Tag: Republicans

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., formally opened new investigations into the Department of Justice and the FBI on Monday. Democrats, in the minority on the committee, said they were surprised to hear the news. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House Intelligence Committee opens investigation into DOJ, FBI

Kelly Cohen · January 30, 2018 12:23 am

In this Sept. 20, 2017, file photo, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to applause as she is introduced by William Treanor, Dean and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University Law Center, at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington. In different circumstances, Ginsburg might be on a valedictory tour in her final months on the Supreme Court. But in the era of Donald Trump, the 84-year-old Ginsburg is packing her schedule and sending signals she intends to keep her seat on the bench for years.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Republican congressman calls Mike Huckabee ‘politically intoxicated’ for ‘tasteless’ joke about Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Kyle Feldscher · January 29, 2018 2:57 am

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said the American public deserves to read the House Intelligence Committee memo. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Trey Gowdy: American people need to see memo detailing DNC’s involvement in Trump dossier

Kyle Feldscher · January 28, 2018 4:02 pm

President Trump will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday at his first official State of the Union Address. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Next week: Trump’s agenda takes center stage

Susan Ferrechio · January 27, 2018 2:00 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., are touting competing House Intelligence memos: the Democratic memo said to refute surveillance abuses outlined in the Republican one. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dueling House Intelligence memos could be released as early as next week

Kelly Cohen · January 27, 2018 5:01 am

According to the super PAC focused on maintaining the House GOP's majority, of 69 congressional districts polled, the Republican tax bill is underwater in 52. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP gets new marching orders: Sell the new tax law

Al Weaver · January 26, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump could go down in history as someone who improbably broke an immigration stalemate. Or it could be the latest immigration reform disappointment. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

5 traps that could doom Trump’s immigration plan

W. James Antle III · January 26, 2018 5:01 am

Why would President Trump want to fire special counsel Robert Mueller unless he's trying to cover something up? asked Nick Ackerman, a former Watergate prosecutor, in a Thursday MSNBC appearance. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Former Watergate prosecutor: Trump order to fire Mueller ‘astounding evidence of consciousness of guilt’

Daniel Chaitin · January 26, 2018 3:45 am

Fox News chief news anchor Shepard Smith warned Thursday that the surveillance memo prepared by House Republicans may very well be a ploy engineered to distract from any progress being made in the probe into the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith warns surveillance memo may be ‘weapon of mass partisan distraction’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 26, 2018 12:05 am

President Trump said Wednesday that his administration would consider offering a path to citizenship for so-called "Dreamers" in exchange for funding for his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, changes to the diversity lottery program, and limits on so-called chain migration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to support pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million DACA-eligible immigrants

Al Weaver, Sarah Bedford, Gabby Morrongiello · January 25, 2018 10:06 pm

Senate Republicans Play It Cool as House Battle over FISA Memo Heats Up

Jenna Lifhits · January 25, 2018 5:10 pm

Kevin McCarthy, the $20 million majority leader

David M. Drucker · January 25, 2018 5:01 am