Tag: Republican Party

The congressional GOP should allow states to emulate Romneycare, by structuring ACA funds as block grants to reward states for increasing overall insurance coverage by targeting public funds to fill gaps in private insurance. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Beltway Confidential

Let states emulate Romneycare: It covered more at less cost than Obamacare

Chris Pope · February 6, 2018 10:08 pm

President Trump questioned Rod Rosenstein about the direction special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. (AP)

Trump, Rosenstein meet about Democratic intelligence memo

Kelly Cohen · February 6, 2018 9:36 pm

Lisa Page told her fellow agent that President Obama "wants to know everything we're doing" related to the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, according to a newly released text. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House ‘very confident’ GOP would win second shutdown battle

Gabby Morrongiello · February 6, 2018 9:16 pm

The ad features apparent middle-class Americans holding signs showcasing the different benefits they are receiving from the new tax bill. (iStock photo)

American Action Network touts tax reform’s benefits to the middle class in new ad

Tristan Justice · February 6, 2018 6:18 pm

"Of all the places where the Rule of Law needs to be enforced, it should be in the hallowed halls of Congress," Rep. Paul Gosar said on Twitter ahead of Trump's address.

House kills Democrats’ attempt to condemn Republicans call to arrest illegal immigrants at State of the Union

Pete Kasperowicz · February 6, 2018 4:37 pm

The proposal from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is the best we've seen for expanding paid leave to more parents. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Marco Rubio’s eye falls on a parental-leave solution

Washington Examiner · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

As the 2018 midterm elections loom over the horizon, President Trump has made the decision to align himself with the GOP establishment. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump plans aggressive midterm involvement, as Republicans urge him to stick to the script

Gabby Morrongiello · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Media outlets have accused the GOP of attacking the FBI, but Republican criticism has been directed at the bureau's leadership, not the institution itself. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Republicans and those ‘attacks’ on the FBI

Byron York · February 6, 2018 4:38 am

Republicans have put a one-week time limit on debating immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House set to vote this week on two anti-sexual harassment bills

Al Weaver · February 5, 2018 8:29 pm

A fundraising page from the NRCC encouraged donors to contribute $10 and enter to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Va., which will take place May 11 to May 13. The winner will receive four round-trip plane tickets, a two-night stay at Albemarle Estate at Trump Winery, four tickets to the Mother's Day brunch at the winery, and ground transportation. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

GOP hosts contest to send donors to Trump Winery for Mother’s Day

Melissa Quinn · February 5, 2018 7:55 pm

President Trump praised Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Monday for helping make public a classified memo on government surveillance. Trump said, "Representative Devin Nunes, a man of tremendous courage and grit, may someday be recognized as a Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure!" (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Trump: Devin Nunes should be recognized as a ‘Great American Hero’ for controversial memo

Melissa Quinn · February 5, 2018 3:32 pm

Arthur Jones, 70, has run for elected offices in Illinois and Wisconsin numerous times since the 1970s, but never came close to winning. He's expected to secure the GOP nomination in the March 20 primary because he's the only candidate on the Republican ballot. (Screenshot, via Arthur Jones' website)

Holocaust denier set to claim GOP nomination in Illinois congressional race

Caitlin Yilek · February 5, 2018 1:43 pm