Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) Three recent books about the confirmation hearings…
To date, five congressmen from Texas have resigned instead of seeking re-election in 2020. Their resignations signal two things from GOP leadership. The first is the realization that Texas is…
BALTIMORE — President Donald Trump told House Republicans gathered here Thursday for their annual conference retreat that he plans to campaign in more of their districts to help with their 2020 races. …
BALTIMORE — As House Republicans kicked off a 48-hour retreat here Thursday afternoon to plot their path back to the majority, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters the GOP’s top…
In the swing state of North Carolina, it was happy-dance time for the beleaguered Republicans. Two hotly contested congressional races both went solidly into the GOP camp, helping the Republicans…
Republican leadership lowered expectations for the outcome in Tuesday’s North Carolina’s 9th District special election, calling it a “swing district.” President Donald Trump carried this district by 12 points in…
It may not be 2020 yet, but in North Carolina — which is holding two House contests Tuesday — it might as well be an election year already. As the Democratic presidential…
Former Miss Nevada United States, Lisa Song Sutton, launched her congressional bid as a Republican candidate for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District a few weeks ago, saying she became serious about politics…
Bill Hagerty, who stepped down in July as ambassador to Japan, announced his campaign for Senate in Tennessee on Monday. He’s running with the support of President Donald Trump, which…
The recent string of House Republican retirements — even those from ruby-red districts — have raised new questions about whether GOP lawmakers are pessimistic about winning back the House in 2020.…
President Donald Trump with Congressional Republicans after the House approved the American Healthcare Act, May 4, 2017. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Looming court decisions could throw the individual market into chaos. This…
A sad end to Isakson’s political career and a minor, possibly major, disaster for the GOP in the making. Republican U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said Wednesday he was stepping down…
Conservative Republicans are rapidly abandoning their long-held suspicion of imperial presidencies in favor of giving the chief executive more power to get things done without having to worry about getting…
With the Republican Party’s conservative base opposing a potential federal “red flag” gun confiscation bill, President Donald Trump may be reconsidering backing the controversial measure. Trump initially offered his stated…
Former U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) announced Tuesday that he is considering a 2020 presidential bid to primary President Donald Trump. Sanford told the Post and Courier, a Charleston newspaper, that…