Republicans

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several House Republicans who have voted against Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker are seething after threats have been made against them, their offices or even their spouses — including one that a lawmaker called a “credible death threat.” The chaotic battle for the speakership presses on after Republicans twice rejected Jordan […]

ABC News Two lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle on Sunday weighed in on the ongoing disarray in the House of Representatives, after a small group of Republicans last week booted Speaker Kevin McCarthy with Democrats’ help, leaving the chamber leader-less and paralyzing one half of Congress. Washington is staring down a November deadline […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With only a few days until the start of early voting in Virginia’s high-stakes election, Republicans and Democrats are making one last push to encourage early and absentee voting in the commonwealth. Every seat in both the House of Delegates and state Senate are up for grabs this fall — […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans, who have made Hunter Biden one of their top targets, signaled they’re not satisfied with the new indictment brought against him. Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday by special counsel David Weiss on felony gun charges. The three criminal counts are related to his 2018 purchase of a revolver […]

Chris Clor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of influential Republicans are preparing for the possibility that their party will retake the White House next fall — and, if they do, they’re planning to scale back on the federal government’s oversight of online misinformation. The proposal is part of Project 2025, a sweeping new initiative led […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican candidates for president and lawmakers on Capitol Hill largely fell in line, again, behind former President Donald Trump on Tuesday after he was informed that he is a target in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The target letter indicates that Trump, who is […]

Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican National Committee on Wednesday launched an effort to increase early-vote turnout in 2024, seeking to curtail a Democratic advantage and to put more distance between the GOP and former President Donald Trump’s past criticism of mail and early ballots. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace on Sunday warned her conservative colleagues that they would “lose huge” with voters if they continue pursuing strict abortion bans at the state level rather than finding what she called a “middle ground” on the issue. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week” two days after the […]

ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans are hopeful that potential charges against former President Donald Trump will not wreak havoc on down-ballot races next year but are warning of dour consequences should candidates mishandle an unprecedented indictment. Trump is facing possible indictment over hush money sent to porn actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign, adding […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican chairmen of the House Judiciary, Oversight, and Administration committees issued a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday demanding testimony and documents related to the investigation and potential indictment of former President Donald Trump. The joint letter, from House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, House Oversight […]