, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Republicans don’t need their own version of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They have Dan Crenshaw

Philip Wegmann · December 12, 2018 7:33 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, accompanied by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., center right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.

Conservatives should be wary of ‘Medicare for all’ distraction

Philip Klein · December 12, 2018 4:01 pm

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of the Daily Wire and former editor-at-large of Breitbart News, addresses the student group Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah's Social and Behavioral Sciences Lecture Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.

Red Alert Politics

How conservative students can make the most of conferences and student groups

William Nardi · December 12, 2018 3:00 pm

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.

Incoming House Republican campaigns chief: Big 2018 losses doesn’t indicate a ‘shift’ from GOP

Naomi Lim · December 11, 2018 6:23 pm

FILE- This Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, shows a view of Washington from a revolving restaurant in Crystal City, Va. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Amazon said it will split its second headquarters between Long Island City in New York and Crystal City. Development along major highways in Northern Virginia and Washington have led to âunreasonable traffic delays on a daily basisâ in the past few years, with drive times that used to take 40 minutes ballooning to up to 90 minutes, said Thomas Cooke, professor of business law at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans abandon urban and suburban America at their own peril

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 11, 2018 3:50 am

President Trump, left, listens as Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks.

Republican pushes party to conduct 2018 autopsy after ‘historic losses’

Naomi Lim · December 11, 2018 1:33 am

Former President George H.W. Bush. AP Photo

Beltway Confidential

George H.W. Bush’s legacy should last long after his burial

Clark Packard · December 10, 2018 10:05 pm

In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, photo, people gather to protest at the Capitol Rotunda in Lansing, Mich. The incoming Democratic governor of Wisconsin said Wednesday that he plans to make a personal appeal to his defeated rival, Gov. Scott Walker, to veto far-reaching GOP legislation that would restrict the new administration's powers.

Beltway Confidential

Republicans in Michigan, Wisconsin resort to lame-duck sore-loserism

Erin Dunne · December 10, 2018 7:05 pm

This Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 photo provided by the Alexandria, Va., Detention Center shows Maria Butina.

Alleged Russian spy Maria Butina may be closer to a plea deal

Kelly Cohen · December 10, 2018 4:20 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

A Republican should challenge Trump in 2020, even if it’s a long shot

Quin Hillyer · December 7, 2018 9:30 pm

"Now, Reagan had a little bit of this, but I don't think to the same extent but he also won," Donald Trump said.

Is this the year to primary Trump? What would Ronald Reagan do?

Craig Shirley · December 7, 2018 5:00 am