Tag: Republican Party

Alabama hasn't sent a Democrat to the Senate in over two decades. So why is the Republican establishment paying top dollar for a seat they already own? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Friendly fire: Is the GOP wasting ammunition in Alabama’s special senate election?

Philip Wegmann · August 4, 2017 6:52 pm

Trump whipped up a movement and, with plenty of his help, Congress wasted it. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans only have one thing to show for seven ugly, horrible, no-good months

Philip Wegmann · August 4, 2017 4:54 pm

Climate change activists protested inside the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Wednesday to demand that he recognize the role of global warming and fossil fuels in the recent spate of hurricanes.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

McConnell overplays hand in Alabama Senate race

Quin Hillyer · August 4, 2017 3:53 pm

A Promise the GOP Can Still Keep

John McCormack · August 4, 2017 11:00 am

A Promise the GOP Can Still Keep

John McCormack · August 4, 2017 7:00 am

President Trump's nomination of Richard Spencer as Navy secretary was set for a committee hearing in June but was postponed due to Senate work on repealing and replacing Obamacare, according to an Armed Services aide. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Trump, Hill Republicans go separate ways for the summer amid brewing civil war

David M. Drucker · August 4, 2017 4:01 am

Justice, a billionaire coal and real estate tycoon, positioned himself as an ally of Trump who inspired him to switch parties. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Praising Trump, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice turns to GOP: ‘Democrats walked away from me’

Josh Siegel · August 4, 2017 12:10 am

With tonight's switch by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice from Democrat to Republican, the GOP expanded its dominance of state governments. (AP Photo/Walter Scriptunas II)

Beltway Confidential

Nearly half of Americans now live under one-party Republican state governments

David Freddoso · August 3, 2017 10:49 pm

The West Virginia Republican Party attacked Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday mere hours before it was reported that Justice would switch to the Republican Party. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP, File)

West Virginia GOP mocks Gov. Jim Justice hours before report about him becoming a Republican

Matthew Trunko · August 3, 2017 9:23 pm

Democratic Governor Jim Justice to Announce at Trump Rally He’s a Republican, Report Says

Andrew Egger · August 3, 2017 9:01 pm

President Trump's rally is in Huntington, W.V. (AP Photo/Walter Scriptunas II)

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to switch from Democrat to Republican at Trump rally: Report

Al Weaver · August 3, 2017 8:07 pm

A bill introduced by Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia would establish a skills-based system for admitting immigrants, slash the number of refugees admitted each year, and cut legal immigration by half. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senate Republicans not sure about Trump-backed immigration bill

Susan Ferrechio · August 3, 2017 12:37 am