Tag: Republican Party

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., left, takes on Tea Party insurgent Chris McDaniel, right, in Mississippi's Senate primary June 3. (AP Images)

Scandal boosts Thad Cochran in competitive GOP primary

David M. Drucker · May 21, 2014 9:00 am

House Financial Service Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Tea Party GOP is choosing Main Street enterprise over K Street cronyism

Mark Tapscott · May 21, 2014 4:00 am

Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist is an major anti-tax advocate. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Taxpayer watchdog: Democrat-run states hike spending 400% faster than GOP states

Paul Bedard · May 21, 2014 4:00 am

Republican Senate hopeful Ben Sasse speaks in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, May 13, 2014, after winning his party's primary election. (AP Photo)

Republicans re-learn how to appeal to both the Right and center

Noemie Emery · May 20, 2014 10:06 pm

Matt Bevin of Louisville, Ky., challenges Sen. Mitch McConnell in the Republican Senate primary in Kentucky. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

Voters cast ballots in three critical primaries

Rebecca Berg · May 20, 2014 5:45 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, speaking at the Tea Party's five-year anniversary event in Washington earlier this year. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mike Lee: GOP should be the party of the people, not the cronies

Mike Lee · May 20, 2014 10:00 am

GOP Mocks President’s Anger: ‘Obama Is So Mad’

Daniel Halper · May 19, 2014 6:31 pm

Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin stands on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Oct. 3, 2013, at San Ysidro, Calif. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Immigration reform is pro-growth and pro-GOP

Lawrence Kudlow · May 19, 2014 2:51 pm

FILE - In this May 21, 2013, file photo, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., speaks to the reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Republicans hoping to ride Benghazi to a November sweep of midterm elections have entrusted a seven-member team, including Roby, with "getting to the truth," in the words of House Speaker John Boehner, on whether the Obama administration misled Americans about the deadly attack. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP Benghazi team brings long list of accusations

DONNA CASSATABRADLEY KLAPPER · May 19, 2014 9:01 am

Mark Rosenbaum, who argued the case on behalf of minority groups that opposed the affirmative action ban, said the sort of routine outreach that political parties perform is prohibited to public universities under laws like Michigan's. "They can say, 'If you're a person of color, you would not feel out of place in our party,'" Rosenbaum said. "But if a university said that, there would be 1,000 lawsuits tomorrow." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Is GOP minority recruitment affirmative action?

Nicholas Riccardi · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

Dianne Feinstein calls GOP push for more Benghazi probes a ‘lynch mob’

Sean Lengell · May 18, 2014 4:04 pm

Former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, center, is greeted by supporters after announcing his plans to run for U.S. senator in New Hampshire last month. Brown and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, were the only current or former elected officials featured at the three-day gathering hosted by hedge fund firm SkyBridge Capital. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Hedge funders draw 2 Republican stars to Las Vegas

Associated Press · May 17, 2014 4:03 pm