Tag: Republican Party

President Donald Trump, escorted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives on Capitol Hill to have lunch with Senate Republicans and push for his tax reform agenda, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump stays away from healthcare at Republican Senate lunch

Kimberly Leonard · October 24, 2017 9:36 pm

"Here's the bottom line: The path that I would have to travel to get the Republican nomination is a path I'm not willing to take, and that I can't in good conscience take," Flake said. (AP)

Jeff Flake: Being attacked by Trump ‘doesn’t matter much to me’

Diana Stancy Correll · October 24, 2017 9:17 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., walks on to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, after announcing he won't seek re-election in 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jake Tapper calls out Jeff Flake for not denying he might run in 2020

Daniel Chaitin · October 24, 2017 9:10 pm

Is There Room for Jeff Flake in Donald Trump’s GOP?

John McCormack · October 24, 2017 8:13 pm

"Let's face it, the vast majority of members of Congress, their primary motivation is getting elected and unfortunately it's about maintaining majorities. But to what end?" Johnson asks. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Is Mitch McConnell helping or hurting Republicans? Sen. Ron Johnson: ‘We need leadership’

Philip Wegmann · October 24, 2017 6:09 pm

Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., and others from high-tax states say they will not vote for the Senate budget resolution this week because the GOP tax reform outline would eliminate the state and local tax deduction that brings huge savings to their constituents at tax filing time. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Republicans threaten to block budget passage over local deductions

Susan Ferrechio · October 24, 2017 2:17 pm

The voter information the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity had collected will be completely erased, according to Justice Department filing. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

New Republican ‘artificial intelligence’ data firm debuts for 2018

David M. Drucker · October 24, 2017 4:01 am

Bannon is leveraging his connection with President Trump in these settings to urge grassroots conservatives and Republican insiders to oust party leaders in Congress and discard decades of traditional policy. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Republican establishment opens its doors to Steve Bannon

David M. Drucker · October 24, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump tweeted Monday, "There will be NO change to your 401(k). This has always been a great and popular middle class tax break that works, and it stays!" The tweet was aimed at cutting off the Republican debate over lowering the limits on pre-tax contributions to 401(k)s. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump jumps ahead GOP tax reform effort with 401(k) tweet

Joseph Lawler · October 24, 2017 12:58 am

Casino magnate and GOP fundraiser Steve Wynn, who has business ties in the Chinese region of Macau, wrote President Trump to ask him to send dissident businessmen Guo Wengui back to China. Trump reportedly said yes, but was blocked from doing so by administration officials. (Calvin Sit/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

China reportedly used US casino magnate and GOP fundraiser Steve Wynn to lobby Trump — and it almost worked

Timothy P. Carney · October 23, 2017 7:47 pm

President Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy react after Mrs. Reagan sat down after speaking and forgot to introduce the President at the Capital Center in Landover, Md., Monday, Jan. 21, 1985, during an event held for those who would have participated in the inaugural parade, which was canceled because of bad weather.

Washington Secrets

Mainstream Scream: ABC analyst claims Reagan’s party ‘is gone’

Paul Bedard · October 23, 2017 6:55 pm

Congressional Republicans should return to the table with a simple demand that if Democrats get subsidies for insurance companies, states get the freedom to set up a free market in health insurance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP’s chance to get health insurance market freedoms

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2017 4:01 am