Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) urged the Republican Party to make a change and said she believes it’s time for a “new generation” to step in on Friday (You can listen to Haley’s comments below). Haley said it’s time for “more leadership” in her party during an interview with Sean Hannity on Friday. … Read more
LANSING, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump endorsed Matt DePerno on Friday night to become the next chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, a move that could boost the former attorney general candidate’s support among GOP delegates in next month’s state convention. DePerno, a lawyer from Kalamazoo, has been locked in a competitive and crowded … Read more
By Jamie Gangel, Tierney Sneed and Elizabeth Stuart | CNN The Republican campaign staffer who has accused Matt Schlapp, a high-profile conservative activist, of sexual assault is now suing Schlapp and his wife, Mercedes, for more than $9 million. The sexual battery civil lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Virginia Circuit Court in Alexandria, also accuses … Read more
A failed Republican candidate who authorities said was angry over his defeat and made baseless claims the election last November was “rigged” against him was arrested in connection with a series of drive-by shootings targeting the homes of Democratic lawmakers in New Mexico’s largest city. Solomon Pena, 39, was arrested Monday evening, just hours after … Read more
Chuck Todd told Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to go back on his “partisan cable cocoon” during a heated interview after the Republican railed about Hunter Biden on Sunday (You can watch the two go back-and-forth below). Todd questioned Johnson about whether he believes the president’s son committed a crime and added that it isn’t a … Read more
WASHINGTON — The new Republican majority in the US House is preparing a fusillade of investigations into President Joe Biden, his family and his administration, upholding a key promise of the midterm election campaigns following Democratic-led inquiries of former President Donald Trump. The GOP probes will be spread among several existing House committees as well … Read more
As House Republicans are set to consider a number of bills that would limit abortion access, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace (SC) says her party is “tone-deaf” on the issue, blasting their approach. “We have been tone-deaf on this issue since the time that Roe was overturned,” Mace told reporters Tuesday, according to NBC. “We buried … Read more
After an epic 15-ballot election to become House speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy faces his next big test in governing a fractious, slim majority: passing a rules package to govern the House. The drafting and approval of a set of rules is normally a fairly routine legislative affair, but in these times, it’s the next showdown … Read more
A brand new Republican member of Congress from Florida tweeted a shocking joke about the 2022 vicious home invasion beating of 82-year-old Paul Pelosi, husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “Finally,” slammed the new Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), “one less gavel in the Pelosi house for Paul to fight with in his underwear.” … Read more
WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy achieved his long-held ambition of becoming House speaker early Saturday after quelling a rebellion by GOP conservative hardliners, but at the cost of further weakening his precarious position within a sharply divided party. After the longest series of speaker ballots since 1859, McCarthy had 216 votes in the final tally, … Read more